**FORM        8-K**

**CURRENT        REPORT**

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

**of        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**January        18, 2007**

**East        Penn Financial Corporation**

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

| **731                  Chestnut 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|----------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                       |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                       |   | On                  January 22, 2007, East Penn Financial Corporation issued a press                  release                  announcing the Board of Directors’ approval of a semi-annual cash dividend                  payable February 28, 2007 to all shareholders of record as of February                  2,                  2007. |

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

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

| 99.1 |   | Press                  release dated January 22, 2007 announcing the payment of a cash                  dividend. |
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**SIGNATURE**

|   | **East                  Penn Financial Corporation** |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------|

| Date:                  **January                  22, 2007** | BY:    |   | /s/                  Theresa M. Wasko                    |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                         |   |   |                                                     |
|                                                         | Name:  |   | Theresa                  M. Wasko                        |
|                                                         | Title: |   | Treasurer                  & Chief Financial Officer |

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**EXHIBIT        INDEX**

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|                             |   |                                                                                                                            | **MANUALLY**                     |
|                             |   |                                                                                                                            | **SIGNED**                       |
| **EXHIBIT                  NO.** |   |                                                                                                                            | **ORIGINAL**                     |
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| **99.1**                         |   | Press                  release, dated January 22, 2007,                  of                    East Penn Financial Corporation. | 5                                |