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...
As the special session of General Conference prepares to convene in St. Louis, people within the Baltimore-Washington Conference and The United Methodist Church have a number of viewpoints about finding a way forward on the church’s response to homosexuality. Members of the Steering...
As the special session of General Conference prepares to convene in St. Louis, people within the Baltimore-Washington Conference and The United Methodist Church have a number of viewpoints about finding a way forward on the church’s response to homosexuality. Members of the board of...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling and the Council of Bishops invite every local United Methodist church to use this special prayer in church on Sunday, Feb. 24. We continue to pray for all those at the Special Session of General Conference in St. Louis. Gracious and loving God, who leads, teaches and...
Everybody hears the call of God differently. In the Bible, the child Samuel was awakened by a voice in the night; the apostle Paul was knocked off his horse. In early Methodism, John Wesley’s heart was strangely warmed, and, in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, God is calling teenagers...
Connectional giving in the Baltimore-Washington Conference is strong. In 2018, 83.6 percent, or 521 of the conference’s 623 churches, paid 100 percent of their mission shares and the overall collection rate was 90.6 percent. Speaking at a meeting of the Council on Finance and...
Ancient church mothers and fathers often greeted one another with the phrase, “Give me a word.” This greeting led to the sharing of insights and wisdom. Today we continue this tradition with this monthly column. Humility By Mandy SayersLead Pastor, Glen Mar UMC, Ellicott...
Beloved of God, As we look toward to Feb. 23-26 and the Special Session of General Conference, anxieties are running high, uncertainty permeates the air, and last-minute appeals are being made to influence delegates’ votes. These are, without a doubt, trying times in the life of our denomination.
Pentecost is a day for celebrating the birth of the Church. But when the Rev. Dae Sung Park met with four lay people and a retired pastor on Pentecost Sunday, May 26, 2013, he had only hopes and prayers of where God would lead them.
