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Bishop Easterling reflects on Advent and invites us to ask ourselves, “Whom do I represent?” What testimony does my life offer? Am I a witness of the Light?

Art installation offers colorful new way of seeing Advent

Posted by Melissa Lauber on Dec 07, 2018

The BWC's new artist in residence offers a fresh take on Advent with a new installation at the Mission Center in Fulton. Melissa Lauber reports.

Young adult ministry can be hard, but help is available. The Innovation Hub, part of a project from Wesley Theological Seminary, is offering help and resources. Erik Alsgaard has more.

  It appears to me that it will require a miracle for this denomination to survive (here in the United States) another 20 years.  Not only is the 2019 General Conference fraught with peril, but even more foreboding is the 20 year prognosis for all historic denominations in the...

Ozeal S. Brown, 94, the wife of the Rev. Arlester Brown, died Oct. 31, 2018, from heart disease. A memorial service was held Dec. 1 at Metropolitan Memorial UMC in Washington, D.C. Ozeal Shyne was born Feb. 16, 1924, in Homer, La., to the late Rev. Charles Howard Sr. and Lucille Harris Shyne...

St. John's UMC in Lutherville recently lit more than 1,000 luminarias for peace. Linda Worthington reports.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2018 Delivering Christmas invitations and cheer by the truckload National Christmas tour coming to Baltimore on November 29 Baltimore – Those strolling through Inner Harbor with visions of sugarplums thanks to the famous Christmas Market might also...

Rev. Raymond M. Kingsborough, 96, a retired Elder, died Nov. 25, 2018, at his home in Carlisle, Pa.  He was ordained in 1959. A funeral service was held Nov. 30 in a Carlisle Funeral Home. The Rev. Matthew D. Plant officiated.  Burial is in Springville Cemetery, Boiling...

The Rev. John C. Walker, 91, a retired Elder, died Nov. 21, 2018.  A Celebration of Life was held at St. Paul’s UMC in Kensington Dec. 22 with the Rev. Adam Snell officiating. John Charles Walker was born May 6, 1927, the son of Ruth and Clay Walker. He grew up in Chevy Chase and...

The Rev. William “Jack” Bussard Jr., 75, a retired Associate Member and pastor of Monkton UMC, died Nov. 20, 2018. Funeral services were held at the Lassahn Funeral Home in Kingsville, Md., Nov. 24. William Jack Bussard Jr. was born May 1, 1943, the son of the late William Jack...