BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF When Kirk Bloodsworth tells his story, he starts with the brutal murder of Dawn Hamilton, a nine-year-old girl with a pageboy haircut, who was found, in July 1984, murdered in the woods by her Baltimore County apartment. Police discovered her dead...
Teaser:United Methodists work to persuade lawmakers to choose justice and mercy. BY JOHN W. COLEMAN, JR. SPECIAL TO THE UMCONNECTION About a hundred United Methodists attended the Baltimore-Washington Conference’s annual Legislative Advocacy Day at Asbury UMC in Annapolis Feb. 15. Their...
Teaser:Forty-seven new churches paid 100 percent of their 2011 apportionments. BY CHRISTIE ZIMMERMAN UMCONNECTION STAFF Forty-seven new churches from across the conference (listed below) have paid 100 percent of their 2011 apportionments. Collectively, Baltimore-Washington Conference churches...
Teaser: The Revs. Rodney T. Smothers and Laura Easto were endorsed by the BWC delegation as candidates for bishop. BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF The Rev. Laura Blauvelt Easto The Rev. Rodney Thomas Smothers The Revs. Rodney Thomas Smothers and Laura Blauvelt Easto were...
Teaser:The Susanna Wesley House, which provides supportive housing in Baltimore, partners with the YWCA. Dear Friend(s) of Susanna Wesley House: On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of Susanna Wesley House, we are happy to announce a new and exciting change that is taking...
Betty Roberts, 74, the wife of the Rev. W. McCarl Roberts, retired, died Nov. 4, 2011, after losing her battle with ovarian cancer. Her body was cremated and a private graveside service was held Dec. 2. She met McCarl Roberts when she was in high school and he was in college. He and his sister...
Teaser:Apportionment giving exceeded conference goals in 2011. Baltimore-Washington Conference churches exceeded their goal of a 90.25 percent collection rate, demonstrating vital faith by donating 90.46 percent towards the apportionment budget in 2011. A total of 643 of the BWC’s 650...
Teaser:Severna Park UMC creates home for women in need. BY LINDA WORTHINGTON UMCONNECTION STAFF Many volunteers from Severna Park UMC, in partnership with The Samaritan Women, are renovating a vacant, run-down, two-story brick house in Southwest Baltimore as a day shelter for homeless and...
BY SHERYL MORSELL When I was a young girl growing up in the early 70s with my parents and two brothers, I was a very competitive tomboy. I rarely played with dolls but I loved playing with trucks and Hot Wheel cars, footballs and army men. Particularily, I enjoyed playing football and baseball...
BY HEATHER HAHN UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE The Call to Action's proposal to restructure General Agencies is drawing a lot of attention as The United Methodist Church approaches this spring's General Conference. The proposal would restructure the denomination, including...
