**FORM      8-K**

**CURRENT      REPORT**

**Pursuant      to Section 13 or 15(d)**

**of      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**July 24,      2007**

**East      Penn Financial Corporation**

| **Pennsylvania**                                                           |   | **0-50330**                            |   | **65-1172823**                                                 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| (State                or otherjurisdiction                ofincorporation) |   | (CommissionFile                Number) |   | (IRS                EmployerIdentification                No.) |
|                                                                       |   |                                   |   |                                                           |

|                **22                South 2nd                Street, P.O. Box 869, Emmaus, PA**  |   |   |                **18049**                   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------------------------------------------------|
|                  (Address                of principal executive offices)                        |   |   |                  (Zip                Code) |

*Registrant’s      telephone number, including area code:*
**610-965-5959**

*see*

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**East      Penn Financial Corporation**

| Item                8.01 | Other                Events |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|

| Item                9.01 | Financial                Statements and Exhibits |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

|   | (c) | Exhibits |
|--------|-----|----------|

|   | 99.1 | Press                release dated July 24, 2007 announcing the payment of a cash                dividend. |
|--------|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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**SIGNATURE**

|                                              | **East                Penn Financial Corporation** |
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| Date:  **July                24, 2007** | BY:                                                |                   /s/ Theresa M.                Wasko              |
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|                                              | Name:                                              | Theresa                M. Wasko |
|                                              | Title:                                             | Treasurer                & Chief Financial Officer |

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**EXHIBIT      INDEX**

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|                           |                                                                                                  | **SIGNED**                     |
| **EXHIBIT                NO.** |                                                                                                  | **ORIGINAL**                   |
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| **99.1**                       | Press                release, dated July 24, 2007, of East Penn Financial                Corporation. | 5                              |