A community steel drum group had lost their rehearsal space, a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Pastor Lucinda “Cindy” Kent offered the group a solution: use her congregation’s downstairs fellowship hall. “I told them, ‘I don't want to be your landlord. I...
In a message to the laity and clergy of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling invites area United Methodists to imagine, dream and vision a new way forward. She and a task force of conference leaders are proposing a restructuring of the Conference. The change in...
<h6class='meta'></h6class='meta'> The following are guidelines and a format for submitting a resolution to be considered by the members of the 2024 Annual Session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, to be held May 29-31 in Baltimore. The resolution should address a...
Bishop William Boyd Grove, a retired bishop of The United Methodist Church, died Oct. 27. He served as an episcopal leader in the Northeastern Jurisdiction from 1980 to 1996. Upon learning of his death, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling noted that she had the joy and privilege of being in a covenant...
By Melissa Lauber Lucinda “Cindy” Kent dwells in possibility. This fall, she starts her new position as the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences’ Property with Purpose Coordinator, a newly created position to assist churches in discovering new ways to...
By Melissa Lauber Imagine 1,000 experiments being conducted in a spirit of mission and ministry unfolding throughout area United Methodist churches. Imagine sacred spaces brimming with curiosity and creativity. Imagine your church alive with God-inspired innovation that builds vitality, hope...
In a gradually unfolding, creative and bold shift in church culture, Silver Spring UMC is working to ensure that its building is used to serve its vision, and not the other way around. “Our goal is to build, in bricks and mortar, who it is we say we are as the body of Jesus Christ,&rdquo...
Despite challenges and changes facing Latino congregations and ministries in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 was a month to celebrate history and heritage. While that window of time is nice, truth be told is that Latinos celebrate their culture every month, week and...
From Kathryn GreenIn the fall of 2021, the world was awakening from the COVID pandemic, Russia had invaded Ukraine, and the U.S. struggled with social and racial justice issues, mass shootings, and economic issues. The confirmation class at La Plata UMC looked for ways to bring peace to this...
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God. -- Matthew 5:9 Beloved of God, I greet you in the name of our Savior, Jesus, who lived, died, and is resurrected for the sake of reconciliation and peace. Last Saturday, as many Jews had just observed the Jewish...
