| Two campus ministers recognized COLUMBIA Two campus ministers from the Baltimore-Washington Conference received significant national recognition this summer.  The Rev. Kim Capps was named as the first recipient of the Gordon Shea Award for promoting servant leadership in campus ministry during the United Methodist Campus Ministers Conference in Tacoma, Wash. Shea was the chaplain at Simpson College who died while on a mission trip with students to Zimbabwe.
 The Rev. Malcolm Frazier was named the Northeastern Region Rookie Campus Minister of the Year at the National Campus Ministry Association conference in San Antonio, Texas. The award is given for those serving in campus ministry three years or less.
Frazier said that he and Capps agreed what an honor to be acknowledged nationally by our peers in campus ministry. I also see it as a recognition of the amazing work that students are doing in the name of Christ, Capps said.
Home repair blitz celebrates 20 years RIDERWOOD For the 20th year, volunteers for the Baltimore County Christian Workcamp have improved houses for low-income families throughout the county, according to Steve Lippy, a member of Hunts UMC, and part of the ministry since the beginning.  More than 200 men and women, youth and children spent the week of July 20-26, repairing homes, building ramps, painting, hauling, sanding and cleaning homes throughout the county. They came from a dozen United Methodist churches in the area, as well as Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Baptist, Catholic and Evangelical congregations. The group breakfasted together. The meal was prepared by Landsdowne UMC at Hunts Memorial UMC, the host church. The volunteers then dispersed to 25 worksites of a possible 38 suggested.
The Baltimore County Christian Workcamp was founded in 1984 by two United Methodist ministers. The $10,000 to $15,000 needed for supplies came from participating churches, donations and fundraisers.
Making music while attending camp FROSTBURG Sixty-seven high school campers and 13 staff people attended the Youth Music and Arts Camp at Frostburg State University, July 6-12, according to Brian Winter, the camps director and member of Severna Park UMC. Youth had the opportunity to take a wide range of classes during the day. In the evening, events included a performance by a barbershop quartet from Frederick, a dance with a deejay, a video and pizza party and a talent show. Over and over again, the campers said that they live for this week each year and love to be musically and spiritually stretched and challenged, Winter said. The music camp is sponsored by the Baltimore-Washington chapter of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. Next summer the camp will be held July 11-17. | 
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