News and Information
News and Information
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2020 Annual Conference Postponed
Because of the technical issues encountered with the Sept. 19 virtual annual conference session, Bishop Sharma D. Lewis announced at 12 noon the decision to invalidate this annual conference and postpone to a later date. “Because of the technical difficulties and...
Democracy, Values and the 2020 Election
One of the most important actions we as citizens can take is to vote. In just a few months we will be deciding on issues and candidates likely to shape the future. How do we as people of faith respond? What values do we uphold? As United Methodists, we are called to...
Be Still
“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.”Psalm 46:10 (New Revised Standard Version) Dear Lord: I am trying to be still! In fact, I do not think I have gotten up...
August Book Recommendations
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (Bold Type Books, 2016) is a history that is most timely as people across the country are ready and even eager to learn more about a system of racial oppression that has...
Leaving a Legacy
Charles Wesley UMC was a new church plant in McLean, VA when it met for the first time in May 1958. Among the charter members was Janet Nelson Davenport and her young family. Her son, Craig Nelson was the first infant baptized in the church. On December...
“How Do We … Should We … Respond?”
People often react hastily or in anger, especially when difficulties fuel their anger. Yet, God calls us to respond differently than the world. Scripture tells us that we are not to sin in our anger, so it must be possible. What does responding...
Discovering A Theology of Resilience
“We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over Him. The death He died, He died to sin, once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in...
Camp Highroad Opportunities
Like many other organizations, Camp Highroad has been working hard to get creative considering the COVD-19 Pandemic. We have felt the full effect of the pandemic but, considering it all, God has been faithful to us. We want to thank all the churches for...
Dismantle the Architecture of White Supremacy
In a recent statement from the United Methodist Council on Bishops about the scourge of racism, one sentence stands out to me among many important sentences. The sentence that catches my attention comes from Bishop Latrelle Easterling of the Baltimore-Washington Area,...
A Call to Rest
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor...