The latest surge in the CoVID-19 pandemic started in early December 2021 when the first case of the Omicron variant was diagnosed in California. Omicron quickly proved to be highly transmissible as infections rose with alarming speed across our population, regardless of age or...
By Susan Bender At annual conference in October, the Baltimore-Washington Conference passed a resolution declaring gun violence a public health emergency within our conference. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 2,300 children ages 0-17 were killed...
Black History Month begins today. If I am completely honest, I have never really cared for this observance. It feels like a participation trophy for an entire race that has been as much a part of the history of this country as almost any other. There is no United States of America without the...
It is with a profound sense of grief that we mourn the loss of Mayor Kevin Ward, of Hyattsville, who died Jan. 25 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Ward was a servant leader who cared deeply about all the members of his community and gave generously – contributing food...
As churches continue to address the pandemic and the spiritual fatigue that can accompany it, many church leaders are wondering how they might respond and find renewal and vitality. The Rev. Jack Shitama, director of the Center on Vitality, recently shared some thoughts. I believe...
“100 percent becoming 100 percent” may be the new rallying cry and prayer as conference leaders continue to set a course for the years ahead. Bishop LaTrelle Easterling met with the Extended Cabinets of the Peninsula-Delaware and Baltimore-Washington Conferences in early...
By Amy P. McCullough The Rev. Amy P. McCullough, chair of the Baltimore-Washington Conference's Board of Ordained Ministry, shares a personal reflection on gender, race and ministry and the study now being conducted among Conference clergy. One evening while unloading...
By Rev. Dr. C. Anthony Hunt This year marks the 93rd anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birth, and the 54th year after his assassination on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. As was the case in 1968, the nation and world are fraught with various existential...
WAVE 2022, an online experience for youth, debuted Jan. 7-8, with preaching, music, conversation, teaching, and the enthusiasm of young people spread out, individually and in large and small groups, across the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences.
From the United Methodist Ad Hoc Committee Pending court approval of a settlement agreement in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) bankruptcy case, United Methodists have agreed to contribute $30 million to a $3 billion Survivor Trust Fund that will receive contributions from the Boy Scouts of...
