| Weve got the cure, new president says  BALTIMORE The Rev. Iris Farabee-Lewis, pastor of Centennial-Caroline Street UMC, was recently installed as president of Clergy United for the Renewal of East Baltimore, or CURE.
She has the church community buzzing and people expecting big things from her administration, reported the Baltimore Afro-American Newspaper. CURE is an interdenominational, faith-based organization dedicated to improving the spiritual and physical conditions for the people of East Baltimore. Farabee-Lewis is known for her commitment to human rights, Christian education and social justice. In 2002 the Rotary Club of Woodlawn presented her with the Harlow Fullwood Jr. Service-Above-Self Award, the paper reported. Upon acceptance of her presidency, Farabee-Lewis preached a sermon on dry bones in East Baltimore. We have one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy, we have youth killing youth with handguns and high rates of HIV/AIDS. Homelessness and disparities in the delivery of health care are prevalent in our community, she preached. But weve got the curethe cure is with Jesus Christ. Still standing after 110 years H ARPERS FERRY, W. VA. Silver Grove UMC celebrated its 110th anniversary July 6. The tiny country church, on the Shenandale Charge, was built in July 1893 and named after the groves of silver birch trees growing in the vicinity, the Martinsburg Journal reported. The church was built on land contributed by John and Ann Virginia Grove, giving a double meaning to its name. It was built from local lumber and German siding, according to the Rev. Donnie Jane Cardwell. The original oak altar still remains. Early worshippers used oil lamps and kept themselves warm with wood-burning stoves. In 1940, the building was wired for electricity. Members of the Grove family, such as Patsy Everhart, still attend the church, which today has about 70 members. She reported that the original property owner, John Grove, is buried in the churchs cemetery known as Gods Acre. UMM unit observes 61 years WASHINGTON, D.C. The 140 men who are part of the United Methodist men at Asbury UMC, reputedly the largest UMM unit in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, are divided into six groups. Group 6 held its annual prayer breakfast in June featuring the Rev. Curtis Campaigne, former associate pastor at Asbury. Group 9 awarded scholarships to six of Asburys young adults and Group 12 used proceeds from a dinner theater afternoon to purchase a set of chimes for Asburys Bell Choir, reported James H. Nero, president of the Asbury UMM. In June the groups celebrated together their 61st Mens Day. Charter member Emerson Williams was able to attend. The speaker was the Rev. John Heyward Jr., a retired US Army chaplain. Curtis Brisbon, conference president of UMM, awarded Life Memberships to Herman Thompson, Lawrence Oates and Warren Price Sr., and posthumously to the Rev. Val M. Holmes who died in May while serving as associate pastor at Asbury. Ministry reaches shut-ins at home NEWBURG Members of Shiloh Community UMC decided this spring to revamp their senior citizens ministry. They used to go to nursing homes and bring the residents to the church for a day of crafts and activities. Now they focus on sick and shut-ins as well as seniors. The members prepare dinners at the church and deliver them to the homes of the shut-ins or seniors. Their area of service is from Newburg to La Plata to Hughesville and places in between, said Thelma Holton, chairwoman of the ministry. As members gather at the church each month to prepare the meals, they tape a different Scripture to the dinner plate. 
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