article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Sept. 18, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 18 COMMENTARY Andrews Everything I need to know I learned at West River camp this summer BY SARAH MARIE ANDREWS Pool drains can hold many little dead frogs. People and...
LEXINGTON PARK ? It was 10 days before Christmas and all through Zion UMC volunteers were buzzing about delivering Christmas turkeys to needy families in St. Mary's County. At the center of the activity was Mike Schwartz who began feeding the hungry as a way to say thank you for help he received...
By Kathy L. Gilbert*NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - A new video produced by the United Methodist Church's Board of Discipleship drives home the point that God's call doesn't end when a person retires and neither does the retiree's value to the church.'God didn't call us to be Christians just until we...
BY JOAN G. LABARR AND DAE HWA PARKSpecial to the UMConnectionMethodists in two regions half a world apart ? one in the United States, one in South Korea ? have signed a covenant to work together on making disciples.The Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church and the Nambu...
WASHINGTON GROVE - The historic congregation of Washington Grove UMC took a step back in time to its camp meeting origins to celebrate its 96th anniversary. In 1872, Methodists in the Washington, D.C., area began searching for a campsite 'convenient to the city but that would provide freedom...
Young adults, from thoughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference, gathered recently to redefine the church and their place in it.More than 200 young adults, ages 18-39, declared that they want to be leaders and start innovative ministries in their local churches during a Young Adult Summit at...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Letters to the Editor January 1, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Gun control kills people In your Nov. 20 edition of UMConnection Mike Beard, in his commentary, states how further restrictions, added...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Letters to the Editor October 1, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 18 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Send nothing home The Rev. (Charles) Harrell thinks it proper that fliers from religious groups be sent home in public schoolchildrens...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Sept. 18, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 18 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Let doors, as well as hearts, minds, be open September 2002 marked the first anniversary of both the Sept. 11 tragedies and the launching of the...
BALTIMORE ? Lovely Lane UMC was a charter member when Manna House incorporated in 1966 and over the years has continued its support. Today it is the only church supporting this ministry for poor, homeless and unemployed or under-employed people. The Manna House ministry, which began as a soup...
