GAITHERSBURG - Fifty years ago, the desegregation of schools in Little Rock, Ark., marked a beginning of desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement. Those turbulent days are remembered in a new book, 'Crisis of Conscience: Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights Struggle,' edited and compiled...
MARTINSBURG, W. VA. - Prayers and Squares, a small group of women at Butler's Chapel UMC, meet twice a month to plan, cut and assemble lap-size quilts as part of an outreach ministry. It isn't just the making of quilts to give to those in need, the ministry is much more. 'Unlike...
HAVRE DE GRACE - During the community Vacation Bible School, held by the Susquehanna Charge churches, Hopewell and Wesleyan Chapel UMCs, and Webster Congregational Christian Church, the children were challenged to raise money for their chosen project, Freedom Hills Therapeutic Horses. They did...
On June 10, 644 swimmers began the challenge of swimming 4.4 miles from Sandy Point State Park on the Western Shore to Hemingway Mariner on the Eastern Shore, as part of an annual fundraiser. Some had participated in the event since its inception, while others, such as myself, would be...
An interview with the Rev. Chris Holmes: Discipler Groups resume with emphasis on equipping This month, the Discipler groups of the Baltimore-Washington Conference start back up again after a summer break. The monthly resourcing groups, designed around the coaching concept, provide resources...
The twenty four bands that performed at the recent MOFest shared the stage with a large cross. At one point, stage manager Jason Craig was asked if the cross would get in the bands' way. 'I hope the bands don't get in the way of the cross,' Craig said. It was a sentiment that ruled the two day...
BALTIMORE - "Hoards of fans took pictures of our sign," said the Rev. Mernie Crane, pastor of Old Otterbein UMC, across the street from Camden Yards, home base of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team, during ?Fan Appreciation Day,? Aug. 15. Members and friends of Old Otterbein UMC, the oldest...
HEBBVILLE - The Night of Peace Family Shelter was dedicated and honored at its location, Salem UMC, Aug. 22, when politicians, clergy, county government employees, Channel 2 TV and church members came together. The shelter is the only year round emergency homeless shelter in Baltimore County...
WILLIAMSPORT - When the call went out from United Methodist Communications in Nashville that they needed about 100 prayer shawls for a special celebration honoring volunteers who helped with Katrina recovery, members of the prayer shawl ministry at Williamsport UMC responded. The small...
COLUMBIA - The Rev. Malcolm Frazier, United Methodist chaplain at Howard University, was quoted in an online article, "Campus ministry offers church presence at college," by Linda Bloom at UMNS. Speaking about young men or the lack of in the churches, he told of a campus men's Saturday morning...
