By Linda Green United Methodist News ServiceThe communications arm of the United Methodist Church is launching an online tool to help local churches develop Web sites and Web ministries that are helpful and inviting, and that provide opportunities for spiritual growth.In an effort to further...
From United Methodist News ServiceGeneral Conference petitions sent via e-mail before noon on July 27 need to be resubmitted due to technical problems, according to officials with the 2008 General Conference.The petitions were not delivered because of problems with the e-mail address .Petitions...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News May 19, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 10 NEWS History and archives specialist honored By Suni JohnsonSPECIAL TO UMCONNECTION The Rev. Edwin A. Schell and his wife Ruth were honored April 24 for their ministry to Lovely Lane Museum...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories JUNE 25, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 12 U.S. Christians urged to provide assistance for war-torn Liberia By Tim TantonUnited Methodist News ServiceLiberias churches are urging U.S. Christians to...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection MAY 1, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 9 Offering focuses on the poor BY LARRY HYGH JR. UMCONNECTION STAFF Providing social services and steering youth in the right direction are just two ways Peace With Justice Sunday...
Church held to higher callingI would like to respond to Wesley Paulson's Jan. 5 letter to the editor, which read: 'If my employer were to fire an otherwise highly qualified, well-performing employee on the basis of his/her sexual orientation, the organization would be in court...
NEWSBY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFHow can a small rural church, led by a local pastor, with an aging congregation, situated in a region that is drowning in need, create signs and wonders that reflect the glory of God? They can?t, said the Rev. Virginia Weaver, 'but God can.'Weaver, pastor...
SMITH?S PARISH, Bermuda - Members of Centenary UMC, which is a part of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, celebrated Good Friday flying kites at Horseshoe Bay beach.Good Friday is a national holiday, traditionally observed with kite flying, codfish cakes and hot cross buns. The event begins...
By Christine KumarUMConnection StaffJust imagine the aroma of fried codfish on hot cross buns in the air as the kites soar into the sky on Good Friday in Bermuda. It?s a scene unlike any other in the world and it captured the imagination of two area clergymen who created a book to share it with...
BY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFSome dreams have so much power they refuse to die. The new dining hall at West River United Methodist Center in Churchton is such a dream, said Andy Thornton, director of camping ministries for the Baltimore-Washington Conference. More than 17 years on the...
