By Melissa Lauber It’s all about the Journey. When two congregations in Southern Prince George’s County were recently facing some struggles, they put aside some “treasured” ideas about church, blended their congregations and began to reach out to the community...
Two hundred and fifty years ago, when Methodism’s second bishop, Francis Asbury, arrived in the New World, members of a United Brethren in Christ congregation were waiting in Baltimore to meet him.
By Erik Alsgaard The Rev. Bryant Oskvig has been officially appointed to serve as the University Chaplain at American University in Washington, D.C. He becomes the 11th university chaplain at the school. Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, presiding bishop of the Baltimore-Washington Conference who...
By Melissa Lauber Over the years it’s been a treasure trove, a depository of important and scattered records that span centuries, an architectural gem, a jumble of memories, a vault of irreplaceable artifacts, a museum that attracts a lot of Korean visitors and confirmation classes, and a...
It has been twenty years since the Pentagon, often viewed as the epicenter of power and defense, was struck by American Airlines Flight 77. It has been twenty years since 184 beautiful souls crossed the thin veil into eternity. It has been twenty years since our collective psyches...
Brothers and Sisters in Christ: As many of you are already aware, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for bankruptcy relief in early 2020, after becoming overwhelmed with liability exposure arising from pending and threatened sexual assault lawsuits nationwide. BSA leadership is...
By Bishop LaTrelle Easterling These remarks were presented by Bishop LaTrelle Easterling as the online townhall on Aug 31, the evening before the affiliation of the Peninsula-Delaware and Baltimore-Washington Conferences. Beloved, here we are. Tomorrow launches the experiment between the...
By Melissa Lauber In a gesture of remembrance and hope, Bishop Peggy Johnson passed a crozier, a symbol of episcopal leadership, to Bishop LaTrelle Easterling to mark the new affiliation between the Peninsula-Delaware and Baltimore-Washington conferences. This transitional gift was presented at...
By Melissa Lauber Last December, a widely distributed video showed members of the Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violence, protesting the results of the presidential election and celebrating as they set fire to a Black Lives Matter banner torn off the grounds of Asbury UMC in...
From the United Methodist Communications Office of Public Information Nashville, Tenn.: The United Methodist Church and its predecessor denominations have a relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), which dates back more than 100 years. In February 2020, the BSA announced the...
