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In ministry, relationship is all, Denman award winner says
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As the BWC clergy winner of the 2024 Harry Denman Award for Evangelism, the Rev. Meredith West enjoys wrestling with good questions. She leaves room in her life for mystery and shades of grey. But she is certain of a few things, and one of them is that the age of “programming” in the...

New Hope Day Shelter proceeds with persistence
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One of the shared values of the  Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delawares Areas is the freedom to try. Those involved in creating the New Hope Day Shelter in Edgewood, Maryland, have taken this value to heart as they seek to align themselves and their community with God’s...

Methodism defined at Barratt's Chapel anniversary
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By Melissa Lauber For Methodists, it was the ultimate “meeting before the meeting.” In 1784, at Barratt’s Chapel in Frederica, Delaware, Francis Asbury met Thomas Coke to plan for the meeting that would form the new Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore weeks later.  It...

Rev. Carroll A. Doggett Tribute
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From Rev. Doggett's Family The Rev. Carroll A. Doggett died Nov. 1, on All Saint’s Day, after 101 years of a well-lived life. He left with luggage filled with good works; ministering to the congregants of the United Methodist churches he served, officiating at marriage ceremonies, and...

Recovery Bible Study
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For people recovering from drug, alcohol and other addictions, the traditional church is not always the most comfortable place. But two United Methodist deaconesses are changing that with a new Life Recovery Bible Study.  On Jan. 8, 2025, a new online group will begin that combines the...

Ames UMC announces partners in community revitalization
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Ames Memorial United Methodist Church, through its nonprofit Ames Shalom Community, has announced a partnership with three organizations—Seawall Development, Blank Slate Development, and Enterprise Community Development—to redevelop 67,000 square feet in West Baltimore’s Sandtown neighborhood...