ReviewBY CHRISTOPHER J. TROILOUMConnection Movie ReviewerWith cold weather still here and top film awards now in the hands of winners, many movie theaters find themselves with last year?s celebrated leftovers. New releases are few and far between, and among these slim pickings you?re always...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary January 7, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 1 NEWS Recovery funds still needed In response to Bishop Felton Edwin Mays appeal to assist victims of Hurricane Isabel, $25,704 was contributed by more than 50 churches. However, funds are...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories January 15, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 2 BWC Hispanic Ministries The role and mission of the Committee on Hispanic Ministry is to develop and strengthen Hispanic Ministries within the Baltimore-Washington Conference...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary October 15, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 19 NEWS Buddy Williams cherishes baseball memories and home By John W. Coleman Jr.UMCONNECTION STAFFMajor League Baseballs post-season is underway. As teams compete for the World Series...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection October 2, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 19 Urban Promise brings hope, healing By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff Sean Johnson, of Calvary UMC in Annapolis, went to war this summer. His battleground...
INDIAN HEAD ? During their monthly ?chat and chew? breakfast at Metropolitan UMC, 20-27 men gather to discuss how they can meet the needs of the church. On one such occasion the topic of conversation was how to repair the pews in the sanctuary, pews that were well over 30 years old.It wasn?t...
Shaping a vital, vibrant space for young adultsBY LILLIAN C. SMITHIn many congregations today, youth and young adults are visibly absent. The average age of membership in The United Methodist Church is about 50 years old.For a denomination that is graying, this trend is a matter of grave...
ELLICOTT CITY ? Singers from Bethany UMC?s choir and Mount Hebron High School combined together to form the Ellicott City Chorale, which left June 22 on a 12-day six-concert tour of Austria and Italy. The tour included appearances at Salzburger Dom in Salzburg, the 5 p.m. Mass June 30 at the...
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, who was 26 when he was killed by a makeshift bomb last May in Baghdad.'Today I stand with...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary January 7, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 1 NEWS Churches urged to develop older adult ministries By John W. Coleman Jr.UMConnection StaffSue Roberts, 70, started older adult ministries at St. Pauls UMC in Kensington in 1997...
