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Asbury United Methodist Church sits right on K Street in downtown Washington, D.C. — a street full of some of the most powerful and well-connected lobbyists and advocacy organizations.
The gray stone church is home to a rich history. The church played a major role in the largest...
By Melissa Lauber
Strength, hope and courage – these are the gifts Dr. Deborah Haskins brought to the leaders gathered at the Next Level Speaker Series on March 7. They are gifts that no church leader can be without, especially in an age where the world seems to be breaking, living amid...
In late February, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling met with clergy and laity at three district gatherings in the Peninsula-Delaware Conference. The bishop focused on listening as she joined church leaders in worship, celebrated the vitality of local churches and looked to a future of renewed...
By Rev. Lauren Harris
Jesus tells the disciples in Matthew 28:19 to go and make disciples of all nations, and for three days, the Rev. Dr. Michael Beck showed us how to do just that in the most unconventional places.
I traveled with several pastors who are part of the Fresh Expressions Academy...
By Melissa Lauber
The first thing you must know about Fresh Expressions is that it’s always about people and proximity – and the unexpected things that God can do.
In February, the 17 members of BWC’s Fresh Expressions Academy were taken on a field excursion to Ocala, Florida...
The Fresh Expressions Academy is made up of a diverse group of clergy and lay members from the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences. Seventeen of the 27 Academy members took the trip to Ocala, Florida to explore first-hand the realities and possibilities of Fresh...
By Carm Evans
Recently I returned to Ocala, Florida, to observe and learn from the Rev. Michael Beck, leader of our denominational Fresh Expressions movement. We visited Compassion UMC, pastored by Jill Beck, and St Mark’s UMC, where Jill and Michael are co-pastors. We witnessed and...
By Melissa Lauber
In today’s world, prophets of joy are rare. But in the Rev. Joseph Archie’s life, the truths spoken by Old Testament and modern prophets combine with God’s call to transcendent joy in ways that define his faith and have led him to offer himself as a...
By Melissa Lauber
The Rev. Rod Miller and the Center for Vital Leadership have created a unique resource – a banquet of spiritual exercises that combine cutting edge thinking about neurological pathways that influence behavior with Wesleyan disciplines and faith practices.
The result is...
Elinor Thompson of Franklin UMC in Churchton wanted so badly for her grandmother to come down for Grandfather’s Day when she was in kindergarten decades ago.
Thompson didn’t know her grandfather, so her grandmother eventually obliged. She sat down with the young Thompson to talk...