During his life, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. intimated that “everyone could be great because everyone could serve.” In the uncertain times that we find ourselves in as churches and society, making a sincere commitment to community-building and social engagement, to serve the causes of promoting...
Beloved of God, Words are inadequate to address the tragedy unfolding after a house fire in Baltimore city this morning. As I write this, it is known that five children succumbed to the fire, one other is missing, and the mother is in the hospital with three additional siblings. Many...
Helen Mabel Ola Timity, 79, the wife of the Rev. Roland J.R. Timity, a retired Elder, died Jan. 10, 2017. A wake was held Feb. 10 at St. Mark UMC in Hanover and a Celebration of Life at Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City Feb. 11. Helen Mabel Ola Johnson Timity was born Jan. 15,1938, in...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling has appointed the Rev. Wanda Bynum Duckett to serve as superintendent of the Baltimore Metropolitan District.
Where can the United Methodist traveler find a building that’s an historic treasure with a rich history, home to a missionally vital church – and within easy reach of a strategic strong point for connectional outreach? The answer may surprise you: Salt Lake City. True, the State of Utah is...
It’s always easy for me to remember when Epiphany starts. That’s because January 6 is my late grandmother’s birthday. This year, she would have been 112.
Louise Armell Monroe, 89, the widow of the late Rev. Ralph Monroe, died Jan. 4, 2017, at Golden Living Center in Hagerstown. Funeral services were held at the Osborne Funeral Home in Williamsport Jan. 14, officiated by the Rev. Sherman Mason, who also officiated at her late husband’s...
The Rev. Harold Woodrow Malone, a retired Associate Member, died Jan. 4, 2017. At his request, there was no memorial service.Harold Woodrow Malone was born April 10, 1938, to the late Ira Woodrow Malone and Elizabeth Mercer Malone. He was a 1956 graduate of Fort Hill High School and attended...
There are three places on the Virginia side of the Potomac that the savvy Methodist won’t want to miss. Say “Old Town Alexandria,” and the mind goes to trendy restaurants, heritage buildings, or maybe places where General Washington lay his head. It’s also home to several significant sites in...
The Rev. James Fred Walker Talley died Dec. 31, 2016. He was born to Rev. James Holloway Talley and the former Mabel Marie Cornelius July 6, 1940 in Kentucky. His parent’s wedding had been conducted by Rev. Edward Tullis, his father’s friend and brother-in-law, who would become...
