by Erik Alsgaard The Rev. Malcolm Frazier wears scrubs and a mask while preaching a recent worship service at Asbury Methodist Village. He did so, he said, to honor all the health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic response. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, one...
A Message from the Conference Lay Leader By Delores Martin In this time of the coronavirus pandemic, the church is facing challenges and opportunities, and both the clergy and laity can respond in unique ways. In times like this, we realize what partnerships and collaboration can create. Laity...
See who has received grants thus far Responding to the needs of those caught in the coronavirus pandemic has brought church leaders to their knees in prayer and raised them to inspiring heights as they minister to the area’s most vulnerable people. “We are seeing persons be the...
by Erik Alsgaard Churches throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference continued to be challenged in their giving to mission shares in March, according to information shared at a Council on Finance and Administration (CFA) meeting April 15. Meeting on Zoom, CFA members, led by chairperson...
by Erik Alsgaard Churches throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference will continue to operate under restrictions that mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through May 15, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling announced in a State of the Church webinar today. The bishop said that she is following...
Double the Impact of Your Giving and Support Our Churches Outreach to the Most Vulnerable The COVID-19 Peace with Justice microgrant is made possible by your generosity last year through the Peace with Justice (PWJ) Offering. Until further notice, we will be...
by Daryl Williams* Where is your God now? It was the question that leaped off the screen as I caught up with a high school friend not too long ago. This friend wasn’t being malicious but was genuinely curious about how I, as a person of faith, was dealing with this unprecedented...
by Mandy Sayers* Being a pastor is wonderful and difficult, as most things God calls us to do can be. And one of the gifts of this calling is that we are part of a fellowship of Elders or Deacons, called to support one another and pray for one another. Sometimes, however, it can...
by Melissa Lauber The need for the church to really be the church, especially during the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, keeps Raimon Jackson up at night. For Jackson, the leader of the online worship experience “The Well,” discovering, creating, and sharing ways people...
The Rev. Heath Wilson in the kitchen at Toms Creek UMC, baking bread. by Erik Alsgaard During a time of physical distancing, when we’re being told – almost ordered – to stay at home, there appears to be a rise in the number of people baking bread. That is, if you can find yeast...
