BY MELISSA LAUBERUMConnection staff'Can there be any doubt that this is the season of Pentecost?' the Rev. Nancy Nedwell asked her congregation as 'coincidences and blessings' unfolded throughout the morning.The children of Lovely Lane UMC in Baltimore were about to begin a pen pal project with...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Across the Conference April 21, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 8 Across The Conference Magical history tour for youth ARNOLD The 10 confirmands at Asbury UMC recently went on a journey to the past, led by their...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories MAY 21, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 10 Korean United Methodists celebrate 100-year history By Kathy L. GilbertUnited Methodist New ServiceMembers of the Inchon Nairi Methodist Church in Korea...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection APRIL 3, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 7 Kathryn Leight/UMCOnnection Curtis Warren prays with a caller. Men volunteered to take one hour of calls for the Upper Room Living Prayer Center. Men called to...
EDWIN SCHELLBy Edwin Schell As the Baltimore-Washington Conference prepares to meet next month in Baltimore, this column will include highlights of Methodism since it began in this historic area.1866Methodist Protestants opened Western Maryland College (now McDaniel) in Westminster...
By Erik AlsgaardUMCONNECTION STAFF The Rev. Wayne DeHart, new director of the office of Human Resources and Connectional Life for the Baltimore-Washington Conference, reports that information concerning retirement benefits for lay employees is now available from his office.?The 2004 General...
BY CHRISTINE KUMARUMCONNECTION STAFFUnited Methodists and others rallying against an immigration reform bill said they wouldn?t let the threat of jail stop them from doing ministry with undocumented immigrants.'Yo no soy un criminal (I am not a criminal),' said the Rev. David Rocha, the...
BY CHRISTINE KUMARUMCONNECTION STAFFAlthough he can hear and speak, Caesar Galano Gonzalez has chosen a silent world. But that doesn?t mean his life is calm or quiet. Rather, as a voice that represents the deaf community in Cuba, Gonzalez?s life is bursting with expressive ministries of action...
By Diane DentonUnited Methodist Communications A new report from The United Methodist Church on the state of the church reveals that United Methodist core beliefs are clear, but a variety of attitudes and opinions exist about other issues. The first-of-a-kind effort gathers survey data...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Letter From the Editor April 21, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 8 VIEWPOINTS FROM THE EDITOR ERIK ALSGAARD The Erik Equation for General Conference Heres an idea to...
