| Operation Hero Miles provides flights TIMONIUM When U.S. Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger, (D-Md.), who is a member of Timonium UMC, visited the first soldiers returning from Iraq at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, he saw many who were temporarily stranded. I was shocked and somewhat embarrassed to learn that these soldiers were flown to BWI Airport by the Department of Defense but then required to pay for their connecting flights to their hometowns across the country, he said.  He decided to do something about it, reported Donna Hill, coordinator of Christian education and youth ministry at the church.
Operation Hero Miles was created. It gives people on the homefront the opportunity to contribute frequent flier miles to ensure that soldiers can get home at no cost after landing in the United States. The program has also expanded to include troop travel on emergency leave and to reunite families with injured soldiers. More than 534,000,000 miles, enough for 22,300 free round-trip tickets, had been contributed, according to Heather Molina from Ruppersbergers press office. For information, see www.operationheromiles.org. Active UMM receives honor  ANNAPOLIS The Annapolis District United Methodist Men presented a lifetime membership award to Curtis R. Warren Jan. 10, in recognition of his noteworthy support of United Methodist Mens ministries over the years, said the district president, Mike Goins.
Warren was the district United Methodist Men secretary for seven years and has been a volunteer at the Baltimore-Washington Conference Prayer Center since 1995. In his local church, St. Marks UMC in Hanover, Warren is a finance ministry member and chairman of the Church and Society Ministry. He is also a mentor at a local elementary school. Church holds Morgan State Day BALTIMORE Northwood-Appold UMC for the second year, hosted a reception for the faculty, students and staff of nearby Morgan State University Feb. 8. About 65 people attended, reported Marlon Tilghman. Prior to the reception, nearly 200 people attended the morning worship, then many stayed on for the reception, which featured piano and singing performances by Morgan State students and liturgical dancers from Northwood-Appold. Church members were encouraged to exchange information with at least one of the Morgan State visitors, Tilghman said. At the end of afternoon, four candidates for ministry shared in the benediction with the Rev. Cecil Gray. They were Carla Nealy, Usher Moses, Gwenville Young and Tilghman. | 
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