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Coach nets 700 wins in 41-year career
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article reprinted from the UMConnection:  Across the Conference APRIL 16, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 8 Across The Conference        Coach nets 700 wins in 41-year career CHEWSVILLE Bethel UMC church member, Robert Cokey Robertson, has an enviable record...

Teens to take spiritual step
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article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection FEBRUARY 20, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 4      UMConnection File Photo Two confirmands enjoying last years Confirmation Celebration.     | Walking in history | Historic tours are available between the...

Offering unites church and community
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article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Reprinted from the Dec 19, 2001, issue       Offering unites church and community BY LARRY HYGH JR. UMCONNECTION STAFF United Methodists from across the connection can help bridge the gap between church and...

The tsunami, one year later:
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CHRISTINE KUMARUMCONNECTION STAFFIt was a year ago when her daughter was swept away by the destructive wave. Mrs. Jegatheeswary, a widow, lost almost everything to the tsunami in Sri Lanka. Her home was destroyed, her fishing nets gone. Today she counts her blessings. She was one of the many...

Return to the mission field
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By Barbara CowardUMConnection CorrespondentSenegal, a country that is 94 percent Muslim, might seem an unlikely place to find United Methodist missionaries. But after nearly 10 years of serving congregations in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, a clergy couple from Hampstead has been...

'God's foolish one' award
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LINDA WORTHINGTONUMConnection Staff'When I see the remnant of Jesus I?m deeply moved,' said Bishop Forrest Stith, as he introduced this year?s recipient of the God?s Foolish One award at the annual Methodist Federation of Social Action luncheon the opening day of annual conference. 'And you are...

Seminar promotes Web ministry in local churches
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article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary April 7, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 7 NEWS Seminar promotes Web ministry in local churches BY JOHN W. COLEMAN JR.UMCONNECTION STAFFAt a Baltimore-Washington Conference seminar on developing church Web sites, March 20, the...

A porpoise for war, and other oddities
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article reprinted from the UMConnection: Letter From the Editor APRIL 16, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 8 VIEWPOINTS  FROM THE EDITOR ERIK ALSGAARD                 A porpoise for war, and other oddities Now that the war has begun, its...

D.C. church named as national model
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article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection FEBRUARY 20, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 4        | More information | For more information about Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century: Cheryl Stevenson, National Coordinator 601 W. Riverview...