Foundry UMC's Church Council voted July 17 to become an Accessible Congregation, one of only 12 United Methodist congregations in the District of Columbia and Maryland to do so. Nation-wide, more than 2,276 congregations of all denominations have committed to becoming accessible to those with...
From the narthex to the parlor and from the sanctuary to the pastor's office, the church can, and should, embody the concept of inclusion. Many people, when they think about this topic, think about wheelchair ramps and access issues. But there is another disability that often gets overlooked -...
In churches throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference, more than 48,000 people, almost half of them children, returned to Sunday school on Sept. 8. Many churches rolled out special activities to mark the occasion. The children at Emmanuel UMC in Scaggsville learned about Discipleship with...
BRANDYWINE - Kelvin Moore and Lauren Roots of Asbury UMC recently received Good Samaritan Awards from the General Commission on United Methodist Men. The award is the highest given to United Methodist young people. Roots, 7, who just graduated and is headed to West Virginia Wesleyan, was...
Keisha Sellers was robbed at gunpoint after she cashed her pay check at a place near her home in West Baltimore. Sellers, a single mother, panicked at the thought of not having enough money to pay her bills and feed her three children. A friend told Sellers that a nearby church had a food...
WALDORF - The confirmation class at Calvary UMC recently presented 500 Bibles to the Charles County Sheriff's Office for use at the county detention center. The sixth- and seventh-graders spearheaded the effort to raise half the funds for the Bibles. The Maryland Bible Society picked up the rest...
MARTINSBURG, W. Va. Bethany Hott, a high school freshman and member of St. Luke's UMC, collected 170 pairs of shoes and 50 pairs of socks for a project she and two friends initiated at James Wood High School in Winchester, Va. At project's end they will send the shoes for distribution to...
BALTIMORE - Kisha Thomas, 16, a member of Elderslie-St. Andrews UMC, is a gifted athlete and all-round student, according to her pastor, the Rev. Robert Walker Jr. 'Kisha is active in our sound ministry, youth group, ushers, sings and baby-sits,' Walker said. She attends Randallstown High...
While United Methodists have been successful in keeping legalized slot machines out of the state of Maryland in the past few years, a new plan by Gov. Martin O'Malley calls for renewed action by people of faith, says Sumayya Coleman, Baltimore-Washington Conference legislative...
A wave of first-timers descended upon the United Methodist West River Retreat Center in Churchton, March 7-9, for this year's Middle High Retreat. More than 90 children, in grades 6-8, arrived at the river front hauling backpacks, sleeping bags and flashlights. Clinging to the security of...
