By Melissa Lauber The Rev. Rod Miller and the Center for Vital Leadership have created a unique resource – a banquet of spiritual exercises that combine cutting edge thinking about neurological pathways that influence behavior with Wesleyan disciplines and faith practices. The result is...
Elinor Thompson of Franklin UMC in Churchton wanted so badly for her grandmother to come down for Grandfather’s Day when she was in kindergarten decades ago. Thompson didn’t know her grandfather, so her grandmother eventually obliged. She sat down with the young Thompson to talk...
February 14, 2024 | A Lenten Message from Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling "Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing." – Joel 2:12-13a During the Super Bowl held on Sunday, Feb...
By Rev. Curtis Ehrgott A football team has eleven players, but having a home-field advantage is like having a twelfth man. The stadium gives support to the home team and loudly shouts at critical moments to throw off the opponents. In ministry, we tend to our community by supporting the...
With their first-ever Pickleball marathon, Huntingtown UMC put the “fun” in the fundraiser. In the 24-hours of uninterrupted Pickleball play, the congregation raised $5,278.33 for missions, reported Marijo Cosmas-Monnett, the church’s Mission Chair. The money will be split...
The Rev. LaTaska Nelson felt like she was receiving a call from God one morning after her daily devotional in 2022. But the voice on the other end of the line wasn’t the Lord’s. It was the Rev. Joseph Daniels. Both ministers unknowingly had been praying for the same goal...
By Melissa Lauber Dr. Deborah Haskins understands broken hearts. Hers has been shattered. But out of her heartbreak, she helps people – and the church — to heal. Haskins, who will be Bishop LaTrelle Easterling’s featured guest at the March 7 Next Level Speaker Series...
By Melissa LauberIn January, more than 150 people gathered for a day of inspiration and ignition. “We want to set the world on fire,” said the Rev. Wanda Duckett, superintendent of the Baltimore Metropolitan District. Their spark of choice? The cooperative parish. Cooperative...
As the Restructuring Task Force continues its work within the Baltimore-Washington Conference, you are invited to attend one of the Listening Sessions that will held over the next several weeks. The first sessions will be held this Thursday, Jan. 18, from 1 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. The...
The Rev. Amy Peed McCullough, lead pastor of Grace UMC in Baltimore and chair of the conference Board of Ordained Ministry, was endorsed as an episcopal candidate by the BWC’s delegation to General and Jurisdictional Conferences on Jan. 13. Her candidacy to become a bishop in The United...
