District News

Plan now to attend the United to Love rally Aug. 12

Bishop LaTrelle Easterling is calling on all United Methodists to be present on Aug. 12 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol for United to Love, a rally for love, peace and justice.

The rally comes on the one-year anniversary of the "Unite the Right" event, a 2017 gathering of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., during which a counter-protester was killed. The National Park Service has issued preliminary approval for the white nationalist group, led by Jason Kessler, to hold a "white civil rights rally" in Lafayette Park by the White House, on Aug. 11 and 12.

 

The United Methodist presence in D.C. that day will stand as an alternative to the hatred, but it will also be much more as people of faith claim and share God's love, peace and justice.  

 

Participants may choose to start their witness at worship at their churches and/or or take church out of the buildings and on the Capitol grounds. The rally will follow at 12:30 p.m. 

 

Learn more and register at www.unitedtolove.org,

 

 

 

 

2018 Church Conference training's will be held on August 21, 2018 at Franklin UMC, August 23, 2018 at First: Laurel UMC, and August 29, 2018 at Pasadena UMC.  There will be two training's held at each location.  The first training is scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and the second training is from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.  We encourage churches to send at least two representatives as we will provide a tutorial on the updated platform scheduled to launch on July 16, 2018.

 

Please note that the trainings are free of charge and we are encouraging all churches to send their administrators and/or persons that assist with the completion and submittal of documents. To RSVP/Register please visit the Baltimore Washington Conference website or click here. 

 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact your Annapolis District Administrator, Willine Kamara at .

 

 

AN CLERGY INTERVIEWS

All Annapolis District Clergy, please note that an email has been sent out regarding 2018 Clergy Interviews.  Please note the DS would like to meet with all Clergy and newly appointed Clergy to the Annapolis District this fall.  Slots will fill quickly so please make sure to pick your interview date and time today. A huge thank you for all of the churches in the Annapolis District that assisted and/or considered hosting clergy interviews this 2018. 

 

Policy and Procedure Manual

The newly revised Baltimore-Washington Conference Policy Manual is now available online. 

 

reCall Summit: Early bird registration ends today

reCAll is a two-day gathering where courageous conversations unfold that lead us to dream, discover, discuss and dismantle racism. This year, the summit  begins on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 26, and will conclude by 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the BWI DoubleTree Hotel, 890 Elkridge Landing Rd. in Linthicum. The summit will feature Jim Wallace of Sojouners magazine and the Rev. Marvin McMickle, a national civil rights leader. 

Learn more and register. If you have any questions, contact Jo Chesson.

 

Friday, August 17, Spanish Only-- 7 p.m. to $10 p.m.   $10 per person

Presenter:  Pastor Alejandro Alfaro-Santiz

• BWC Mission Center- 11711 East Market Place in Fulton

 

Saturday, August 18, English Only -- 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  -- $29 per person (includes lunch)

Presenters: Genevieve Cavil-Harris, Cedrick Bridgeforth, Larry Hygh, Lynda Byrd.

• BWC Mission Center - 11711 East Market Place in Fulton
• Gethsemane UMC - 910 Addison Rd S., in Capitol Heights
• Hopewell UMC - 3600 Level Village Road in Havre de Grace

 

Register at http://www.onlineteachingevent.org/     

 

If you are a leader -- clergy or lay --  you won't want to miss this opportunity to discover innovative ways to create vital, dynamic, life-changing congregations.  Join with hundreds of fellow Christians, friends, colleagues and past participants in this unique way to learn what is new, what's working, how to empower your leadership team.

 

For more information contact Jo Chesson.