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Old Otterbein 'digs' into history
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  By: Bonnie McCubbinPhotos by: Bonnie McCubbin & Alison Burdett For two non-consecutive days, June 26 and June 28, 2023 the ground of Old Otterbein United Methodist Church, Baltimore, MD, was scraped back, layer by layer, to reveal what time has hidden. This archeological dig, under...

CAMP HOPE offers opportunities for meaningful service
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By Melissa Lauber If you take a map and draw a 40-mile circle around Frostburg UMC, you will discover a landscape of hope, created over the past 47 years by United Methodist and other youth who have spent weeks during their summer break restoring or repairing hundreds of homes.  CAMP HOPE...

Showing items for 'June 2023'

Church leaders respond to SCOTUS ruling
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A letter from four United Methodist General Secretaries Today’s Supreme Court decision ruling unconstitutional the use of affirmative action is antithetical to the social teachings of The United Methodist Church. As stated in the Book of Resolutions, The United Methodist Church sees...

Emory Grove celebrates 50 years of hymn sings
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By Kathy Mellott Emory Grove, located in Glyndon, Maryland, has been a center for summer worship for 156 years. In 1973, a cottage owner of Emory Grove, Rev. George Lovell, realized that there was no worship mid-week. He felt that going from Sunday to Sunday without praising God was unacceptable...

Living the Lord's Prayer Bible Study
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By Melissa Lauber When asked for a summary of their faith, one of the most honest things a Christian might offer in response is the Lord’s Prayer. It is a guidepost for every person of faith to follow, said Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar during a Bible study June 8-10 at the annual session of...

Eichelberger to also lead Pen-Del's stewardship ministries
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Paul J. Eichelberger has been voted in as the new Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services for the Peninsula-Delaware Conference when William Westbrook retires this summer, after 29 years in that position. Eichelberger currently serves as the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the...

Vandals strike Fowler UMC
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On June 8, vandals broke a glass window with a brick at Fowler UMC in Annapolis and came through the basement. “You would think they were coming to steal, but they just came to destroy,” said the Rev. Jerome Jones. “They destroyed all the computers, threw down the big Methodist...

Love prevails at Pen-Del Session
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It was 137 years ago when two Methodists from the racially segregated Delaware Conference had the idea to bring higher education to African Americans in Somerset County, Md. With nine students and two educators, they started a school that grew into the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore...

2023 ordinands & commissioners claim the name of Jesus
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Give me Jesus. Give me Jesus. You may have all this world, give me Jesus. The Holy Spirit was moving as the congregation sang “Give me Jesus,” during the Ordination Service on June 3, 2023 during the 239th Session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference at the Hilton Hotel in Baltimore.