By Janene Holzberg, 6:45 a.m. EDT, July 3, 2013 Members of the newly formed Bethany Korean United Methodist congregation, the first of its denomination in Howard County, gather weekdays at 5 a.m. for a dawn prayer service and on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. to worship...
By Heather Hahn* 6:00 P.M. July 2, 2013 | Nashville, Tenn. (UMNS) United Methodists in Southwest Texas faced the question of whether a lesbian’s clergy candidacy process had been mishandled. That question remains after San Antonio Bishop James E. Dorff — who leads the Southwest...
Rev. Gladys C. Sloane, 89, died of lung cancer May 24, 2013, at the York Hospital in York, Pa. She lived in Emmitsburg. Memorial services were held June 8 at Trinity UMC in Emmitsburg with the Rev.Wade Martin officiating. Interment will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery...
The full ramifications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings Wednesday, June 26, on same-sex marriage still are being hashed out. But on one thing many United Methodists agree: The decisions will add fuel to a longtime denominational debate on how the church ministers to gays and...
Doreatha C. Jordan, 89, the wife of the late Rev. Basha Jordan, died of a pulmonary embolism April 13, 2013, at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. Services were held April 18 at Centennial-Caroline Street UMC. Doreatha Cecelia Diggs was born Feb. 10, 1924, in New Rochelle, N.Y., the daughter of...
Dear Friends: There is no gloating on our part over the divided house vote earlier today concerning Resolution # 1 on Evolutionary Scientific Thinking. While we are pleased that some 440 of the Conference members voted to support the Resolution, as written and developed by our colleague Henry...
By Linda Worthington UMConnection Staff 16 clergy remembered Rev. John P. Buchheister Rev. Leon Dage Rev. Basil Boyer Day Jr. Rev. Orin Bill Dooley Rev. Warren Ebinger Rev. Bob Edgar Rev. Jack Ewald Rev. Khrista Ferguson Rev. Mildred Holliday Rev. Don Howard Rev. Ernest F...
By Linda Worthington UMConnection Staff Bishop Marcus Matthews presided at the Ordination Service at the close of the 229th Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference May 31. For many people, this service is the highlight of annual conference. Preaching at the service was Bishop Sandra...
By Linda Worthington UMConnection Staff Befitting an annual conference composed of as many lay people as clergy, the first thing on the agenda Thursday morning after Bible study, was the report of the laity. Delores Martin, the new conference Lay Leader, is a familiar face to the hundreds of...
By Linda Worthington UMConnection Staff Two mornings of annual conference began with Bible study, led by the Rev. Albert Mosley, president of Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta. His text was the Parable of the Sower, Mark 4:1-9, 13-20, which fit the 229th Annual Conference theme...
