February 14, 2024 | A Lenten Message from Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling "Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing." – Joel 2:12-13a During the Super Bowl held on Sunday, Feb...
With their first-ever Pickleball marathon, Huntingtown UMC put the “fun” in the fundraiser. In the 24-hours of uninterrupted Pickleball play, the congregation raised $5,278.33 for missions, reported Marijo Cosmas-Monnett, the church’s Mission Chair. The money will be split...
The Rev. LaTaska Nelson felt like she was receiving a call from God one morning after her daily devotional in 2022. But the voice on the other end of the line wasn’t the Lord’s. It was the Rev. Joseph Daniels. Both ministers unknowingly had been praying for the same goal...
By Melissa Lauber Dr. Deborah Haskins understands broken hearts. Hers has been shattered. But out of her heartbreak, she helps people – and the church — to heal. Haskins, who will be Bishop LaTrelle Easterling’s featured guest at the March 7 Next Level Speaker Series...
By Melissa LauberIn January, more than 150 people gathered for a day of inspiration and ignition. “We want to set the world on fire,” said the Rev. Wanda Duckett, superintendent of the Baltimore Metropolitan District. Their spark of choice? The cooperative parish. Cooperative...
As the Restructuring Task Force continues its work within the Baltimore-Washington Conference, you are invited to attend one of the Listening Sessions that will held over the next several weeks. The first sessions will be held this Thursday, Jan. 18, from 1 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. The...
The Rev. Amy Peed McCullough, lead pastor of Grace UMC in Baltimore and chair of the conference Board of Ordained Ministry, was endorsed as an episcopal candidate by the BWC’s delegation to General and Jurisdictional Conferences on Jan. 13. Her candidacy to become a bishop in The United...
January 8, 2024 | Message from the Restructuring Task Force "I appeal to you, therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship. Let love be genuine; hate what is...
If Pentecost Day were to come again tomorrow, and the Spirit were tasked to design a United Methodist church, there’s a good chance that the Cooperative Parish model would be one of the options. It allows people to live out the best of connectionalism, it opens the laity to...
Support Migrant Families The Hispanic/Latino Ministries of the Baltimore-Washington Conference has launched a campaign to raise $45,000 to assist migrants being bussed to Washington, D.C. Despite the Conference having already raised $50,000, needs continue to be significant for the...
