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New York board welcomes gay clergy candidates
By Heather Hahn, UMNS Photo illustration by Kathleen Barry, United Methodist Communications The New York Conference’s board of ordained ministry announced March 1 that it would not consider sexual...
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Inventive ‘mompreneur’ puts faith into action
Special to the UMConnection Isabella Yosuico holds her son, Isaac, the inspiration behind MightyTykes. When self-described special needs “mompreneur” Isabella Yosuico gave birth to her son Isaac, who...
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Capitol Hill UMC pays tribute to local law enforcement
By Carol Anderson* A young member of Captiol Hill UMC hands out Valentines during a visit to the First District Substation in Washington, D.C. Pop sensation Adele wasn’t only at the Grammys. She also...
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Young Adult Ministry: Learnings from going undercover
By Mike Beiber* Breaking his “cover:” the Rev. Mike Beiber, right, stands with his wife, Cherish, and son, Oliver. One of the guilty pleasures of being clergy is visiting other churches “undercover”...
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[Viewpoint] BWC pastor: ‘Why I’m running for Congress’
By Jeff Jones* The Rev. Jeff Jones, who is putting his faith into action by running for Congress. Have you ever thought, “I’m sick and tired of all this mess in politics” and feel like someone ought to...
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Bill Weller’s marble ministry a sign of God’s love
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff Smiles tend to follow Bill Weller around. But the laughter has a purpose, it helps point people to God’s love. Weller, the president of the Baltimore-Washington...
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Calvary UMC’s re-birth a lesson for churches in conflict
By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff The Rev. David Simpson is set to retire – again – at the end of June. He tried to retire once before, in 2015, but ended up being called by Bishop Marcus Matthews to...
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Church uses author’s life to reach youth
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff As a pastor, the Rev. Vivian McCarthy is always listening for what’s going on in the life of the community as it unfolds around Reisterstown UMC. Recently, she...
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BWC upgrades IT services with United Methodist vendor
By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff The Baltimore-Washington Conference will achieve significant savings on its annual IT services contract with a new arrangement with the General Council on Finance...
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Annual Conference Session set for June 1-4
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff “You Have the Power” is the theme of the 232nd Annual Session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, which will be held June 1-4 at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel...
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Easter Vigil brings the story of salvation to a city in need
By Kate Payton The Easter Vigil service is all about remembering and reliving our story of salvation. Usually we do this within the confines of a sanctuary. But last year, the multi-site church I...
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Maryland church receives top award in national contest
With 55 EMS (Every Man Shares in Evangelism, Mission and Spiritual Life) members and support for scores of community projects, Queen’s Chapel UMC in Beltsville, Md., breezed away with the top award in...
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[Viewpoint] Shattered
By Donna Claycomb Sokol* Reposted with permission from her blog at Words from Washington Three weeks. It was three weeks ago this morning when I settled into my favorite chair with a cup of hot coffee...
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Tales and Lessons of Vitality and Transformation
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff In today’s world of church growth, vitality is something to which congregations aspire. But in the Washington Region, five unique congregations have stopped...
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BMCR Meets in Baltimore
By Melissa Lauber and Larry Hygh* UMConnection Staff The Rev. Tony Love was elected to serve as vice coordinator of the national Black United Methodists for Church Renewal caucus. Love currently...
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Making prayer beads for General Conference
By Erik Alsgaard On March19, members of the Patapsco-Lodge Forest Cooperative Parish, a United Methodist Community, spent part of their Saturday making prayer beads for General Conference delegates....
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Postcards Home from Korea – Day 1
By Melissa Lauber* After a 15-hour flight, there is nothing better than being greeted with a feast of chicken, fruit and kindness. Yesterday, Bishop Marcus Matthews, responding to an invitation to...
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Postcards Home from Korea – Day 2
By Melissa Lauber* Imagine more than 500 junior high girls, all dressed in school uniforms, seated with their legs crossed in more than a dozen straight lines on the floor of a gymnasium in Daejeon,...
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Postcards Home from Korea – Day 3
By Melissa Lauber* Today, the past and present merge in unexpected ways in the Methodist Church of Korea and across the Korean landscape. On the third day of our journey, April 2, we watched ancient...
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Postcards Home from Korea – Day 4
By Melissa Lauber* At Daejeon Central Church, where Bishop Seung Chul Ahn is pastor, neither the orchestra musicians, the band members, the choir director, the large choir, the special women’s...
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