BY BOB BARNESIn his May 4th column in the UMConnection, the Rev. Ira Zepp uses his critique of Rick Warren?s ?The Purpose Driven Life? as a springboard to reflecting on the ?priestly and prophetic? sides of religion. At the end, Zepp asked, ?Is there some way we can combine love and justice...
By Bob HunterHow can pastors and forward thinking congregational leaders convince others, who generally are older folks; that contemporary worship is not merely a form of entertainment, but absolutely necessary in order to reach younger families? How can we illustrate this in a way that opens up...
BY ERIK ALSGAARDUMCONNECTION STAFFUnited Methodists in the Baltimore-Washington Conference continue to show their faithful response as disciples of Jesus Christ by their connectional giving to mission, according to recent statistics.Pier McPayten, conference controller, said in a Nov. 7 report...
By Titus Ledbetter IIICourtesy The Gazette, Montgomery CountyTen-year-old Alize Hughes has had to help watch her two little brothers ever since her mother was incarcerated in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Boyds some five months ago. She lives with her grandmother and brothers...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary May 5, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 9 NEWS 100-year-old Baltimore fire leaves legacy for today By Suni K. Johnson At 9:45 on a Sunday morning, Feb. 7, 1904, an alarm sounded, warning of a fire in the basement of the John E...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Across the Conference JUNE 4, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 11 Across The Conference Funds raised for sniper victims families GAITHERSBURG Goshen UMC church member, Gregory Wims, president and founder of the...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection On-line Youth Table of Contents APRIL 2002 If you dont know, youd better ask somebody By Sidney Traynham Application Developer Wesley Ministry Network AboutRightNow.com offers youth the opportunity to learn...
Efforts to restrict speech are appallingWe write to you as a group of Protestant ministers who find ourselves appalled and angered by decisions made by NBC and CBS to disallow broadcast of advertisements by the United Church of Christ, one of our sister denominations, which...
BY SANDY ROWLANDAbout a year-and-a-half ago, Greg Forrester, the Northeastern Jurisdiction Volunteers in Mission (VIM) coordinator, attended our first Baltimore-Washington Conference VIM Rally and spoke about his trip to Peru. I looked at the snakes, crocodiles and sweat rolling down the faces...
By Chris Owens Recently, I returned from a 15-day excursion in Sierra Leone, primarily to attend the 126th Session of the Sierra Leone Annual Conference, and also to personally visit with people and churches in that country. I wanted to get a deeper sense for what life and ministry is...
