Ask just about any United Methodist clergyperson, and they’ll tell you that they took seminary classes on the New and Old Testament, theology, preaching, leading worship, and things like that. What they most likely didn’t take is a class on is how to lead change in a congregation; how to move it...
By Melissa LauberUMConnection Staff There are stereotypes about the lives of today’s college students and there are stereotypes about the lives of homeless people. But new realities are shattering this as students on college campuses adjust to lives without shelter and scramble to...
August 6, 2019 To the People of The United Methodist Church: As president of the Council of Bishops, but more fundamentally as one who professes faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, I write with a call to discipleship. What is God’s dream for us? How can we...
By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff The Rev. Rodney Hudson, left, offers a word of encouragement to a resident of the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood in Baltimore Aug. 1 during the Ames UMC free food distribution. Photo by Erik Alsgaard. “How you doin’, Pastorman?” The Rev...
Greetings Beloved of God, Grace and peace to you in the name of our Savior, Jesus the Christ. As servant leaders in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, including one of us who is a life-long resident of Baltimore, we have come to know and appreciate this great city as...
By Melissa Rudolph Early Monday morning, a downpour looked ominous. The staff and volunteers gathered at Greenmount UMC had contingency plans in place if the over 200 registered campers for sports camp would need to be indoors. But, Rev. John Rudolph, who oversees the North Carroll Cooperative...
By Sharon Milton “My mother doesn’t like me. She talks down to me, she never has anything nice to say to me, all because I remind her of my dad. He is incarcerated.”“My mother just came home from prison, she has been gone since I was 3. I am now 14-years-old. I...
By Mark Johnson Sharp Street Memorial UMC I am the grandson and son of strong Methodist women. As a believer in God and justice for all, I never experienced a “fear” such as I did until I observed the results of the special General Conference held in Saint Louis in 2019. I sat in...
Grace and peace to you in the name of Christ Jesus. On behalf of the United Methodist Immigration Task Force we share with you a deep concern for migrants. You have seen the deplorable conditions under which migrant children and families are being detained in the US right now. We cannot be...
DECISION OF LAW Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, episcopal leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, recently issued this decision in response to a request for a Ruling of Law by the Rev. Robert Barnes on May 30. The Judicial Council is expected to review the decision when it meets Oct...
