By Erik Alsgaard Financial leaders in the Baltimore-Washington Conference have put the finishing touches on a recast 2021 budget that will be presented during the 2020 online Annual Conference Session Sept. 12. The original budget was finalized Feb. 29, mere days before the COVID-19 pandemic...
As the nation struggles with the challenges of systemic racism and white supremacy, the church is an incubator of deep thought, action, and prayer. The people of the Baltimore-Washington Conference are engaged in significant discernment and conversations about race. Some of the leaders of the...
Michael Vaughn, director of music ministry at A&M United Methodist Church in College Station, Texas, has directed and edited virtual choir videos, including with his church’s children’s choir. United Methodist music ministers are coming up with creative ways to keep music going...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, the episcopal leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, was named a 2020 Distinguished Alumni by Boston University School of Theology, where she graduated with a Master of Divinity degree in 2004.
By Erik Alsgaard Every church in the Baltimore-Washington Conference has a deed, a legal document pertaining to property rights and ownership. The language in those deeds, as far as United Methodist churches go, often centers around the “Trust Clause.” “All properties of...
July 8, 2020 My Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Over the past four years, we have proclaimed, together as a conference, that "We are One." (Ephesians 4:1-16) We are one in times of celebration and joy, and we are one in times of challenge and struggle. As the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna...
Twenty-one pastors, representing hundreds of years of service, will retire from the Baltimore-Washington Conference this year. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the retirees and their families will be missing out on some of the festivities normally held during the Annual Conference Session.
A large sign at Hughes UMC in Wheaton uses arrows to direct people to the go inside the building for church; to go into the sanctuary.
THIS PAGE IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. CLICK ON THE BLUE BUTTON, BELOW, FOR AN UP-TO-DATE ALPHABETICAL LISTING. THANK YOU. See an alphabetical listing of churches, by church name. Submitted as of June 25, 2020 Trinity UMC, CatonsvillePre-recorded service at Facebook/ TrinityCatonsville...
After 42 years of ministry, the Rev. David Thayer is retiring this July with all the best pastors’ words on his lips: transcendence, incarnational, eucharistic, sanctuary, mission, learning, love.
