| Namibians worship at UM church  COOKSVILLE When the United Methodist Women of the Mt. Gregory-St. Luke Charge sent 60 school kits to the Hage Geingob School in Namibia, they never dreamed theyd meet the recipients.
But each kit included a note of invitation to the church and the U.S. State Department took the note seriously. They selected that Southern African school as part of a sister school project, and it was assigned to Magruder High School in Rockville. The two-week visitation itinerary included worship at Mt. Gregory UMC. Hanna Garises, the principal at Hage Geingob, told the congregation that she was pleased to come to the church so that she could personally thank the women for the school kits. For both the visiting Namibians and the hosting congregation, the exchange was important. The opportunity to worship with our new family from Namibia, South Africa, blessed all of us, said Audrey Hill, a member of the church. Wesley artifacts on display  WASHINGTON The Dadian Gallery at Wesley Theological Seminary is currently exhibiting artifacts and memorabilia from the life of John Wesley, titled Remembering John Wesley: An Exhibition Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of his Birth.
The exhibition,which ends July 25, includes paintings, drawings and prints depicting moments in Wesleys life and ministry, journal entries published during his lifetime and objects he used. Many of the objects are on loan from the United Methodist Archives and History Center at Drew University. An annotated catalog will be available to all visitors at the gallery, at 4500 Massachusetts Ave. NW in Washington, D.C., in the Kresge building . The gallery is open Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and closed weekends. Native American leaders featured  BALTIMORE Nineteen church leaders were among 50 from throughout the jurisdiction to attend a Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference on Local Church Ministries in early April, according to Florence Thompson, a member of Sharp Street UMC who works as a volunteer at New Waverly UMC.
The theme New Tools for a New Century of Ministry was developed by the Rev. Thom White Wolf Fassett, former head of the General Board of Church and Society and now a district superintendent in the Finger Lakes South District in upstate New York. Two outstanding workshops included What a Difference a Generation Makes, and one on small group ministry, Thompson said. The weekend in the Pocono Mountains was highlighted by presentations on Africa and Native American tribes, music and liturgical dance, she said. A regret was that for the first time in 10 years, the 25-30 Koreans who usually travel from their homeland, were unable to attend. Convocation organizers promise theyll return next year for the event scheduled April 22-25. | 
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