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200 Years Ago

Bishop Asbury?s Journal, Dec. 25, 1805

• The bishop preached at Rembert?s Chapel in South Carolina, lamenting that Christmas Day was his worst for 'preaching Christ.'

100 Years Ago

Methodist Protestant, Jan. 3 and 10, 1906

• Professor Lowell saw 'canals' and evidence of vegetation on Mars through a 24-inch telescope at Flagstaff, Ariz. Observatory.
• As 25th anniversary of Christian Endeavor nears, it has 3.5 million members of whom 186,000 joined churches in 1905.
• Buckeystown and Lime Kiln churches raised $225 for the mission in Japan.

25 Years Ago

Circuit Rider, Dec. 19, 1980

• Fifteen diaconal ministers are serving Baltimore Conference churches, especially in music and education ministries.
• The March 28 Confirmation Rally, to be held at Mt. Vernon Place UMC in Baltimore, will visit social agencies, conference headquarters and historic churches.

10 Years Ago

Connection, Dec. 20, 1995

• Francis Asbury UMC and Wesley Korean Church in Rockville entered a covenant relationship.
• St. Paul UMC in Sykesville enlarged the church and made it accessible within the strict historical gbwc_superuserelines of the town.
• Due to budget constraints, the Connection will run only 21 issues in 1996.