COMMENTARIESBY HELEN FLEMINGLeadership Development is a title with many intricate parts. It equips us to navigate in different waters and provides us with many pockets to investigate. The Baltimore-Washington Conference is dedicated to assessing, building and challenging all aspects of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Rev. Peggy Ann Johnson, pastor of Christ United Methodist Church of the Deaf in Baltimore, was one of 12 honorees to receive the fifth annual James Floyd Jenkins Pillar of Faith award of the Howard University School of Divinity.The award was presented at a luncheon April...
BY CHRISTINE KUMARUMCONNECTION STAFFEach of the 5,500 young people who walked into the Convention Center in Ocean City Jan. 19-21 received a standing ovation. Many also received a personal greeting and a high-five from Bishop John R. Schol. Before the weekend was over, more than 1,000 responded...
On their blog, Out of Ur, the editors of Leadership Journal recently posted a conversation with Shane Hipps, author of 'The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture.'Q: Speaking from a specifically church-based context, what kinds of messages are well-served by video or other visual media?A: Any...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News October 6 , 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 18 NEWS Tornado misses church but damages area homes By Linda Worthington UMCONNECTION STAFFAs the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan swept through the mid-Atlantic states, one of the tornadoes...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary SEPT 6, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 16 NEWS Conference hosts church growth event BY JOHN W. COLEMAN, JR. UMCONNECTION STAFFMore than 500 clergy and laity attended the United Methodist School of Congregational Development in...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection JULY 3, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 12 COMMENTARIES For peace to begin, Israel must end occupation and settlements By Jim Vitarello As chairman of the Human Rights...
NEWS IBY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFWhen Pope John Paul II died April 2, the world mourned. Millions of people expressed their feelings by visiting the Vatican, sometimes standing for hours in a line to pay their last respects.Owen Sweeney III/Catholic ReviewCardinal William H...
By United Methodist News ServiceThe United Methodist Committee on Relief and ecumenical partner agencies are responding to the Oct. 8 earthquake that shook Pakistan and India, leaving a death toll that some reports place at more than 30,000.UMCOR is sending aid to the region through its...
ODENTON - Barry Oren, a member of Nichols-Bethel UMC, sends word from the Gulfport area of Mississippi, where he continues to work on Katrina Recovery. He was a member of the Annapolis District VIM team that helped with home reconstruction in February.'It still looks like a war zone or a third...
