BY LESLI BALES-SHERRODUMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENT A sanctuary built in 1917 isn't the only thing that has been restored at Mount Vernon Place UMC in downtown Washington, D.C.A congregation has been brought back to life.Mount Vernon Place, which had 4,541 members in 1960 but had dwindled to 35 to...
This is a letter from Bishop Janice Huie of the Texas Conference Dear Friends on the Council of Bishops,Grace and peace to you in the name of the One who calms the wind and waves. I write to share the story of Ike Recovery in the Texas Annual Conference of the UMC and to ask for your help...
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Teaser:Historic Taylorsville UMC vandalizedVandals struck Taylorsville UMC in Mt. Airy Sept. 13, causing more that $70,000 damage. Two youth were arrested in relation to the vandalism. No motive was given.After the incident, Bishop John Schol visited with the church's pastor, the Rev. Sarah...
Philippians 1:21-30By Melissa Rudolph"As long as I'm alive in this body, there's good work for me to do." - Philippians 1: 22 As clergy return to our Discipler groups this month, our group will be missing several friends: some from retirement, some from appointment changes, and one...
Teaser:The latest results on the U.S. Religious Landscape survey, form the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, show a society and church rich in “generous orthodoxy.”Within the Baltimore-Washington Conference, sitting at the same table are United Methodists who believe in...
Teaser:Mt. Zion UMC introduces the Discipleship Adventure with surprising resultsBY MALCOLM STRANATHAN"Where's our church?" I muttered to myself.The UMConnection arrived last May in the mail and as much as I scanned the list of the 272 Acts 2 congregations of the Baltimore Washington Conference...
Teaser:United Methodists are giving to hurricane reliefKathy GilbertUnited Methodist News ServiceWhile many are calling Hurricane Gustav a "non-event" because it didn't flood the state like Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Bishop William W. Hutchinson of the Louisiana Conference said...
Teaser:United Methodist Men are restoring Mt. Auburn cemetery, known as the "City of the Deaf for Colored People."BY CARRIE MADRENUMConnection CorrespondentWielding machetes, chain saws and long-handled clippers, United Methodist Men waded through tangles of vines and vegetation on a sunny...
Teaser:Members of the newly aligned Baltimore region met for worship and to learn to say "amen with an attitude."BY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFThe spiritual ancestors of the creation of Methodism in the United States, gathered Sept. 7 to celebrate their history and anticipate their future...
