COMMENTARIES by Peter SaderholmFour months after the hurricanes hit Florida this summer, I and a team of volunteers from St. Matthew's UMC in Bowie entered Desoto County and the City of Arcadia. I was amazed at the extent of the damage that was still evident.COURTESY of PETER...
Thirty members go on P2P missionPOOLESVILLE ? The 30 members and friends, including 18 youth and 12 adults, from Memorial UMC called their summer mission trip P2P. That stands for Poolesville to Piketon ? an PHOTO BY KENNETH FELLJeff Stout, Liz Coulter and Josh Schwartzbeck help repair a...
BY IRA ZEPPBy now, we all know that Martin Luther King Jr., was a civil rights activist, a rhetorician without equal, a prophetic voice who spoke truth to power, and one who used the method of nonviolence to achieve enormous social change for his people. But there are other little known and...
GERMANTOWN - Four United Methodist churches - Bethesda in Damascus, John Wesley in Germantown, Mountain View in Monrovia, and Salem of Cedar Grove - plus two others came together to hold a Community Fun Day Sept 23. About 300 people attended.Each participating church played a role in its...
BY SHAUN A. LANEUMCONNECTION STAFFAs David sat in the balcony at Hilltop UMC, in the community of Zacova, in Mutare, Zimbabwe, he listened to Bishop John R. Schol preach to 2,000 congregants about Jesus Christ?s love and compassion for the 10 lepers.The story from Luke 17 was one he was able to...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary May 5, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 9 NEWS Churches wrestle with same-sex marriage issue By Mark Schoeff, Jr. UMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENT As the issue of marriage for gays and lesbians gains the political spotlight during the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary MAY 21, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 10 COMMENTARIES At the roots of Methodism: Celebrating Wesleys birth By John SingletonGiven the high profile of this years tercentenary of the birth of John Wesley, it is worth...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection APRIL 3, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 7 COMMENTARIES Its still not an easy road for clergywomen BY MARY E. KRAUS I gathered with more than 1,100 of my United Methodist clergywomen colleagues from around the world on...
EDWIN SCHELL By Edwin Schell 200 Years AgoBishop Asbury's Journal, Dec. 8, 1804Bishop Asbury was in North Carolina after riding 988 miles since leaving Baltimore. Asbury wrote, 'visited my friend Tomkins. He was expelled for selling a slave!' 100 Years AgoBaltimore Methodist, Dec. 1...
? Among 10 seminarians to receive the 2005-2006 Georgia Harkness Scholarships this year are two from the Baltimore-Washington Conference who attend Wesley Theological Seminary. Marian Sams Crane also received the $5,000 award last year. Also receiving it this year is Cynthia M. Moore, a...
