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Volunteers spend 300 days repairing homes
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article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection September 4, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 17 Across The Conference Previous page         Volunteers spend 300 days repairing homes LUTHERVILLE For the 19th year the Baltimore County Christian Workcamp reported...

Couple receives Maryland's Geri Award
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GAITHERSBURG ? Delbert and Bernice Foster, members of Epworth UMC, were inducted into the Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame this fall. They received the Geri Award, an honor sometimes referred to as the 'geriatric Nobel Prize for extraordinary humanitarian community service,' reported the...

UMC to join global fight against malaria in Africa
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NEW YORK ? The United Methodist Church has unveiled a new community-based initiative that will connect U.S. churches with the African congregations fighting malaria. Key church leaders outlined the new ministry during the opening day of the Time Global Health Summit in New York City...

Agreements are possible on membership debate
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BY BOB BARNESFor what it is worth, I am a 'conservative' within the Baltimore-Washington Conference. That word conjures different images for different people. To me, it sometimes means that when the gay agenda is promoted as a challenge to our covenantal standards, I stand up and say my piece...

Pastor published devotional book
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WASHINGTON - The Rev. Harold Lewis Sr., pastor of Lincoln Park UMC, has just published a book of devotions. 'One Day at a Time: 140 Days of Devotional Divine Dialogue' offers a practical discipline of prayer 'for those who are seeking a regular spiritual encounter with the Father, the Son and...

New Malaria Vaccine Offers Promise for Future
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By Diane DentonThe chief executives of two United Methodist agencies have welcomed with cautious optimism report of the safe use of a vaccine that reduced malaria infection among infants in Mozambique.Bishop Felton E. May, interim general secretary of the General Board of Global Ministries, and...

Seminary offers new lay studies
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December 15, 2004On-lineVOL. 15, NO. 23NEWS  Seminary offers new lay studiesby Melissa LauberUMConnection StaffMore than 1.5 million people have used the Disciple Bible Study series to deepen their discipleship journey in Jesus Christ.The popular study, begun almost two decades ago...

Historical church adds improvements
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article reprinted from the UMConnection:  Across the Conference SEPT 17, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 17 Across The Conference         Historical church adds improvements SOLOMONS ISLAND Solomons UMC consecrated its newly restored sanctuary and the addition...

Blankets for Mother Teresa?s babies
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article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection September 4, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 17 Across The Conference Previous page