By Christopher P. Momany Welcome to the 1920s. At least that’s what recent statistical data tell us. According to widely cited sources, income inequality has hit a new record. Not since 1928, the year before the infamous stock market crash, has there been this kind of disparity...
Pastor Charles D. Collins, 84, a local pastor, died June 18, 2013, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. The Rev. Brenda J. Mack officiated at his funeral June 27, at Chesapeake Christian Fellowship in Davidsonville. Annapolis District Superintendent the Rev. Evan Young...
(Updated at 1 p.m. MDT, Sept. 15) By Heather Hahn and Tim Tanton* United Methodists in Colorado are asking for prayers and monetary donations in the wake of the floods that have ripped up roads, cut off communities and taken the lives of at least four people. Nearly 500 people were...
Monday, September 16, 2013 Brothers and Sisters in Christ: It is with shock and sadness that we received the news of the shootings at the Washington Navy Yard this morning. It grieves us all that what began as a typical Monday morning in Washington, D.C. erupted in violence, bloodshed and...
Welcome services for new District Superintendents begin Sept. 14 Six district superintendents who began their new assignments in the Baltimore-Washington Conference on July 1 will be celebrated and formally welcomed this month during six welcome services that will begin this weekend. The...
By Erik Alsgaard Rev. Joe Daniels, superintendent of the Greater Washington District St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Kensington, Md., has set out to make the ZIP Code in which it resides—20895—the nation’s first “Hunger Free Zone.” It all started...
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff The horrifying impact of domestic violence has drawn together the United Methodist Men (UMM) and the United Methodist Women (UMW) of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, for the first time ever. While their three-hour meeting to announce this partnership...
By Twanda Prioleau This summer, churches throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference participated in Volunteer in Mission trips at home and abroad. The Rev. Twanda Prioleau of John Wesley UMC in Baltimore shares her experience. For a week this summer, Wesley Freedom UMC in Sykesville and...
By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff The “gap” that Cheryl Cook talks about when it comes to young adults has nothing to do with a popular clothing store. Instead, she’s talking about how churches often fail to provide opportunities for ministry for this age level...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Offering grace to LGBTQ people By Rev. Betsy L. Halsey, Psy.D., M.Div. Licensed Psychologist, Silver Spring, Md. Grace abounds! Sometimes, in spite of the church. The State of Maryland now permits marriage of same-sex couples. The Supreme Court’s striking down...
