BY JOHN COLEMANSpecial to UMConnection'There is no cure for HIV/AIDS,' said Carmi Washington-Turner, who works for the Maryland AIDS Administration. 'But there are people, especially many young people, who think there is, who think Magic Johnson has a cure for AIDS. That is not true.'Staff from...
By Kathy L. GilbertUnited Methodist News ServiceFor many along the U.S. Gulf Coast, the new year starts Aug. 29, not Jan. 1. Hurricane Katrina hit Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana Aug. 29, 2005, followed less than a month later, on Sept. 24, by Hurricane Rita, which struck Texas and Louisiana...
BALTIMORE ? Northwood-Appold UMC recently organized a knitting ministry, joining with many churches throughout the country who gather in small groups to knit shawls, lap pads, gloves and scarves. Northwood-Appold?s knitting group consists of several women and a young man. When the items are...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary February 4, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 3 NEWS Local layman dreams a church for young adults by Erik AlsgaardUMConnection StaffThe United Methodist Church will strengthen its ministry to young people if a proposal to General...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories February 19, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 4 Bishop urges restraint in Iraq crisis By Joretta Perdue United Methodist News Service The president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops has written to...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Across the Conference NOVEMBER 5, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 20 Across The Conference Meeting challenges for disabled ELLICOTT CITY Historic Daniels UMC, built in 1879, has faced many challenges. One of the...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection November 6, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 21 New lodge consecrated at Camp Manidokan BY LINDA WORTHINGTON UMCONNECTION STAFF Serenity Lodge, the first new building in more than a decade at a United...
CUMBERLAND ? In 1905 Charles Sturtz Sr. wanted a Christian education for his eight children, so he started a Sunday school. Soon, neighborhood children joined in the Sunday lessons and then their parents began participating, said church historian Bonnie Troxell.COURTESY OF BONNIE TROXELLThe Rev...
By Melissa LauberUMConnection StaffThe Baltimore-Washington Conference?s 222nd session will be one day shorter than previous years in a continuing effort to address the concerns and needs of congregations. Participants had asked that the conference session be three days instead of four days in...
By Bishop Robert SchnaseThe word 'fruitfulness' keeps surfacing in church conversations these days. Scripture is ripe with references to fields and harvests, vines and branches, stumps and shoots, trees and figs. Indeed, the image of fruitfulness gives us a powerful language for understanding...
