By Bishop LaTrelle Easterling
Families are often torn apart by divorce. Persons who once had love and concern for each other, spent holidays and celebrations together, who claimed one another beyond bloodlines suddenly are not speaking at all. Persons once so close you couldn’t slide a...
Eleanor Rose Emerick, 90, the wife of the Rev. Louis L. Emerick, died Oct. 5, 2018, at Fahrney Keedy Village. A funeral servicewas held Oct.10, 2018, at Emmanuel UMC in Hagerstown where she was a member. The service was officiated by the Rev. Randall Reid and nephew the Rev. Mark...
The Rev. Bernard “Bernie” F. Hillenbrand, 93, died Oct. 5, 2018. A memorial service was held at Foundry UMC Oct. 21 with the Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli officiating. The Rev. Donald Robinson gave the meditation.
Bernard Francis Hillenbrand was born May 11, 1925, in Syracuse...
With the Special Session of General Conference less than five months away, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling has a message for her flock: be informed, be engaged, be pro-active.
The four-day meeting, Feb. 23-26, will take place in St. Louis, Mo., to receive and act on a report from the Commission on a...
By Erik Alsgaard
Members of the Perryman community participate in a candle-light prayer vigil at Cranberry UMC Sept. 21 following the mass shooting at the Rite Aid Distributoin Center one mile away. Photo by Erik Alsgaard.
For the Rev. Tiffany Patterson, it was déjà vu all over...
By Erik Alsgaard
Following the mass shooting Sept. 20 at the Rite Aid Distribution Center in Aberdeen, the Rev. Tiffany Patterson knew what to do. That’s because she’d done it before, just 11 months ago.
The Washington Post reports that the Rite Aid incident started around 9 a.m...
Dear friends,
My heart breaks with grief for my Perryman community today in the wake of the mass shooting at the Rite Aid Distribution Center. As of right now, we know that four precious lives were lost, and three others are in the hospital. Many others are dealing with deep wounds of trauma...
Beloved,
As I attempt to process the reality that another shooting has occurred within the bounds of our Conference, taking the life of three persons and ending with the self-inflicted death of the shooter, the words of Thomas Moore's hymn, "Come, Ye Disconsolate" (UM Hymnal, #510), rose in...
By Heather HahnUnited Methodist News Service
A tree fell on the parsonage of the Rev. Thomas M. Greener and his wife shortly after his wife came downstairs for dinner. No one was injured. The Greeners are among the thousands of people whose lives have been upended byFlorence’s wreckage in...
By Erik AlsgaardUMConnection Staff
“Look, new things have arrived!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17b
For the first time in decades, ministry within the Baltimore-Washington Conference is being organized in a new way. Thanks to a vote at the 2018 Annual Conference Session...