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By Melissa Lauber “Ours has been not so much a Methodist church as a Methodist movement, a restless and resistless movement of the spirit and the people. We must keep it so,” said Bishop Otto Nall in 1966 at a centennial celebration of the denomination in Baltimore. In Portland...
By Melissa Lauber
Sometimes stained-glass walls can trap God. Other times, good Christian people limit the power and the glory of the divine. But with, or in spite of us, church tends to break out.
Sometimes in the night's darkest hours, church descends in whispers and tears over a...
By Melissa Lauber
Charles Wesley's life and legacy will be remembered at a 300th birthday celebration July 20-22 in Chevy Chase, Md. Artwork by Frank Salisbury, courtesy of the World Methodist Museum.
While history may have cast him in the shadow of his...
Disciples are called to act 'more resurrected'
BY MELISSA LAUBER
It was philosopher Frederick Nietzsche who said that if Christians wanted him to believe in Jesus, they'd have to start looking 'more resurrected.'
Within the Baltimore-Washington Conference, people like Phyllis Orr and churches...
January 21, 2004
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VOL. 15, NO. 2
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Across the Conference in 2003: Churches give and grow through mission, ministry, music
By Melissa Lauber
UMConnection Staff
Many of the 696 churches of the Baltimore-Washington Conference burst forth with...
January 21, 2004
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VOL. 15, NO. 2
NEWS
Susanna Wesley House Wish List
For information call Joyce McCallister at (410) 256-6156.
Gift cards for residents from Wal-Mart
Childrens videos, DVDs and computer games
Childrens books
Arts and crafts...
January 7, 2004
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VOL. 15, NO. 1
NEWS
Recovery funds still needed
In response to Bishop Felton Edwin Mays appeal to assist victims of Hurricane Isabel, $25,704 was contributed by more than 50 churches.
However, funds are still being sought for on going...