How wonderful the Dispensations of Providence! Surely the very hairs of our heads are all numbered. These words, taken from the journal of the Rev. Joseph Pilmore (or Pilmoor), John Wesley’s designated organizer for the Methodist societies in colonial America, celebrated the acquisition of the...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, episcopal leader of the Washington Area, has appointed the Rev. Antoine C. Love to serve as the new Assistant to the Bishop in the Baltimore-Washington Conference.
Hundreds of residents different in race, age, and religion gathered at a local Methodist Church to worship and find common ground on gentrification issues plaguing the city.
Prayer. It’s something anyone can do, yet almost no one feels like a master at prayer. Most Christians long for a deeper and more meaningful prayer life. What better way to take the next faithful step in our prayer life than by studying the prayer Jesus taught his disciples? During the season of...
When nearly 4,000 people gathered at the ROCK youth retreat last month, the BWC’s Young Adult Council was there. We were the ones with the buttons that said “Jesus was a Young Adult.”
When you walk into the “Rainbow Room” at Chevy Chase UMC Saturday mornings, you might think the people around the U-shaped table are a mini-United Nations. A nearby wall proves it. Names and countries of origin are written on colorful construction paper: Mexico, Ecuador, Liberia, Eritrea...
Strength through community building and healthcare is what the Rev. Dr. Irance Reddix-McCray, pastor at Saint John’s UMC and doctor at a local community healthcare center, hopes for the Adullum Community Healthcare Center.
“Hi, Rev. Wilson. I know it’s not what we originally discussed, but I’m calling to ask you to take some extra personal risk tomorrow.” That’s how my conversation began with Brooke Harper ...
Molly Pitcher Nash, 72, the wife of the late Rev. Howard O. Nash, died in Peoria, Illinois, March 18, 2017. A memorial service was held at St. John's UMC in Baltimore City April 23. Clergy who planned and officiated were Judy Birch, Nancy Webb, Frank Trotter, and Linda Coveleskie. Molly Pitcher...
Dear Eastern, You were not a church to me. Instead, you were a home, a place orphans yearn for, a place the homeless only dream of finding. A place called Eastern!
