“Philip, you must preach to us, or we shall all go to Hell together and God will require our blood at your hands!” Safe to say, this is not a typical reaction to seeing friends playing a hand of cards. Then again, Barbara von Ruckle Heck was not typical, either. A native of the Palatinate (part...
Methodism’s influence sometimes surfaces in surprising places and unexpected ways. If your education was like mine, you were taught that the first settlers in the Pacific Northwest in the wake of Lewis and Clark were the trappers and traders following the Columbia River, following lure of gold...
How wonderful the Dispensations of Providence! Surely the very hairs of our heads are all numbered. These words, taken from the journal of the Rev. Joseph Pilmore (or Pilmoor), John Wesley’s designated organizer for the Methodist societies in colonial America, celebrated the acquisition of the...
The savvy traveler knows that there is a whole world of places to explore which are important for our Methodist heritage, but do not have the word “United” anywhere in their name. Among the most significant – and beautiful – of these can be found in the heart of old Philadelphia.
Where can the United Methodist traveler find a building that’s an historic treasure with a rich history, home to a missionally vital church – and within easy reach of a strategic strong point for connectional outreach? The answer may surprise you: Salt Lake City. True, the State of Utah is...
There are three places on the Virginia side of the Potomac that the savvy Methodist won’t want to miss. Say “Old Town Alexandria,” and the mind goes to trendy restaurants, heritage buildings, or maybe places where General Washington lay his head. It’s also home to several significant sites in...
The plainness of this small, colonial-style chapel, set on a rise just east of Highway 1 near Frederica, belies its grander significance. If Lovely Lane in Baltimore is the “Mother Church of American Methodism”, here is where “Mom” got her first date with destiny. For it was from this brick...
BWC RCM COVID-19 Reentry Protocols The Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church (BWC) Retreat and Camping Ministries (RCM), doing business as Camp Harmison, Manidokan Camp and Retreat Center, and The West River Center have established the following policies and...
POST ROCK 2020 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1) The theme for this past year's ROCK event was "Take heart", based on John 16:33. What has that scripture come to mean to you since the ROCK weekend? The following questions are based on the words and testimony shared...
The BWC's 2020 Mission of Peace group: (Back row, L-R) Nito Slack, Bishop LaTrelleEasterling, the Rev. Marion Easterling; (front row) Elizabeth Anderson and Maya Tzan. Inspired by the preaching of the late Bishop Dale White, the Mission of Peace was brought into existence by the Northeastern...
