WASHINGTON - United Methodist Men leaders from across the Northeastern Jurisdiction gathered at the General Board of Church and Society in the Methodist Building on Capitol Hill for the first 'Leadership Familiarization' program. Nine of the 13 conferences in the jurisdiction were represented...
By Christine KumarUMConnection staff?We?re gonna kick it for Jesus,? shouted Steve Fitzhugh, as he addressed more than 4,800 screaming youth last night at the Convention Center in windy Ocean City for ROCK 2007, an annual youth retreat.This year?s theme, was ?Get off your Island, Spread the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News September 15 , 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 17 NEWS Medical premiums set to rise again By Erik Alsgaard UMCONNECTION STAFFAs predicted, medical insurance premiums will rise again next year for participants in the Baltimore-Washington...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Letter From the Editor AUGUST 20, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 15 VIEWPOINTS FROM THE EDITOR ERIK ALSGAARD Catching up after 19 years I had not seen him in 19 years. And...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection JULY 3, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 12 Across The Conference Sports camps to fill the summer MITCHELLVILLE Mt. Oak UMC will host a number of sports camps this summer for neighborhood children who...
COMMENTARIES BY RICHARD KELLERThe earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world and all who live in it, for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. (Psalm 24)April 22 will mark the 35th anniversary of the first Earth Day. As inhabitants of God's world...
Protesting for peaceOn Saturday, Sept. 24, I found myself at the Ellipse in Washington with an immense crowd numbering well over 100,000. Christian signs, like my 'Blessed are the peacemakers. ? Jesus,' were present at this protest for peace, but not in the numbers one would have hoped. One...
WASHINGTON - The Rev. Constance Smith of Hughes Memorial UMC led a tribute to community people killed or wounded by violence. The April 22 event, sponsored by the church?s W. Bishop Hospitality Club, included a luncheon and theater production. Among those remembered was a church member who died...
BY LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFA little past noon on Tuesday, Jan. 23, the Rev. EunJoung Joo left the church to go home for lunch at the brick parsonage next door to Glen Burnie UMC, where she is associate pastor. As she began to enter the house she saw smoke pouring out the windows, and...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News September 15, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 17 NEWS Churches offer open hearts, doors to refugees By Barbara Coward UMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENT The hardships faced by refugees are unimaginable to many...
