Teaser:Jo Chesson and young people in the BWC combat malaria. These drawings are the winners of the 2011 Imagine No Malaria Art Contest. Drawings by Killian Mullay, Hadlee Walker, Samantha Tisinger The United Methodist Church, through its Imagine No Malaria campaign, is working to raise $75...
Teaser:'Bring the homeless poor into your house.' The Manna House, one of the largest soup kitchens in Baltimore, had to stop serving breakfast on Saturdays because of a lack of funding. When the churches of the Baltimore Region heard about this at the April 30 pre-conference session, they...
Teaser:Leaders of the global church meet in Call to Action Summit. BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF The United Methodist Church is standing at a threshold moment in its history – poised to address four decades of decline and a creeping crisis of relevancy in today’s world. God...
Teaser:The Call to Action and reducing apportionments were among the highlights at regional sessions. BY MELISSA LAUBER AND LINDA WORTHINGTON UMCONNECTION STAFF Pre-Conference FAQs | Pre-Conference Report The Call to Action and church vitality, increased stewardship of apportionments...
Teaser:At episcopal gathering, bishops hear call to lean into and lead church’s future. BY HEATHER HAHN* UMNS Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster urges the Council of Bishops to take a greater role in shaping the denomination’s future. United Methodist bishops must take a greater...
Teaser:Gifts, prayers, and volunteers sustain the thousands affected by the recent southern storms. A UMNS REPORT BY BARBARA DUNLAP-BERG* The death toll throughout the southern United States continues to rise, along with offers of aid. A guitar rests amid rubble in Cullman, Ala. A web-only...
Teaser:The new Calvary Place provides a meaningful step to ending homelessness in the region. BY CARRIE MADREN UMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENT For decades, churches in downtown D.C. have witnessed – and tried to help as best they could – people who are chronically homeless and sleeping...
Teaser: Imprisoned for 39 years, Kevin Petty is now sharing freedom’s gifts in a new prison ministry. By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff"I was in prison and you visited me." More than 2,000 years ago Jesus said these words. Today, they’re said by Kevin Petty, who after 39 years of...
Teaser:A new symbol to glorify God – the Easter Oyster. BY TERRI COFIELL Through the Great Fifty Days of Easter sanctuaries will be adorned with symbols of resurrection: lilies, butterflies, and painted eggs — all reminders of new life emerging from death, all images of the empty...
