Teaser:Starting a new worship service is one of the best ways to grow a church. Experts share insights. BY CHRISTINE KUMAR One of the best ways for a church to grow is to start new worship services, says Charles Arn, president of Church Growth, Inc. in Monrovia, Calif. But this is not a...
The Rev. E. Bruce Miller II, 72, died Nov. 16, 2010, in a nursing home in Williamsport. He had Parkinson’s disease. He was cremated and the family had a private service. Miller was ordained an Elder in 1964 and served about 10 years. As a student pastor in 1961, he served Leonardtown...
Teaser:The Rev. Clark Carr went with the Army in 1996 into a war zone in Bosnia. He just returned as an agent for peace. BY CLARK D. CARR Mid-January 1996, after months and months of preparations in Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Centers in Germany, and additional weeks packing and loading...
Teaser:Members of Marvin Chapel hold strong to their faith after a fire shutters their church.Feature Word:BelieveFeature Caption:Members of Marvin Chapel hold strong to their faith after a fire shutters their church.
Teaser:A team from the BWC recently returned from leading a pastors school in Zimbabwe. They share some impressions. Five years ago, Jo Chesson traveled to Zimbabwe for the first time to oversee the details of a pastors’ school with the Baltimore-Washington Conference’s partners in...
Teaser:United Methodists churches joined the thousands of residents of Minot, N.D., just beginning to recover from flooding that devastated the town. A UMNS REPORT BY EMILY SNELL* 5:00 P.M. EDT June 27, 2011 An aerial photo of Minot, N.D. shows floodwaters from the Souris River...
Teaser:West Virginia pastors care for children who are still reeling from the recent tornado in Joplin, Mo. BY CAROL STRICKER My husband Duane and I are pastors of Middleway UMC in Kearneysville, W.Va. We recently spent 14 days deployed by Children Disaster Services in Joplin, Mo., following...
Varner-Belle Kannenberg, 90, the widow of the late Rev. Karl R. Kannenberg, died from colon cancer Dec. 6, 2010, at her caregiver's home in Chambersburg, Pa. A funeral service was held at the Zimmerman and Son Funeral Home in Greencastle, Pa., Dec. 9, with Pastor Daniel Barnes...
Teaser:37 people infected and affected with HIV/AIDS met to explore inner peace at a recent Quality of Life retreat. BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF Living with HIV/AIDS can be "a fulltime thing," every hour, every day, 365 days a year. "It shapes you and not always in the best ways," said...
Shirley Rohrbaugh, 82, the wife of the late Laverne E. Rohrbaugh, died May 13, 2011, in Capital Caring Hospice in Arlington, Va. Services were held June 14 at the Murphey Funeral Home in Arlington. Interment followed at Arlington National Cemetery, near her husband who had been a POW during...
