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200 Years Ago

Bishop Asbury?s Journal, March 4 and 9, 1806

• The bishop preached on 'Godliness,' at Georgetown in Washington, D.C.
• Bishop Asbury preached on Colossians 1:28 at Light Street Church and on Colossians 1:9-12 at Sharp Street Church.

Asbury Journal, March 14, 1806

• The Baltimore Conference declined Bishop Coke?s offer to come and reside in the United States.

100 Years Ago

Methodist Protestant, March 7 and 14, 1906

• President Lewis of Western Maryland College thinks union of the Methodist Protestant, United Brethren and Congregational churches is impossible, but that a Federal Council of Churches could be developed.
• At St. Johns Methodist Protestant Church in Canton, they hope to redeem the ground and build a church. 
• A United Gospel service at Alumni Hall at Western Maryland College attracted 700 people.

25 Years Ago

Circuit Rider, March 13 and 20, 1981

• The Revs. Alphonso Harrod and Frank Williams outlined ways to aid United Methodist churches in Sierra Leone and Liberia after a five-week visit there.
• Two moving vans moved conference files from 516 N. Charles St. to the new conference center on Greenwich Avenue.

10 Years Ago

Connection, March 20, 1996

• Africa University dedicated two buildings and the Ohio Area launched a drive for a $1.5 million endowment for the university.
•  Park Avenue Lodge is to reopen as Susanna Wesley House.
•  A Baltimore-Washington Conference sexual misconduct policy was unveiled for laity.