BY BARBARA COWARDUMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENTDrop by Casa del Pueblo UMC in Washington on any afternoon and there might be 35 or 40 young people punching each other. Not the sort of activity you would expect to see happening in a church.However, these are 'spiritual' punches being thrown as part...
BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFMembers and clergy of five United Methodist churches in southern Maryland came together Oct. 25 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their shared ministry to SMILE (Service Makes Indiv-idual Lives Exciting), an ecumenical community outreach ministry that...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Called into the service by the beating of an African drum, faculty, students, alumni and friends gathered in Wesley Seminary?s Oxnam Chapel April 17, to share in the retirement of faculty member, the Rev. Diedra Kriewald, a member of Baltimore-Washington Conference. Kriewald...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary April 7, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 7 NEWS The whole personThe whole person needs proper nutrition, exercise, the challenge to learn and grow, and an acknowledgement that this is a lifelong process. ... We acknowledge the fact...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary APRIL16, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 8 COMMENTARIES Easter calls Christians to radical lifestyles By Eugene Matthews The theme for Asbury UMCs 2003 Lenten observance is The Stones Would Shout. It is based on the...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection FEBRUARY 20, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 4 Greenwaldt Evangelism agency tapped for Baltimore strategy By Dean Snyder UMConnection staff The national church board...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Reprinted from the Dec 19, 2001, issue Linda Worthington Phyllis May discusses her trips to Zimbabwe at the Washington West Christ the King Celebration. Dean Snyder/UMConnection May wears the uniform of the...
Labor group receives ecumenism awardBETHESDA ? Each year at annual conference time, the Bishop's Award on Ecumenism is presented to an ecumenical ministry in which United Methodist churches participate.This year, the Rev. Rachel Cornwell, associate pastor at Bethesda UMC, accepted a check for...
Print version of Fire, Faith and FruitsBY VICTORIA STARNESWhen the story of Noah and the ark appears in the lectionary, it?s not the covenant, or the ark, or the rain that captures my imagination ? it is always the rainbow. I have loved rainbows for a long, long time. It started somewhere in...
1 Peter 1:13-16 By William L. RakerSometimes we remember our teen years as a time of innocence, freedom and burden-free living. But that is extremely selective remembering, at best. When we are most honest, we have to admit that they were tough years. We were at an age when we were connecting...
