BY CAROL STEVENSYoung Deaf mothers with big babies on their backs and tiny suitcases in their hands traveled for up to eight hours by train, bus, truck, combi-commuter buses or by foot to come to the first-ever Deaf Ministry Conference of the United Methodist Church of Zimbabwe. More than 150...
By Melissa LauberUMConnection StaffOn Ash Wednesday, standing in front of a cross with the religious leaders of Baltimore, Bishop John R. Schol held up the boots of Spc. Armer N. Burkart, of Rockville, Md., who was 26 when he was killed by a makeshift bomb last May in Baghdad.'Today I stand with...
January 7, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 1 NEWS Methodisms Mother Church celebrates sanctuary restoration by Erik AlsgaardUMConnection Staff Two hundred nineteen years ago, Methodism in America took root at the Lovely Lane Meeting House in Baltimore. There, Francis...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories January 1, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 1 Bishop May dialogues with nations political leaders By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff Washington Area episcopal leader Bishop Felton Edwin May...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary October 1, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 18 NEWS 2003-2004 Evangelism Training and Faith-sharing events This is a partial list. Please visit the conference Web site, www.bwcumc.com, read e-connection, the conference e-mailed news...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Sept. 18, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 18 Church executive witnesses AIDS ministries in Africa By Joretta Purdue United Methodist News Service A United Methodist Church executive found disease-caused...
EMMITSBURG ? Eight members of Tom's Creek UMC left for the Dominican Republic Jan. 22 to work in Haitian refugee camps. The Tom's Creek folks will join a larger group of volunteers headed by Westminster UMC member Steve Hull with The Least of These Ministries based in Westminster. The Rev. Bill...
The United Methodist ChurchWashington Episcopal AreaBaltimore-Washington ConferenceJohn R. Schol, BishopDear Sisters and Brothers,I am grateful for the more than 200 e-mails I have received voicing concern over the recent Judicial Council decision that allows a pastor to refuse gay and...
When a lion roars, it?s best to pay attention. When a lion roars for its last time, it?s best to put everything aside and listen.On July 9, at Orioles Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore more than 35,000 gathered July 9 to hear evangelist Billy Graham preach for what he predicted may be the final...
By Melissa LauberUMConnection StaffPeace, inclusion, the well-being of children, financial priorities, and the further development of a strategic direction to shape the future of the 692 churches of the Baltimore-Washington Conference topped the agenda of the Connectional Table when it met Feb...
