article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Reprinted from the Dec 19, 2001, issue Group wants prayerful dialogue about transgender issue BY DEAN SNYDER UMCONNECTION STAFF A theologically diverse group of conference leaders...
By Thomas StarnesSpecial to the UMConnection(Editor?s note: The following article was adapted by the Co-Chancellor (legal council) of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, Tom Starnes, from an original idea by the Chancellor of the Detroit Annual Conference, Renard Kolasa. Kolasa originally...
By Bishop Michael J. CoynerI recently was given a copy of the 1904 Book of Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to compare how Methodists did things 100 years ago. Reading through that Discipline from 100 years ago is quite interesting. The first thing of note is its small size ? just...
BALTIMORE ? A year ago, the Rev. Robin Johnson attended the '100 Years of Methodism in Indonesia' celebration, held at Emmanuel Methodist Church in Jakarta, Indonesia. Recently, the leader of the Indonesian celebration, Maimunah Natasha, spoke to Johnson?s congregations of Hampden and Mt. Vernon...
Clergy and lay members from 689 churches continued to reclaim the enthusiasm, faith and accountability of the early Methodist Church, while tackling many of the challenging issues of the day, when they met for the two hundred and twenty-third session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference May...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Letter From the Editor March 17, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 6 VIEWPOINTS MAKE THE CONNECTION Welcoming the strangers God sends us On Saturday March 6, a week after a...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories APRIL 16, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 8 Slots defeated in state legislature By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff Legislation that would have allowed more than 10,000 slot machines at four Maryland...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Reprinted from the Feb 6, 2002, issue Ciona Rouse/UMConnection Resurrection Drug Treatment Ministry recently held a worship service at Mt. Oak UMC to celebrate the start of its ministry. The ministry is made up of a...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Reprinted from the Dec 19, 2001, issue UMCOnnection File Photo Susanna Wesley House is located at 607-609 Park Ave., Baltimore. Mothers and children to be reunited at Susanna Wesley BY...
Katherine Brunkow didn?t meet Pfc. Thomas D. Caughman until after he died.The pair share an unusual relationship. Brunkow created a portrait of this young soldier, who died last June in Iraq, for an exhibit at Arlington National Cemetery. She gave him an opportunity to be memorialized and...
