by cbaker | Jun 11, 2018 | Pastor's Pondering
June 11 On Sunday, Rev. Shannon and I completed our sermon series on peacemaking. Here is the gist of what I shared on Sunday. It includes an observation, four signs that we are slipping into dangerous conflict and three suggestions for building peace where we are. ...
by cbaker | Jun 7, 2018 | Pastor's Pondering, Updates
Last week the Baltimore Washington Conference of the UMC met in Baltimore for its annual session of business, worship and “holy conferencing.” They are more than 625 churches in Maryland, the District of Columbia and two counties in West Virginia that make up the...
by cbaker | May 31, 2018 | Newsletters
by cbaker | May 30, 2018 | Pastor's Pondering
May 28 The United Methodist Church was born just over 50 years ago on April 23, 1968, when the Evangelical United Brethren (E.U.B.) Church and The Methodist Church united to form the new denomination. In the midst of a nation divided over the Vietnam War, the civil...
by cbaker | May 22, 2018 | Pastor's Pondering
New Sermon Series: Blessed Are the Peacemakers “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (Matthew 5: 9) I don’t know about you, but reading the newspaper, checking social media or listening to the news on the radio...
