As a result of the recent flooding in West Virginia, causing at least 23 deaths, the state was declared a disaster area. BWC Disaster Relief and Volunteer in Missions coordinators, the Revs. David Graves and Joan Carter-Rimbach, have been in contact with the West Virginia Annual Conference...
Lois Hamilton, 81, the wife of the late Rev. John G. Hamilton, died June 25, 2016, in Elkridge. There was no memorial service. Lois Morrow was born Dec. 21, 1934. She and John Hamilton married in 1954 while he was in the Navy constructing the Alaska Pipeline. They had two children. She...
Rev. Adrienne Terry, 65, an active Elder serving Christ UMC in Southwest Washington, D.C., died suddenly June 24, 2016. Her Celebration of Life service was July 9 at Asbury UMC in Washington.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: Tomorrow, June 23, will be another significant day in Baltimore and our region. As you may be aware, Circuit Judge Barry Williams will announce the verdict in the trial of officer Caesar Goodson Jr. of the Baltimore City Police Department.
Nancy Jane Weber, 87, the wife of the late Rev. Charles B. Weber, died June 21, 2016, at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Rev. Tom E. Young officiated at a funeral service June 24 at the Minnich Funeral Home in Boonsboro, where she lived. Nancy Jane Lutz Weber was born May 6...
Bishop Marcus Matthews must have said the word “dream” a dozen times today. It just kept coming up in conversation.
He might have asked for a gold watch, season tickets to the Kennedy Center or a donation made to his favorite charity. But Bishop Marcus Matthews believes in bigger dreams.
At the Old Mutare Hospital, about a mile from Africa University, conditions, by Western standards, seem harsh and a little primitive. But for the 600 women who give birth there each year, it is a place where miracles can happen.
“Are they dancing in the house of the Lord?” This is the provocative question posed by God in a song by the Africa University choir.
OLD MUTARE, Zimbabwe — In the largest graduation ceremony since its inception, Africa University celebrated 841 students during the commencement exercises at its campus in Old Mutare, Zimbabwe, June 11.
