BY DORIS WARRELLPainful and wonderful: This is what I say when friends and family ask me how was my recent VIM trip to Palestine. Our trip in early March of 10 members and friends was a pilgrimage to Palestine, because we spent a majority of our time and interaction with people who identified...
CRESAPTOWN - As the Cresaptown UMC youth group look back on their summer, they remember the Henderson Settlement in Rakes, Kentucky, with love for the widow whose home they had repaired. It was a new experience for most of the teenage, all-girl team and they learned how to use crow bars...
BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFThe Baltimore-Washington 2007 Cooperative School of Christian Mission will be held July 19-22 at a new location - the Hilton Inn in Gaithersburg. It?s called 'cooperative' because it is sponsored by both the conference United Methodist Women and the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Around the World May 5, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 9 NEWS Shrine erects statue of Strawbridge By Melissa Lauber UMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENT In the countryside of Carroll County, the legacy of Robert Strawbridge is now enshrined in granite...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary MAY 21, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 10 COMMENTARIES Pentecost reflected every Sunday at Mount Washington By Isaac MawokomatandaThe preaching mission of the church started at Pentecost. The disciples, full of the Holy...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection APRIL 3, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 7 COMMENTARIES Say no to Tyson fight in D.C. BY ALPHA ESTES BROWN I am a garden-variety sinner, so I understand when people say, Let you who is without sin, cast the first...
NEWS by Melissa LauberUMConnection StaffKelleyWhen Francis Asbury, the first bishop of Methodism, traveled the unpaved roads of the New World, his saddlebags bulged with books. Today the church travels the information superhighway, but its reliance on the written word remains.Edward...
- The youth group of Pine Grove UMC participated in the American Cancer Society?s Relay for Life June 17 and 18, held at the Oregon Ridge Park in Cockeysville. The American Cancer Society holds 3,000 Relays across the United States. ?This is the sixth year in this area,? said Kathy...
200 Years AgoBishop Asbury?s Journal, March 4 and 9, 1806The bishop preached on 'Godliness,' at Georgetown in Washington, D.C. Bishop Asbury preached on Colossians 1:28 at Light Street Church and on Colossians 1:9-12 at Sharp Street Church.Asbury Journal, March 14, 1806The Baltimore Conference...
NEW WINDSOR - Volunteer Dorothy M. Shindle was honored for her distinguished service at the annual meeting of the Strawbridge Shrine, where Methodism was born in America. On presenting the award, President Dan Hartzler spoke of her years as a volunteer with the United Methodist Historical...
