A screenshot from the Training Tuesday webinar, April 7. By Erik Alsgaard What people need the most, right now, during a global pandemic, is reassurance that we will get through this. That’s the job of clergy and lay leaders throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference, according to...
By Erik Alsgaard NOTE: Local church finance leaders and pastors who have questions about their particular situation are encouraged to sign-up for a 15-minute consultation with BWC finance team members. Go to https://www.bwcumc.org/article/local-church-consultations/ to sign up. There...
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Stewardship Teams of the Baltimore-Washington Conference are continuing to evaluate the multi-layer framework by which they can lend support to local churches during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three new initiatives have been developed to assist churches with their...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, churches in the Baltimore-Washington Conference have been responding in extraordinary ways as they live out the call to be the presence of Christ in their communities. Within the Baltimore-Washington Conference, the...
March 20, 2020 In response to the financial stress that has been introduced into our churches as a result of the urgent actions being taken by all of our communities related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Baltimore-Washington Conference is promoting a multi-layered approach to...
March 17, 2020 Beloved, Yesterday, March 16, President Trump issued guidelines recommending that gatherings across our nation be limited to 10 people or fewer. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser have ordered people in their jurisdictions to...
by Erik Alsgaard The Rev. Faith Wilkerson, center, offers prayer during "Drive-Thru Church" March 15 at Centenary UMC. As the second Sunday of self-isolating nears, churches throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference are finding creative ways to worship and to stay in touch with their...
By Erik Alsgaard Bishop LaTrelle Easterling notified the Baltimore-Washington Conference today that the April 18 Pre-Conference Briefing will not be held on-site in Ranson, W.Va. Rather, the session will be held online, via a webinar. This change, she wrote, follows the updated guidelines from...
During this period of caution and social distancing due to COVID-19, the district administrators of the Baltimore-Washington Conference offer this information to help keep congregations and communities connected while maintaining health and safety. Below are a few conferencing and...
by Erik Alsgaard It was a Sunday like no other. March 15, 2020, will be long remembered throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference as a day worship services were held almost totally online. Because of the spread of the novel coronavirus, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling directed...
