Teaser:30 years on, HIV/AIDS still challenges the church. A UMNS Report By Barbara Dunlap-Berg* 3:00 P.M. EST June 6, 2011 | NASHVILLE (UMNS) Tommy Williams (right) receives a hug from Ginny West Case, director of the Strength for the Journey camps for adults living with HIV/AIDS. The...
Teaser:New pastors challenged to convert life into truth BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF As she knelt at the Service of Ordination beneath the stars painted on the dome of the Lovely Lane UMC, the Rev. Bonnie Scott remembered when she was 15, and attended a similar ordination service of...
Teaser:Marian Wright Edelman challenges the church to speak out for justice and the well-being of all children. BY SHAUN LANE UMCONNECTION STAFF How can United Methodists encounter God? "Get up and talk about justice," Marian Wright Edelman told the members of the 227th annual conference...
Teaser:Bishop John Schol calls United Methodists to action in state of church address. BY CHRISTIE ZIMMERMAN UMCONNECTION STAFF Stewardship and discipleship ministries connected as one at the 227th session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference as conference leaders talked candidly with lay and...
Teaser:Highlights from the 227th Baltimore-Washington Conference BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF Prayer wove itself through every element of the 227th Baltimore-Washington Conference session, May 26-28 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, connecting the 1,200 lay and clergy...
Teaser:Laity gather at Annual Conference to share about ministry. BY LINDA WORTHINGTON When the laity gathered for their executive session Thursday evening, they began by learning how to electronically vote. Within 45 minutes the approximately 450 laity had elected six of the seven delegates to...
Teaser:BWC delegates to serve as General and Jurisdictional Conferences were elected. At the annual conference session, for the first time and without a hitch, electronic voting was used to elect delegates to the General and Jurisdictional delegations, saving hours in time once used for...
Teaser:The Bishop and several leaders call the conference to connect as one. May 27, 2011 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. –Philippians 3:12 The Apostle Paul’s...
Teaser:Clergy and laity begin meeting in Baltimore. BY MELISSA LAUBER In ancient and native cultures, the call to community, the invitation, is often delivered with a drum. This morning, the Rev. Dred Scott, pastor of St. Matthews UMC in Dundalk, will send out that invitation to United...
Teaser:The theme of this week’s annual conference is “Connect as One.” What can deep connecting really mean? BY ROD MILLER Connection. We use this word often and ascribe to it a wide array of meanings. What does connection mean to you? We are more connected now...
