by cbaker | Jun 4, 2025 | Pastor's Pondering
Welcoming your new pastor in genuine and effective ways lays the groundwork for a healthy and vital relationship to form and for stable, long-term ministries develop. Here are 10 practical things you can do without much trouble. I’ll bet you can think of even more...
by cbaker | May 30, 2025 | Newsletters
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by cbaker | May 27, 2025 | Pastor's Pondering
Earlier this year, the Reconciling Ministry Team at Cavalry UMC circulated a survey and gathered responses on two matters related to our ministry with LGBTQI persons. One of the matters had to do with the possible creation of a policy regarding the use of the church...
by cbaker | May 20, 2025 | Pastor's Pondering
I am excited to share what the United Methodist Council of Bishops and the Connectional Table, which involves the various key leaders in the denomination, have just recently shared. A new Vision for The United Methodist Church has just been unveiled—a vision that...
by cbaker | May 13, 2025 | Pastor's Pondering
Today, I am at the 241st session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, along with pastors and lay persons representing 632 United Methodist congregations in Maryland, Washington, DC, and a small part of West Virginia. There will be worship, lively conversation,...
