Plans are underway for a July 1 start to pilot an innovative model for Campus Ministry. In place of a single, full-time campus minister, a three- to four-person ‘Ministry Hub’ of young adult interns will provide ministry leadership. Read more.
Phyllis B. Kemp, 102, the wife of the late Rev. Thomas Ward Kemp, died March 9, 2019, in Felton, Pa. A private service and interment were held April 22 at Oak Grove Cemetery in Glenwood, Md. Phyllis Bankert was born July 14, 1916. She and T. Ward Kemp were married in 1936 at the beginning of...
Local reaction to the 2019 Special Session of General Conference was mixed as many people called to "hold steady," awaiting Judicial Council rulings on what was adopted. Heather Hahn and Erik Alsgaard have the story.
"As we wait, we do not wait as those without purpose. We wait as those who have been called, baptized and ordained to serve the present age," writes Bishop Easterling. Read more of her thoughts following GC2019.
The impact and implications of decisions made at the recent General Conference were explored in a live-streamed forum led by Bishop LaTrelle Easterling March 2. Melissa Lauber has the story.
Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will save the...
The Rev. William Waring Ehlers, 95, died Feb. 28, 2019. A funeral service was held March 12 at the Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory in Winfield. William Waring Ehlers was born Feb.23, 1924, in Baltimore, the son of the late William Charles Ehlers and the late Marian Crumbacker...
Preaching in the opening worship of the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church, Council of Bishops President Bishop Kenneth H. Carter today called on United Methodists to make every effort to maintain unity for the sake of God’s mission as the...
Guest post by the Rev. Laura Blauvelt* General Conference starts tomorrow… I have a grandbaby not quite three years old who lights every corner of my world. It’s the way she runs towards me hollering, “GRANDMA!” and jumps into my arms with squeals that says...
Fred Carney, 89, the husband of the Rev. Vernice Carney, a retired Elder, died Feb. 14, 2019. A Celebration of Life service was held in the Interfaith Chapel at Leisure World Feb. 21. Fred Douglas Carney Sr. was born Oct. 5, 1929, in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, to Jolly Gray Carney and...
