By Neal Christie When the Rev. Alexis F. Brown began her journey as the campus minister in 2016 with the Wesley Foundation at Howard University, she really didn’t imagine that The United Methodist Church could offer her the opportunity to serve at a prestigious institution like...
By Melissa Lauber See the Q&A with members' questions Standing, Transforming and Rising will be the themes that shape the Oct. 25-27 Baltimore-Washington Conference session, which because of COVID-19 precautions, will be held online again this year. The sessions will be live-streamed on...
By Melissa Lauber It’s all about the Journey. When two congregations in Southern Prince George’s County were recently facing some struggles, they put aside some “treasured” ideas about church, blended their congregations and began to reach out to the community...
Two hundred and fifty years ago, when Methodism’s second bishop, Francis Asbury, arrived in the New World, members of a United Brethren in Christ congregation were waiting in Baltimore to meet him.
By Erik Alsgaard The Rev. Bryant Oskvig has been officially appointed to serve as the University Chaplain at American University in Washington, D.C. He becomes the 11th university chaplain at the school. Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, presiding bishop of the Baltimore-Washington Conference who...
It has been twenty years since the Pentagon, often viewed as the epicenter of power and defense, was struck by American Airlines Flight 77. It has been twenty years since 184 beautiful souls crossed the thin veil into eternity. It has been twenty years since our collective psyches...
By Melissa Lauber Over the years it’s been a treasure trove, a depository of important and scattered records that span centuries, an architectural gem, a jumble of memories, a vault of irreplaceable artifacts, a museum that attracts a lot of Korean visitors and confirmation classes, and a...
Brothers and Sisters in Christ: As many of you are already aware, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for bankruptcy relief in early 2020, after becoming overwhelmed with liability exposure arising from pending and threatened sexual assault lawsuits nationwide. BSA leadership is...
By Melissa Lauber In a gesture of remembrance and hope, Bishop Peggy Johnson passed a crozier, a symbol of episcopal leadership, to Bishop LaTrelle Easterling to mark the new affiliation between the Peninsula-Delaware and Baltimore-Washington conferences. This transitional gift was presented at...
From the United Methodist Communications Office of Public Information Nashville, Tenn.: The United Methodist Church and its predecessor denominations have a relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), which dates back more than 100 years. In February 2020, the BSA announced the...
