Download the Listening Session PPT

When Bishop LaTrelle Easterling spoke on the regions Sept. 27-30, several links to ministries and other information that might assist you and your congregation were shared. They included:

 Ministries:

• Mission Action Planning Orientation Document – Learn more about this new initiative to leverage and strengthen our presence for the good of all.
• Mission Analyst Position Description for District MAP Teams
  • Submit interest form no later than Oct. 30 for this position
• The Catalyst Initiative – a 10-month congregational cohort process of discovery, exploration, and renewal
• Grants and Awards from the BWC for local churches
• We Rise United for Beloved Community – a collection of resources on antiracism
  • NEJ Call to Action on racial justice
  • Sign the Commitment to be an antiracist church
• WAVE – a youth event of the BWC and Pen-Del Conference in Ocean City Jan. 7-9, 2022

Information and Resources:

• CFA’s proposal for mission share calculation shift – story and video
• Leading Beyond the Blizzard: Why Every Organization Is Now a Startup -- an important article by Andy Crouch, Kurt Keilhacker, and Dave Blanchard
• Legacy Churches – A book on church transitions by Stephen Gray and Franklin
• Ministry and Leadership Directory -- a collection of BWC resources with contact information
• Ministry Guidelines from Cokesbury -- 26 booklets on church committees
• Peninsula-Delaware Conference -- On Sept. 1, 2021, the BWC became affiliated with this annual conference
• The Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation – documents for a proposed a path forward that allows the UMC to faithfully address issues of human sexuality; includes legislation slated to come before the next General Conference
• Sexual Ethics Policy – for ministry leaders in the BWC
• Subscribe to the e-connection – a weekly BWC newsletter for church leaders
• Who are We Bible Study -- a small-group curriculum on who were are as the people of God, the people called United Methodist, and the Baltimore-Washington Conference

For more information, contact:

• Action and Advocacy – Rev. Stacey Cole Wilson –
  • For one-on-one consultations on racial justice, contact
• Innovative Evangelism – Rev. Bill Brown –
• Missional Action Planning – Connectional Ministries Director Christie Latona –
• Lay Ministries – BWC Lay Leader Delores Martin –
• Lay ministries contacts – visit https://www.bwcumc.org/ministries/lay-ministry-contacts
• Presiding Bishop -- Bishop LaTrelle Easterling –
• Chief Administrative Officer for the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula Delaware Conferences – Rev. Erica Robinson-Johnson –

 A directory of BWC staff is also online at https://www.bwcumc.org/staff-directory/

 For more information on the Boy Scouts of America, contact the Rev. Rebecca Iannicelli at