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Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference

by UMC Conversations July 13, 2012

Nearly 1,000 members of The Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference met May 17-19 at the Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks, Pa., with the theme, “Leadership: Making a Way for All.”

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