By Erik Alsgaard After demonstrators tore down a Black Lives Matter banner from the front of Asbury UMC last weekend and then burned it in the street, more than 400 clergy, laity, and faith leaders gathered on the front steps of the church, and virtually, to put up a new one. In a Service...
The year 2020, of course, has been like no other. Since the pandemic started dealing its deadly effects in mid-March, churches across the Baltimore-Washington Conference have had to adjust quickly to changing realities. Those changes included moving worship services out of buildings and...
December 14, 2020 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic...
PUBLIC STATEMENT FROM THE REV. DR. IANTHER MILLSSENIOR PASTOR, ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WASHINGTON, D.C. Dec. 13, 2020 Since 1836, Asbury United Methodist Church has stood at the corner of 11th & K Streets NW, in Washington, D.C. We are a resilient people who have trusted...
Touch the back of your hand to your nose. Now, open and close it. That’s it… keep going. A little bit faster… try not to laugh if you’re looking at yourself in the mirror. You’ve just said, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” in American Sign...
Caden Marshall, the son of Amy and Arvak Marshall, recently received his Eagle Rank in Boy Scouting. His project, “Eagles Rest,” is being nominated for District and National Eagle Project of the Year. Once you see it, you’ll understand why. And you can see it – and use it...
We pray for people with HIV/AIDS and support them by giving to the BWC's Quality of Life Retreats On this World AIDS Day, we pray that God will open our hearts to the understanding that we are all affected by HIV/AIDS. Within the BWC, an amazing ministry of compassion...
The time for merely keeping the church doors open has passed. Today’s church requires excellence. It demands a passion for learning and addressing new challenges. It needs people to step up to the next level of leadership if the church is to survive and thrive.
The time before a journey begins is often filled with high hopes and creative expectations. It’s a time for vision and daydreams.
There continues to be deep sadness and grief within the Baltimore-Washington Conference as we learned of the passing of the Rev. Dr. William Bobby McClain. Rev. Dr. McClain touched numerous lives and his passing reverberates across the conference, the denomination, and the entire Christian...
