Cultures join to create a church ANNAPOLIS – Trinity UMC added 10 new members of at least three ethnicities and two different languages Feb. 13 in a bilingual service of membership. In a creative service led by the Rev. David Wentz and Alexander Urvina, Trinity's Director of...
As of March 20, the unpaid pension and medical benefits of local churches in the Baltimore-Washington Confernece is $303,248. Clergy pension and medical payments are mandatory expenses that the conference must pay to the General Board of Pensions each month. When one church doesn’t...
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Every four years, United Methodist laity and clergy gather from around the world for General Conference to make decisions about the future of The United Methodist Church. This year, 988 delegates representing 12 million United Methodists and their 40,000...
BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF Click here to view more pictures. On a porch in Inwood, W. Va., Bishop John Schol handed a Bible to Kira Ruby to sustain her and so that she might become a living witness to its words. Along with the Bible, Ruby received a house, built by United Methodist...
Teaser:David Showalter explores confirmation and a hermeneutic of adoption. BY DAVID SHOWALTER UMCONNECTION CONTRIBUTOR "I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your...
The Rev. Stanley Bice Jr., a retired Elder, died at Riderwood Village, Dec. 25, 2011. A funeral service was held Dec. 29 at First UMC in Laurel. Bice’s pastoral service began in 1957 as the assistant pastor at Chesapeake Methodist in Edgewater. In 1959 he was appointed to Parkins...
The Rev. William Wesley Dodge, 96, died March 3, 2012, in Asheville, N.C. An interment service will be held this summer for both Wesley and Mary Lee Dodge in Stony Point. Dodge began his ministry in 1941 at Shenandoah Junction. In 1947, he was appointed to Ridgeville and in 1949 to Rockville...
Teaser:Bishop Schol celebrates the challenges and accomplishments of women in the church. BY BISHOP JOHN SCHOL Today we celebrate and give thanks for women like Grace Bragg, who while president of the Women’s Division in 1944 prepared a report to the church about the wide spread...
Teaser:The UMC is considering creating a president of the Council of Bishops. UMNS REPORT BY HEATHER HAHN The Rev. Robert J. Williams (left) and Bishop Larry Goodpaster, president of the Council of Bishops, lead a discussion on the proposed nonresidential bishop during The United...
Teaser:Bullying, sexual misconduct and immigration are among the topics BWC members will consider. BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF Preparations are underway as conference leaders prepare for the 228th session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference to be held May 30 to June 1 at the...
