By Nora Meeks The Wesleyan way of discipleship is clear in stating that Christians profess and teach God's love through not just our words but our actions. The celebration of ministries service held Wednesday night recognized this principle by recognizing 10 people and four churches from across...
Hate divides. Love unites. That’s the utterly simple and completely complex message that the members of the 241st session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference are proclaiming. Amid a recent flood of presidential executive orders, a national wave of intolerance, and the...
By Alison Burdett Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi, daughter of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, led Wednesday morning’s Bible study helping members to understand “trauma-informed joy.” Following the Annual Conference’s guiding scripture, Philippians 4:4-9, she began...
By Bonnie McCubbin On Wednesday afternoon, the Key Ballroom at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel, was filled with a somber and solemn but heartfelt tone during the Annual Service of Remembrance. Those remembered consisted of clergy, clergy spouses, and clergy children who have transitioned...
By Erik Alsgaard If at first you don’t succeed, the old saying goes, try and try again. On May 14, members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference joined United Methodists from across the globe in voting on four proposed amendments to the church’s constitution. These amendments were...
In moments of holy conferencing, Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference members heard reports and voted on resolutions May 14. Voting on a series of eight resolutions, the members passed a series of widely diverse measures that address matters within the church and around the world. In the...
By Alison Burdett Tuesday afternoon, the clergy retiree class of 2025 gathered for lunch at the Hilton Hotel, to be celebrated and honored for their combined 604 years of service. Keynote speaker, Shelley Hawkins, offered words of gratitude, referencing Philippians 4:4-9: “Rejoice in the...
Clergy and lay members from the 563 churches of the Baltimore-Washington Conference sounded the first notes of the conference’s new song and structure when the 64 hubs and six new districts gathered in the ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in Baltimore on May 13. As a small band of jazz...
Amelia Duroska, the new Lay Leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, gathered more than 600 lay members for worship, fellowship, and learning on May 13. The laity were seated with members of their new Hubs to begin building relationships and to begin exploring the possibilities before...
Joy – deep, abiding, soul-soaring joy – rolled through the Hilton Hotel in downtown Baltimore on May 13, as members joined in worship to celebrate the opening of the 241st session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference. Preaching to the more than 1,200 members, Bishop LaTrelle...
