by cbaker | May 7, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
Last week, the United Methodist Church held the postponed 2020 General Conference. Historic changes unfolded at this meeting that impacted the denomination in the U.S. and overseas. After decades of division over matters of human sexuality, many congregations chose to...
by cbaker | Apr 30, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
Oftentimes, the challenges of a big issue such as caring for the environment seem overwhelming. Where do we start? What can we do? The best thing is to start somewhere and to do what you can. There was a recent meeting of the church “Green Team” where we...
by cbaker | Apr 23, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
The General Conference, the global gathering of The United Methodist Church, will meet April 23 – May 3 in Charlotte, N.C. This will be the first General Conference session held since the special session held in February 2019. There will be the opportunity to...
by cbaker | Apr 16, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
From time to time, I am asked to do some work on behalf of other congregations in the Baltimore-Washington Conference. Recently, I was asked to be part of a study team to examine the current health and ministry of the United Methodist Church elsewhere in Frederick...
by cbaker | Apr 9, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
During the season of Lent, we had a weekly study of the various parts of Holy Week using a book by Amy-Jill Levine called Entering the Passion of Jesus. We did not get a chance to discuss the last chapter which focused on Jesus in Gethsemane just prior to his arrest....
by cbaker | Apr 3, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
Happy Easter to all. Check out the new photo gallery from our Easter Celebration and Easter Sunday. The Pastors Pondering will return April 9.
