UMs respond to Afghan refugees
08.25.21 | Wellness and Missions, Immigration Rights | by Neal Christie
United Methodists are responding to the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees seeking new lives after being forced to flee their country.
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A Diverse Church by Design
07.21.21 | Leader Development, Advocacy and Action, Racial Justice
Cross-Racial and Cross-Cultural Leadership Program Register Today What? A Diverse Church by Design: Cross-Racial and Cross-Cultural (CRCC) Leadership Certificate Program is a biblically-based experimental approach to diversity and inclusion...
Re-Entering Well FAQs - May 2021
05.28.21
Deciding when to re-open a church facility for in-person worship and meetings is an intentional and rigorous discernment process. The Baltimore-Washington Conference’s COVID-19 Task Force has provided a number of resources. The questions below...
Decision Trees and Protocols
05.25.21
Re-Entry Decision Tree Reversing the re-entry decision tree Protocol if someone at church tests positive for COVID-19 To require masks or not to require masks Church Gathering Risk...
Monitor Official Government Websites on the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
05.21.21 | Wellness and Missions
Links to help you stay connected in your context.
Coronavirus Resources
05.21.21 | Congregational Development, Wellness and Missions
Preparedness, not panic, is key in addressing the coronavirus. This list of resources will assist churches with their response.
Re-Entering Well
05.19.21 | Congregational Development, Wellness and Missions
Throughout this season of disruption and new ways of being church together, Bishop Easterling and church leaders have stressed that the safety and health of every person is our priority. Each context is different, but our shared goal is the same...
Statement on the Recent Killings, Police Brutality and Violence Impacting Black and Brown People in America
04.20.21 | Advocacy and Action, Racial Justice
A Call to Action by the Baltimore-Washington Conference, Black Methodists for Church Renewal, and United Methodist Women Since the earliest times, the vows of Christian baptism have consisted first of the renunciation of all that is evil...
FAQ on the affiliation of the Peninsula-Delaware and Baltimore-Washington conferences
03.30.21 | Communications
Plans have recently been announced by the Northeastern Jurisdiction College of Bishops to affiliate the Peninsula-Delaware and Baltimore-Washington Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church. With the affiliation, which becomes official on...
ROCK(ish) 2021 Breakouts
03.23.21 | Young Peoples Ministry
friday night This year, ROCK, the annual retreat for BWC youth, goes virtual and features and a special feature with questions asked by the youth and answered by Bishop LaTrelle Easterling. Mental Health Everyone wrestles with dark times and...