A middle school student walks into her cafeteria and makes a beeline for the food. She picks out her favorite foods and takes the tray to the cashier. It’s then and there that she’s told: no deal. She’s not able to buy the food her peers can because she owes money for previous lunches. Instead...
Responding to the pandemic of the coronavirus has raised questions for many local church leaders. We’ve compiled an FAQ to address some of the questions Conference leaders have received.
As the community of faith, we are called to practice wise and nimble leadership as we address the challenges created by COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. Within the last 24 hours, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. This pandemic calls upon each of us to make...
Editor’s note: We have updated this so that it is consistent with the latest episcopal update (March 12, 2020). To the clergy and laity of the Baltimore-Washington Conference: As our global community is dealing with COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, it is our responsibility to be...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling will meet with the clergy and laity of the Baltimore-Washington Conference in a Critical Conversation concerning the upcoming United Methodist General Conference. Bishop Easterling will give special attention to The Protocol of Reconciliation and...
The Baltimore-Washington Conference delegates to the 2020 General and Jurisdictional conferences voted to endorse The Protocol on Reconciliation and Grace through Separation, which is slated to come before the denomination’s top law-making body May 5-15 in Minneapolis, Minn. The...
POST ROCK 2020 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1) The theme for this past year's ROCK event was "Take heart", based on John 16:33. What has that scripture come to mean to you since the ROCK weekend? The following questions are based on the words and testimony shared...
Grace and Peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ! The season of Lent invites us, individually and collectively, to a deep assessment of and prayer filled reflection on our faithfulness and fruitfulness. At times, we use Lent to anticipate the coming of the resurrected Christ without...
On Feb. 18, the BWC's Discipleship Council voted to support the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace Through Separation, coming to the General Conference May 5-15 in Minneapolis. A Statement from the Discipleship Council of the Baltimore-Washington Conference on the Protocol of...
Summary of the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace Through Separation(This summary was compiled by the BWC’s Discipleship Council.) Late last year, a group of denominational leaders representing diverse advocacy groups within the denomination, including Bishop LaTrelle Easterling...
