A wave of first-timers descended upon the United Methodist West River Retreat Center in Churchton, March 7-9, for this year's Middle High Retreat. More than 90 children, in grades 6-8, arrived at the river front hauling backpacks, sleeping bags and flashlights. Clinging to the security of...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News December 15, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 23 NEWS Children carry on family Christmas traditionby Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff The Musselmans carry on a family tradition at Nichols-Bethel UMC in Odenton. For the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary SEPT 17, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 17 COMMENTARIES How to teach Gods word? Practice, practice, practice By Vivian McCarthyIts Sunday, and the lection reached out and grabbed me. The preacher was a newly...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection September 4, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 17 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Previous page Charge conference forms convey racism I recently received another pack of forms from the Baltimore-Washington Conference to be filled...
LARRY KETRON/GOOD INTENT GRAPHICS, Union BridgeThe Rev. Wayne DeHart, left, superintendent of the Frederick District, receives a Patriot Award from the Rev. Elsie McKenney at her retirement from the Navy Chaplain Corps.UNIONVILLE ? When the Rev. Elsie May McKenney came to Linganore Dec. 19, she...
MELISSA LAUBERMy shampoo has rainforest flowers in it. On the label it says, 'Wildly exciting is our normal.' I know that?s marketing, but a part of me wants to believe it.Every morning I lather, rinse and repeat, waiting, but a little cautious about the excitement that might show up.Sometimes...
VIM team helps Katrina-destroyed churchCOLESVILLE - Ten VIM members returned in June from a mission to Pass Christian, Miss., where they helped on the restoration of St. Paul UMC. The team included the Revs. Victor Sawyer and Charles Harrell and members from Colesville, Faith, Fairhaven and...
BY WALTER SHROPSHIRE JR.Special to the UMConnectionEvery person is made up of more than a trillion cells, and each cell contains DNA, which holds all the genetic information needed to construct that person.In recent years, genetic science has developed at a dizzying pace, promising advancements...
The insights of local church leaders are now being sought as part of a comprehensive study on the effectiveness and equity of the current apportionment formula of the Baltimore-Washington Conference. The payment of apportionments is one of the hallmarks of The United Methodist Church. 'This...
POTOMAC - Members of the youth group at Potomac UMC delivered gifts donated by church members to the new Board of Child Care facility at Falling Waters, W. Va., in time to make Christmas a little happier for the boys already living there. This newest of the Board of Child Care facilities...
