United Methodist bishops from around the world will meet Nov. 4-9 at the Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains.This will be the Council of Bishops final meeting prior to gathering at the site of the 2008 General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas in late...
BALTIMORE - Kisha Thomas, 16, a member of Elderslie-St. Andrews UMC, is a gifted athlete and all-round student, according to her pastor, the Rev. Robert Walker Jr. 'Kisha is active in our sound ministry, youth group, ushers, sings and baby-sits,' Walker said. She attends Randallstown High...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News December 15, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 23 NEWS Leadership Days offers 60 classesBy Barbara Coward UMConnection Correspondent An annual opportunity for United Methodists in the Baltimore-Washington Conference to broaden...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary SEPT 17, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 17 COMMENTARIES To keep Kings dream alive, much work remains BY CHESTER JONESThis year, Americans are marking the 40th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. At the...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection September 4, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 17 COMMENTARIES Previous page Invite your neighbors Home for Christmas BY WILLIAM BROWN Only 112 days to Christmas. As we move from the heat of the...
LINTHICUM ? A Lutheran church, an Episcopal congregation and Linthicum Heights UMC pooled their creative resources to raise money to build a house for Arundel Habitat for Humanity. It is the first time the three churches cooperated on support for the county's homeless program, though each has...
The United Methodist Church is urging local people to have a voice in the planning and rebuilding of the Gulf Coast in a paid commentary published Oct. 21 in The Washington Post and several newspapers in Louisiana and Mississippi. A second commentary, the week of Oct. 24, asked for a commitment...
Acts 18:1-11BY JIM HUNTPoor Paul, stranded among unbelievers and charged with teaching the good news among them: it sort of reminds me of trying to preach to my children?s generation. I don?t even seem to have an appropriate vocabulary to open a dialogue with 20- and 30-somethings whose...
BY MARVIN WAMBLEA few years ago, Danny, one of the young men in our church, came to our house following a Sunday worship service. Family and friends were gathered around the television to watch a National Football League playoff game.We were loud, rambunctious and quite animated as we watched...
Just a few months ago, when the Revs. Bonnie and John Campbell had two fellow missionaries over for dinner, they had no idea how the course of their lives would change. Their dinner guests, who were from Germany, mentioned the great need for missionaries in Lithuania. Before they knew it, the...
