By Meissa LauberUMCONNECTION STAFFFive Baltimore-Washington Conference pastors have been selected to participate in the national Young Pastor's Network, a 13-month leadership development school led by two of the denomination's premier clergymen, the Revs. Adam Hamilton of Church of the...
BY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFQ: When is a choir more than just a choir? A: When it becomes a small group, intent on forming, informing and transforming people to be faithful disciples.The same answer can apply to boards of trustees, administrative councils, financial committees, and even...
Teaser:Pastors are encouraged to update their personal and church information on Gateway, the conference’s electronic data base.To ensure that the details in the 2008 Conference Journal are accurate, pastors are asked to sign onto Gateway, the Baltimore-Washington Conference's Web-based...
Teaser:The School of Congregation Development, which met in early August, envisioned new possibilities for church growth.More than 450 United Methodists met July 31 through Aug. 5 in Orlando, Fla., and Grand Rapids, Mich., for the the School of Congregational Development.This event is held...
Teaser:Classes to equip church leaders will begin throughout the conference this fall.BY RODERICK MILLERSPECIAL TO THE UMCONNECTIONThe Discipleship Academy, a new initiative to equip church leaders, will kick off Saturday, Sept. 27, at two sites in each region of the Baltimore-Washington...
Teaser:Years ago, Fred and Caroline Winbeck of Ashton UMC, joined with others to start CALMRA, a group that provides housing and other services to adults with cognitive disabilites. Their son David had benefited from their work, which they hope to inspire others to become involved with.BY...
Teaser:Severn UMC recently traveled to strife-ridden Zimbabwe to see the fruits of their mission work in person.BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFIn spite of warnings from the U.S. State Department curtailing travel to Zimbabwe in June, three members of Metropolitan UMC in Severn took a long...
Teaser:As the churches are aligned in their new districts, Baltimore congregations are gathering to celebrate their rich history and promise-filled future.BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFPreparations are underway for a grand celebration of the new Baltimore Region, with youth and adult...
Teaser:United Methodists delivered doses of zaniness with the sharing of the Gospel at West River Camp this summer.BY JOHN HARRELLYes, for the record, they were cheeseballs.If you overhear a kid at church talking about throwing cheeseballs at a counselor's shaving cream-covered head, or of...
Teaser:After a 3-alarm fire struck their church, the congregation of Salem UMC in Baltimore is beginning to envision a new future.BY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFThe pulpit Bible was the first thing members of Mt. Vernon UMC in Baltimore recovered from their church, which was recently...
