article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories February 19, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 4 Conference pays 100% The Baltimore-Washington Conference, which gave approximately $3 million denominationally in 2002, was one of nine regional conferences that reached 100...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary November 19, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 21 NEWS Council reports on challenges of disaster relief, urban ministry BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFAfrica, Isabel and new faith communities were high on the agenda of the...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection November 6, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 21 UM court upholds bishops ruling By John W. Coleman Jr. UMCONNECTION Staff The United Methodist high court, meeting in Baltimore Oct. 23-25, affirmed a ruling...
WASHINGTON ? The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence recently honored its founder, the late Rev. Jack Corbett, by naming its library after him. The Coalition was the nation's first national gun control organization and the occasion marked its 30th anniversary.Corbett, an ordained Elder and a member...
BY MIGUEL MAIRENALooking for something to eat, that instinct that human beings have to survive, is strong among the Nicaraguan people. We see it daily in the children and adults who sift through the trash searching for food at the dump and on our street. We see it every Dec. 7, at the beginning...
Below are 10 practical suggestions for engaging the issue of Native American mascots in today?s society.(1) Love football? Love the Washington franchise? Great, enjoy the game, but wear the colors and not the name or logo. (2) Visit the Washington, D.C., team Web site (www.redskins.com) and...
WASHINGTON, D.C., ? This was the fourth year that the Rev. Mark Schaefer, United Methodist campus minister at American University, took a group of students on an alternative spring break to Cherokee, N.C. The group of 11, 'not just United Methodist, not just Christian,' Schaefer said, drove the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary February 4, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 3 COMMENTARIES Speaking for the people in need, to the people in power By Sumayya ColemanAccording to the Social Creed of The United Methodist Church, we commit ourselves to the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories February 19, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 4 Letter to President Bush February 6, 2003 Dear President Bush, As the president of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church and, therefore, one of...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary November 19, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 21 NEWS Methodisms national church honors Wesley with plaque By Tim Tanton United Methodist News ServiceNearly 300 years ago, a young Anglican minister crossed the Atlantic Ocean to...
