“Oh, the wonder of it all,” said Marcia McFee as she called the people of the Baltimore-Washington Conference to worship. “It’s safe to say we’re experiencing a mixed bag of emotions — joyful, sorrowful, ambivalent, hopeful,” she said. “Here...
By Erik Alsgaard, Heather Hahn, and Sam Hodges* The Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli, center, answers a question at the press conference following UMCNext. With her are fellow convening team members, the Rev. DJ del Rosario, left, and Karen G. Prudente. Photo by David Burke, Great Plains...
The Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the Wesleyan Covenant Association issued a response to the April 29 Vision Statement by the Conference Discipleship Council in Response to Legislation Enacted during the 2019 General Conference. BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON CHAPTER OF THE WESLEYAN COVENANT...
By Heather HahnUnited Methodist News Service The Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli, center, answers a question at the press conference following UMCNext. With her are fellow convening team members, the Rev. DJ del Rosario, left, and Karen G. Prudente. Photo by David Burke, Great Plains...
Restructuring | Budget | Pensions and Health Benefits | Disaffiliation Other Stewardship Questions | Resolutions | Other Questions The following are questions asked at the Pre-Conference sessions on May 18. The answers, about the restructuring recommendations...
by Erik Alsgaard United Methodists across the United States are gathering by the hundreds to try and figure out what’s next. Following the adoption – and subsequent ruling of the Judicial Council affirming – the Traditional Plan at the Special General Conference Session...
By Melissa Lauber For many, last year’s vandalism at Glenelg High School was a headline about racist graffiti that sparked thoughts of hate and intolerance and faded with the next week’s news. But for the Rev. Gayle Annis-Forder and Linden Linthicum UMC, those events are...
Beloved, Grace and peace to you in the name of the One through whom we live and move and have our being, Jesus the Christ. The Council of Bishops convened our spring meeting in Rosemont, Ill., from Sunday, May 5, through Thursday, May 9, 2019. In the days preceding the official...
The stained-glass window at Mount Vernon Place UMC in Baltimore is one of its classic Gothic features. Photo by Alison Burdett. By Melissa Lauber For 147 years, Mt. Vernon Place UMC has defined Baltimore’s landscape. One of the city’s three Gothic buildings, it soars with grandeur...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Several resolutions coming to the Annual Conference Session were revised at the Connectional Table meeting on May 11, 2019. The article, below, and that which appears in the newspaper, were accurate at the time of publication. This year, the Baltimore-Washington Annual...
