BY KEVIN SMALLSDid I ever tell you guys about that time I got a hair cut in the second grade? Well, my mother took me to get a hair cut one weekend and the barber practically shaved all of my hair off with the exception of a few strands. I could barely see my hair. I was devastated. I knew I...
BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFWithout a partnership between clergy and laity, 'fruitfulness just doesn?t happen,' the Rev. Tom Berlin told the participants in a day-long seminar on 'The Fruitful Congregation,' at Wesley Seminary Sept. 23. Berlin has experience to back up his words. He...
This message was delivered to staff members of the Virginia Annual Conference on April 17 during a prayer service one day after the shooting that occurred on the campus of Virginia Tech University. By Angie Williams'For such a time as this' - So, what is this time? This is a time when we, the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary March 3, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 5 NEWS Delegates bring experience, enthusiasm to General Conference By Melissa LauberUMConnection StaffDarlynn McCraeDarlynn McCraes grandparents built a Methodist church in Tennessee...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories March 19, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 6 Mother of American Methodism won first convert in ColoniesBY SUNI JOHNSONSpecial to the UMConnectionDuring Womens History Month this March, United Methodists may...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary December 3, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 22 COMMENTARIES Making a peaceful place in the chaos of Bosnia By Sandy RowlandIsnt it awesome, that God would send you to a place where you never thought you would go and love people...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories December 4, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 23 Africa University celebrates a decade of education and growth BY LINDA GREEN UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE People from around the world gathered at...
WALKING IN THE WORD 'I'm picturingAbrahamdriving downI-95 onhis way toFlorida ina stationwagon...' by ElizabethGoladoGenesis 21:8-12Romans 6:1b-11Matthew 10:24-39'That's not fair!' How many of us have heard that before? How many of us have said that before? This was practically the anthem...
200 Years AgoBishop Asbury?s Journal, Jan. 12, 1806Although ill, Bishop Asbury preached at Fayetteville, N.C., and rode 91 miles in two days to Wilmington, N.C. 100 Years AgoMethodist Protestant, Jan. 10, 1906President Theodore Roosevelt shook hands with 9,000 White House visitors on New...
Exodus 5:1-9, 14, 22-23BY IRA ZEPPI didn?t know what to do after graduating from high school. Since I had a job with a business in Bel Air I thought I might as well go to the University of Baltimore Business School. I was working six days a week, traveling 60 miles round trip to downtown...
