By Carrie Madren Ocean City becomes somewhat of a ghost town each January, with closed summer-season shops and long, lonely stretches of beach. But more than 6,500 youth, youth leaders, and volunteers from the Baltimore-Washington Conference brought life back to the barrier island for the...
A “new normal” in Sandy Hook By the Rev. Mel Kawakami One month ago, a young gunman walked into the Sandy Hook Elementary School just down the street from Newtown United Methodist Church and killed twenty precious children and six brave adults. It has been a long and...
By Shaun Lane UMConnection Staff As people around the world paused last month to remember those who lost their lives to gun violence in Newtown, Conn., and elsewhere, the Baltimore-Washington Conference joined with other denominations to push for stricter laws that would prevent certain people...
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 Mandy...
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff In one of a series of unique partnerships that are transforming the lives of the homeless in Baltimore County, Salem UMC and its Night of Peace shelter will join with Citgo, which has agreed to pay the shelter’s heating bills this year. ...
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff New conference superintendents have been appointed by Bishop Marcus Matthews to serve five districts within the Baltimore-Washington Conference. The Rev. Rebecca Iannicelli will serve as superintendent in the Washington East District. The Rev...
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff For 60 years, West River has stood as a Methodist campground on 45 acres along the Chesapeake Bay, just 20 miles south of Annapolis. While the facility is important, it is the stories, lived year-in and year-out, in this sacred spot that have given West...
Michelle Boorstein Published: January 8 President Obama has picked Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights icon Medgar Evers, to deliver the invocation at his public swearing-in later this month. It is believed to be the first time a woman, and a layperson rather than a clergy...
Marguerite K. Hall, 93, the widow of the late Rev. Thomas R. Hall, died Oct. 26, 2012, at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Her memorial service was Dec. 3 at Dublin UMC. Pastor James Kevin Johnson officiated. She was born in Bala, Kansas, Dec. 6, 1918, to the late Riley and...
At least 350 homes in tiny Crisfield, Maryland, were damaged.Susan Kim By Susan Kim* Five volunteers are standing in the Asbury United Methodist Church in Crisfield, Maryland, talking about their goals for the day. Nearly two months after Hurricane Sandy swept up the US East Coast, this...
