Conference votes to study divestment, clarify rules By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff Opting for additional study, Baltimore-Washington Conference members affirmed the dangers of fossil fuels but postponed a response to companies using them. The Rev. Jackson Day proposed the conference...
Saints remembered who ‘traveled with us on the journey’ By Linda Worthington UMConnection Staff At the “Service of the Saints,” May 30, Bishop Joseph Yeakel, retired, called to worship the families and friends of those clergy, clergy spouses and lay members who have died...
$17.3 million budget to fund ministry passed unanimously By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff For the second year in a row, the Baltimore-Washington Conference unanimously adopted a budget. Without debate on the floor nor amendment, conference members approved a $17.3 million ministry spending...
Belinda Womack, 62, the former Belinda S. Manns and wife of the Rev. Francis Scales Manns Jr., died May 28, 2014, in Hyattsville. A funeral service was held June 7 at Springdale Community Church in Springdale; a memorial service was held June 14, 2014, at First Baptist Church in her home town of...
The Rev. John Evans Wright, 81, a retired Elder, died May 23, 2014, at his residence in Bunker Hill, W. Va. A celebration of his life was held May 28 at the South Berkeley Funeral Chapel in Inwood, W.Va., with Pastor Walter Bowers officiating. Interment was in Harmony Cemetery. John Evans...
Conference Strengthens Zimbabwe Partnership By Maidstone Mulenga UMConnection Staff With a focus on promotion of education, health and spiritual development, the Baltimore-Washington Conference has started work on a new framework for partnership with the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area (ZEA) of The...
Cordella Funk Snyder, 96, wife of the late Rev. William H Snyder died Feb.2, 2014. At the time she was living with a daughter in Boynton Beach, Fla. A memorial service was held at Camp Chapel UMC in Perry Hall, May 10. The Rev. Ted Marsh officiated at the service. Cordella Funk was born May 3...
Hope Fund By Melisssa Lauber UMConnection Staff Hope inspires. Hope heals. Hope transforms. In the Baltimore-Washington Conference, hope recently helped to build 23 churches and parsonages in Zimbabwe. In 2006, the Baltimore-Washington Conference embarked on a $1 million fundraising campaign...
BWC and Zimbabwe Partners Adopt ‘a spirit of safari’ By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff In Zimbabwe you see a different set of stars than the ones that shine above the Baltimore-Washington Conference. In Zimbabwe the average salary of a pastor is $300 a month; the minimum annual...
Partnership Opens New Mission Field By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff When he was a younger man, the Rev. Igor Volovodav worked at a factory in the Soviet Union. One of his additional duties was to prove and reinforce atheism among his fellow workers. To achieve this task, he did research...
