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Pen to Paper…It’s All About Love
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On June 2, at their annual meeting, members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference will be spending time in mission at four schools and providing supplies and books to students at eight others.  The Rev. Wanda Duckett, superintendent of the Baltimore Metropolitan District, reflects on how...

Whirlwind pilgrimage through Methodist history
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By Jim PattersonUnited Methodist News Service There was a simple takeaway from a whirlwind “pilgrimage” to historic United Methodist sites in the nation’s capital and Baltimore: The lessons of history are useless unless applied to our approach to the future. It was a long but...

Catalyst churches embrace vital discipleship
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Sixteen congregations took dramatic steps toward vitality as they recently completed the Catalyst Initiative and implemented new ways of thinking about and being the church. The plans they outlined brought some who had gathered for the closing session to tears as they considered the...

CFA bring faith to finance with 2024 budget
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By Melissa Lauber This spring, the Baltimore-Washington Conference Council on Finance and Administration gathered, via Zoom and in-person at the Mission Center, to vote on a proposed budget for 2024. That meeting was like most of their other meetings as the 11 council members, Bishop LaTrelle...

Churches sue BWC over disaffiliation
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Dear Clergy and Laity of the Baltimore-Washington Conference: I greet you in the precious name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. It is with sadness that The Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church informs you that the Conference has been sued by 38 churches...

Urge Congress to Take Action on Native American concerns
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United Methodists are urged to reintroduce and pass legislation to establish the Truth and Healing Commission. Read the Press Release: The Native American International Caucus (NAIC) Urges Congress to reintroduce and pass legislation to reestablish the Truth and Healing Commission On March 3...

Power of Fierce Love can transform world
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By Melissa Lauber Ask any question about faith, church, your life, or the world. The answer is love; the rest is commentary. This message permeated the March 8 session of the Next Level Speaker Series at Severna Park UMC, which featured the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, author of Fierce Love: A Bold Path...

BWC mourns the loss of Tony Martucci
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If Tony Martucci has a legacy, it will be his wave. The staff and some special visitors to the Baltimore-Washington Conference Mission Center in Fulton usually received a greeting, a short wave and a very few words from Tony. That greeting was always noted and often quietly treasured. Tony, 31...

BWC's CFO to serve as Pen-Del treasurer
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Paul J. Eichelberger has been named to be 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...