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. | Hall of Fame includes UMs MOUNT AIRY Three of the five new members inducted into the Mount Airy Hall of Fame March 16 are active United Methodists. The annual ceremony and dinner is sponsored by the Mount Airy Historical Society. Josephine Joan A. Collins, has been a member at Calvary UMC for 20 years or more. She is the chaplain of the American Legion Auxiliary and teaches religious education at St. Michaels Catholic Church. Virginia B. Norwood, is active at Calvary UMC in many ways. She  was an organizer of OWLS (Older Wiser Lively Seniors). She retired from the public school system where she worked as a teacher and media specialist. C. William Bill Knill is a farmer and member of the Maryland Agriculture Hall of Fame and a former leader and choir member of Calvary UMC. He now attends Taylorsville UMC. Receiving the recognition posthumously was A. Wayne Norwood, the late town councilman, also known as Mr. Kiwanis. He also attended Calvary. Free Spirit award to Dorothy Height ANNAPOLIS The Rev. Mamie A. Williams was one of hundreds of people who attended an award ceremony that honored Dorothy Height, a United Methodist, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., March 24. The event was sponsored by the Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. Height, who received the Al Neuharth Free Spirit of the Year award, is 92 and a member of St. Marks UMC in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder and president emerita of the National Council for Negro Women. The award was one of dozens she has received for her lifelong commitment to justice, civil rights and human rights, especially for black women. Earlier that day she accepted the Congressional Medal in the rotunda of the capitol, said Williams, who considers Height my queen mama. Heights memoirs, Open Wide the Freedom Gates, was published last year. Newsletter Notes -
The Strawbridge Shrine Association, is inviting everyone on a pilgrimage to their historic Methodist site near New Windsor June 6 at 4 p.m., when a number of monuments will be dedicated. -
The youth of Bells UMC in Camp Springs recently fasted to raise money for World Vision to feed the hungry. -
Damascus UMC opened a Learning Academy to provide individualized, after-school tutoring to community youth. -
Bel Air UMC received 55 new members in December and January. -
Rockville UMC sponsored a Lenten breakfast with Becky Wagner, who spoke on what it means to be poor in Montgomery County. Those interested in poverty issues were encouraged to see the survey by the U.S. Conference of Mayors at www.usmayors.org . -
Asbury UMC in Arnold is preparing for a mission trip to Zimbabwe in August. -
Members of Concord-St. Andrews UMC are encouraging people to attend the annual Alpha Course conference to be held at National Presbyterian Center in Washington, D.C., April 19-20. -
Trinity UMC in Frederick held a Lighten up and Laugh dinner to benefit Trinitys youth mission projects. -
The Maryland Bible Society reports it distributed 1,489,748 Scriptures in 2003 at a combined value of $287,613. A $5 gift to them will buy a Bible for a U.S. soldier. -
Covenant UMC in Montgomery Village received a $100,000 bequest from the estate of one of their longtime members, Ruth Thomas, who named the church in her will. 
courtesy of Donna Hill TIMONIUM About 150 people attended the second of Timonium UMCs five-week Celebrate the Sabbath Lenten series. The Christian rock group, Ashes Remain, attracted not just youth but many of their parents and grandparents as well. Youth groups from West Liberty, Maryland Line and Mt. Vernon UMCs also joined in. The series featured a musical offering each Sunday afternoon from Feb. 29 through March 28. Melissa & Friends, a concert with church music director Melissa Emerson, opened the series. Featured other weeks were the Maryland State Boys Choir, childrens choirs and puppet ministry, and a square dance with an Italian dinner to close. I think theres something for just about every age here, said Donna Hill, coordinator of Christian education and youth ministry. |
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