November 21, 2022 | A Message from Bishop LaTrelle Easterling Oh Lord, my God! When I, in awesome wonderConsider all the worlds Thy hands have madeI see the stars, I hear the rolling thunderThy power throughout the universe displayedThen sings my soul, my Savior God to TheeHow great Thou art...
April 2, 2021 | "Hallelujah anyhow!" As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe sitting to the right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been...
December 14, 2020 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic...
Monday, September 21, 2020 The Word of God states in Psalm 24 that the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it -- the world and its inhabitants too. God is the one who established it. Although humanity has created borders and the constructs of human identity, we are...
July 8, 2020 My Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Over the past four years, we have proclaimed, together as a conference, that "We are One." (Ephesians 4:1-16) We are one in times of celebration and joy, and we are one in times of challenge and struggle. As the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling invites you to join her at 12 noon every day to pray the Lord's Prayer. “More has been accomplished by prayer than the world will ever know,” the bishop said. “We may be unable to gather physically, but we can gather in prayer-and that is a...
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...
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...
Beloved, We. Are. One. That was the title of the sermon I preached during my Installation in 2016 at First Hyattsville United Methodist Church. The Spirit led me to preach from Ephesians and emphasize our unity after listening to conversations throughout the conference. Further, as...
December 24, 2019 Beloved of God: The Advent wreath has been increasing the light in our sanctuaries and the Christ candle is now lit. Whether we experienced it through Handel's Messiahor Gruber's Silent Night, the songs of Christmas have filled our hearts. The...
