Young Adult Retreat You are having a young adult action team retreat from January 19-21 at West River in Churchton. What is a young adult action team?The Discipline mandates that every annual conference have some form of a conference level young adult ministry. We will be organizing this effort...
BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFF'Te podemos ayudar?' 'Can we help you,' asked Maria 'Milly' Rivera as she made the rounds of the shopping malls, grocery stores, street festivals, schools and her new neighborhood in Frederick.It?s a question that defines her ministry.Rivera, a native Puerto...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary May 5, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 9 NEWS 2005 budget numbers don’t tell the whole story by BYRON P. BROUGHT As I look at the proposed 2005 budget for the Baltimore-Washington Conference, there is much information to...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Letter From the Editor JUNE 4, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 11 VIEWPOINTS FROM THE EDITOR ERIK ALSGAARD Its all a matter of trust When I first read about the Jayson Blair story...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection APRIL 17, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 8 Stop the killing. Now! bishop says By Ciona Rouse UMConnection Staff Two prominent United Methodists joined with other religious leaders in the nations capital to support a...
COMMENTARIES by Daniel StoneThey found his body in the woods across from the Marley Station Mall parking lot, where you leave your car when you shop at Sears, or Hechts or Macy's. It's a quiet spot, yet right near the place where Route 100 crosses over Ritchie Highway. 'The Passion of...
BY ALMA ANDREWSThere are many kinds of prisons. Some have bars. Some are made from our addictions. Alma Andrews is a deaf woman from Pasadena who has known both. She has found her freedom and is now ministering to others. She shares her story. When one lives in darkness, there is a feeling...
BUS SCHEDULE FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCEParking at the May 25-27 session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference will be limited and expensive. To address this situation, a series of buses will transport members to annual conference in Baltimore from pick-up sites throughout the conference.The cost of...
BEL AIR - ABC News 20/20 crews attended worship at Mt. Zion UMC Nov. 12. The national news program was there to film a segment about generosity and Mt. Zion?s orphanage in Namibia.The church had been contacted just the week before that the film crew would be coming. The cameras ran before...
BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMConnection StaffEvery November, members of Calvary UMC in Annapolis, spend the Thanksgiving holiday with members of a church in Xela, Guatemala. The church in a mid-size Mayan town in the central highlands is committed to providing a hospital for people in dozens of small...
