By Antoine LovePsalm 62:5-12Jonah 3:1-5, 101 Corinthians 7:29-31Mark 1:14-20Can?t we all just get along? No, really? Can?t we all just get along? That is the question that has caused this 'Walking in the Word' to become my 'Wrestling with the Word.' But I am grateful for the walk and my...
BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFThe bowl-shaped amphitheater on the campus of Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold slowly filled as hundreds of people found seats on a sunny afternoon Aug. 28. They came to remember and honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and to unveil a statue in...
BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFF'Voices of Faith: Make the Vision Plain' was the theme celebrated by 350 people who gathered from around the country for the 100th anniversary of the Methodist Federation for Social Action. MFSA 'has served as an independent voice for justice within The...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary February 18, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO.4 COMMENTARIES Africa University has grown, but needs continued support by Rukudzo MurapaIt is now a little more than 11 years since Africa University first opened its doors in Old...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Across the Conference March 5, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 52 Across The Conference VIM builds community in Costa Rica HAMPSTEAD A group of 55 volunteers in mission recently returned from Costa Rica. The...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary December 3, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 22 NEWS Order of Elders meets and reclaims call to ministry by Erik AlsgaardUMConnection StaffA meeting that began with the perfecting of a document on Missional Itinerancy in the...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection November 22, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 22 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Conference leads churchs decline We received some statistics at our house recently on comparative membership numbers for 1999 and 2000...
BALTIMORE - About 75 Christian clergy, including the Rev. Donna Martin, held a press conference Feb. 8, endorsing equal access to marriage for gays and lesbians in Maryland and in support of a suit by same-sex couples, reported the Baltimore Sun.'As one of the endorsing clergy I am saddened by...
BY SANDRA COLLIN UMConnection CorrespondentWhat happens when disciples of Jesus Christ face gun violence and murder almost directly in their midst?If you are the Union Street UMC in Westminster, you organize a prayer vigil and peace march addressing two pieces of the Discipleship Adventure...
By Ma-le? Felicia Au At the end of my junior year of high school, my godmother told me some surprising news; she had enrolled me in a weeklong summer camp in Maryland. This came as a total shock for me because I had never gone to a sleep-away camp before in my whole life. When I received the...
