By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff What do you call it when 90+ elementary-aged children spend four days a week for eight weeks during the summer, reading more than 1,450 books and maintaining or improving their reading skills? In Washington, D.C., this summer, it was called Project...
By Tim Warner* Editor’s Note: This summer, tears mixed with the baptismal water as the Rev. Tim Warner began to understand hope in new ways. As one of the founders of the BWC’s Camp Hope, he celebrated the 13th year of this weeklong gathering at West River of children whose parents...
The Rev. Herbert L. D. Doggett, 92, a retired Elder and a District Superintendent, died Sept. 3, 2018, at Homewood Frederick where he received care over the past year. A Service of Resurrection was held Sept. 16 at Middletown UMC with the Rev. Sarah Dorrance officiating. Born June 25, 1926, in...
The Rev. Mary W. Conaway, 75, a retired Elder, died Aug. 30, 2018, from cancer at Gilchrist Hospice in Columbia. A Celebration of Life Homegoing Service was held Sept. 7 at Huber Memorial Life Center in Baltimore. The Rev. Marlon Tilghman officiated and the eulogy was given by the Rev. Mamie...
Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. When I learned of the shooting at the Gaming Convention in Jacksonville, Fla., yesterday, I felt grief and profound sadness. But, if I’m honest, I also became angry – a bit enraged at this new instance of...
“So why do the church thing?” It’s an interesting question and Ben Trawick, the online campus pastor for FaithPoint UMC in Urbana, offers interesting answers. Among them: “We are an Easter people and alleluia is our song.” See and share this video homily from...
By Rev. E. Maynard Moore, PhDPresident, WesleyNexus Several days ago, many people around the world were treated to a shower of “shooting stars,” an event that scientists identify at the Perseid meteor shower. In fact, 2018 was an excellent year for observation, because the new moon...
Margaret E. Lovejoy, 91, the wife of the late Rev. John A. Lovejoy, died Aug. 22, 2018, at the Homewood at Plum Creek Retirement Community in Hanover, Pa. Funeral services were held Sept. 1 at the First United Methodist Church, 200 Frederick St. in Hanover. Margaret Elizabeth Hummer was born...
By Melissa Lauber One tweet summed it up. “Today, I saw more United Methodists than white supremacists.” Jack Jenkins of Religion News Service was responding to the Baltimore-Washington Conference’s United to Love rally, created as an alternative to the Unite the Right rally...
By Rev. Leo Yates, Jr.,Consultant for Global Ministries’ Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministries The United Methodist Association of Ministers with Disabilities (UMAMD), a national caucus that is recognized by The United Methodist Church, met Aug.1-3 on the historic campus of Gallaudet...
