article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary December 3, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 22 NEWS Joni Goheen/UMNS James Oliver Duncan, president of United Methodist University in Monrovia, Liberia, examines damage from rocket propelled grenades to a wall in his office. The...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories December 4, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 23 American slain in Zimbabwe By Linda Green United Methodist News Service U.S. and Zimbabwe officials are investigating the shooting death of a 58-year-old...
BY DAVID BOHNERTUMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENTThe Baltimore-Washington Conference took a dramatic step to better resource local churches for ministry, by voting May 28 to streamline the conference structure and shift the focus of its efforts to empower the Discipleship Adventure.The driving vision...
The Rev. Donald Earl Lewis, 80, retired, died Nov. 22, from heart failure at his home in Pearcy, Ark. He had requested that in lieu of a funeral, people share memories with a friend.He was a front-line veteran of World War II and Korea. As a young enlisted man in World War II, he served in the...
By Linda BalesBertha, a Guatemalan woman, shared a story that broke my heart. I met her at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto last August. She was with other Central American women talking about their experiences as women with AIDS in a land that shuns them. 'The church can cause great...
In the weeks and day before Earth Day, Linden Linthicum UMC prepared for a community celebration. The main focus of the event was planting 1,677 flowers, grasses, trees and shrubs along the banks of Linden Linthicum Lane in Clarksville.For nearly a year the church prepared the project, designed...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary March 3, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 5 NEWS Concern mounts with health care crisis BY ERIK ALSGAARDUMCONNECTION STAFFThe skyrocketing cost of health insurance continues to plague the Baltimore-Washington Conference as members...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary March 5, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 5 COMMENTARIES Slots in Maryland: Will a sad history repeat itself? By Andrew L. Gunn Gov. Robert Ehrlich, wants to bring slot machines back into Maryland. From 1955 to 1961 slot machines...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary December 3, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 22 NEWS UMW focuses on protecting children By Darlynn MccraeSpecial to the umconnectionMore than 280 women explored the theme, Protect the Earth for Children, All Children, at the 2003...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories December 4, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 23 Shalom Zone Churches New Beginnings UMC, Severn New Hope Christian Fellowship UMC, Edgewood Lincoln Park UMC, Washington, D.C. Ebenezer UMC, Lanham Monroe Street UMC...
