| Parsonage becomes child care center CLARKSVILLE The congregation of Linden-Linthicum UMC recently transformed its parsonage into the Hilltop Child Care Center, Inc. The Rev. David Carter-Rimbach presided over the centers dedication service May 5. The service attracted 80 guests, including three district superintendents, conference staff and Charles Shaw Sr., the contractor who built the parsonage, as well as his son who renovated it. Funding for the project was provided by church members through a loan arranged with the Sandy Spring Bank, said Emilie Sanborn, the churchs communications chairwoman. Educators learn computers COLUMBIA Eighteen Christian educators and pastors are a little more effective with computers since they attended a workshop on Using Computers in Christian Education April 26. The workshop was sponsored by the Baltimore-Washington Conference chapter of the Christian Educators Fellowship. Jo Chesson of the conference Media Center gbwc_superusered participants to resources, hardware, software and Internet sites. She told participants that computers should not take the place of the teacher. Church provides relief for walkers CATONSVILLE The parking lot at Emanuel UMC was a grab n go stop on the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., on May 3. Approximately 4,500 people came through between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., receiving bottles of water and using the facilities, said the Rev. Amy Lewis. Youth help children go to school in Benin PARKTON When the Rev. Helen Armigers son John sent pictures back from his Peace Corps assignment in Djougou, Benin, West Africa, the youth of Parke Memorial-Cedar Grove Charge were touched. They became interested in providing the $30 per year needed for a child to attend school. The rest of the congregation soon joined in and together they raised $1,000 for scholarships. Benin is one of the poorest countries in the world. Most of the children are Moslem and many of the girls do not attend school, said John Armiger. The schools have few resources. The youth raised funds for three more scholarships during a recent progressive dinner. They moved from house to house on bicycles and scooters, Armiger said. A local Girl Scout troop has joined in the project and is collecting soccer balls and school supplies for the students.  | 
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