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| Celebrate Encounter A Christian music festival for youth and young adults Keynote speaker: Rev. Justin Coleman; Bands: Amped, Willet, Chasen July 16-18 Manidokan Camp and Retreat Center; near Harper’s Ferry, W.Va. Soul Feast Upper Room’s spiritual formation event to nourish your soul “Loving God Well,” with Phyllis Tickle, Bishop Hee-Soo Jung, Juanita Rasmus and July 18-22, |
| Connect Discover how your church can connect with the 240,000 Asian Americans in this area seeking a church home. Contact: Rev. DaeHwa Park, Baltimore Region Family Night Out Aberdeen Ironbirds vs. New York Jamestown Jammers Cal Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen Friday, Aug. 6, gate opens at 6 p.m. $30, For tickets, contact Sandra Cockrell, Bishop’s Fellowship Day Apart for Clergy Nationals baseball game and presentation on baseball and theology by Shaun Casey Begins 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 23 Nationals Baseball Stadium, Washington www.bwcumc.org/bishopsdayapart Bridges to Wholeness Explore how churches can develop practices of inclusion Saturday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Baltimore-Washington Conference Center General Commission on United Methodist Men Russia Partners: Familiarization Trip Visit Moscow, St. Petersburg, Black Soil District Mission and spiritual learning Sponsored by BWC Russia Initiative Two weeks, departing on or about July 10 Contact Rev. Charles Harrell at Young Adult Council + Young Adult Retreat – “Moving Through Mud,” West River Retreat Center near Annapolis Aug. 27-29 Contact Patricia Watson 304-258-5271 + Vocation Discernment Event – Oct. 1-2 Washington, D.C. + Young Adult Council planning meetings July 10 and Sept. 11, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Share Baltimore-Washington Area Reconciling United Methodists (BWARM) Affirms LGBT people and works to ensure their participation in the life of the church Lovely Lane Museum and Archives 2200 St. Paul St., Baltimore Open Thursdays and Fridays (Also sponsors annual church history contest) Contact: or 410-889-4458 Maryland Bible Society Sharing the Word of God in all the world 9 E. Franklin St., Baltimore Rethink Church What if church wasn’t just a place we go, but something we do? Strawbridge Shrine Commemorating the birthplace of American Methodism 2650 Strawbridge Lane, New Windsor Guided tours available upon request Contact curator Laura Apostol, 410-635-2600 Techshop Offers a United Methodist discount with select vendors on computer hardware and software Transforming Congregations Equipping the church to model and minister sanctified sexuality |
| Baltimore County Christian Workcamp Improving the homes of families with limited incomes July 18-23 Host church: Hunts Memorial UMC Contact: Chip Day, 410-744-2794 Imagine No Malaria Contact: Jo Chesson, Methodist Federation for Social Action Seeking Global Justice through The United Methodist Church www.mfsaweb.org; 202-546-8806 Mount Auburn Cemetery Day Returning this historic cemetery 2nd Sunday in November Contact: Sharp Street Memorial UMC, Parish Nurse Ministries Contact
, Quality of Life retreats Ministry for and with people with HIV/AIDS Four annual retreats www.qualityofliferetreatshiv.org Susanna Wesley House A safe, clean home for women in need and their children Annual fundraiser – Sept. 18, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. United Methodist Community Services A developing directory of outreach resources Contact Don Llewellyn at Urban Ministry Convocation 2010 Sponsored by Hope for the City Sept. 17-18 Maritime Institute of Technology in Linthicum Contact: Wanda Bynum Duckett at Volunteers in Mission Leadership Training and Celebration With Greg Forrester, learn about VIM teams going to Haiti Sept. 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Baltimore-Washington Conference Center www.bwcumc.org/microsites/f/events What Can I do About HIV/AIDS? Event on Nov. 13, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Grace UMC in Baltimore Contact: Nancy Webb at |
| Develop 2010 Cooperative School of Christian Mission Studies include John’s Letters, The Beauty and Courage of the Sudan and Mission in the Age of Global Christianity July 23 at 9 a.m. to July 25 at 3 p.m. Clarion Hotel, Hagerstown Contact Heidi Eber at Camp and Retreat Camping experiences for people of all ages Visit www.bwccampsandretreats.com Christian Educators Fellowship A professional organization open to all interested in Christian education Meetings held Sept. 25, Nov. 10, Dec. 9 and Jan 22, 10 a.m. to noon Contact Sherry Perrine at Conference for Early Childhood Educators “Unlock the Treasure” Aug. 19, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wesley Freedom UMC in Eldersburg www.bwcumc.org/earlychildhoodeducators Discipleship Academy Continuing education in a training laboratory for spiritual leaders in the schools of church leadership, lay speaking ministries and certified lay ministry Leadership Institute Preparing for a Future with Hope Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas Oct. 7-8 School of Congregational Development From the General Board of Discipleship Renaissance Nashville Hotel and Nashville July 29 to Aug. 2 (To learn about starting new churches, contact ) Upper Room The daily devotional book celebrates
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