This year marks the 90th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birth, and the 51st year after his assassination on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. As was the case in 1968, the nation and world today are wrought with social, economic, political and religious upheaval. Over the past...
There’s a verse in Deuteronomy 2:3 where the Israelites have been wandering in the wilderness, seeking to move into the Promised Land. God eventually tells them: “You have been going around in circles in these hills long enough. Head north.”
About two weeks before Christmas, Christie Latona, Director of Connectional Ministries for the Baltimore-Washington Conference, Emma Escobar, Coordinator of Hispanic/Latino Ministries for the BWC, and Julie Wilson, Chair of the BWC's Immigration Task Force, were south of San Diego, Calif., at...
When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins: to find the lost, to heal the broken, to feed the hungry, to release the prisoner, to rebuild the...
The Federal Government's partial shutdown is being felt throughout the country and especially in the BWC. Here's how some churches are starting to respond.
The Rev. Ernest “Ernie” Thayil, 87, an ordained Elder, died Jan. 4, 2019, at Frederick Memorial Hospital after suffering a stroke a week earlier. At the time he was serving in retirement at Bethesda UMC in Sykesville. A Celebration of Life service will be held in May.Ernie William...
The Rev. William “Carl” Zinn, 81, of Hagerstown, died Jan. 2, 2019. A Memorial Servicewas held Jan. 12, 2019, at Washington Square UMC in Hagerstown, with Pastor Jerry Lowans and Hospice Chaplain Jeff Casto officiating. Carl Zinn was born Aug. 24, 1937, the son of the late...
Rev. Charles Stewart, 97, a retired Elder, died Jan 1, 2019. He was the longest-serving ordained pastor in the Baltimore-Washington Conference. He was first ordained a Deacon in 1944. A Service of Death and Resurrection was held Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. at Asbury Village in Gaithersburg. Charles...
Ann Conway Savoy Johnson, 78, the surviving spouse of the late Rev. Charles A. Johnson, died Dec. 30, 2018, in Upper Marlboro. A funeral service was held Jan. 11, 2019, at Jolley Memorial Chapel, P.A. in Salisbury. The Rev. Bernadette Beckett, pastor of Wesley Temple UMC in Salisbury...
To the People of the United Methodist Church: Grace and Peace to you in these days of Christmas, and at the conclusion of a calendar year. At the fall meeting of the Council of Bishops at St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, bishops approved a motion to send a pastoral letter to the Global LGBTQ...
