GLEN BURNIE - Hall UMC celebrated Laity Day Oct. 21, by taking worship to the community outdoors at the Freetown Village Recreation Center. They began the morning with a continental breakfast, then the praise and worship music began, and the neighbors came flocking in, lawn chairs and children...
UPPER FALLS - Salem UMC held a 'Nothing but Nets' shootout Oct. 28, to raise money to fight malaria.The shootout featured three separate 'shooting' events: children shot soccer balls at a goalie, the Rev. Cliff Webner; adults chipped golf balls into a net; and adults and youth tried shooting...
RIDERWOOD - Hunt's Memorial UMC dedicated its Christian preschool Oct. 17. The service was attended by octogenarian Don Garda who donated the money to buy the playground equipment, said the Rev. Mary Roberts.It took the congregation more than a year to launch the project. 'We never knew what...
By Linda GreenUnited Methodist News Service The United Methodist presence in the United States today is the same as it was in 1820. And, if trends in aging and membership losses continue at their current rates, the church will shrink to its size at the time of the first Christmas Conference in...
Exuberance is an old-fashioned word. Few people today dash about being exuberant, but it's a concept made for church and the Discipleship Adventure. We are called to be a people of joy, of daring and audacious hope. Exuberance contains this element of lush and abundant blessing. It is an...
Seek the shalom of the city where I have sent you, for in its shalom, you will find your shalom. -Jeremiah 29:7Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,The city of Baltimore, the birth place of United Methodism needs shalom - well being, prosperity, healing and wholeness. It is battling a wave of...
HELP STOP SLOTS IN MARYLAND From the Desk of Rev. Byron P. Brought Calvary UMC, Annapolis Sept. 20, 2007 Colleagues: This is a critical time for those of us who oppose the introduction of slots in Maryland. Here is the current situation: The Governor and Senate President Miller are...
Irene Elizabeth 'Beth' Stroud may have lost her ministerial credentials, but she has not given up on The United Methodist Church. The former Philadelphia clergywoman, whose sexual orientation led to a Dec. 2 guilty verdict by a church trial court, had not expected to win her case, but she...
February 4, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 3 NEWS New finance leaders announced Martha Sherman Knight was recently named Director of Finance and Administration for the Baltimore-Washington Conference. Pier McPayten is now Conference Treasurer. The pair have...
February 4, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 3 NEWS Preserving faith stories of first black deaf mission by Mary CahillUMConnection correspondent In 1895 in Baltimore, the Rev. Daniel Moylan founded the oldest operational church for the deaf in the Methodist...
