Teaser:The United Methodist Church launches renewed efforts to raise $75 million to ‘Change the World’ and ‘Imagine No Malaria.’By BARBARA DUNLAP-BERG UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE People aren’t looking for religious meetings, the Rev. Mike Slaughter said...
Teaser:The United Campus Ministries at Frostburg State University provided moments of healing and grace in the aftermath of a student shooting, in which one young man was left dead and another wounded.BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF A shooting at Frostburg State University that killed one...
Teaser:An editorial on the church’s response to winds of change blowing through the religious community.BY MELISSA LAUBER When new winds blow, the church’s job is the raise the sails, the Rev. Brian McLaren told a gathering of the area’s faith community at the Ecumenical...
Teaser:Everyone wants to want to learn about the Bible. Rev. Terri Cofiell explores how to make Bible study relevant and life-transforming.By TERRI COFIELL “I have never met a Christian youth or adult who did not ‘want to want’ to study the Bible.” The late Dick Murray...
Teaser:Local UM churches have provided more than $532,000 to relief efforts in Haiti.On Jan. 12 an earthquake devastated the town of Port au Prince in Haiti. Within hours, the people of The United Methodist Church were in action, providing relief. As of mid-April, 275 churches within the...
Teaser:Rev. Mary Ka Kanahan reflects on her recent journey to Korea.BY MARY KA KANAHAN There is no “luke-warm” Christianity in South Korea. That’s one of the lessons I learned when I traveled to the Nambu Annual Conference of the Korean Methodist Church in Daejon, South Korea...
Teaser:Steve Hull was called by God to ministry in the Dominican Republic. He responded whole-heartedly...BY CARRIE MADREN UMCONNECTION CORRESPONDENT “What are you going to do about it?” That wasn’t the pilot speaking through Steve Hull’s airplane earphones — it was...
Teaser:“Worship is who we are,” the bishop said at a training event on designing prodigal worship.BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF On April 13, the Baltimore-Washington Conference issued a call to worship that drew more than 350 people to Trinity UMC in Frederick. They gathered...
Teaser:“Worship is who we are,” the bishop said at a training event on designing prodigal worship.BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF On April 13, the Baltimore-Washington Conference issued a call to worship that drew more than 350 people to Trinity UMC in Frederick. They...
Teaser:A Congressman helps a church celebrate, Emory Grove UMC rolls out the welcome mat while Parkwood shares space with a Lutheran Congregation and the Board of Child Care Auxiliary is honored for its ministry. Congressman helps church celebrateWASHINGTON – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II...
