article reprinted from the UMConnection: News November 3, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 20 NEWS Older adults celebrate ministry during retreat By Linda Worthington UMCONNECTION STAFF When you’re watching TV, “turn off the commercials. That’s a good time for...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary SEPT 6, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 16 NEWS Churches reach out to passersby, elderly during power outage By Kathy Gilbert and Tim TantonUnited Methodist News ServiceWhen the widespread power outage hit the U.S. Northeast, the...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection AUGUST 7, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 15 Area churches to commemorate Sept. 11 tragedy BY ERIK ALSGAARD UM CONNECTION STAFF As the one-year anniversary of the events of Sept. 11 approaches, United...
VIEWPOINTS BY STEVE TILLETTAs my grandmother used to say, 'Enough is enough, and too much smells.' I rise from my sickbed ? having heard several days' worth of blather on television from folks who continue to misrepresent God ? to register my objections to the inferences in the Terri...
By Erik AlsgaardUMCONNECTION STAFFWhy don?t more men participate in United Methodist Men? That was the main question addressed Oct. 8 at the Baltimore-Washington Conference Center, as more than 100 United Methodist Men gathered for their annual meeting.'It was a good, new beginning,' said...
BY MELISSA LAUBERThe ministry of memory should never be overlooked; it defines the church?s past and casts a vision for its future.That was the message of the Rev. Robert J. Williams, general secretary of the Commission on Archives and History, speaking at the annual meeting of the...
ABINGDON - Cokesbury UMC, along with Smith?s Chapel UMC in Churchville and Mt. Zion UMC in Bel Air, got together to share a Thanksgiving meal with trainees based at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. Thirty-four volunteers from the three churches put on the event. The hosts were expecting 30 soldiers...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News November 3, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 20 NEWS Bishop urges UMM to attract younger members By John Coleman Jr. UMCONNECTION STAFF “There’s a hunger in men across the United States,” Bishop John R. Schol told a...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary SEPT 6, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 16 NEWS Chaplain speaks out about experiences in nameless desert By Kathy GilbertUnited Methodist News ServiceWhen there is a war, God doesnt sit on the sidelines, says Chaplain Daniel...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection AUGUST 7, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 15 Covenant Point created as new church Following the decision by the Gibbons-Resurrection UMC congregation to close, the Rev. Rodney T. Smothers, former pastor, received an...
