Reggan Chapin, 10, loves macaroni and cheese. When her church, John Wesley UMC in Hagerstown, began to brainstorm about innovative ministry and how they could use the church’s commercial kitchen to benefit the community, they turned to Katie. Her response? “Macaroni and...
The Rev. Sam Marullo walks out of the Ager Road UMC parsonage as it undergoes renovations. The project is made possible thanks to the Adrienne Terry Fund in the Greater Washington District. Photo by Melissa Lauber. When he was a boy, the Rev. Sam Marullo, a Deacon, worked for his godfather...
December 4, 2019 In February 2019, General Conference voted to create a new paragraph in the Book of Discipline (¶ 2553). This paragraph was intended to give individual local congregations a time-limited opportunity to "disaffiliate" from The...
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church first held worship services in the woods, in barns, or wherever freed slaves could meet in the area of what is now Fort Washington, Md., starting in 1862. Methodism was brought to the area by the Rev. Jeremiah “Father” Brown, who migrated to Chapel...
Full-time Local Pastor Rob Pierson raises his hand to ask Bishop LaTrelleEasterling a question during a Q & A at Parkhead UMC in Big Pool. More than 1,000 people gathered in district meetings this fall to be in conversation with Bishop LaTrelle Easterling about the state of the church...
In a series of Sunday services this fall, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling installed three superintendents to serve as missional strategists and lead the Cumberland-Hagerstown, Annapolis and Washington East districts. The Rev. John Wunderlich took the reins of the Cumberland-Hagerstown District...
Lynne Heller, left, and Rev. Karin Walker display one of the blankets. At Fallston UMC, the lines that separate the inside and outside of church often become blurred, said the Rev. Karin Walker. The most recent instance of this surrounds the...
NOTE: This is the full text of Judicial Council ruling 1391. The original decision was posted here. November 01 2019 In Re: IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference Wherein Said Questions Exclusively Concerned the...
October is Pastor Appreciation Month. Via the e-connection, members of several churches throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference shared words of appreciation for their pastors. Some pastors possess a spirit of generosity that shines in all they do. Jen Karsner of Asbury UMC in Arnold is...
by Erik Alsgaard The church, said the Rev. David Anderson Hooker, is in a unique position to address the issues of privilege, power and poverty. That was the message Oct. 18 and 19 in Baltimore as he spoke at the reCall Summit 3.0. Hooker, who once served as Assistant Attorney General in...
