The Baltimore-Washington Conference’s Board of Ordained Ministry (BOOM) recently released its new policy for examining candidates for ministry. Who can and can’t be ordained has been in the news throughout the denomination in recent years as The United Methodist Church wrestles with inclusion of...
A decade in the making, the BWC Retreat and Camping Ministries recently hosted their first ever Spring Break Day Camp for Baltimore children at John Wesley UMC.
A decade in the making, the BWC Retreat and Camping Ministries recently hosted their first ever Spring Break Day Camp for Baltimore children at John Wesley UMC.
“This isn’t the end of racism. This is the start of the end of racism.”
By Erik Alsgaard Free money! Yes, absolutely free money! We’re giving it away because that’s how we roll in the Baltimore-Washington Conference! Now that we have your attention, a brief explanation. Every year in The United Methodist Church, Peace with Justice Sunday is observed. One...
Some days, the job of being a pastor is more difficult than others. In the midst of tragedy,especially, pastors help God make a way, and vice versa.
Lucile May Olson Gunn Soper, wife of the late Rev. Elgar Soper, died March 30, 2018, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. A Memorial Service was held May 12 at Homewood at Crumland Farms, in Frederick. Burial was private at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Lucile May Olson was born March 22, 1924, in Cleveland...
If it involves youth, children, or women, odds are the United Methodist Women will be there or have something to say about it. That was evident March 24 at the March for Our Lives in D.C.
The Rev. Dr. J. William “Bill” Talbott died March 26, 2018, in Delray Beach, Florida. A memorial service was held at Back River UMC with the Rev. Donna Lee Nelson officiating. Memorial services were also held in Florida. Though no longer a member of the Baltimore...
As thousands of people streamed into the nation’s capital for the March for Our Lives, several United Methodist churches in and around Washington opened their doors to offer youth groups and their leaders a place to eat and sleep as they prepared for the rally.
