By Rev. Ron Foster Bethesda UMC In February, I had the privilege of traveling to Vietnam with Phuong Bui, a member of our congregation, to deliver 408 bicycles that had been donated by members and friends of our church as part of a special Christmas Eve outreach through her foundation...
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff Bishop Marcus Matthews has appointed the Rev. Antoine Love, pastor of Journey of Faith Church in Waldorf, as the new Baltimore-Washington Conference director of Vibrant Communities, effective July 1. Love, who is also the conference chair of the Board...
Photos and story by Alison Burdett UMConnection Staff On Thursday, April 24, ten young adults departed from the Conference Center to travel to Seaville, NJ, for a Hurricane Sandy relief mission trip. Before leaving, Washington East District Superintendant, the Rev. Rebecca Iannicelli...
By Amy Shelton* & Erik Alsgaard A typical Sunday for the Rev. Wang Xuan includes preaching to more than 10,000 people, leading a choir practice, visiting home-bound parishioners, handling administrative tasks, and preparing for her next sermon. She is one of six pastors serving...
By Linda Worthington UMConnection Staff There is no one “most memorable” occasion in his 49 years of service to the church, said the Rev. Dean Snyder. “I could give you 100 memorable times.” Snyder is one of 32 clergy retiring this year, representing more than 772...
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff At 14 district meetings held throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference, United Methodists stood together this spring and sang: “I need you, you need me; we’re all apart of God’s body.” At these meetings, which featured...
By Evelyn J. B. Brewster The forecast predicted rain…not just spring rain…but torrential rains that carried flood watch warnings from the National Weather Service. The members of The Prayer Ministry of Asbury United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C., were undaunted. Rain or...
Alice Knight, the widow of the late Rev. John L. Knight, died May 11, 2014, in Sun Lakes, Ariz. She was cremated and a memorial service was held June 12 at Beverly UMC in Beverly, NJ. Alice Kingston was born Nov.19, 1916, in Beverly, NJ. She and John L. Knight married in 1941. They had grown...
Pastor Ronald Brown.70, died May 9, 2014, in Prince Frederick. Ronald was born on Dec. 2, 1943, in Monongahela, Pa., to the late Mr. and Mrs. David Brown. He served as a part-time local pastor at Bryans Road Shiloh from 2003-2006. Ronald was predeceased by his wife Shirley Brown who died in...
By Bob Barnes Pastor, Glen Burnie UMC As we know, our culture and our church family are at odds over the issue of homosexuality. One of the most aggravating things about our growing schism is that people on both sides of the debate are not that different. United Methodist...
