BALTIMORE - Former congressman Kweisi Mfume drew a good crowd when he spoke at Gwynn Oak UMC?s community health fair June 9. He addressed health issues of particular concern in the black community. The event, conceived and organized by church member Sheila Hall, focused on alternative medicine...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary May 5, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 9 NEWS Groups to meet at Annual Conference Each year during the annual conference session, United Methodist groups and caucuses host gatherings with meals for their friends and members. The...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Letters to the Editor MAY 21, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Let every voice be heard I, too, agree with the views of Pamela Hobbs, who complained about Bishop Sprague in a letter to the editor in an...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection APRIL 3, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 7 COMMENTARIES We must set sexual boundaries By Edison M. Amos The stark and tragic revelation of major pedophilia cases in the Roman Catholic Church has brought to our...
NEWS by Erik AlsgaardUMCONNECTION STAFFBishop John R. Schol, episcopal leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, is inviting laity and clergy from across the conference to attend one of three meetings to help set the shape of mission and ministry for the future.In a letter...
HYATTSVILLE ? One of the newest fellowships in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, and one of the most unique, was featured in a story in the July-August issue of Interpreter. Chhunga The Mizo United Methodist Fellowship, a congregation of asylees from Burma...
By Erik AlsgaardUMCONNECTION STAFFTwo bishops, a clergywoman from Mississippi and a musician with deep roots will assist members of the 222nd session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference in 'Connecting Through Christ' next month, as the conference also celebrates the 50th anniversary of full...
By Chris WarringtonIf I was to say 'I really don?t mind waiting,' those who know me would just laugh hysterically. So I?ll clarify, by saying 'I don?t mind waiting . . . within reason.' Most of us probably identify a little more with the clarified statement. The trouble lies within our...
WASHINGTON - The Asbury Actors for Christ are about to take their original play, 'The Honorable Josiah Henson,' on the road and invite you to come along.First staged to much acclaim during the Washington Conference Reunion in Baltimore last fall, the players, all from Asbury UMC, have been...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary May 5, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 9 NEWS Clergy juggle prayer requests with privacy rights By Amy Green UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE Submitting a prayer request at First UMC in Rockwall, Texas, isn’t as easy as pulling...
