Communities of Shalom have an opportunity to be eligible for priority funding via the General Church. These communities need not be strictly urban, but experiencing stress and transition. The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference now has six identified and trained Communities of Shalom, with several other possible new Communities of Shalom for 2000. This Team focuses on resourcing the church in areas of restorative justice, economic justice, peacemaking, health care, public policy, environmental justice, and gambling among other areas. It networks with related groups such as A United Methodist Witness in Pennsylvania, Women's Christian Temperance Union, Restorative Justice Work Team, National Coalition Against Gambling, and other annual conferences and judicatories.
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Mr. Robert Walden, Chairperson Ms. Evelyn Fitzgerald, Treasurer 826 Tioga Ave. This Disciplinary position serves as the liaison between the General Board of Global Ministries, missionaries, and the Annual Conference. This position is a resource to local churches on missions and a contact with itinerating missionaries home on leave. The Director of Human Relations is intended to provide prophetic leadership and direction to the Conference as a result of the call of the 1993 Strategic Plan. That plan calls for prayer, assessment by a cadre of persons trained towards a more just community, at all levels of the conference.