article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection On-line Youth Table of Contents APRIL 2002 Teen Chat Spring is in the air, time to strut your stuff. Yes, its Holy Boldness time. Think of R. Kellys song, Worlds Greatest when you ponder this question: Whats the greatest...
by Erik Alsgaard So 2005 is upon us, and that means there's a wait, again, for the recumbent bikes at my local YMCA. Last night, for example, I had to wait 30 minutes just to exercise.The good news is that, by this time next month, the wait and the people will be gone. Those people who made a...
Anti-war stance is ill-informed I recently read an article in UMConnection written by Jim Winkler, the director of the church?s General Board of Church and Society. I was really saddened and disgusted that you would include such an article written by an ill-informed and naive...
Connecting through the 'the blue girl'By Erik AlsgaardI was sitting in the sanctuary of Calvary UMC in Mt. Airy a few Sundays ago, mentally preparing myself to preach for its New Consecration Sunday. As the praise band was, well, praising, the song leader introduced me, which was very nice.She...
Ephesians 4: 25-32BY SHERMAN HARRISThe United Methodist Men?s executive meeting was held at the Baltimore-Washington Conference Center in October. We are developing and fine tuning a thriving program. Our leaders, we have discovered, need to find the tools needed to help them start smart and...
By Melissa LauberUMConnection StaffThis summer unprecedented numbers of United Methodists are working as short-term missionaries, throughout the nation and world, said Sandy Ferguson, director of justice ministries for the Baltimore-Washington Conference.In 2006, Ferguson reported, 'the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary May 5, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 9 NEWS Communion study offers insight into sacrament FROM THE EDITOR Erik Alsgaard I don’t know about you, but I love surveys. It seems that surveys are constantly popping up on the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Across the Conference JUNE 4, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 11 Across The Conference Scout troop celebrates 50 years PRINCE FREDERICK When Scout Troop 426, sponsored by Trinity UMC, celebrated its 50th...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection On-line Youth Table of Contents APRIL 2002 Christian dating topic at Leadership Days By Laura McCrae Secretary of CCYM Teaching a class about Christian dating in todays society is very challenging. There are so...
Integrity applauded, choices questionedI?d just like to say that all Methodists should thank God for the integrity of Beth Stroud in coming forward with her lifestyle choices. Secrets can cripple a person, or even a church (as we have seen in the Roman Catholic Church), and...
