BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFEveryone expected it to pass, but they were wrong. Gambling interests in West Virginia received an unexpected setback with the defeat of proposed legislation to allow casino-style table games gambling at four county racetracks. The bill was defeated by a...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary May 5, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 9 NEWS Communion study offers insight into sacrament By Deryl Davis UMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENT MIKE DUBOSE/UMNS Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, center, Katie Krackhardt, second from right, and...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Across the Conference MAY 21, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 10 Across The Conference Asbury staffer records song for troops GAITHERSBURG When U.S. forces were deployed to the Persian Gulf to fight the Iraqi...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection APRIL 3, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 7 Child sex abuse prevention resources available for UM churches By Lesley Crosson General Board of Global Ministries Child sexual abuse by church leaders, in church programs and on...
By Melissa Lauber If it's true that home is where the heart is, then last month, the members of Old Otterbein UMC in Baltimore enabled Ishamel Dabo to come home for Christmas. However, this wasn't any ordinary journey. It was a leap of faith, costing $1,400 and spanning more than 4,000 miles...
? When Hollywood UMC decided to renovate the sanctuary and raised enough money to complete the job, they tore out the old pews. Church members kept a few, handmade by a parishioner in the 1940s, as memorials. But what to do with the rest? The Rev. Sheldon Reese put a small ad in the...
BY SHARON GIBSONGod?s Grace is sufficient, even for the smaller church. In June 1998, I began my first appointment at Warren UMC in Mt. Airy. The first three years, the average attendance was approximately 25 people. For the past three years membership dropped by half, which gave a sense of 'no...
NEW WINDSOR - Pipe Creek 'Brick' UMC celebrated its 176th anniversary with a homecoming service Oct. 29. Brick is a small church 'nestled in Baugher?s Orchard (apples and cherries), on the four-church Pipe Creek Larger Parish Charge. It is called 'Brick' to distinguish it from another 'Pipe...
BY JOHN COLEMANUMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENTA Baltimore-Washington Conference team just back from a 10-day mission trek to Zimbabwe shared heart-touching stories, images and insights from their trip before a luncheon gathering of nearly 200 local church and conference leaders in Washington, D.C...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary May 5, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 9 NEWS Legislatures close; issues left undone By Erik Alsgaard UMCONNECTION STAFF The expansion of gambling wasn't the only legislative issue United Methodists were concerned about in the...
