The Rev. Tedford Lee Shenefelt, 87, died Dec. 22, 2009, at the Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster, where he had lived since 1993. The Rev. Jimmie Schwartz officiated at a funeral service Dec. 26, at Pritts Funeral Home & Chapel in Westminster. Shenefelt was a chaplain and pastor with...
ONE YEAR AGO (February 2009). I was admitted to the hospital a year ago this week. I was taken to Howard County General Hospital. I was immediately airlifted to the University of MD Shock Trauma Unit were brain surgery was performed. I was in a coma during my time at Shock Trauma. Looking...
Teaser:CFA President Charlie Moore reports on end of year giving for 2009. BY CHARLES E. MOORE, JR. I concluded my report from the Commission on Finance and Administration at last year's annual conference session by stating that "We are indeed in unusual economic times and...
Teaser:The Rev. C. Anthony Hunt reflects on how the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King informs the war in Afghanistan. BY REV. C. ANTHONY HUNT During Black History Month, in this, the year of the 81st anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., we pause to reflect on the state of our...
Teaser:BWC churches responded to record-breaking snow storms with innovation that enabled worship and creative Bible study. BY SHAUN LANE UMCONNECTION STAFF When record snowfall levels battered the region, several Baltimore-Washington Conference clergy developed innovative ways to continue...
Teaser:A local VIM teams provides outreach to vicitms of the Haiti earthquake. By Bertie Pond Westminster UMC Twenty six people from the Baltimore-Washington Conference area, representing nine churches, traveled with the Least of These Ministries to the Dominican Republic January 16-24 to...
For information on packaging health kits (Note: The $2 that accompanies each kit, for toothpaste and postage, can be placed in each bag. However, UMCOR officials say they prefer churches to write a check to cover the full amount and attach it to the shipment.) BWC HAITI HEALTH KIT...
Teaser:A scholarship is given in Africa in Bishop Joseph Yeakel's honor, a Capitol Hill man reaches out with breakfast to the homeless, a Laurel church makes a difference in its community and Union UMC moves back into its building. Scholarships awarded in Yeakel's honor COLUMBIA - The...
Teaser:United Methodists across the BWC recently remembered their baptisms and renewed their call to discipleship Read comments from pastors about their Baptism of the Lord Sunday observances BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF United Methodists are a baptized people – water washed...
Teaser:The Rev. Dellyne I. Hinton shares a prayer for the people of Haiti BY REV. DELLYNE I. HINTON Great God can you hear your children’s cry? The roads which were rough are now impassable. The children which had been left behind are now lost. The women who worked to hold their...
