article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection JULY 3, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 12 Young people share dreams on new Web site By Kathy L. Gilbert United Methodist News Service Young people are dreaming about a future for the United Methodist Church...
VIEWPOINTS BY GINNY LAPHAM This is a response to the article 'Study confirms the 'stained glass' ceiling'' in the March 16 UMConnection. I want to commend you for highlighting important findings of the clergy study. I also want to clarify and comment on parts of the article that may...
NEWSBY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFF'Spasiba,' in Russian means 'thank you.' It was a word frequently used by the Rev. Vera Bogolyubova and the people she encountered as this pastor from St. Petersburg, Russia, toured the Baltimore-Washington Conference last month.Bogolyubova, who was a guest...
I Samuel 17; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; Mark 4:35-41By Herbert Brisbon IIIRecently, I was on my way to take an exam and decided to call one of my closest and dearest friends. I just needed someone to pray for me. We talked for a moment, and I shared with him that I was going to complete the oral...
BY MELISSA LAUBERUMConnection StaffIn April 2003, Robyn Wilbur of Covenant UMC in Gaithersburg, closed her eyes and took a leap of faith, becoming a self-appointed volunteer missionary in Costa Rica. She never dreamed where that leap would land her.Recently, on a visit to her parent?s home at...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Letters to the Editor September 1, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 16 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Are we paying off Mugabe? So ... let me get this straight. Since about 1993 we United Methodists have founded and funded a university in Zimbabwe...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Across the Conference AUGUST 20, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 15 Across The Conference Weve got the cure, new president says BALTIMORE The Rev. Iris Farabee-Lewis, pastor of Centennial-Caroline Street UMC, was...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection JULY 3, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 12 Across The Conference Youth is double winner NORTH BETHESDA Matthew Singh Ghaman, 16, reached the rank of Eagle Scout in the...
MAKE THE CONNECTION by Melissa LauberJump. Go ahead, just jump. In 1959, Life magazine photographer Philippe Halsman published the book 'Jump,' revealing to the world the new science of 'jumpology.'For the six previous years, he had traveled the globe, shooting 101 covers for Life and...
NEWSBY ERIK ALSGAARDUMCONNECTION STAFFTwelve leaders in United Methodist women?s ministry gathered on the campus of Wesley Theological Seminary Sept. 21 to talk to one another, find common ground and discuss issues on which they don't see eye-to-eye.Six were from the United Methodist Women?s...
