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Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference

Faith Stories
April is National Donate Life Month which highlights the urgent, widespread need for lifesaving donations of organs Graphic courtesy of Donate Life America.

Church friendship grows from kidney donation

When Diane Boggess needed a second kidney transplant, her church family at Grove United Methodist Church came to the rescue. After hearing a sermon on sacrificial friendship, church member Susan Parno decided to step up as a donor.
Disaster Relief
Volunteer Marcia Etu (left) embraces Brenda Wyatt (right) on June 30, 2023, outside of Wyatt’s home, which was being repaired after damage from Hurricane Ida in 2021. Project Restoration has already helped 20 homeowners fix their houses in the Philadelphia area, and some 40 more are planned. Photo by John Coleman, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.

Ida victims not forgotten in Pennsylvania

Hurricane Ida wreaked havoc on Brenda Wyatt’s life in 2021, and she suffered another blow when her husband died a year later. Project Restoration, an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference effort to aid flood survivors, is helping her pick up the pieces.
Mission and Ministry
Jordan Wagaman (left) instructs challenge campers June 29, before they try their hand at archery at Innabah Camp and Retreat Center in Spring City, Pa. The campers are taking part in a week-long camp for adults with developmental disabilities. Photo by Jim Patterson, UM News.

Enjoying a ‘kindness bubble’ at camp

Adults with developmental disabilities need a vacation like everybody else, so Camp Innabah does it eight weeks a year each summer, providing activities like archery, an obstacle course and swimming.
Human Rights
The Itchy Dog Singers opened a peaceful rally with a drum circle at the state Capitol in Harrisburg on May 1. Members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania gathered to remind legislators that it is time to give them legal status as a recognized tribe. Photo courtesy of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.

United Methodists join rally to recognize indigenous tribe

On May 1, members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania gathered for a peaceful rally on the steps of the state Capitol in Harrisburg. They were there to ask legislators to give them legal status as a recognized tribe.

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