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General Conference 2019: Myths and Realities
*By Bishop Forrest C. Stith
After attending 15 consecutive General Conferences, the special session of 2019 was the most unique and one that brought much frustration and disappointment. True, the worship and music were inspiring. Likewise...
Margaret M. Thayil, 86, the wife of the late Rev. Ernest Thayil, died March 30, 2019. He died three months earlier on Jan. 4, 2019. A Joint Celebration of Life for them was held at Jackson Chapel UMC in Frederick May 4.
Margaret Mary Elisha was born in Bombay, India, Jan. 13, 1933. She and...
By Christie Hoffman*Special to the UMConnection
Youth workers and ministry leaders listen to Daniel Barnett during a time of worship at the recent training event and retreat, held Wesley Freedom UMC in Sykesville. Photo by Christie Hoffman.
Youth workers from across the Baltimore-Washington...
By Linda WorthingtonUMConnection Staff
“Legacy, legacy, legacy,” was the operative word-of-the-day when the Baltimore-Washington Conference United Methodist Women gathered at the Mission Center March 25 to celebrate its 150-year anniversary.
“We pray, study and march,&rdquo...
By Erik Alsgaard
Immigration makes headlines in the United States and around the world. With more than 25.9 million refugees and asylum seekers in the world in 2017, how and if people cross borders and for what reasons have become a political football.
To help untangle some of the mess that is...
By United Methodist News Service correspondentsMarch 19, 2019 | CHIMANIMANI-CHIPINGE, Zimbabwe (UMNS)
Cyclone Idai left a path of destruction in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, killing at least 180 people and damaging United Methodist schools, churches, hospitals and homes.
The cyclone made...
Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling today called for prayers for the people of Mozambique and Zimbabwe following a devastating cyclone.
Anyone can have a gambling problem and it is often clergy or lay ministers who are on the "front line" of dealing with the problems. Erik Alsgaard looks at how special training is available to help.
Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her...