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200 Years Ago

Bishop Asbury?s Journal, Jan. 12, 1806

• Although ill, Bishop Asbury preached at Fayetteville, N.C., and rode 91 miles in two days to Wilmington, N.C.

100 Years Ago

Methodist Protestant, Jan. 10, 1906

• President Theodore Roosevelt shook hands with 9,000 White House visitors on New Year?s Day.
• Broadway Methodist Protestant church in Baltimore heard an eloquent sermon from 88-year-old Dr. Southerland.
•  Rhode Island Avenue church in Washington, D.C., will break ground in April. It has 668 on the Sunday School roll.

25 Years Ago

Circuit Rider, Jan. 2, 1981

•  Baltimore volunteers packed clothes and blankets for airlift to Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

Circuit Rider, Jan. 9, 1981

• Staffers for the UM Reporter, who issue 300 weekly editions, had a rare goof in the Baltimore Circuit Rider, repeating the same story three times.

10 Years Ago

Connection, Jan. 24, 1996

• The Potomac River flooded downtown Hancock and 8,000 fled Susquehanna floodwaters when a blizzard snow pack suddenly melted. Earlier, most churches closed Jan. 7 because of snow.
•  Calvary House was opened in Cumberland as a Board of Child Care satellite counseling center.
•  The Rev. Edwin Ankeny was named new superintendent of Baltimore North District.
•  Apportionments were paid in full by 539 churches, raising percentage paid to 88 percent in 1995.