Teaser:Ken Carter reflects on the future of the church. BY KEN CARTER UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE Most U.S. annual conferences are preparing, in the midst of or concluding their gatherings. While I write from a particular region (Western North Carolina, Southeast Jurisdiction), my sense...
Eileen Becker Justus, 97, the wife of the late Rev. Karl Justus, died June 6 in Bethesda. Service and interment were private. She was born Aug. 3, 1912, at home in New York City, the daughter of the late Frederick W. Becker and Mabelle Fenn Becker. In her growing up years, they had a family...
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Teaser:A number of exhibitors at annual conference offered resources to help churches grow in the Discipleship Adventure Celebrate At the recent session of annual conference, a number of ministries individuals and churches on the Discipleship Adventure. Encounter A Christian music...
Teaser:Scouts fill a new church van with food, Calvary UMC is honored as a welcoming congregation; New Covenant ministers to shut-ins; children collect pennies for Haiti MFSA names its "God's Foolish One's" award winners. FOREST HILL – When Centre UMC acquired a new bus, the eleven Girl...
Teaser:A new Immersion Series, with sermons by Bishop Schol, helps churches grow with a four-week series that explores the theme of call.BY STACY NAIL SPECIAL TO THE UMCONNECTIONLast fall, Bishop John Schol preached a sermon series on call that ignited a movement of the Holy Spirit and led to...
Teaser:The Rev. Chris Owens shares his experiences and hopes for holy conferencing on the issue of the church and homosexualityBY CHRIS OWENS At this year’s session of annual conference, we shared a Holy Spirit-filled experience that tends to be rarely seen in our current political...
Teaser:The Council on Ministries report included legislation that calls for the creation of at least two new churches a year.BY CHRISTIE ZIMMERMAN UMCONNECTION STAFF At this year’s session of annual conference, the Council on Finance and Administration (CFA) proposed a budget that...
Teaser:Eight elders and one deacon were ordained and seven were commissioned as provisional members at an ordination service where Bishop Janice Huie described pastors "as the rope between God and people."BY LINDA WORTHINGTON UMCONNECTION STAFF The Grand Ballroom at the Waterfront Marriott Hotel...
