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Frostburg Campus Ministry addresses recent shooting
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By Neal Christie This semester the United Campus Ministry at Frostburg University has had a particular calling as it prepares students for the stress of finals and the end of the semester and looks to the relief and promise of peace for Christmas. Like too many college campus ministries across...

Dumbarton UMC: Looking Backward to Live Forward
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By Mittie Quinn Tracing their existence to a gathering in a cooper’s shop in Georgetown in December 1772, Dumbarton UMC continues to celebrate its Wesleyan Heritage. Like other 250-year-old Methodist churches in the Baltimore-Washington area, that first congregation hosted Francis Asbury...

Pen-Del churches gather to reimagine and revitalize
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By Melissa Lauber If churches are to be truly vital, they must move beyond an attitude of surviving and instead adopt mission, ministry and mindsets geared toward thriving, said the Rev. Jackie Ford. To do that, congregations need to adopt missional action plans that allow them to “take...

Churches to provide EV charging stations
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  600 United Methodist churches in the BWC, located throughout Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the panhandle of West Virginia, will have the opportunity to offer charging stations for electric vehicles. Charge has been named the preferred provider to evaluate, recommend, and...

Bishop and youth talk about the future
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By Melissa Lauber One of the gifts that youth might offer the church is to “make church fun again,” Bishop LaTrelle Easterling told the young people from the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences who gathered for conversation Nov. 12 at Calvary UMC in Annapolis. As...

Howard Campus Ministry explores Psalm 23
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By Neal Christie As campus activities are opening and collegiate education is (re)imagined in a global pandemic, there is a certain competition for students’ attention. There is no shortage of opportunities for food, fun, or fellowship on a Wednesday night at Howard University. Rev. Jacob...

BWC hosts the 2022 NEJ session
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By Melissa Lauber Holy conferencing, church politics, worshipful moments and soul-stirring testimonies merged at The Hotel in College Park Oct. 31-Nov. 4 as the Baltimore-Washington Conference opened its doors to the 152 delegates and six youth delegates of the Northeastern...

Ministry partnership in Russia continues
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By Charles Harrell and  Roderick Miller  “Be ready in season and out of season,”  wrote the Apostle Paul to Timothy, who like many in the early Church faced times of challenge and difficulty in fulfilling the mission at times and in places that did not appear...

Bishop Easterling returns to the BWC!
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By Melissa Lauber Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling was reassigned by the Northeastern Jurisdiction Committee on the Episcopacy to lead the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences. The appointment was announced and celebrated on Nov. 4 at the Jurisdiction’s meeting in...