C.S. Lewis was 'surprised by joy.' Lately, I?ve been surprised by United Methodists. They seem to pop up in some of the most unexpected places.As a guilty pleasure, I recently checked David Baldacci?s novel, 'The Camel Club,' out of the library. It?s a best-selling thriller whose lead character...
MIDDLETOWN ? Eleven-year-old Claire Menke, whose parents are members of Middletown UMC, is in need of assistance to help her lead a normal life at Middletown Middle School. She has a form of muscular dystrophy, and uses a motorized wheelchair in order to get around easier. Her church, family and...
'Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this question with apostles and the elders. So they were sent on their way by the church?' - Acts 15:2-3Dear Sisters and Brothers of the Baltimore-Washington Conference:This May 24-26 the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary March 17, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 6 NEWS Church partners with school, community to reduce violence BY ERIK ALSGAARDUMCONNECTION STAFFSeventeen-year old James Richardson was, by many accounts, a promising young football...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories APRIL 2, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 7 Rudisill returns home to lead Cumberland-Hagerstown District By John W. Coleman Jr. UMCONNECTION Staff The Rev. John W. Rudisill Jr., pastor of Union Chapel...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary December 17, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 23 NEWS 10-Point Covenant Undertake HIV prevention for all people Christian and non-Christian, married and single, young and old, women and men, poor and rich, black, white, yellow. Do...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories December 18, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 24 Living Springs Fellowship consecrates new home By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff The 2-year-old congregation of Living Springs Christian Fellowship...
MAKE THE CONNECTIONBY MELISSA LAUBEREach year, 36.5 million people visit Italy. While there, most give more than just a passing glance to the artistic masterpieces that seem almost strewn with abandon about the country for people to appreciate. At the pinnacle of those masterpieces is...
By Thomas L. BrunkowOn the eve of the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, hate raised its ugly head. This time in the form of swastikas spray painted on the front door of St. Marks UMC in Boyds. Another African-American church up-county was painted with racist graffiti, along with Ridgeview Middle...
BY MONROE WRIGHTDayenu ? It would have been enough. ... If he had brought us out of Egypt. If he had executed justice upon the Egyptians and their gods. If he had slain their first born. If he had given to us their wealth. If he had split the sea for us. If he had drowned our oppressors. If he...
