article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories March 19, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 6 War, domestic concerns dominate UM legislative briefingBy Joretta PurdueUnited Methodist News ServicePoliticians and social justice advocates held out hope during...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Letters to the Editor December 3, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 22 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Labels threaten evangelism I want to thank the Rev. Bob Barnes for his column in the Nov. 5 UMConnection. His words raised another...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Across the Conference December 4, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 23 Across The Conference Programs aid Baltimore youth BALTIMORE More than 150 people from the surrounding community came to a kickoff rally Oct...
WASHINGTON, D.C. ? The Revs. Hal Henderson, Mary Brown Oliver, James Smith and Obie Wright were inducted into the Preachers Hall of Fame at Simpson-Hamline UMC May 22. The late Revs. Harold Johnson and Levi Miller were inducted posthumously. HendersonOliver Smith WrightThis is the third year the...
By Dan Smith & Mary SellonWhat gets you out of bed in the morning? The sound of the alarm clock, the promise of coffee, and the demands of the day may work for awhile, but external answers to internal issues are short lived. And getting out of bed is an internal issue. What do you care about...
BY BARBARA COWARDUMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENTReeders Memorial Home, a United Methodist affiliated nursing home facility in Boonsboro, is undergoing a time of transition as it prepares to be sold to Tandem Health Care.Those associated with the sale say the philosophy of the 147-bed facility, which...
Melissa LauberUMConnection Staff'If you knew you could not fail, what would you do for God?'It?s not a new question, said the Rev. JoAnne Alexander, but it has opened unusual doors for discipleship at Oakland UMC in Charles Town, W.Va.The church?s most recent off-beat activity is a restaurant --...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary March 3, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 5 NEWS Churches build connections between body and soul BY CHRISTINE KUMARUMCONNECTION STAFFPatty Moffitt goes to church to sweat.She is not alone. At Calvary UMC in Mt. Airy, the community...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories March 19, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 6 Methodists from Cote dIvoire visit U.S., seek end to warBy Linda BloomUnited Methodist News ServiceMethodist leaders from Cote dIvoire (Ivory Coast) are blaming...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary December 17, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 23 NEWS Connectional giving deadline nears Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff Deadline for local churches in the Baltimore-Washington Conference to have apportionment payments counted for...
