BALTIMORE - Late last year, a new United Methodist Community Service (UMCS) center opened in Sharp Street UMC to offer assistance to people in need three days a week. It joins three other UMCS Service Centers in Baltimore, located at St. John?s of Hamilton, St. Mark?s and Homestead UMCs. A UMCS...
BY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFBuilding on what has been called 'an unprecedented partnership,' the Baltimore-Washington Conference and the American Cancer Society brought together more than 50 people Dec. 2 to continue the work of preventing cancer and eliminating suffering.'Every person in...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News May 19, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 10 NEWS Church musician's death ruled homicide By Linda WorthingtonUMCONNECTION STAFF Richard Galla, organist for Christ UMC in Southwest Washington, was found dead at 4 a.m. on Sunday, May 2...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Across the Conference JUNE 25, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 12 Across The Conference VIM team scouts Honduras site for visit WALDORF The Rev. Bob Paulen and Good Shepherd UMC member Phil Day spent a week in...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection MAY 1, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 9 Laurie Gates Were going to love the hell out of Baltimore. I didnt know what I would find when I arrived at the Saving Station on the corner of Milton...
NEWS by Erik AlsgaardUMConnection StaffThe 2005 Baltimore-Washington Conference will be held May 26-29 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, the first time the conference has been held in Charm City in more than a decade. The Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore. The...
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is the not-for-profit humanitarian agency of The United Methodist Church. Since 1940 UMCOR's mission-- providing relief in disaster areas, aiding refugees and confronting the challenge of world hunger and poverty-- has helped to heal the hurts of...
KNOXVILLE - In spite of a rainy, cold day, 20 members of Rehoboth UMC in Williamsport spent Saturday, April 8, preparing Camp Manidokan for the summer onrush of campers. The group included children as young as 7, who raked and cleaned up trails, while some of the older men built additional rooms...
BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFF'You need to take a leap of faith,' the Rev. John Janka told 90 Baltimore-Washington Conference clergy and laity. 'You?re stepping into unknown territory, creating as you go.' Janka is a United Methodist pastor, former district superintendent and Council on...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News May 19, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 10 NEWS Running the General Conference marathon By Mark A. Derby The 2004 General Conference was a marathon. Before it began, there was the preparation that required reading more than a...
