EDWIN SCHELLBy Edwin Schell 200 Years AgoBishop Asbury?s Journal, Sept. 4, 1805? Gov. Tiffin of Ohio, a doctor, ministered to Bishop Asbury?s very ill traveling companion.100 Years AgoMethodist Protestant, Sept. 6, 1905? Jackson Grove camp meeting had good attendance and 50...
WOLFSVILLE ? King?s Kids, the eight-member youth group of Garfield UMC, on the Wolfsville Charge, recent invited the community to join them in rocking chairs in their second annual rock-a-thon. 'Kids came from Wolfsville, Myersville, Smithsburg, Thurmont, Waynesboro, Catoctin Furnace and...
Churches aid in re-entryBY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFF'I was in prison and you visited me,' Jesus told the seekers of righteousness in Matthew 25:36. Members of Asbury UMC in Jessup take those words seriously, as they minister to women at nearby prisons.It was a Thursday afternoon, and...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News June 29, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 14 COMMENTARIES Facing the mountain, confronting one's past By Jackson Day 'Why on earth would you want to go back to Vietnam?' exclaimed a fellow veteran. Why, indeed did I spend two weeks in...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary AUGUST 6, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 14 COMMENTARIES Young adult reflections of UM Student Forum 2003 BY MALCOLM FRAZIERThe United Methodist Student Forum 2003 was held at Albright College in Reading, Pa., over...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection JUNE 5, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 11 Across The Conference Courtesy of Carol Silberhorne Carole Chaloner Silberhorn, president of the centers board of directors, speaks with Charles Shaw Sr., who built the original...
EDWIN SCHELLBy Edwin Schell As the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference prepares to meet this May in Baltimore for the first time since 1986, this history column will include highlights of Methodism since it began in this historic area.1814In September, Maryland citizen soldiers drove...
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va. ? Williams Memorial UMC, the bigger church on the three-point Shenandoah Junction Charge, celebrated its 100th anniversary May 21. Among the 125 friends and members who turned out for a dinner and time of reminiscing and sharing that afternoon, were six former pastors...
BY CHRISTINE KUMARUMCONNECTION STAFFShe lived under basic conditions - a house built of straw and mud, no running water but a well in the middle of the yard, kerosene heaters, solar electricity and no refrigerator - all, she said, for the love of God.Sue Porter, who answered an altar call at...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary AUGUST 6, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 14 COMMENTARIES Deaf people of Zimbabwe: God is doing amazing things BY CAROL STEVENSThe Deaf mission team from the Baltimore-Washington Conference visited Mutare and Manicaland...
