BY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFRecently a church in the Baltimore-Washington Conference fell victim to a phone scam that produced a bill for $10,000. 'What would your reaction be if calls were all being placed from your church phone system to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, the Philippines...
MARTINSBURG, WV - Hours before the Rev. Ed Grove at Trinity UMC and the Rev. Dennis Sparks, executive director of the West Virginia Council of Churches, were preparing to lead the charge on West Virginia House Bill 4314, which would allow only the four counties with racing establishments to vote...
By Melissa LauberUMConnection StaffAt the annual conference session next May, members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference will vote to select eight clergy and eight lay delegates who will represent them at the 2008 General Conference of The United Methodist Church.Members will elect an...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News May 19, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 10 NEWS May is Mental Health Month By Margaret StantonSPECIAL TO THE UMCONNECTION May is mental health month. The Baltimore-Washington Conference Subcommittee on Ministry with Persons with...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary JUNE 25, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 12 COMMENTARIES The call to rediscover our Christian witness goes on By Kenneth LyonsThe following are excerpts from the district superintendents report delivered June 13 at...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection MAY 1, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 9 COMMENTARIES DEGROOTE Harry Potter and the nonviolent imagination BY PETER L. DEGROOTE J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series has been criticized by some in the religious community...
NEWS By John W. Coleman, Jr.UMConnection StaffAfter five years of patient, persistent efforts to establish a new church in a community that sorely needed it, not even snow and ice could deter New Hope Christian Fellowship in Edgewood from consecrating its first building, Jan. 30.For...
BY MICHELLE SCOTTUNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICEThe United Methodist Church?s relief agency was already at work preparing for Hurricane Katrina before the Category 4 storm hit Louisiana.Tom Hazelwood, disaster response executive for the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), had been in...
By Melissa LauberA sweater, it?s been said, is a garment worn by a child when his mother is feeling chilly. I know this to be true. Middle-aged, I still judge probably far too many situations on my mother?s scales. I suppose it stems from when I was younger. Instead of seeing God as an old man...
By Melissa LauberUMConnection StaffFor nine days in 2008, April 23 to May 1, The United Methodist Church will gather in Fort Worth, Texas, to craft its rules, set its budget and determine the priorities that will steer the church into the future. Those who want a voice in those proceedings are...
