Roughly half of the churches in the Baltimore-Washington Conference are involved in a ministry to address food insecurity in their community. That’s according to Dave Schoeller, Business Data Analyst for the BWC, who was part of a team analyzing the results of a summer 2020...
May 22, 2020 Beloved of God, I greet you in the precious name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. The work of the followers of Jesus Christ has been, is, and will always be essential. It is not essential simply because we gather in houses of worship; rather, it is...
By Sarah Dorrance* What does singing praise in church look like as we come out of quarantine? For that matter, what will choirs and music academies do without the gift of song being united in vocal artistry? While none of us know that answer, we do know that Germany, in coming out of...
by Erik Alsgaard The coronavirus does not affect everyone the same. As more people become infected and, sadly, die, the death rates among African Americans, Latinos, and others are disproportionate to their numbers in the general population. In Washington D.C., the rate of death per 100,000...
See who has received grants thus far Responding to the needs of those caught in the coronavirus pandemic has brought church leaders to their knees in prayer and raised them to inspiring heights as they minister to the area’s most vulnerable people. “We are seeing persons be the...
by Erik Alsgaard Churches throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference will continue to operate under restrictions that mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through May 15, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling announced in a State of the Church webinar today. The bishop said that she is following...
by Daryl Williams* Where is your God now? It was the question that leaped off the screen as I caught up with a high school friend not too long ago. This friend wasn’t being malicious but was genuinely curious about how I, as a person of faith, was dealing with this unprecedented...
by Mandy Sayers* Being a pastor is wonderful and difficult, as most things God calls us to do can be. And one of the gifts of this calling is that we are part of a fellowship of Elders or Deacons, called to support one another and pray for one another. Sometimes, however, it can...
by Melissa Lauber The need for the church to really be the church, especially during the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, keeps Raimon Jackson up at night. For Jackson, the leader of the online worship experience “The Well,” discovering, creating, and sharing ways people...
The Rev. Heath Wilson in the kitchen at Toms Creek UMC, baking bread. by Erik Alsgaard During a time of physical distancing, when we’re being told – almost ordered – to stay at home, there appears to be a rise in the number of people baking bread. That is, if you can find yeast...
