The Rev. William D. Sampselle, 88, died May 15, 2011, from a heart attack after a protracted illness. A funeral was held May 20 at the Stauffer Funeral Home in Frederick. Sampselle was born March 9, 1923, in Washington, D.C., the son of the late William F. and Gladys S. Sampselle. He was a...
Doris Janet Kline Alexander, 71, the wife of the Rev. Kenneth Lee Alexander, a former pastor of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, died May 10, 2011, in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. A funeral service was held May 13, in The Ministry Center of St. Andrews Anglican Church. Burial is in Cheltenham...
John Holliday,79, the husband of the Rev. Mildred Wright Holliday, a retired Elder who pastors Carter’s UMC in Friendship, died July 22, 2010. He had Alzheimer’s disease. The Rev. Walter Middlebrooks officiated at a funeral at Asbury UMC July 28. At the time of his death, he was an...
John W. Farris, 77, a Local Pastor serving Mt. Zion and Paw Paw UMCs on the Great Cacapon Charge, died May 27, 2011, in Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown, W. Va. A funeral service was held at Trinity UMC in Terra Alta, W. Va., with the Rev. Frankie Revell officiating. Farris was...
Teaser:The BWCs relationship with Zimbabwe grows as the pastors school begins in Mutare. By Taurai Emmanuel Maforo Zimbabwe West Annual Conference Communicator MUTARE, ZIMBABWE – More than 300 pastors gathered at the 2011 Zimbabwe Episcopal Area Pastors School at Africa University...
Teaser:Commentator Donald Haynes explores how choices the church makes come back to haunt us. BY DONALD W. HAYNES UMR COLUMNIST So far as we know, the term, "The birds are coming back to their nests" originated with Chaucer in "The Parson's Tale." By the 19th century in American literature, the...
Teaser:A provocative commentary explores how laity are essential in the daily building of God’s kingdom. BY LESLEY A. CARTER This was a sermon delivered by Lesley A. Carter, the conference webmaster, at a worship service at the mission center June 13. We've spent a lot of time in...
James K. Mathews was born Feb. 10, 1913, in Breezewood, Pa., one of eight children born to Laura Mae Wilson Mathews and James Davenport Mathews, an itinerant Methodist preacher. He received his B.A. from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn., in 1931, working his way through college...
The Rev. William Robert "Bill" Hannen, 93, of Weirton, W. Va., died from renal failure May 23, 2011, in Trinity East Hospital in Steubenville, Ohio. A funeral was held May 27 at Colliers UMC in Colliers, W. Va., with the Rev. Thomas Deane officiating. Grave side military rites were...
Teaser:St. Paul Praise and Worship Center finds a new home and a new identity on Pentecost Sunday. BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF The leaders of St. Paul UMC in Baltimore didn't realize it was Pentecost Sunday when they began to plan the deconsecration/consecration services. But on...
