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Stained glass illuminates our story
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  By Calleigh Hoffman  One of my most distinct childhood memories is of wandering the church after service. I would sneak away while my parents stood and talked to the congregation members. If I was lucky, the lights would've been shut off by then. I remember opening the...

Area UMs raising significant funds for migrants
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Go to the bottom of this page to make a donation. United Methodists are called to welcome and assist the sojourner. During the past year, thousands of sojourners, migrants seeking new lives in the United States, are being used as political pawns, being bussed by leaders in Texas and Arizona...

Initial results of restructuring survey shared
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Addressing an opportunity to make the BWC more mission-minded, Spirit-driven and Christ-centered, the BWC is gathering information from clergy and laity on how the conference's current eight districts might be restructured. A survey on restructuring was completed by many church leaders in...

'What if...' A reflection and call to prayer and fasting
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 By Rev. Dr. Lillian C. SmithPastor, Cheverly UMC in Cheverly, Maryland What if our current efforts for church revitalization are missing something? What if some of what we have focused our attention on to effect congregational revitalization and vitality needs to be preceded and...

Health care and gun violence top legislative priorities
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By Melissa Lauber Jesus stood boldly in the public square and preached for justice, peace and equity. United Methodists should do no less, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling told a group gathered on Nov. 18 at the BWC Mission Center and online to explore legislative advocacy. “People of faith are...

UM Deaf Caucus Gathers in Dallas
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By Rev. Dr. Leo Yates, Jr. Picture it: hands are signing, longtime friends are hugging, and greetings are shared by Deaf and hard-of-hearing United Methodists who traveled to Dallas, TX to attend the conference hosted by the United Methodist Congress of the Deaf (UMCD), a Deaf caucus of The...

Fresh Expressions movement redefines church's potential
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By Melissa Lauber“ … These people who have been turning the world upside down have come here also,” read the Rev. Bill Brown, with hushed anticipation from Acts 17:6 to a group of people gathered Nov. 4 at the Baltimore-Washington Conference Mission Center. He was hoping a...

Bishop shares opportunity for restructuring to make BWC more mission minded, Spirit-driven and Christ-centered
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In a message to the laity and clergy of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling invites area United Methodists to imagine, dream and vision a new way forward.  She and a task force of conference leaders are proposing a restructuring of the Conference. The change in...