Rev. Mildred D.W. Holliday, 78, died peacefully Dec. 13, 2012, at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Rev. Carletta Allen officiated at a funeral service Dec. 18 at Asbury UMC in Annapolis. Mildred Wright was born Feb. 2, 1934, in Severna Park, to the late Leila and Henry Wright Sr. She...
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Ancient church mothers and fathers often greeted one another with the phrase, “Give me a word.” This greeting led to the sharing of insights and wisdom. Today we continue this tradition with this monthly column. Voice your thoughts on the word at www.facebook.com/bwcumc. By...
By Charles L. Harrell Between now and May 29, every United Methodist is being called upon to bring at least one person to Christ and to submit this person’s name as part of an offering at the annual conference session. How do you start? Rev. Charles Harrell offers some thoughts. During...
The face of God was reflected in the faces of the more than 6,500 youth and their leaders, who showed up at ROCK 2013, a Baltimore-Washington Conference youth retreat held Jan. 11-13 in Ocean City. Greeting them, Bishop Marcus Matthews spoke about expectation and transformation, the theme of...
By Jenny Cannon “Adaptive leadership is not about managing change; it is about managing loss.” It wasn’t even lunchtime on the first full day of our quadrennial training event in Nashville when our keynote speaker from the Alban Institute shared these words, and then...
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff In the old Negro spiritual “Wade in the Water,” there’s a refrain: “God’s gonna trouble the waters.” But the temptation today is to calm the waters, settle the conflict and chaos that might stir in our churches and the...
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection staff Before a thousand people, who gathered Jan 26 to make their voices heard, the Rev. Dean Snyder bowed his head and invoked the presence of God in this nation’s debate on ending gun violence. Snyder is senior pastor of Foundry UMC, one of three...
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff Intense preparations are now underway as members begin praying for and working to produce the 229th session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, which will be held May 29-31 at the Waterfront Marriott Hotel in Baltimore. Online registration is...
By Christine Kumar UMConnection Correspondent During worship service, he paced back and forth down the aisle and when he tried to leave the sanctuary the ushers would hug him at the door and send him back to his seat. Ten-year-old Michael had autism. Deaconess Shelly Owen, a member of...
