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Asbury UMC makes and tells historic stories
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By Melissa Lauber A mother, who is a doctor, wanted her young daughter to see the Black History Month art exhibit at Asbury UMC in Washington, D.C. But her daughter was immunocompromised, and attending an event where a lot of people might be present might have put her health at risk. Carol...

'The Power of Dreaming Out Loud'
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On Feb. 7, Wesley Theological Seminary hosted its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture. The featured speaker was the Rev. Dr. Teresa Fry Brown, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta and a leader in the...

Good Hope Union feeds the community with love
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The MidAtlantic United Methodist Foundation offers an Advance Financial Academy to churches in the Baltimore-Washington, Peninsula-Delaware and Eastern Pennsylvania Conferences. Recently, the 19-member Class of 2022 began implementing projects they created as a result of their training with the...

AU students begin writing new story of hope, justice
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By Melissa Lauber At American University in Washington, D.C. students are beginning “to tell a new story” about race and justice. Their witness, being lived out at Kay Spiritual Life Center on campus, took on an added poignance on Feb. 1, the day of the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who...

A Call to See: A Reflection from BMCR
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 By Rev. Antoine LoveChairperson, Black Methodists for Church Renewal “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’” On Feb. 1, in Memphis, Tenn., at the...

2023 Appointments
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 After prayer and consultation with the Cabinet, Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling has made the following appointments. Unless otherwise noted, all appointments on this page take effect on July 1, 2023.  Posted Sept. 7 Rev. James Cogman, to West Montgomery UMC in...

Glen Mar connects people in service
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The BWC's Young People's Ministry recently provided a grant of $1,000 to  Glen Mar UMC in Ellicott City for their MLK Day of Service. The story below is from this year's event. By Bruce Leuthold On Jan. 16,  Glen Mar UMC hosted its ninth annual MLK Jr. Day of Service with Ames Memorial...

Source Collaborative helps churches thrive
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By Melissa Lauber See videos from: First UMC in Hyattsville, Md. Gethsemane UMC in Capitol Heights, Md. Grace UMC in Wilmington, Del. Middlesex UMC in Carlisle, Pa. Two years ago, four United Methodist churches embarked on a journey with Wesley Seminary’s Source Collaborative to discuss...