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The ROCK experience for youth gets ready to roll
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NEWS  by Erik AlsgaardUMConnection StaffJOHN COLEMAN/UMCONNECTIONReggie Dabbs leads a plenary at Rock 2004.More than 4,000 youth, young adults and their leaders from the Baltimore-Washington Conference will gather in Ocean City later this month to experience the power of God through...

New health plan unveiled
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NEWSBY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFF'Caring for people who care for others' are the bywords of the members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference Board of Pensions and Health Benefits as they prepare to switch to HealthFlex, a denominationwide medical insurance plan.The change from CIGNA to...

Volunteers serve in mission across the Caribbean
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DAVID E. BOHNERTUMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENT'A life-changing experience.'That?s the way Steve Hull describes the profound effects on the participants in a Volunteers in Mission trip. Hull, a member of Westminster UMC, is founder and director of The Least of These Ministries (TLTM). He takes...

Church breaks ground for expansion
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UPPER FALLS - It took five years of planning and two stewardship campaigns to raise the $900,000 needed for Salem UMC to break ground for a kitchen and fellowship hall Oct. 29, said the Rev. Cliff Webner. 'I just kept saying ?We need to work together following God?s lead.?'Following the morning...

West River to Break Ground
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By Andy ThorntonSpecial to the UMConnectionAfter many years in the planning stage, the West River Center is poised to begin construction of a new dining facility. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on July 11. Dinner on the grounds will begin at 5:30 with the ceremony at 7 p.m.This phase of...

Putting disaster response training into action ? x 2
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Churches try to lock out increasing crime
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NEWS  by Barbara CowardUMConnection CorrespondentThroughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference, church doors are swinging wide open as part of the national Igniting Ministry campaign to welcome newcomers with 'open minds, open hearts, and open doors.'But some local churches are facing...