BY LAUREN HEATHER LAYMy initial call to ministry came when I was a Catholic schoolgirl. Even at the age of 10, I knew the calling was not to be a nun - the only role model of female church leadership I had witnessed at that time. When I finally responded to the call to ordained ministry within...
The Rev. Vivian McCarthy, a gbwc_superusere in the Western region, has been appointed to serve as a district superintendent in the Baltimore-Washington Conference. She will be filling a position vacated by the Rev. Mark Derby, who served the Washington West District and Grace UMC in...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News October 6 , 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 18 NEWS West River hosts Hispanic Family Camp By John Coleman, Jr. UMCONNECTION STAFFMore than 80 people from across the Baltimore-Washington Conference came together for the annual Hispanic...
Dividing the work loadDividing the work load Delegates to General Conference will serve on one of 11 legislative committees. The delegates chose their committee assignments in the order they were elected at the annual conference session.These committees spend the first week of General Conference...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection JULY 3, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 12 COMMENTARIES Gods Word shouldnt be twisted to resolve transgender issue By Stephen Andrew Tillett Upon my return from annual conference, I was asked by numerous people...
NEWS BY JOHN S. MOORE SPECIAL TO THE UMCONNECTIONAt Brooklyn Heights UMC we are a living laboratory, showing that even small churches can do significant foreign mission programs. Size doesn't matter. It's the Holy Spirit that makes things possible. We are living...
BY ERIK ALSGAARDUMCONNECTION STAFFThe Rev. Rod Miller, new director of connectional ministry for the Baltimore-Washington Conference, was raised in the Episcopal Church. But when he began to think about the ministry, every sign pointed to The United Methodist Church, he said.Following those...
By Erik AlsgaardJust over 25 years ago, a new disease was born. According to columnist George F. Will, writing in the Washington Post on June 6, the disease was originally called GRID - Gay-Related Immune Deficiency. We know it today as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - AIDS.Just over 25...
HAGERSTOWN - At 6 a.m., the morning after Christmas, 15 members of Emmanuel UMC, including the Rev. Ken Hawes, packed up four vehicles and were soon on the road to Kenner, La., to spend a week helping families recover from Hurricane Katrina. None of them had previously been on a Volunteers in...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News October 6 , 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 18 NEWS Teen competes in Paralympic Games in Athens By Melissa Lauber UMCONNECTION STAFFWhen Tatyana McFadden, of Linden Linthicum UMC in Clarksville, was three years old, she learned to walk...
