By Melissa LauberUMConnection Staff There are stereotypes about the lives of today’s college students and there are stereotypes about the lives of homeless people. But new realities are shattering this as students on college campuses adjust to lives without shelter and scramble to...
Saturday, June 1, was a special day in the life of the Annual Conference Session. An extra day was added to the agenda and, for the first time in memory, the whole day was set apart to celebrate young people and their ministry.
“We are One: United to Love,” will be the theme of the 235th session of Baltimore-Washington Conference when it gathers Wednesday, May 29, through Saturday, June 1, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel.
The Rev. Mark DeVries, an expert in sustainable youth ministry, presents a workshop at Bethany UMC in Ellicott City Oct. 20. The definition of youth ministry, according to Mark DeVries, is “one failure after another, with enthusiasm.” DeVries, the founder of Ministry Architects in...
