Teaser:Conference members adopt a new 2009 budget and vote to reduce the benevolence factor BY MELISSA LAUBER Budgets are financial road maps that lead us to our goals, the Rev. Charles Harrell told the members of annual conference during the stewardship report Friday. With that in mind...
Teaser:Discipleship ministry present many of the ministries that fall under that banner BY LINDA WORTHINGTON Discipleship ministries were the focus of Friday morning's plenary session, as the Rev. Robert Slade of Mount Zion UMC in Washington and Delores Oden, the lay leader of the...
Teaser:The way the Baltimore Conference comes together in its vast diversity may be it greatest strength, say participants at the May 23 multi-cultural dinner. BY CHRISTINE KUMAR It was late in the evening and the African drum beat energized the entire ballroom and the halls of the Gaylord...
Teaser:Find new exciting ways to serve your communityBY CHRISTOPHER J. TROILO 1. Become a volunteer tutor - Many under-privileged students could really use a hand with simple subjects at school. Log-on to www.volunteermatch.org where you can plug in your zip code and find volunteer tutoring...
In observance of the 60th anniversary of the Advance for Christ and his Church, Shawn Bakker congratulated the Baltimore-Washington Conference for paying 100 percent of its apportionment and encouraged more members to support this second-mile giving to mission. Baker, director of the...
Members of annual conference raised $74,379 in a special offering for the HOPE Fund during yesterday's opening worship. The HOPE Fund is a conference initiative to raise $1 million that will benefit ministries in Zimbabwe, the Global AIDS Fund and rebuilding churches along the Gulf Coast that...
BY RABBI JOSHUA SIEGEL It has been two years since I was appointed rabbi of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is a position the New York Jewish Post called, "possibly the most unique rabbinical role in the world." My reflections fall in three...
Thursday morning clergy session, 3 females, 9 males spoke, which included 4 African-Americans and 8 whites. Thursday morning laity session, 10 females, 3 males spoke, which included 7 African-Americans, 5 whites and 1 unknown. Thursday a.m. plenary, 4 female, 6 male clergy; 3 female, 2...
1. Bishops (episcopal leaders) are elected by delegates at Jurisdictional Conferences. a. Jurisdictional delegates are chosen by the annual conferences to lift up a nominee or nominees and eventually elect bishops as needed at the Jurisdictional Conference b. Bishops are elected at...
Teaser:Bishop Minerva Carcano leads a service featuring symbolism that illuminates the conference themeBY CHRISTINE KUMAR "Do we dare to have the mind of Christ, I pray so," Bishop Minerva Carcaño challenged the members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference at the opening...
