By Melissa Lauber When she was 14, living in a poor Baptist community in southern Mississippi, the Rev. Dr. Theresa Thames was told that women were simply not permitted to be pastors. “But I didn’t know there were limits,” she said. In August, she became the Dean of Religious...
By Richard Thompson Sunday, September 11, 1814, was not an ordinary Sunday in the city of Baltimore. In what would be the last full year of the War of 1812, British troops had invaded Washington and had burned public buildings, including the Capitol and the White House. Their fleet...
When the congregation of Cresaptown UMC began their community garden a few years ago, they had no idea about some of the benefits they would harvest. Spiritual insights and comfort, increased fellowship and growing outreach, and new partnerships with the surrounding community are just of...
William Arthur Holmes died on Aug. 9, 2024, eight days before his 95th birthday. He resided at Homewood Retirement Community in Frederick, Md. Holmes was adopted at two weeks of age by James B. and Johnnie M. Holmes. He grew up in Oklahoma and Arkansas, graduating from Little Rock High School...
By Erik Alsgaard HANWA, Zimbabwe - In the rural high veld of southeastern Zimbabwe, near what used to be huge tobacco farms, sits the small village of Hanwa. Several years ago, council and tribal leaders approached The United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe , asking them with assisting in...
By Erik Alsgaard*Photos by James Lee The 2024 Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference reduced its episcopal areas from nine to six during its meeting in Pittsburgh July 10-12. An episcopal area is a geographic area consisting of an annual conference or conferences to which a bishop is assigned by...
Beloved: I am humbled and deeply grateful to be requested for a third quadrennium to serve a newly formed episcopal area that includes the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences. Your belief in and support of my leadership are humbling and inspiring. I serve...
By Melissa Lauber Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling danced. With a spirit of professed and profound gratitude, joy, and hope, Bishop Easterling danced as she met with the delegations of the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences after learning she would be reassigned to...
Throughout the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences, leaders are celebrating the return of Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, who was assigned to serve for four more years as their episcopal leader. Among the Area’s 10 district superintendents, the Revs. Dawn Hand and...
Five United Methodist Jurisdictional (regional) Conferences will meet July 10-12. The Northeastern Jurisdiction, of which the Baltimore-Washington Conference is a part, will meet at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh. No new bishops will be elected at this session. The assignments of...
