January 8, 2024 | Message from the Restructuring Task Force "I appeal to you, therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship. Let love be genuine; hate what is...
If Pentecost Day were to come again tomorrow, and the Spirit were tasked to design a United Methodist church, there’s a good chance that the Cooperative Parish model would be one of the options. It allows people to live out the best of connectionalism, it opens the laity to...
Support Migrant Families The Hispanic/Latino Ministries of the Baltimore-Washington Conference has launched a campaign to raise $45,000 to assist migrants being bussed to Washington, D.C. Despite the Conference having already raised $50,000, needs continue to be significant for the...
Forging A New Path “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.” -- Philippians 2: 3-4 Have you ever been listening to a song...
By Chris Broadwell With Christmas Eve falling on a Sunday, many churches held regular fourth Sunday in Advent in the morning and Christmas Eve services later that night. In a heartwarming twist on their usual Sunday morning service, Eastport UMC in Annapolis brought festive cheer directly to the...
By Rev. Dr. C. Anthony HuntSenior Pastor Epworth Chapel United Methodist Church This year marks the 95th year of the anniversary of the birth of one of America’s greatest peacemakers, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Born on Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, amidst the persistent...
By Melissa Lauber “An artist is not a special kind of person; every person is a special kind of artist.”These words of wisdom have guided the arts ministry of Catherine Kapikian, the founder of the Henry Luce III Center for Arts and Religion at Wesley Seminary. They have also served...
By Sharon Milton The Lord continues to show the people of Emory Fellowship in Washington, D.C., different ways to reach the community. As the Christmas season approached, the Holy Spirit revealed it was time for Heaven's Closet. In the revelation, the Holy Spirit said to me, “It will be...
Beloved, I was recently in a meeting where the following beautiful prayer was offered. It resonated deeply. It simultaneously captured and spoke to the depth of exhaustion, pain, trauma and lament so prevalent among us today. It also answered a question we didn’t realize our souls were...
After a period of discernment, the Revs. Giovanni Arroyo, Tony Love, Amy McCullough, and Sarah Schlieckert have put their names forth to be considered as candidates for the ministry of bishop in The United Methodist Church. Statements from these candidates to the delegation are...
