Teaser:A Mississippi woman faces a different future because area United Methodist are building her a home. BY CARRIE MADREN UMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENT Make the Connection Maryland House is in need of prayers, volunteers and financial support for the Sept. 27 - Oct 31 2009 project. Please...
Rev. Bernard E. Fogle The Rev. Bernard E. Fogle, 89, a retired Elder, died July 9 in the Wilson Health Care Center at Asbury Village in Gaithersburg. The Rev. George Earle officiated at a memorial service Aug. 8 at Centennial Memorial UMC in Frederick, where he served as pastor emeritus...
Rev. Theodore Tietge The Rev. Theodore Tietge, 77, a retired Elder, died of multiple myeloma under hospice care at his home July 30. The Rev. Byron P. Brought officiated at a memorial service at Calvary UMC in Annapolis Aug. 4. The Rev. Edgar Hammerslea gave the meditation. As a student at...
Rev. Julian Otis Grayson The Rev. Julian Otis Grayson, 94, a retired Elder, died June 28 at his home in Washington, D.C. The Rev. Eva L. Clark officiated at a memorial service July 3 at Randall Memorial UMC. Grayson was licensed to preach in 1953. His ministry was to Carroll Chapel in 1955...
Mervin Gray, 82, a retired local pastor, died July 19. The Rev. Kay Albury officiated at a funeral July 25 at Brooks UMC in St. Leonard. Gray enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1952, where he was a survival instructor. He was discharged in 1960 and for the next five years served with the...
Mary Dodge Mary Dodge, 89, wife of the Rev. William Wesley Dodge, died July 12. A memorial service was held July 19, at Givens Estates, a retirement community in Asheville, The Dodges were married in 1941 as he began his ministry. They served at Shenandoah Junction and Ridgeville churches in...
Rev. Ira Zepp The Rev. Ira Zepp, 79, a retired Elder, died of congestive heart failure Aug. 1. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Aug. 29, at 2 p.m. in Baker Memorial Chapel on the McDaniel College campus, where he was professor emeritus of religious studies. Most of Zepp's ministerial...
Teaser:Several Dundalk and Edgemere congregations abandoned their buildings one Sunday to worship amid the community. BY ALAN B. WARD FREELANCE WRITER LODGE FORT UMC If you had showed up at any of the United Methodist Church buildings in Dundalk and Edgemere at 10:15 a.m. July 26th, you would...
Teaser:Timonium UMC drew the community into conversation at a lecture by the author of the best-selling novel "The Shack." BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF If I had to make a list of some of the finest things in the world, our ability to tell one another stories would be on it...
Teaser:During difficult economic times, more churches are exploring the spiritual dimensions of stewardship. As people struggle to make sense of their finances in these difficult economic times, stewardship plays an increasingly important role in people’s lives. What role should...
