NOTE: Bishop Marcus Matthews is heading a delegation of leaders from the Baltimore-Washington Conference in Korea. The group is there to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Methodist missionaries from Baltimore landing in Korea. The group began their trip in Seoul. Our own Melissa Lauber...
NOTE: Bishop Marcus Matthews is heading a delegation of leaders from the Baltimore-Washington Conference in Korea. The group is there to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Methodist missionaries from Baltimore landing in Korea. The group began their trip in Seoul. Our own Melissa Lauber...
By Melissa Lauber SEOUL, KOREA -- Exactly 130 years ago — on a rainy Easter Sunday, April 5, 1885, at 3 p.m. — the Rev. Henry Appenzeller, the first Methodist missionary to Korea, set foot in Seoul. On Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, Bishop Marcus Matthews and leaders from the...
by Dan Benedict The source of our term for the Friday before Easter, "Good Friday," is not clear. It may be a corruption of the English phrase "God's Friday," according to Professor Laurence Hull Stookey in Calendar: Christ's Time for the Church(p. 96). It is the common name for the day among...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month By Leo Yates Jr. Andrew had difficulty keeping friends. He was being raised in a single-parent home, living with his mother and two younger siblings. Andrew’s father was very involved in his life, as well as his siblings’ lives. For the most...
‘Are you in debt so as to embarrass yourself?’ By Sarah Schlieckert* In a couple months, a wonderful group of new provisional and full member candidates will stand before the Executive Session as well as the Annual Conference to be received. It has been a joy to work with them...
Asbury UMC, Jessup: no longer dead, but growing By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff During appointment season — which is right now — pastors often tremble when a District Superintendent calls and says, “I have a great opportunity for you.” What that often means...
Washington Leadership Days emphasize faithfulness By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff United Methodists have a choice of whether they want their lives to be dull and gray or multicolored, the Rev. Jorge Acevedo told the more than 300 people who gathered March 14 at Blake High School in Silver...
Changing the narrative from ‘church’ to ‘Kingdom’ By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff Our denomination has been in decline since 1968. There are no shortage of opinions on how to fix the problem. For the Rev. Reggie McNeal, the answer is simple: change the narrative...
Book Drive All churches are requested to donate at least 4 new children books K - 5 to be collected at Annual Conference by Friday 5/29 at noon. Click here to download the Summer Reading List K-2 & 3-5 Click here to download the Summer Reading List K-2 Click here to download the Summer...
