2 Corinthians 9: 1-8By Mamie A. WilliamsTwenty-five ago, I was faced with a personal dilemma. There was a foreign born family that needed a place to stay while studying at a local seminary. I had had previous house guest for short periods of time, but never for more than three or four days at a...
BY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFMichael McCorkle never expected an outspoken, elderly African-American widow to take up residence in his mind. But he wasn?t that surprised either.As a playwright, McCorkle has grown familiar with characters inhabiting his thoughts. This most recent lead...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary January 21, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 2 NEWS United Methodist relief agency responds to Iran disaster By Linda BloomUnited Methodist News ServiceThe United Methodist Churchs relief agency is sending two field...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories February 5, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 3 District capital funds campaigns proposed BY ERIK ALSGAARD UMCONNECTION STAFF The Baltimore-Washington Conference Capital Funds Feasibility Study Task...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary November 5, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 20 NEWS Berkeley Springs church makes Exit 146 a reality By Erik AlsgaardUMCONNECTION STAFFFor weeks, the signs had been everywhere in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Exit 146 they read, with...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection October 16, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 20 UM Men urged to grow in spirituality, activity By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff The Baltimore-Washington Conference United Methodist Men elected new leaders...
Magazine named Jenny Deans, who attends Mt. Zion UMC, National Pre- Season Player of the Year for the women's junior college ranks. DeansDeans was selected all-American defensive player last year when she was a freshman at Anne Arundel Community College. She told the magazine, ' My faith helps...
Our bishops? statements about the Stroud and Johnson decisions sadly indicate extreme episcopal spiritual blindness. The Bible consistently and vehemently denounces the practice and the passions of homosexuality, yet the bishops find this totally unpersuasive. It is disingenuous to say the real...
BY CHRISTINE KUMARUMCONNECTION STAFFFour United Methodist churches are teaming up to overcome racial divisions and provide a new community center for the town of Deale.The churches, Cedar Grove, St. Matthews in Shady Side, Franklin and Centenary UMCs, united together to form South County...
Dear Ones in Christ, Greetings from Dakar, Senegal! Well, we expected it to be hard at first, and it has been. We study French night and day, with the help of the French Institute, because we know that with better language ability, we will be less frustrated and more useful. We long for the day...
