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Becoming fully alive in Christ and making a difference in a diverse and ever-changing world
• www.bwcumc.org • Volume 25, Issue 2 • February 12, 2014
ROCK
Photos by Alison Burdett & Melissa Lauber
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lmost 6,000 youth and their leaders from throughout the eight districts of the BaltimoreWashington Conference gathered for ROCK at the Convention Center in Ocean City Jan. 30 through Feb. 1, for fellowship, revival, worship and concerts by Mandisa and Unsearchable Riches – all centered around the theme, “Got Love”. The guest speaker for the event was Preston Centuolo, who used Scripture and stories to share with the youth the lessons that God uses “broken” people to do great things; that no one can steal your dreams and when you change, the world changes. In addition to the festival atmosphere of ROCK 2014, many of the youth seriously explored how their faith can help them address peer pressure, violence and victimization. Throughout the event, the youth also learned about how they make a difference in the conference’s campaign to end deaths and suffering from malaria. One group from Grace UMC in Aberdeen raised $1,200 doing a polar bear plunge into the ocean. An offering taken on Sunday morning at ROCK brought in $14,031 for the Imagine No Malaria campaign. ROCK can change lives, said Nettie Hopkins, president of the Conference Council on Youth Ministries, who attends New Life Church in LaPlata. “It changed mine and now I can share my story.” For more photos from ROCK, visit www.bwcumc.org/rock/2014photos.
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Ancient church mothers and fathers often greeted one another with the phrase, “Give me a word.” This greeting led to the sharing of insights and wisdom. Today we continue this tradition with this monthly column.
By Mandy Sayers Pastor, Covenant UMC, Gaithersburg
By Daryl Williams Pastor, New Hope Fellowship UMC, Upper Marlboro
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was at a “large church” conference several years ago at which Peter Storey was speaking. Peter is a South African Methodist minister who is a former president of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. I had no idea who he was then, but what he was saying found its way to my heart and head. He was preaching on Mark 8:22 and following, about Jesus healing the blind man at Bethsaida. Jesus spits on the man’s eyes and says, “Do you see anything?” The man says, “I see people but they look like trees.” So Jesus touches him again and the man sees clearly. As Bishop Storey described his experiences fighting apartheid in South Africa and fighting poverty and despair and oppression, he spoke of the Anglo church in South Africa as people who were “not bad people. They just needed a second touch from Jesus.” Then, as I was eating Boneless Chicken Marriott and steamed green beans, he said something like, “It is like a dinner party where people are sitting and laughing and eating good food off of nice plates, in a bright, big room, while just outside in the darkness there are millions of hungry and poor people. The people in the room cannot see them because their room is too bright. The people in the room are not bad people. Perhaps they just need a second touch from Jesus.” I felt tears roll down my cheeks. All the dangers that come from working so very hard on everything that is “church” and how easy it is to lose sight of Jesus and the radical simplicity of his message – how much I love the Lord and want to serve him, poured out. My wish for myself, my local church and our Church, is that we might have a second touch from Jesus, whenever our vision gets blurry. Whenever I am tempted to water down my baptism or lose my grip on the Gospel, I see Bishop Storey and his shock of white hair, and I hear the clinking of cutlery. I think about bright rooms and people we don’t see, and kneel for a second touch from Jesus.
ne of my all time favorite movies is “Groundhog Day,” starring Bill Murray. The movie tells the tale of a gentleman who keeps reliving the same day over and over again. No matter what he does, every day when he wakes up, he finds that he is repeating the previous day. Try as he might to change his circumstances, each new day becomes the same as the day before. This constant repetition and inability to break the cycle leads him to do more and more extreme things hoping that he can just have something different in his life. If we are honest, many of us live Groundhog Day lives. The days, months and years change but everything seems to stay the same. To break out of a Groundhog Day existence there is only one thing that you need. You don’t need a new opportunity, a new plan or better connections. You don’t need to hit the lottery, get your big break or do any more therapy. To move from where you are to where you want to be, you need vision. Vision is the ability to see yourself in a preferred future before it happens. For many of us, we get stuck where we are because we simply can’t see ourselves any other way. The truth is, you can’t be another way until you see another way. People of faith always have to have vision. Vision, in its best form, is the picture that God is calling you to live in. When you have vision you speak differently, walk differently and act differently, because you know you are living towards something and not just trying to survive day to day. The tricky part is we often don’t see how we will get from where we are to what we see. That is where faith comes in. You have to start moving towards where God is calling before you know how you will get there, having faith that God will make a way somehow. That is why we walk by faith and not by sight. So today, have a little talk with Jesus. Ask him to give you a vision for your future. Once you have it, write it down plainly, then run towards it. When you get discouraged or tired, read what you wrote and start running again. In no time, you will see that you aren’t repeating days, you’re enjoying days because you now have a vision.
E VE N T S Appalachian Service Project
Feb. 16, 5 p.m. Severna Park UMC Celebrate and learn all about the home repair ministry, ASP, at barbecue at the “Work Miracles” event. Contact Rev. Lee Ferrell at 410-987-4700.
Maryland Legislative Advocacy Day
Feb. 19, 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Asbury UMC, Annapolis
Sponsored by the BWC United Methodist Women and Board of Church and Society, the event includes presentations and visits with legislators. Focus will be on the Earned Sick and Safe Time Leave bill.
Stewardship training
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Glen Mar UMC, Ellicott City The Mid-Atlantic United Methodist Foundation will host “Not Your Parent’s Offering Plate,” with guest speaker and author, Clif Christopher. Cost is $50 and includes lunch, all materials and a book. For more information, visit www. maumflegacy.org.
Bishop’s Lenten Day Apart
March 4, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Glen Mar UMC, Ellicott City. Clergy will gather to “Awake in the Gospel: Walking the Way of the Cross” with the Rev. Dr. Harold Recinos. For more information and to register, go to www.bwcumc. org/events/2014LentenDayApart. Registration deadline is Feb. 28.
Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath
B I S H O P ’ S D AY S O N T H E D I S T R I C T S
March 13-16 UM churches Churches are being asked to set aside time to observe National Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath weekend. Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence offers a number of online resources at http:// marchsabbath.org/671.
Disabilities Ministries
BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN – ALL
MARCH 25
PATAPSCO UMC
FINKSBURG
BALTIMORE SUBURBAN – ALL
APRIL 1
MT. ZION UMC
BEL AIR
FREDERICK – ALL
APRIL 2
MIDDLETOWN UMC
MIDDLETOWN
WASHINGTON EAST – ALL
APRIL 8
JOURNEY OF FAITH
WALDORF
CENTRAL MARYLAND – ALL
APRIL 9
CALVARY UMC
MT. AIRY
Saturday, March 15, 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. BWC Mission Center Space is limited for the Commission on Disability Concerns’ seminar, “Disability Ministries: Strategies to be Accessible and Empowering.” Cost is $15; includes lunch. For information and to register, contact Leo Yates Jr. at
[email protected].
Engaging Local Schools Conference
Saturday, March 22, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wesley Theological Seminary For both laity and clergy, conference is designed to guide congregations in considering how to support and engage local schools. To learn more, register and purchase resources, go to www.churchleadership.com/ servingyourneighbor/Engaging local Schools.asp.
COSROW Spring Event
Saturday, March 29, 2 to 5:30 p.m. BWC Mission Center, Fulton The theme of this Commission on the Status and Role of Women event is “The Sandwich Generation.” The keynote speaker is the Rev. Wayne A. DeHart.
District
Day
Church
City
GREATER WASHINGTON – ALL
FEBRUARY 18
FIRST UMC
HYATTSVILLE
ANNAPOLIS – CLERGY
FEBRUARY 25
ST. MARK
HANOVER
ANNAOPLIS – LAITY
FEBRUARY 25
EASTPORT UMC
ANNAPOLIS
CUMBERLAND-HAGERSTOWN – CLERGY
MARCH 11
ST. PAUL UMC
BIG POOL
CUMBERLAND-HAGERSTOWN – LAITY
MARCH 11
EMMANUEL UMC
HAGERSTOWN
*CLERGY MEETINGS WILL BE FROM 9:30 AM TO 12 NOON *LAITY MEETINGS WILL BE FROM 6:30 TO 8:30 PM
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Bishop invites Conference to ‘awaken in the Gospel’ BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON CONFERENCE Dear Friends,
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deported each day. The recent chemical spill in West Virginia contaminated drinking water for thousands of people. Living in the midst of these realities, it’s easy to feel like we’re in the worst of times. But we are resurrection people. Our hope runs deep and we claim God’s power for transformation. We have a conference with good clergy and laity who are becoming fully alive in Christ and making a difference in a diverse and ever-changing world. And so, we find ourselves celebrating possibilities when we consider things like: • More than 6,000 youth and their leaders, who represented the astonishing diversity of our region, gathered recently for fellowship and worship at ROCK 2014 in Ocean City. More than 1,000 of them began a relationship with Christ and thousands of others grew deeper in their faith. • Most of our 642 congregations have become Prayer Stations; people are inviting persons to come and see how through their local church they can be in ministry together; and many of our churches have adopted a local school in their ZIP code. • The people in our pulpits and pews are giving generously and embracing the initiative to Imagine No Malaria and defeat death and suffering from this preventable and treatable disease. As a people of God, we are awake in the Gospel. We •
Since he first penned the words, “It was the best of times and it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom. It was the age of foolishness,” people have adopted Charles Dickens’ words to describe the season through which they’re living. Celebrating the light while at the same time lamenting the darkness is part of the human story. Some recent statistics in local newspapers give us all cause for concern. For example: • There are 2,300 homeless children in the D.C. public school system. My heart grieves for each one. • In addition to the 20 children killed in Newtown, 71 children were killed by deliberate gunfire in 2012. In January, police reported 25 murders in Baltimore City. These senseless deaths and the recent shooting at the Mall in Columbia make me deeply question our culture’s glorifying violence. • Last summer, Sesame Street added a new character to whom 2.7 million children can now relate. The show introduced, Alex, a child whose father is in prison. One-in-28 American children (3.6%) have an incarcerated parent. Just 25 years ago, the number was 1-in-125. • Our political and justice systems cannot effectively figure out how to address the 11.7 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. and the at least 50,000 more trying to enter every month; about 1,000 of whom are
walk in the way of the cross. This awakening to God’s call and living together as the household of God will be the theme of the upcoming Lenten Day Apart with Clergy. On Tuesday, March 4, from 9:30 to 12:30 p.m. all the clergy of the Baltimore-Washington Conference are invited to gather at Glen Mar UMC in Ellicott City. The guest speaker that morning will be the Rev. Harold Recinos, an Elder from our Conference who is serving as a professor of Church and Society at the Perkins School of Theology. His prophetic remarks will inspire and challenge us all as we prepare our minds and hearts for the Lenten journey toward the cross. The registration deadline for the Clergy Day Apart is Friday, Feb. 28. I strongly encourage you all to attend. Online registration is available on the conference website at www.bwcumc.org/ events/2014LentenDayApart. In addition to writing the prologue to “A Tale of Two Cities,” Dickens also wrote: “There is wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.” Today, and into Lent, we are called to discover and live them both -- wise in the knowledge that we are loved by God, and called to make disciples and serve the world in both the best and the worst of times. Grace and Peace,
Bishop Marcus Matthews
Modest gift creates large legacy for small church vitality
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astors and lay leaders of three small churches gathered at the Baltimore-Washington Conference Mission Center for a special presentation Jan. 9. They came to receive grants from the Eugene Otto Memorial Fund. Years ago (no one seems to remember quite how many), Vivian Otto gave some of her husband’s legacy as a gift to the conference. He had been well known in the conference and, upon his death, his wife thought that a memorial to him would be a gift to the conference endowment funds. She stipulated that any earnings would be given to “small churches.” “Vivian is modeling Christian behavior,” said Frank Robert, the conference’s representative for the Mid-Atlantic United Methodist Foundation, Inc., that administers the funds. “And she is setting up a legacy for the future.” Vivian Otto had worked at the district and local church levels as a Christian educator throughout her career, in the 60s, 70s and 80s. “I went to many churches of all sizes, and saw firsthand what a struggle it was for some of them to even get Sunday school materials,” she said. So when the opportunity came, she contributed funds from her husband’s estate for that purpose. The story doesn’t end there. The gift was back-shelved and only recently re-discovered. With interest earned over the past many years, it had reached $40,000. Robert, with the help of a small committee chaired by District Superintendent, the Rev. JW Park, began the process of identifying where to “spend” the money. Honoring Otto’s stipulations, the committee informed churches of fewer than 150 members of possible available funds. They submitted proposals of the activities they wanted supported and the foundation set a date at which Bishop Marcus Matthews could present the awards. Bishop Matthews spoke briefly at the presentations. He noted that while he didn’t know her husband, he had known Vivian for many years. “You helped the conference to see the importance of local churches with your passion to provide resources,” he said. “You’ve always had love to empower congregations. Thank you.”
Simpson UMC, a church with 25 active members, received one of the grants, which totaled $2,000. Pastor Gregory McNeil accepted the check, and explained the funds would be used to help transport men and women drug users to a rehabilitation center supported by his congregation. The Rev. Manuel Balderas and five of his church members from Millian Memorial UMC received one of the grants. “We are working to become a multicultural church,” Balderas said. The money will be used for a musician to help grow the Spanish language church. The Rev. Laura Schultz, pastor of Howard Chapel UMC, expressed her gratitude for the money. “It’s so exciting to see the gift of giving,” she said. The church plans to use part of it to help teens go to ROCK next year. The rest will be used to help teens grow in their understanding and ability to minister in nursing homes. They plan to create largeprint prayer and Scripture booklets for elderly residents in a nursing home. But before presenting them in person, the
teens will need some training to know how to talk and act with older, often frail adults, Schultz explained. The grant will be used for that project. “We are mindful, God, of how you blessed a man named Eugene Otto,” the bishop prayed in closing, “and how his wife, Vivian, has continued to make a difference.” The Foundation will continue to make the grants each year. Small churches in the Greater Washington or Central Maryland districts will receive word of the process in August and have until Nov. 1 to apply, Robert said. The committee will make the decisions.
To learn more about planned giving, contact Frank Robert, Mid-Atlantic United Methodist Foundation, Inc., at
[email protected], or --, Ext. .
Alison Burdett
By Linda Worthington UMConnection Staff
Bishop Marcus Matthews, left, and Vivian Otto, center, thank the Rev. Laura Schultz for her ministry.v
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9-year-old survivor teaches value of mission with ‘Cancerve’ By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff
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hen the Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore honors people for their extraordinary ministry with their Making a Difference Award, the award is a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine. When Grace Ellen Gibson Callwood received the award Jan. 4, she got juice and cookies. Callwood is in the third grade. A member of Ames UMC in Bel Air, she is the youngest person to receive the award. She also recently was declared cancer-free. On Feb. 6 Callwood completed chemotherapy, but her illness contributed to the creation of her non-profit
Wanda Duckett honors Grace Callwood as a world-changer.
ministry, “We Cancerve,” a movement to mobilize ready Casey Cares Foundation and Sinai Hospital-Baltimore. resources and creative ideas to help homeless, sick and Last Easter, Callwood recruited her church’s youth foster children. ministry to help her donate 72 miniature Easter Baskets On her seventh birthday, Callwood’s mother TJae to children residing at Harford Family House. Gibson remembers, Grace went to the doctor with Last summer, she hand-crafted 32 beaded key chains an enlarged lymph node behind her ear. Cancer was and collected hundreds of small toiletry items to create detected in her lymph nodes and bone marrow and a more than 50 personal care packets for girls residing harrowing series of surgeries followed. at Arrow Christian Family Group Home, a transitional “When I get a spinal tap,” Callwood told an ABC news housing complex for female foster children who are reporter who told her story, “when I go into the room, preparing for emancipation. they always have a bunch of toys on the bed that I go on to.” Callwood has also recruited adults and children in The more medical procedures she had, the more toys her “Threads of Hope” initiative, which resulted in more she received. That was when Grace’s heart of gold really than 50 back-to-school outfits (top, bottom and socks) shone, Gibson said. donated to children residing at Harford Family House. The pair talked about the toys and decided to take In all this giving, she says she has learned that “lots them to Harford Family House, the largest provider of of families have new, gently used goods and undertransitional housing for homeless families with children imagined treasures that could be put to good use for in Harford County. those less fortunate or those who could benefit from Caring about and helping other children while gifts and acts of kindness.” she struggled with the cancer, ignited something in Callwood is in the process of naming a child-led board Callwood that her family says has always been present: of advisors and building her website (WeCancerve.org) “Grace,” they say, “loves to give.” to showcase ways others can serve homeless, sick and Since 2011, after being diagnosed with stage IV Nonfoster children. Hodgkins Lymphoma, Callwod has been on a steady Organizing her efforts enables more people to be regime of steroids, which has made her gain weight. involved, but at the heart of it all, Gibson said, Grace Shortly after her diagnosis, she learned that a pair just cares about reaching out to help others. of elementary-aged girls living at the Harford Family At the Jan. 4 award ceremony, the Rev. Wanda House needed school clothes. She no longer fit into Duckett, who presented the award, spoke about what a the clothes she had gotten for school, so she donated “world changer” Callwood had become. “Despite her own the brand-new back-to-school outfits to the girls for health challenges, she opens her heart to others in ways Christmas. that are spiritually mature and youthfully authentic,” Along the way, her mother supported all of Callwood’s Duckett said. “Grace’s witness is an example to every instincts to give to others. These family conversations generation of the impact that one person can have on led to the creation of “We Cancerve,” and the giving her community – no excuses.” continued. Duckett also reflected on how Grace’s name is the In Sept. 2012, her mother reports, Callwood hosted perfect metaphor for what she does. Grace gives. Grace a lemonade sale in recognition of Childhood Cancer saves. Grace inspires. Awareness Month and National Lymphoma Awareness For more information on this ministry, contact Month. She rallied support of neighborhood friends and
[email protected]. raised $633.32, which was split and donated evenly to the
Disabilities awareness seminar broadens outlooks, ministry By Melisssa Lauber UMConnection Staff
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n Maryland, 5.8 million people are considered disabled; West Virginia has 1.8 million people who have disabilities; and in Washington, D.C., there are 632,000 people living with disabilities, the U.S. Census Bureau reports. These numbers rise annually. United Methodists are called to ensure that all people – regardless of their disabilities – are able to enter and participate in the life of a local church. Too often, disability ministries are viewed as the building of a ramp or making sure that handicapped parking is available in the church parking lot. But accessibility is much more than that, said the Rev. Nancy Webb. To raise awareness of ministering with people who have disabilities, the Baltimore-Washington Conference
Commission on Disability Concerns will offer a seminar to provide churches with strategies to be accessible and empowering. “Addressing disabilities is a vital concern for our local churches. We seek full inclusion of everyone with every sort of disability, some that are totally invisible. Having someone who is able-bodied park in a spot marked handicapped accessible is only the tip of the iceberg of accessibility,” said Webb, who chairs the commission. “There are just so many kinds of physical, cognitive, mental health and other sorts of disabilities that go unnoticed or unsupported.” The seminar, which will be held March 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the BWC Mission Center in Fulton, is designed to assist churches that want to be welcoming to all, but aren’t entirely sure how. The seminar, which is $15, will provide an overview of disabilities, address awareness and laws about
disabilities, and provide numerous resources on advocacy and serving individuals with special needs, said Leo Yates, Jr., who is coordinating the event. “The training will help to emphasize that the body of Christ will be better represented when people with disabilities are with us. For some, instead of a myopic view of God, we hope to remind them (congregations) to see God’s love and grace as being inclusive,” Yates said. “This, I hope, will help us not to unintentionally overlook Christ in the margins and all those there with him. It will help us to be better able to interact with them, which widens our circle instead of mistakenly leaving them there.” To register for the workshop, e-mail Yates at leoyjr@ gmail.com. For additional resources on disability ministries, visit www.bwcumc.org/ministries/disability.
2 013 A P P OR TI ON M E N T REPO R T
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Church, City
BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING
Pastor
Year End Goal
Pastor
Year End Goal
$ Paid
% Paid
A N N A P O L I S R E G I O N : WA S H I N G TO N E A S T D I S T R I C T
Apportionments are the funds United Methodist congregations contribute as part of a connectional church, realizing that we can do more meaningful ministry together than we can individually. Churches in the Baltimore-Washington Conference contributed 90.9 percent of the 2013 budget, raising a total of $13,937,166, which was about $248,000 short of funds needed for the apportioned budget. We thank the 524 churches who paid 100 percent, enabling vital mission and ministry. Church, City
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$ Paid
% Paid
ANNAPOLIS REGION: ANNAPOLIS DISTRICT
Alexandria Chapel, Indian Head
Kermit C. Moore
$3,918
$3,918
100%
Asbury , Brandywine
Gladman Kapfumvuti
$18,988
$18,988
100%
Bethel, Upper Marlboro
Kenneth Valentine
$14,795
$14,795
100%
Bethesda, Valley Lee
Irvin Eugene Beverly
$6,440
$6,440
100%
Bowie, Bowie
Margaret Clemons
$20,050
$20,050
100%
Brookfield, Brandywine
Marianne T. Christofferson
$6,050
$6,050
100%
Brooks, Saint Leonard
Jason Lawrence Robinson
$38,534
$38,534
100%
Calvary, Waldorf
Robert D. Carter
$24,060
$24,060
100%
Carroll-Western, Prince F.
Roland M. Barnes
$15,790
$15,790
100%
Cheltenham, Cheltenham
Michael Beiber
$18,041
$18,041
100%
Chicamuxen, La Plata
Edward M. Voorhaar
$6,080
$6,080
100%
Adams, Lothian
Mabel E. Smith
$9,067
$9,067
100%
Clinton, Clinton
Dorothea B. Stroman
$27,701
$27,701
100%
Asbury Town Neck, Severna Park
James A. Bishop
$52,525
$52,525
100%
Coopers, Dunkirk
Sandra E. Smith
$6,492
$6,492
100%
Asbury, Annapolis
Carletta D. Allen
$34,778
$34,778
100%
Corkran Memorial, Temple Hills
Ronald E. F. Triplett
$11,180
$11,180
100%
Asbury, Arnold
Jennifer Karsner
$38,512
$38,512
100%
Eastern, Lusby
Marvin R. Wamble
$8,083
$8,083
100%
Asbury, Jessup
Gay Green-Carden
$13,010
$13,010
100%
Ebenezer, Lanham
Mark D. Venson
$32,579
$32,579
100%
Asbury-Broadneck, Annapolis
Stephen A. Tillett
$36,528
$36,528
100%
Emmanuel , Huntingtown
Melvin O. Grover, Jr.
$15,161
$15,161
100%
Baldwin Memorial, Millersville
Philip D. Tocknell
$36,309
$36,309
100%
Emmanuel, Beltsville
Daniel Mejia
$45,640
$45,640
100%
Calvary, Annapolis
Harold B. Wright II
$128,289
$128,289
100%
Faith, Accokeek
George A. Aist
$13,842
$13,842
100%
Cape St Claire, Annapolis
Lysbeth B. Cockrell
$18,125
$18,125
100%
First Saints Community Church, Leonardtown
John Mengel Wunderlich III
$91,803
$91,803
100%
Cecil Memorial, Annapolis
Reginald Tarpley
$21,716
$21,716
100%
Glenn Dale, Glenn Dale
Moses S. Sangha
$18,840
$18,840
100%
Cedar Grove-Oakland, Deale
Glen L. Arnold
$42,070
$42,070
100%
Good Shepherd, Waldorf
Laurie E. Gates-Ward
$41,509
$41,509
100%
Centenary, Shady Side
Marian Sams Crane
$15,260
$15,260
100%
Grace, Fort Washington
Robert E. Slade
$56,067
$56,067
100%
Community, Crofton
Louis Shockley
$63,147
$63,147
100%
Hollywood, Hollywood
Sheldon M. Reese
$34,791
$34,791
100%
Community, Laurel
Michelle Thorne Mejia
$10,877
$10,877
100%
Huntingtown, Huntingtown
Keith B. Schukraft
$54,134
$54,134
100%
Davidsonville, Davidsonville
Lisa Marie Bandel
$49,399
$49,399
100%
Immanuel, Brandywine
Marianne T. Christofferson
$11,303
$11,303
100%
Delmont, Severn
Wendy Van Vliet
$6,456
$6,456
100%
Indian Head, Indian Head
Jacques T. Banks
$9,227
$9,227
100%
Dorsey Emmanuel, Elkridge
Richard Oursler
$7,047
$7,047
100%
La Plata, La Plata
Bruce A. Jones
$54,328
$54,328
100%
Eastport, Annapolis
Maria Andita H. Barcelo
$26,312
$26,312
100%
Lanham, Lanham
DaeHwa Park
$21,667
$21,667
100%
Edgewater, Edgewater
Gerald L. Snyder
$4,309
$4,309
100%
Lexington Park, Lexington Park
Douglas J. Hays
$52,029
$52,029
100%
Faith, Pasadena
L. Katherine Moore
$3,819
$3,819
100%
Metropolitan, Indian Head
George E. Hackey, Jr.
$33,959
$33,959
100%
Ferndale, Glen Burnie
Michael Cantley
$14,786
$14,786
100%
Mount Calvary, Charlotte Hall
Jerome Jones, Sr.
$8,387
$8,387
100%
First, Laurel
Ramon E. McDonald II
$51,490
$51,490
100%
Mount Harmony-Lower Marlboro, Owings
Sandra SW Taylor
$30,871
$30,871
100%
Fowler, Annapolis
Patricia D. Johnson
$8,125
$8,125
100%
Mount Hope, Sunderland
Roosevelt Oliver
$9,597
$9,597
100%
Franklin, Churchton
Alhassan Macaulay
$17,239
$17,239
100%
Mount Olive, Prince F
Dana Jones
$12,575
$12,575
100%
Friendship, Friendship
Byron Edward Brought
$42,906
$42,906
100%
Mount Zion, Mechanicsville
Ann T Strickler
$45,476
$45,476
100%
Galesville, Galesville
EunJoung Joo
$17,722
$17,722
100%
Mount Zion, Saint Inigoes
Derrick Walton
$5,659
$5,659
100%
Glen Burnie, Glen Burnie
Robert W. Barnes, Jr.
$57,911
$57,911
100%
Olivet, Lusby
Faith F. Lewis
$14,365
$14,365
100%
Hall, Glen Burnie
Patricia Allen
$15,351
$15,351
100%
Oxon Hill, Oxon Hill
Harry E. Smith, Jr.
$44,470
$44,470
100%
Harwood Park, Elkridge
Richard Duncan
$8,387
$8,387
100%
Patuxent, Huntingtown
Bryan Keith Fleet
$14,576
$14,576
100%
Hope Memorial St Mark, Edgewater
Eddie Smith
$13,069
$13,069
100%
Pisgah, Marbury
Jeanne Parr
$6,060
$6,060
100%
John Wesley, Annapolis
S. Jerry Colbert
$13,234
$13,234
100%
Plum Point, Huntingtown
Bryan Keith Fleet
$13,688
$13,688
100%
John Wesley, Glen Burnie
Mamie Alethia Williams
$30,519
$30,519
100%
Providence-Fort Washington, Ft Washington
Stephen Ricketts
$30,032
$30,032
100%
John Wesley-Waterbury, Crownsville
Robert E. Walker, Jr
$10,876
$10,876
100%
Savage, Savage
DaeHwa Park
$15,239
$15,239
100%
Linthicum Heights, Linthicum
David A. Shank
$58,480
$58,480
100%
Shiloh Community, Newburg
Richard Black
$17,782
$17,782
100%
Macedonia, Odenton
Albert Moser, Jr.
$12,225
$12,225
100%
Smith Chapel, Marbury
George F. DeFord
$6,810
$6,810
100%
Magothy U.M.C., Pasadena
Reg D. Barss
$25,010
$25,010
100%
Smithville, Dunkirk
Walter Beaudwin
$21,889
$21,889
100%
Marley, Glen Burnie
Stephanie A. Bekhor
$7,969
$7,969
100%
Solomons, Solomons
Meredith Wilkins-Arnold
$20,917
$20,917
100%
Melville Chapel, Elkridge
Richard Duncan
$9,919
$9,919
100%
St Edmond's, Chesapeake Beach
Joan Jones
$14,917
$14,917
100%
Messiah, Glen Burnie
Gail L. Button
$13,708
$13,708
100%
St John, Lusby
Marvin R. Wamble
$18,031
$18,031
100%
Metropolitan, Severn
Frances W. Stewart
$31,081
$31,081
100%
St Luke, Scotland
Leroy W. Boldley
$4,630
$4,630
100%
Mount Calvary, Arnold
Reginald Tarpley
$11,681
$11,681
100%
St Matthews, Bowie
Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli
$84,595
$84,595
100%
Mount Carmel, Pasadena
Michael P. Fauconnet
$26,239
$26,239
100%
St Matthews, La Plata
Kevin Brooks
$4,178
$4,178
100%
Mount Tabor, Crownsville
Charles A. Simms, Sr.
$6,879
$6,879
100%
St Paul, Lusby
David P. Graves
$60,158
$60,158
100%
Mount Zion, Annapolis
Patricia D. Johnson
$11,227
$11,227
100%
St Paul, Oxon Hill
Rodney Smothers
$69,687
$69,687
100%
Mount Zion, Laurel
Karen R. Weaver
$16,980
$16,980
100%
The Journey of Faith Church, Waldorf
Antoine Carlton Love
$29,173
$29,173
100%
Mount Zion, Lothian
William (Bill) Herche
$49,619
$49,619
100%
Trinity, Prince F
James E. Swecker
$94,068
$94,068
100%
Mount Zion-Ark Road, Lothian
John M. Blanchard, Jr.
$12,344
$12,344
100%
Union, Upper Marlboro
Kendrick Weaver
$35,772
$35,772
100%
Nichols-Bethel, Odenton
Clark D. Carr
$57,102
$57,102
100%
Wards Memorial, Owings
Eloise Newman
$7,465
$7,465
100%
Pasadena, Pasadena
Sherrin Marshall
$44,367
$44,367
100%
Waters Memorial, Saint Leonard
Sherri Comer-Cox
$13,897
$13,897
100%
Severn, Severn
Wendy Van Vliet
$16,397
$16,397
100%
Westphalia, Upper Marlboro
Timothy West
$46,144
$46,144
100%
Severna Park, Severna Park
James H. Farmer
$150,081
$150,081
100%
Zion Wesley, Waldorf
Gladman Kapfumvuti
$17,001
$17,001
100%
Sollers, Lothian
Richard Lindsay
$12,692
$12,692
100%
Zion, Lexington Park
Kenneth P. Moore
$31,132
$31,132
100%
Solley, Glen Burnie
Gail L. Button
$6,263
$6,263
100%
Christ, Aquasco
Daryl L. Williams
$21,424
$12,838
60%
St Andrews of A, Edgewater
David E. Thayer
$39,166
$39,166
100%
Peters, Dunkirk
Robert Johnson
$7,540
$4,402
58%
St Mark, Hanover
Herbert W. Watson, Jr.
$71,065
$71,065
100%
Nottingham-Myers, Upper Marlboro
Daryl L. Williams
$21,776
$5,445
25%
St Matthews, Shady Side
Theresa Robinson
$18,340
$18,340
100%
Shiloh, Bryans Road
Cindy L. Banks
$6,463
$1,609
25%
Trinity, Annapolis
David N. Wentz
$61,544
$61,544
100%
Queens Chapel, Beltsville
B. Kevin Smalls
$39,658
$5,949
15%
Trinity, Odenton
Louis Shockley
$2,830
$2,830
100%
Mount Oak, Mitchellville
Gerald O. Grace
Union Memorial, Davidsonville
Paulette V. Jones
$9,408
$9,408
100%
Washington East District Total
Union, Lothian
Stella Sofia Austin Tay
$4,899
$4,899
100%
Wesley Chapel, Jessup
Richard Oursler
$2,960
$2,960
100%
$78,257
$9,000
$1,837,440
$1,701,565
12% 92.6%
B A LT I M O R E R E G I O N : B A LT I M O R E M E T R O P O L I TA N D I S T R I C T
Wesley Chapel, Lothian
Walter E. Middlebrooks
$6,961
$6,961
100%
Arbutus, Baltimore
Ira B. Barr, Jr.
$34,729
$34,729
Wesley Grove, Hanover
Ingrid Wang
$17,392
$17,392
100%
Arlington-Lewin, Baltimore
Eugene W. Matthews
$18,957
$18,957
100%
Mount Zion, Pasadena
Sonia L. King
$32,634
$29,915
92%
Arnolia, Baltimore
Mary Ellen Glorioso
$36,874
$36,874
100%
St Mark's, Laurel
Robbie R. Morganfield
$19,352
$17,839
92%
Back River, Essex
Lory Cantin
$13,900
$13,900
100%
Chews Memorial, Edgewater
Brenda Joyce Mack
$13,723
$10,643
78%
Beechfield, Baltimore
Valerie Barnes
$21,034
$21,034
100%
Carters, Tracys Landing
Brenda Joyce Mack
$9,650
$7,238
75%
Bethesda, Baltimore
Lemuel Dominguez
$14,525
$14,525
100%
The Everlasting Love, Glen Burnie
Jonghui Park
$8,315
$6,000
72%
Catonsville, Catonsville
Mark R. Waddell
$82,656
$82,656
100%
Community, Pasadena
L. Katherine Moore
$36,435
$18,218
50%
Chase, Middle River
Cynthia H. Burkert
$18,822
$18,822
100%
Wilson Memorial, Gambrills
Robert E. Walker, Jr
$10,587
$5,294
50%
Cherry Hill, Baltimore
Ashley B. Hoover
$11,618
$11,618
100%
Mayo, Edgewater
Kathy Altman
$32,889
$8,222
25%
$1,897,583
$1,837,365
Annapolis District Total
96.8%
100%
Christ Church of Baltimore County, Baltimore
Richard S. Keller
$11,070
$11,070
100%
Christ, Baltimore
LaReesa C. Smith-Horn
$42,616
$42,616
100%
Dundalk, Baltimore
Daniel T. Kutrick
$18,843
$18,843
100%
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2 01 3 A P P OR TI ON M EN T REPO R T Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church % Paid
February 12, 2014
Church, City
Pastor
Year End Goal
$ Paid
Church, City
Pastor
Year End Goal
$ Paid
% Paid
Eden Korean, Baltimore
Yo-Seop Shin
$15,608
$15,608
100%
Edgewood, Lutherville
Ernest Lievers
$3,705
$3,705
100%
Emanuel, Catonsville
Janet Becker
$11,243
$11,243
100%
Emory, Street
Brian T Shockey
$19,143
$19,143
100%
Epworth Chapel, Baltimore
C. Anthony Hunt
$42,698
$42,698
100%
Emory, Upperco
Andrew Greenwood
$16,246
$16,246
100%
Essex, Essex
Kimberly Brown-Whale
$21,596
$21,596
100%
Epworth, Cockeysville
Patricia Watson
$36,635
$36,635
100%
Faith Community, Baltimore
Jacquelyn L. McLellan
$16,755
$16,755
100%
Fairview, Phoenix
Curtis Senft
$4,475
$4,475
100%
Fulton Siemers Mem. Christ Ch. , Baltimore
Sandra Johnson
$7,988
$7,987
100%
Falls Road, Sparks
Scott Dale Shumaker
$2,110
$2,110
100%
Good Shepherd, Baltimore
Bonnie McCubbin
$46,085
$46,085
100%
Fallston, Fallston
Karin W. Walker
$66,422
$66,422
100%
Grace, Baltimore
Amy McCullough
$98,371
$98,371
100%
Fork, Fork
Richard J. Mortimore
$14,807
$14,807
100%
Graceland, Baltimore
Daniel T. Kutrick
$8,010
$8,010
100%
Frames Memorial, Phoenix
Janice E. Leith
$2,939
$2,939
100%
Halethorpe-Relay, Halethorpe
Claire L. Fiedler
$26,478
$26,478
100%
Glyndon, Glyndon
Jeannie Marsh
$35,939
$35,939
100%
Hampden, Baltimore
Cary James, Jr.
$8,285
$8,285
100%
Gough, Cockeysville
Lloyd E. Marcus
$3,437
$3,437
100%
Hiss, Baltimore
Timothy Andrew Dowell
$57,948
$57,948
100%
Grace, Aberdeen
Robert T. Clipp
$48,873
$48,873
100%
Hopkins, Highland
Sheridan Allmond
$21,188
$21,188
100%
Grace, Upperco
Melissa Rudolph
$10,547
$10,547
100%
Lansdowne, Baltimore
Wayne W. Chung
$17,691
$17,691
100%
Greenmount, Hampstead
Melissa Rudolph
$13,194
$13,194
100%
Lodge Forest, Baltimore
Katie Jean Grover
$12,703
$12,703
100%
Greenspring, Owings Mills
Ernest Lievers
$3,583
$3,583
100%
Lovely Lane-Baltimore City Station, Baltimore
Nancy W. Nedwell
$35,788
$35,788
100%
Havre De Grace, Havre De Grace
Norman J. Obenshain
$36,824
$36,824
100%
Magothy Church of the Deaf-Gallaudet, Pasadena
Sandra Johnson
$2,255
$2,255
100%
Hereford, Monkton
William Thomas
$29,174
$29,174
100%
Mount Olivet, Catonsville
Sheridan Allmond
$10,009
$10,009
100%
Hopewell, Havre de Grace
Corey Scott Sharpe
$15,113
$15,113
100%
Mount Washington-Aldersgate, Baltimore
Karen M. Davis
$14,103
$14,103
100%
Hunt's Memorial, Riderwood
Gary L. Sheffield-James
$45,681
$45,681
100%
New Covenant Worship Center, Baltimore
Clarence Davis
$17,616
$17,616
100%
Idlewylde, Baltimore
Phillip R. Ayers
$10,713
$10,713
100%
New Waverly, Baltimore
Sandra Marie Greene
$16,303
$16,303
100%
Jarrettsville, Jarrettsville
Nicholas Michael Bufano
$19,657
$19,657
100%
Old Otterbein, Baltimore
Donald L. Burgard
$14,051
$14,051
100%
John Wesley, Abingdon
Larry Sellers, Sr.
$6,869
$6,869
100%
Orangeville, Baltimore
Walter Jackson, III
$2,574
$2,574
100%
Mays Chapel, Timonium
Laurie Tingley
$30,944
$30,944
100%
Orems, Baltimore
Ann Parsons Adams
$28,391
$28,391
100%
Milford Mill, Pikesville
Marlon B. Tilghman
$26,038
$26,038
100%
Rodgers Forge, Baltimore
Sharon E. Quate
$7,143
$7,143
100%
Monkton, Monkton
William Jack Bussard, Jr.
$11,511
$11,511
100%
Salem-Baltimore Hispanic, Baltimore
Leonardo Rodriguez
$7,571
$7,571
100%
Mount Carmel, Parkton
Scott Dale Shumaker
$12,986
$12,986
100%
Sharp Street Memorial, Baltimore
Cary James, Jr.
$26,706
$26,706
100%
St John, Baltimore
Jason Jordan-Griffin
$23,223
$23,223
100%
St Johns, Baltimore
Amy McCullough
$12,725
$12,725
100%
St Matthews, Baltimore
Walter Jackson, III
$3,124
$3,124
100%
St Matthews, Baltimore
Kay F. Albury
$22,841
$22,841
100%
Towson, Towson
Roderick J. Miller
$134,050
$134,050
100%
Trinity, Catonsville
Janet Becker
$18,626
$18,626
100%
Union Memorial, Baltimore
William Edward Butler
$31,121
$31,121
Unity, Baltimore
Melvin T. Bond, Sr.
$9,198
West Baltimore, Baltimore
William T. Chaney, Jr.
$16,822
Mount Gilead, Reisterstown
Mindy B. Coates
$5,515
$5,515
100%
Mount Olive, Randallstown
Mark Johnson
$34,682
$34,682
100%
Mount Tabor, Bel Air
Erin Totten
$5,007
$5,004
100%
Mount Vernon, Whiteford
Barry E. Hidey
$11,929
$11,929
100%
Mount Zion, Bel Air
Craig A. McLaughlin
$148,470
$14 8,470
100%
Mount Zion, Parkton
R. Dennis Schulze
$2,955
$2,955
100%
Mount Zion, Upperco
Denise M. Yepsen Millett
$4,637
$4,637
100%
100%
Mount Zion-Finksburg (Carroll County), Finksburg
Wm. Louis L. Piel
$9,388
$9,388
100%
$9,198
100%
New Hope Christian Fellowship, Edgewood
Mark Groover
$8,107
$8,107
100%
$16,822
100%
Norrisville, White Hall
Melissa McDade
$11,818
$11,818
100%
Violetville, Baltimore
Nathaniel J. Green
$7,481
$7,377
99%
Patapsco, Finksburg
Mindy B. Coates
$5,901
$5,901
100%
Loch Raven, Baltimore
Clifford C. Webner
$45,629
$41,827
92%
Perry Hall, Baltimore
Victor E. Harner
$38,797
$38,797
100%
John Wesley, Baltimore
Bruce F. Haskins
$64,575
$56,982
88%
Pine Grove, Parkton
Margaret [Peggy] H. Click
$14,272
$14,272
100%
Emmarts, Baltimore
George Winkfield
$17,840
$15,200
85%
Pine Grove, White Hall
Lloyd E. Marcus
$2,467
$2,467
100%
Patapsco, Dundalk
Katie Jean Grover
$23,869
$19,301
81%
Piney Grove, Reisterstown
Rebecca Lemon-Riley
$1,987
$1,987
100%
St Luke, Baltimore
Alfreda L. Wiggins
$13,299
$10,150
76%
Pleasant Grove, Reisterstown
William Richard Harden
$10,734
$10,734
100%
St Lukes, Baltimore
Mary W. Conaway
$7,526
$5,390
72%
Presbury, Edgewood
Shannon E. Sullivan
$11,716
$11,716
100%
St. Paul Praise and Worship Center, Pikesville
Denise Norfleet-Walker
$18,139
$9,260
51%
Providence, Towson
Jackson H. Day
$12,134
$12,134
100%
Mount Winans, Baltimore
Iris W Farabee-Lewis
$12,647
$6,324
50%
Reisterstown, Reisterstown
Vivian C. McCarthy
$61,429
$61,429
100%
Overlea Chapel, Baltimore
Karen M. Davis
$14,185
$7,092
50%
Rock Run, Darlington
James W. Ridout IV
$3,791
$3,791
100%
Salem-Hebbville, Baltimore
Helen S. Armiger
$9,445
$4,648
49%
Salem, Hampstead
Jarrett T. Wicklein
$11,122
$11,122
100%
Martin Luther King Memorial, Baltimore
James N. Gosnell
$13,472
$6,442
48%
Salem, Upper Falls
James (Jay) DeMent
$28,951
$28,951
100%
Brooklyn Community, Baltimore
Stephen E. Smith
$20,289
$8,266
41%
Shiloh, Hampstead
Denise M. Yepsen Millett
$10,788
$10,788
100%
Northwood-Appold, Baltimore
Cecil Conteen Gray
$40,949
$12,949
32%
Smiths Chapel, Churchville
George Lambros
$8,118
$8,118
100%
Eastern, Baltimore
Lena Marie Dennis
$26,059
$6,515
25%
St James, Jarrettsville
Michael Parker
$4,989
$4,989
100%
Elderslie-St Andrews, Baltimore
Terry McCain
$19,370
$4,842
25%
St Johns, Hampstead
Melissa Rudolph
$18,038
$18,038
100%
Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore
Craig Moore
$42,144
$10,536
25%
St Johns, Lutherville
Phillip R. Ayers
$12,711
$12,711
100%
Mount Zion, Baltimore
Wanda Duckett
$35,350
$8,000
23%
St Luke, Monkton
Lloyd E. Marcus
$2,055
$2,055
100%
Piney Grove, Middle River
Cynthia H. Burkert
$11,865
$1,978
17%
St Paul, White Hall
Melissa McDade
$7,932
$7,932
100%
Homestead, Baltimore
Zelda Childs
$8,188
$1,268
15%
Stablers, Parkton
Darryl C. Zoller
$2,215
$2,215
100%
Govans-Boundary, Baltimore
Terry McCain
$11,200
$1,500
13%
Texas, Cockeysville
Janice E. Leith
$5,910
$5,910
100%
Gwynn Oak, Baltimore
Dellyne Hinton
$33,855
$4,355
13%
Timonium, Timonium
Frances C. Dailey
$57,451
$57,451
100%
Ames, Baltimore
Rodney Hudson
$28,074
$3,000
11%
Union Chapel, Joppa
Stephen Humphrey
$24,403
$24,403
100%
10%
Metropolitan, Baltimore
Michelle Holmes Chaney
$27,045
$2,705
Union Chapel, Monkton
Lloyd E. Marcus
$2,894
$2,894
100%
St James, Baltimore
Iris W. Farabee-Lewis
$14,547
$600
4%
Union, Aberdeen
Granderson Jones, Jr.
$10,350
$10,350
100%
St. Matthews-New Life, Baltimore
Eric W. King, I
$25,319
$1,000
4%
Union, Baldwin
Curtis Senft
$5,828
$5,828
100%
Centennial-Caroline, Baltimore
Cynthia B. Belt
$15,169
$225
1%
Vernon, White Hall
Darryl C. Zoller
$1,840
$1,840
100%
Bay Brook, Baltimore
Stephen E. Smith
$10,457
$-
0%
Wards Chapel, Randallstown
John William Nupp
$31,450
$31,450
100%
$1,810,518
$1,450,261
Wesley, Hampstead
Amy Sarah Lewis
$22,937
$22,937
100%
Wesleyan Chapel, Aberdeen
Corey Scott Sharpe
$7,963
$7,963
100%
West Liberty, White Hall
Bruce Frame
$8,486
$8,486
100%
William Watters Memorial, Jarrettsville
Travis D. Knoll
$12,842
$12,842
100%
Baltimore Metropolitan District Total
80.1%
B A LT I M O R E R E G I O N : B A LT I M O R E S U B U R B A N D I S T R I C T Ayres Chapel, White Hall
Nicholas Michael Bufano
$7,862
$7,862
100%
Bel Air, Bel Air
Barry E. Hidey
$165,426
$165,426
100%
Wiseburg, White Hall
Ronald C. Gompf
$6,894
$6,894
100%
Bixlers, Manchester
Jacob Y. Young
$4,687
$4,687
100%
Cowenton, White Marsh
Daniel B. Andrews
$13,149
$12,153
92%
Boring, Boring
Francis Jay Fisk
$2,745
$2,745
100%
Poplar Grove, Phoenix
Janice E. Leith
$3,900
$3,575
92%
Bosley, Sparks
Darryl L. Gill
$9,909
$9,909
100%
Parke Memorial, Parkton
J. David Roberts
$7,760
$5,820
75%
Calvary, Churchville
Brian E. Peters
$3,433
$3,433
100%
Bentley Springs, Parkton
R. Dennis Schulze
$2,618
$1,857
71%
Camp Chapel, Perry Hall
Richard E. Brown-Whale
$34,159
$34,159
100%
Ames, Bel Air
Thomas J. Blake
$20,107
$13,405
67%
Cedar Grove, Monkton
Fred Sipes
$5,190
$5,190
100%
Clarks Chapel, Bel Air
Mark Groover
$15,725
$10,223
65%
Centre, Forest Hill
Robert Hunter, III
$14,551
$14,551
100%
Pleasant Hill, Owings Mills
Jeffrey Allen Paulson
$23,647
$11,823
50%
Chesaco, Baltimore
Daniel B. Andrews
$6,882
$6,882
100%
Linden Heights, Parkville
Patricia L. Sebring
$22,354
$9,314
42%
Clynmalira, Phoenix
John C. Dailey
$13,810
$13,810
100%
St Luke, Reisterstown
Charles H. Stevenson
$4,260
$1,465
34%
Cokesbury, Abingdon
Frankie Revell
$19,626
$19,626
100%
Waugh, Glen Arm
Richard J. Mortimore
$9,879
$2,800
28%
Cranberry, Perryman
Glenn O. Barrick
$6,725
$6,725
100%
Millers, Manchester
Jacob Y. Young
$9,394
$2,348
25%
Darlington, Darlington
James W. Ridout IV
$7,650
$7,650
100%
Asbury, White Marsh
Beryl M. Whipple
$9,256
$771
8%
Deer Creek, Forest Hill
Erin Totten
$3,582
$3,582
100%
Maryland Line, Maryland Line
J. David Roberts
$12,052
$1,004
8%
Deer Park, Reisterstown
Jerry P. Gautcher III
$7,322
$7,322
100%
Tabernacle, Fallston
Michael Parker
Dublin, Street
James Kevin Johnson
$14,989
$14,989
100%
Baltimore Suburban District Total
Ebenezer, Fallston
Travis D. Knoll
$8,211
$8,211
100%
$3,646
$100
$1,733,974
$1,651,743
3% 95.3%
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Year End Goal
$ Paid
% Paid
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$9,165
$9,165
Church, City
Pastor
Year End Goal
$ Paid
Cabin John, Cabin John
Ek Ching Hii
$15,192
$15,192
% Paid 100%
Capitol Hill, Washington
Alisa Linn Lasater
$48,446
$48,446
100%
100%
Cheverly, Cheverly
Saroj Sangha
$33,833
$33,833
100%
Araby, Frederick
Debra Marie Linton
$8,251
$8,251
100%
Christ, Washington
Adrienne Terry
$19,663
$19,663
100%
Asbury, Germantown
Sidney Morris
$6,461
$6,461
100%
Church of The Redeemer, Temple Hills
Mae Etta Harrison
$24,828
$24,828
100%
Colesville, Silver Spring
E. Allen Stewart
$54,727
$54,727
100%
Ashton, Ashton
Jenny D. Cannon
$46,056
$46,056
100%
Bethany, Ellicott City
David W. Simpson
$98,389
$98,389
100%
College Park, College Park
Fay Lundin
$16,324
$16,324
100%
Bethesda, Damascus
Henry G. Butler, Jr.
$31,517
$31,517
100%
Community, Washington
Jalene Chase-Sands
$10,482
$10,482
100%
Clarksburg, Clarksburg
David Hodsdon
$8,012
$8,012
100%
Dumbarton, Washington
Mary Kay Totty
$34,326
$34,326
100%
Stephanie Vader
$61,263
$61,263
100%
Joseph W. Daniels, Jr.
$64,360
$64,360
100%
Covenant, Montgomery Village
E. Amanda (Mandy) Sayers
$55,972
$55,972
100%
Emmanuel, Laurel
Damascus, Damascus
David S. Cooney
$126,237
$126,237
100%
Emory, Washington
Dickerson, Dickerson
Patricia Abell
$4,484
$4,484
100%
Faith, Rockville
Kathryn Tarwater Woodrow
$89,095
$89,095
100%
Ebenezer, Sykesville
Judith A. Emerson
$29,559
$29,559
100%
First, Hyattsville
Joan E. Carter-Rimbach
$77,516
$77,516
100%
Emory Grove, Gaithersburg
Timothy B. Warner
$22,756
$22,756
100%
Foundry, Washington
Dean J. Snyder
$282,951
$282,951
100%
Gethsemane, Capitol Heights
G. Sylvester Gaines
$58,552
$58,552
100%
Emory, Ellicott City
Cathryn T. Vitek
$11,149
$11,147
100%
Epworth, Gaithersburg
Jennifer Fenner
$63,629
$63,629
100%
Glenmont, Silver Spring
Lee A. Brewer
$53,634
$53,634
100%
Fairhaven, Gaithersburg
Esther M. Holimon
$32,556
$32,556
100%
Good Hope Union, Silver Spring
Stacey Cole Wilson
$35,288
$35,288
100%
Fairview, Sykesville
Don A. Levroney
$3,416
$3,416
100%
Good Shepherd, Silver Spring
Joye Jones
$46,825
$46,825
100%
FaithPoint, Monrovia
Christopher M. Bishop
$18,850
$18,850
100%
Grace, Takoma Park
Paul W. Johnson
$23,902
$23,902
100%
Constance C. Smith
$39,370
$39,370
100% 100%
Flohrville, Sykesville
NaRae Kim
$3,809
$3,809
100%
Hughes Memorial, Washington
Forest Grove, Tuscarora
Patricia Abell
$5,138
$5,138
100%
Jerusalem-Mt Pleasant, Rockville
Hattie Jean Johnson-Holmes
$21,003
$21,003
Friendship, Damascus
Samuel Holdbrook-Smith
$10,912
$10,912
100%
Liberty Grove, Burtonsville
Jeffrey W. Jones
$73,487
$73,487
100%
Gaither, Sykesville
Terri Rae Chattin
$11,668
$11,668
100%
Lincoln Park, Washington
Diane Dixon-Proctor
$29,607
$29,607
100%
Gary Memorial, Ellicott City
Douglas E. Fox
$12,975
$12,975
100%
Marsden First, Bermuda
Joseph F. Whalen, Jr.
$8,890
$8,890
100%
Glen Mar, Ellicott City
D. Matthew Poole
$179,127
$179,127
100%
McKendree-Simms-Brookland, Washington
R. David Hall
$54,019
$54,019
100%
Glenelg, Glenelg
Kenneth R. Fell
$39,612
$39,612
100%
Metropolitan Memorial, Washington
Charles A. Parker
$300,133
$300,133
100%
Goshen, Gaithersburg
Shawn M. Wilson
$48,990
$48,990
100%
Millian Memorial, Rockville
Miguel Angel Balderas
$57,956
$57,956
100%
Grace, Gaithersburg
Mark A. Derby
$100,857
$100,857
100%
Mount Vernon Place, Washington
Donna Claycomb Sokol
$83,661
$83,661
100%
Johnsie Cogman
$24,616
$24,616
100%
Howard Chapel-Ridgeville, Mount Airy
Laura Schultz
$13,352
$13,352
100%
Mount Zion, Washington
Hyattstown, Clarksburg
David Hodsdon
$9,068
$9,068
100%
Mowatt Memorial, Greenbelt
Fay Lundin
$8,207
$8,207
100%
Ijamsville, Ijamsville
Larry W. Myers
$6,664
$6,664
100%
North Bethesda, Bethesda
Deborah Lynn Scott
$52,436
$52,436
100%
Jennings Chapel, Woodbine
Robert E. Cook
$9,963
$9,963
100%
Petworth, Washington
Sherwyn Benjamin
$13,602
$13,602
100%
Ann R. Laprade
$87,598
$87,598
100%
Linden-Linthicum, Clarksville
Gayle E. Annis-Forder
$53,689
$53,689
100%
Potomac, Potomac
Lisbon , Lisbon
Kenneth A. McDonald
$21,309
$21,309
100%
Rockville, Rockville
Susan M. Brown
$48,134
$48,134
100%
Locust, Columbia
Jane Elizabeth Wood
$20,974
$20,974
100%
Ryland-Epworth, Washington
R. David Hall
$6,749
$6,749
100%
Marvin Chapel, Mount Airy
Earl E. Mason
$4,846
$4,846
100%
St Paul's, Kensington
Adam Snell
$127,166
$127,166
100%
Memorial, Poolesville
William C. Maisch
$29,951
$29,951
100%
University, College Park
Sherri Wood-Powe
$46,023
$46,023
100%
Alexis F Brown
$4,262
$4,262
100% 100%
Mill Creek Parish, Rockville
R. Kay Barger
$53,077
$53,077
100%
Van Buren, Washington
Montgomery, Damascus
Wade A. Martin
$50,851
$50,851
100%
Woodside, Silver Spring
Rachel Cornwell
$62,198
$62,198
Morgan Chapel, Woodbine
Lynne Humphries-Russ
$3,873
$3,873
100%
Hughes, Wheaton
Kenneth B. Hawes
$70,865
$66,798
94%
Mount Carmel, Brookeville
James G. Pugh
$4,397
$4,397
100%
Memorial First India, Silver Spring
Samuel Honnappa
$31,933
$29,272
92%
Mount Gregory, Glenwood
Christopher Nassamba Serufusa
$10,385
$10,385
100%
Brighter Day, Washington
Ernest D. Lyles
$59,980
$53,982
90%
St Paul, Chevy Chase
John T. McCauley
$18,715
$16,000
85%
Mount Olive, Mount Airy
Lynne Humphries-Russ
$5,673
$5,673
100%
Concord-St Andrews, Bethesda
Arthur Dicken Thomas, Jr.
$50,255
$38,194
76%
Mount Zion, Highland
Malcolm Stranathan
$75,529
$75,529
100%
Marvin Memorial, Silver Spring
Rachel Cornwell
$39,640
$29,730
75%
Mountain View, Damascus
Vicki Dotterer
$7,507
$7,507
100%
Mount Vernon, Washington
Alisa Linn Lasater
$12,450
$7,263
58%
Oakdale Emory, Olney
Kevin Michael Baker
$176,037
$176,037
100%
Randall Memorial, Washington
Brian W. Jackson
$23,937
$13,425
56%
Pleasant Grove, Ijamsville
Vicki Dotterer
$6,868
$6,868
100%
Chevy Chase , Chevy Chase
Kirkland Reynolds
$105,663
$53,176
50%
Poplar Springs, Woodbine
Robert E. Cook
$6,919
$6,919
100%
United, Washington
William T. Federici
$40,888
$20,444
50%
Prospect, Mount Airy
Earl E. Mason
$11,193
$11,193
100%
Albright Memorial, Washington
John Thomas Jennings
$17,337
$7,800
45%
Providence, Monrovia
Dauba (DD) Adams
$15,728
$15,728
100%
Oak Chapel, Silver Spring
Saundra E. Rector
$33,450
$11,788
35%
Asbury, Washington
Ianther Mills
$151,807
$50,604
33%
Bradbury Heights, Washington
R. David Hall
$10,759
$3,586
33%
Douglas Memorial, Washington
Helen Fleming
$23,379
$7,483
32%
Ebenezer, Washington
Alisa Linn Lasater
$27,207
$7,802
29%
Grace, Fairmount Heights
Robert B. Starkey
$3,652
$1,000
27%
Rockland, Ellicott City
Katharine Saari
$14,708
$14,708
100%
Salem, Brookeville
Sue Shorb-Sterling
$32,233
$32,233
100%
Sharp Street, Sandy Spring
Kecia A. Ford
$23,341
$23,341
100%
Simpson, Mount Airy
Gregory Jonathan McNeil
$1,180
$1,180
100%
St Paul, Laytonsville
James G. Pugh
$13,140
$13,140
100%
St Paul's, Sykesville
Terri Rae Chattin
$46,482
$46,482
100%
Wesley Chapel, Frederick
Sandra Lee Phillips
$11,820
$11,820
100%
Wesley Freedom, Eldersburg
William G. Brown
$99,933
$99,933
100%
Wesley Grove, Gaithersburg
Linda Yarrow
$19,033
$19,033
100%
West Liberty, Marriottsville
Barbara J. Sands
$5,407
$5,407
100%
West Montgomery, Dickerson
Bernadette Armwood
$7,930
$7,930
100%
Mount Tabor, Damascus
Linda Yarrow
$9,656
$7,413
77%
Calvary, Mount Airy
Stephen L. Larsen
$89,788
$60,940
68%
Washington Grove, Washington Grove
Judy Young
$14,019
$8,412
60%
Flint Hill, Adamstown
Robert Ruggieri
$5,677
$3,146
55%
Trinity, Germantown
James Martin Miller
$45,588
$23,772
52%
Christ, Columbia
Marilyn Cheryl Newhouse
$13,232
$6,640
50%
Mount Zion, Olney
Deborah Tate
$9,909
$4,955
50%
St Marks, Boyds
Bernadette Armwood
$6,079
$2,520
41%
St James, West Friendship
Katharine Saari
$26,152
$7,538
29%
St John, Columbia
Mary Ka Kanahan
$18,000
$3,750
21%
Mount Zion, Ellicott City
Karen A. Jones
$6,852
$300
4%
Community of Faith, Clarksburg
Samuel Holdbrook-Smith
$18,339
$-
0%
Daisy, Lisbon
Deborah Tate
$6,347
$-
0%
Ebenezer Ijamsville, Ijamsville
Sidney Morris
$5,200
$-
0%
Salem, Germantown
Linda Yarrow
$8,602
$-
0%
St Luke, Sykesville
Christopher Nassamba Serufusa
$9,201
$-
0%
$2,155,248
$1,991,990
Central Maryland District Total
92.4%
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Francis Asbury National Korean, Rockville
Seung-Woo Lee
$37,850
$9,463
25%
Simpson-Hamline, Washington
Yvonne Mercer-Staten
$33,662
$5,610
17% 15%
Forest Memorial, Forestville
Tyrone Blackwell
$21,602
$3,328
Jones Memorial, Washington
Loretta Ewell Johnson
$31,033
$1,000
3%
Franklin P Nash, Washington
R. David Hall
$11,293
$250
2%
Centenary, Bermuda
Richard E. Stetler
$9,073
$-
$3,238,181
$2,812,748
Greater Washington District Total
0% 86.9%
W E S T E R N R E G I O N : C U M B E R L A N D - H A G E R S TO W N D I S T R I C T Allegany, Frostburg
George M. Harpold
$1,730
$1,730
Alpine, Berkeley Springs
Robert Fisher
$1,904
$1,904
100% 100%
Asbury, Hagerstown
Sharon Gibson
$6,530
$6,530
100%
Barton, Barton
Carl Sanford Cowan
$9,644
$9,644
100%
Benevola, Boonsboro
John H. Dean
$21,959
$21,959
100%
Bethel, Chewsville
Linda Warehime
$24,900
$24,900
100%
Bethel, Rohrersville
John W. Schildt
$5,672
$5,672
100%
Calvary, Great Cacapon
Richard Voorhaar
$3,815
$3,815
100%
Calvary, Ridgeley
Thomas E. Young, Jr
$8,913
$8,913
100%
Carlos, Frostburg
George M. Harpold
$1,408
$1,408
100%
Catalpa, Hancock
John Close
$813
$813
100%
Centenary, Cumberland
Rebecca Jane Vardiman
$4,182
$4,182
100%
Central, Cumberland
C. Lee Brotemarkle
$5,418
$5,418
100%
Centre Street, Cumberland
Ann Atkins
$39,005
$39,005
100%
Christ, Cumberland
Harold R. McClay, Jr.
$8,653
$8,653
100%
Davis Memorial, Cumberland
W. Scott Summers
$12,681
$12,681
100%
Patrick Buhrman
$7,183
$7,183
100%
$17,216
100%
Dawson, Rawlings
$19,323
$19,323
100%
Eckhart, Frostburg
George M. Harpold
$4,072
$4,072
100%
$119,808
$119,808
100%
Ellerslie, Ellerslie
Theodore Daniel Marsh, Jr.
$11,397
$11,397
100%
$15,081
100%
Emmanuel, Cumberland
Richard H. Jewell
$15,654
$15,654
100%
Emmanuel, Hagerstown
Randall S. Reid
$30,419
$30,419
100%
Ager Road, Hyattsville
Paul W. Johnson
$17,216
Bells, Camp Springs
Johnsie Cogman
Bethesda, Bethesda
Ronald K. Foster
Brightwood Park, Washington
Gerald L. Elston, Sr.
$15,081
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Year End Goal
$ Paid
% Paid
Church, City
Pastor
Year End Goal
$ Paid
% Paid
Fairview Avenue, Cumberland
Daniel Gordon Taylor
$3,123
$3,123
100%
Catoctin, Thurmont
Terry Orrence
$3,599
$3,599
100%
First, Berkeley Springs
Andrew Cooney
$61,982
$61,982
100%
Centennial Memorial, Frederick
Helen S. Smith
$17,060
$17,060
100%
First, Lonaconing
Frederick N. Iser
$9,995
$9,995
100%
Chestnut Hill (Half-time), Harpers Ferry
Dennis Crolley
$7,954
$7,954
100%
Flintstone, Flintstone
Wayne Sloan
$3,287
$3,287
100%
Darkesville, Inwood
Thomas Sigler
$11,329
$11,329
100%
Frostburg, Frostburg
Jennifer Webber
$30,470
$30,470
100%
Deer Park, Westminster
Patricia Dols
$17,792
$17,792
100%
Garfield, Smithsburg
Robert G. Brennan, Jr.
$12,315
$12,315
100%
Deerfield, Sabillasville
Ray Dudley
$3,872
$3,872
100%
Grace, Hagerstown
Curtis C. Ehrgott
$39,155
$39,155
100%
Doubs-Epworth, Adamstown
Paul A. Papp
$4,960
$4,960
100%
Grace, Midland
Harry L. Burchell, Jr.
$7,480
$7,480
100%
Engle, Harpers Ferry
Luther Osment
$2,667
$2,667
100%
Greenwood, Berkeley Springs
Dennis E. Jackman
$5,286
$5,286
100%
Friendship, Hedgesville
John M. Brooks
$2,384
$2,384
100%
Hancock, Hancock
Michael Bynum
$26,749
$26,749
100%
Ganotown, Martinsburg
No Current Appointment
$1,122
$1,122
100%
Highland, Berkeley Springs
Robert Fisher
$3,151
$3,151
100%
Gerrardstown , Gerrardstown
Gary Sieglein
$8,336
$8,336
100%
Holy Cross, Ridgeley
Thomas E. Young, Jr
$10,829
$10,829
100%
Greensburg, Martinsburg
G. Edward Grove
$6,459
$6,459
100%
John Wesley, Hagerstown
William H. Warehime, Jr.
$38,170
$38,170
100%
Harmony, Falling Waters
Terri S. Cofiell
$24,209
$24,209
100%
La Vale, Lavale
Bernadette Ross
$35,592
$35,592
100%
Hedgesville, Hedgesville
George G. Earle
$17,754
$17,754
100%
Melvin, Cumberland
Daniel Gordon Taylor
$9,167
$9,167
100%
Hopehill, Frederick
Erma Ambush Dyson
$5,571
$5,571
100%
Michaels, Berkeley Springs
Charles David Bergen
$2,827
$2,827
100%
Inwood, Inwood
Charles W. Henry
$5,796
$5,796
100%
Mount Bethel, Smithsburg
Ronald R. Kurtz
$7,270
$7,270
100%
Jackson Chapel, Frederick
Rex R. Bowens, Sr.
$14,868
$14,868
100%
Mount Carmel, Big Pool
Ian Grant Spong
$5,046
$5,046
100%
Johnsville, Sykesville
Thomas L. Cook
$1,494
$1,494
100%
Mount Carmel, Rohrersville
John W. Schildt
$2,218
$2,218
100%
Johnsville, Union Bridge
Margaret E. Moon
$6,058
$6,058
100%
Mount Hermon, Flintstone
Wayne Sloan
$3,995
$3,995
100%
Kabletown, Rippon
Sharon Kay Bourgeois
$7,160
$7,160
100%
Mount Lena, Boonsboro
Ronald R. Kurtz
$7,461
$7,461
100%
Leetown, Kearneysville
Joanna Marceron
$7,989
$7,989
100%
Mount Nebo, Boonsboro
Ray Roberson
$27,250
$27,250
100%
Lewistown, Thurmont
Elza Hurst
$14,294
$14,294
100%
Mount Olivet, Berkeley Springs
Dennis E. Jackman
$5,071
$5,071
100%
Liberty Central, Libertytown
Jerry M. Cline
$10,109
$10,109
100%
Mount Pleasant, Berkeley Springs
Robert Fisher
$1,930
$1,930
100%
Linganore, Union Bridge
David A. Coakley
$16,479
$16,479
100%
Mount Savage, Mount Savage
Sandra D. Hetz
$9,843
$9,843
100%
Marvin Chapel, Inwood
Joanna Marceron
$5,390
$5,390
100%
Mount Tabor, Oldtown
Charles Riggleman
$4,428
$4,428
100%
Memorial, Summit Point
John E. Lewis
$10,244
$10,244
100%
Mount Zion, Berkeley Springs
Daniel L. Montague III
$4,706
$4,706
100%
Messiah, Taneytown
Brenda Shields
$15,862
$15,862
100%
Mount Zion, Great Cacapon
Richard Voorhaar
$2,808
$2,808
100%
Middleburg, Westminster
Walter M. Bosman, Jr.
$3,428
$3,428
100%
Mount Zion, Myersville
Mary K. Worrel
$19,607
$19,607
100%
Middletown, Middletown
Susan R. Halse
$58,189
$58,189
100%
Murleys Branch, Flintstone
Wayne Sloan
$2,084
$2,084
100%
Middleway, Kearneysville
Brian Darrell
$10,569
$10,569
100%
New Covenant, Cumberland
Christopher Scott Gobrecht
$19,914
$19,914
100%
Mount Carmel, Frederick
Jennifer K. Smith
$21,863
$21,863
100%
Oldtown, Oldtown
Charles Riggleman
$4,246
$4,246
100%
Mount Pleasant, Frederick
Linda (Lynn) Burnette
$11,240
$11,240
100%
Oliver's Grove, Oldtown
Charles Riggleman
$3,588
$3,588
100%
Mount Wesley, Shepherdstown
G. Edward Grove
$7,194
$7,194
100%
Otterbein, Hagerstown
Stephen D. Robison
$68,109
$68,109
100%
Mount Zion, Frederick
Linda (Lynn) Burnette
$5,022
$5,022
100%
Mount Zion, Sabillasville
Albert Deal
$4,788
$4,788
100%
Park Place, Lavale
Vicki Cubbage
$8,603
$8,603
100%
Parkhead, Big Pool
Ian Grant Spong
$5,727
$5,727
100%
Murrill Hill, Harpers Ferry
Donnie Jane Cardwell
$2,680
$2,680
100%
Paw Paw, Paw Paw
Darlene Powers
$3,707
$3,707
100%
New Hope of Greater Brunswick, Brunswick
Kathryn Posey Bishop
$31,003
$31,003
100%
Piney Plains, Little Orleans
John Close
$3,473
$3,473
100%
New Hope of New Windsor, New Windsor
Mary Buzby
$2,560
$2,560
100%
Pleasant Walk, Hagerstown
Nancy Lorraine Green
$4,197
$4,197
100%
New Market, New Market
Scott Clawson
$12,460
$12,460
100%
Prosperity, Flintstone
Wayne Sloan
$3,032
$3,032
100%
Oakland, Sykesville
Donna Lynn Renn
$17,510
$17,510
100%
Rawlings, Rawlings
Patrick Buhrman
$8,882
$8,882
100%
Otterbein, Martinsburg
Mark C. Mooney
$35,431
$35,431
100%
Rehoboth, Williamsport
Michael W. Bennett
$63,859
$63,859
100%
Paynes Chapel, Bunker Hill
Gary W. Gourley, Sr.
$6,571
$6,571
100%
Salem, Keedysville
Robert G. Brennan, Jr.
$13,383
$13,383
100%
Pikeside, Martinsburg
Richard C. Broome
$19,750
$19,750
100%
Salem, Myersville
Robert E. Snyder
$15,151
$15,151
100%
Pleasant View, Adamstown
Tonia H. Brown
$2,469
$2,469
100%
Shaft, Midland
Harry L. Burchell, Jr.
$5,850
$5,850
100%
Salem, Martinsburg
Marshall Light
$2,929
$2,929
100%
Shiloh, Hagerstown
Kenneth J. Fizer, Jr.
$11,673
$11,673
100%
Sandy Hook, Knoxville
Marshall Douglas Fraim
$2,179
$2,179
100%
St Andrews, Hagerstown
Mike Henning
$15,540
$15,540
100%
Sandy Mount, Finksburg
Robert Wellman
$42,598
$42,598
100%
St Matthews, Hagerstown
Jerry L. Lowans
$8,021
$8,021
100%
Shenandoah Memorial, Harpers Ferry
Marshall Douglas Fraim
$2,144
$2,144
100%
Sulphur Springs, Oldtown
William Gary Piper
$1,300
$1,300
100%
Silver Grove, Harpers Ferry
Henry L. Fisher
$2,922
$2,922
100%
Trinity, Cumberland
Richard H. Jewell
$5,507
$5,507
100%
St James @ Dennings, Westminster
Kenneth R. Dunnington
$4,265
$4,265
100%
Trinity-Asbury, Berkeley Springs
Richard B. Craig
$15,005
$15,005
100%
St Lukes, Martinsburg
John R. Yost
$36,421
$36,421
100%
Union Chapel, Berkeley Springs
Michael Leedom
$16,234
$16,234
100%
Stone Chapel, New Windsor
Billy Kluttz
$20,585
$20,585
100%
Vale Summit, Frostburg
George M. Harpold
$2,447
$2,447
100%
Strawbridge UM Church, New Windsor
Blango E. Ross, Jr.
$7,219
$7,219
100%
Washington Square, Hagerstown
Jerry L. Lowans
$14,744
$14,744
100%
Taylorsville, Mount Airy
Sarah Dorrance
$16,503
$16,503
100%
Wesley Chapel, Berkeley Springs
Charles David Bergen
$8,203
$8,203
100%
Thurmont, Thurmont
Garland P. Morgan II
$23,560
$23,560
100%
Westernport, Westernport
Carl Sanford Cowan
$3,586
$3,586
100%
Tom's Creek, Emmitsburg
Timothy S. Kromer
$15,325
$15,325
100%
Williamsport, Williamsport
Susan Elizabeth Boehl
$35,953
$35,953
100%
Trinity, Emmitsburg
Tiffany Kromer
$17,540
$17,540
100%
Zion, Cumberland
Rebecca Jane Vardiman
$4,667
$4,667
100%
Trinity, Martinsburg
Lloyd B. McCanna
$47,480
$47,480
100%
Cresaptown, Cresaptown
Harold Atkins
$26,060
$13,029
50%
Union Bridge, Union Bridge
Sue A. Bowen
$4,037
$4,037
100%
Grace, Berkeley Springs
Daniel L. Montague III
$4,541
$1,892
42%
Uniontown, Westminster
Walter M. Bosman, Jr.
$3,096
$3,096
100%
Mc Kendree of Potomac Park, Cumberland
Solomon Octavius Lloyd
$10,475
$2,900
28%
Uvilla, Shepherdstown
Parker Hinzman
$4,045
$4,045
100%
St Paul's, Smithsburg
Mary L Ricketts
$14,866
$3,717
25%
Walkersville, Walkersville
Richard W. Baker
$45,860
$45,860
100%
St Paul, Big Pool
Ian Grant Spong
$5,094
$925
18%
Cherry Run, Berkeley Springs
Daniel L. Montague III
$4,056
$340
8%
$1,068,940
$1,026,651
Cumberland-Hagerstown District Total
96.0%
WESTERN REGION: FREDERICK DISTRICT
Westminster, Westminster
Mark Smiley
$72,683
$72,683
100%
Williams Memorial, Shepherdstown
Parker Hinzman
$6,531
$6,531
100%
Zion, Westminster
David W. Carter-Rimbach
$10,101
$10,101
100%
Union Street, Westminster
Daryl A. Foster
$9,669
$8,063
83% 75%
Trinity, Frederick
Eliezer Valentin-Castanon
$74,858
$56,144
Arden, Martinsburg
Kathy J. Spitzer
$17,507
$17,507
100%
Jefferson, Jefferson
Paul A. Papp
$11,747
$6,852
58%
Asbury, Charles Town
Duane L. Jensen
$38,041
$38,041
100%
Mount Zion, Martinsburg
Edward Hall
$12,706
$7,412
58%
Asbury, Frederick
LaDelle Y. Brooks
$25,102
$25,102
100%
New Street, Shepherdstown
Geri Dee-Ann Dixon
$19,078
$10,830
57%
Douglas Hoffman
$26,503
$13,500
51% 46%
Asbury, Shepherdstown
Rudolph Bropleh
$39,268
$39,268
100%
Calvary, Finksburg
Bedington, Martinsburg
John W. Rudisill, Jr.
$27,730
$27,730
100%
St Paul, New Windsor
Colin A. Phillips
$15,255
$7,027
Berkeley Place, Martinsburg
John M. Brooks
$2,228
$2,228
100%
Bolivar, Harpers Ferry
John Unger
$2,827
$1,200
42%
Bethel, Bakerton
Scott J. Sassaman
$2,759
$2,759
100%
Weller, Thurmont
Robert E. Kells, Jr.
$21,748
$6,000
28%
Bethesda, Shepherdstown
Parker Hinzman
$4,105
$4,105
100%
Oakland, Charles Town
Jo Anne Alexander
Frederick District Total
$47,162
$6,000
$1,583,369
$1,464,843
92.5%
90.9%
Bethesda, Sykesville
Arthe' (Taysie) Phillips
$7,349
$7,349
100%
Blairton, Martinsburg
Russell B. McClatchey
$7,100
$7,100
100%
Brandenburg, Sykesville
John D. Bragg, Sr.
$4,749
$4,749
100%
2013 Apportionment Income Received
$13,937,166
Brook Hill, Frederick
Kenneth Walker
$96,563
$96,563
100%
2013 Budgeted Apportionment Income
$14,185,326
Buckeystown Rt 85, Buckeystown
Emily Berkowitz
$16,290
$16,290
100%
2013 Budgeted Apportionment Surplus (Deficit)
($248,160)
Bunker Hill, Bunker Hill
C. Wayne Frum
$17,479
$17,479
100%
Butlers Chapel, Martinsburg
Forrest Cummings
$3,913
$3,913
100%
Calvary, Frederick
Alice Ford
$95,644
$95,644
100%
Calvary, Martinsburg
Albert L. Clipp
$36,794
$36,794
100%
Camp Hill-Wesley, Harpers Ferry
Luther Osment
$7,634
$7,634
100%
13%
This is a listing of the apportionment payment totals for BWC churches for 2013. Churches are up to date with their connectional giving if they have paid 100 percent or more.
February 12, 2014
Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church
BWC explores answers to arrearages challenges
By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff
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s of December 31, 2013, 30 churches in the Baltimore-Washington Conference were behind in paying their pastor’s and lay employees’ health insurance premiums. The total arrearage: $275,053. As of the emd of December 2013, 41 churches were behind in paying their pastor’s and lay employees’ pension benefits. The total: $332,499. Combine the two, and you reach well over onehalf of a million dollars: $607,552. This is according to the Rev. Jackson Day, chair of the Baltimore-Washington Conference’s Board of Pension and Health Benefits. The Board recently heard a preliminary report from an ad-hoc Task Force, created by Bishop Marcus Matthews The Task Force includes Day, two district superintendents, the Revs. Cynthia Moore (Baltimore Metropolitan), and Joe Daniels (Greater Washington); as well as the Conference Treasurer, Paul Eichelberger; and the Conference Benefits Officer, Francess Tagoe. The Task Force is looking at ways that arrearage problems can be addressed earlier so that balances are not allowed to pile up. Especially important is to find ways to empower vulnerable congregations to address financial problems before they escalate. A process was recently outlined by the Task Force into several concrete steps. First, if a church is more than 30 days past due in either health or pension benefit payments they will receive a letter requesting an explanatory response. If a church goes 60 days overdue, another letter will be sent, but this letter requires the creation of an “Action Plan” to remedy the situation. The Action Plan will be created with the district superintendent acting as the facilitator, and the Director of Vibrant Communities, the Rev. Andy Lunt, also involved. At present, letters go out to congregations only when they fall 90 days behind in their payments. “The Action Plan may include many things,” said Day, “including training and coaching for church leaders.” A lien may also be placed on church property, he noted. A new wrinkle has been proposed for the process. According to the plan, churches that are 60 days behind will, on July 1, have the salary of the pastor reduced
to the conference minimum if she/he continues in appointment to that congregation. Health insurance benefits will continue, but only for the pastor as if he/ she were a single person; no family coverage will be extended and insurance for lay employees would be discontinued.
The last step in the proposed process would be in the event that a local church is not willing or able to develop an Action Plan. Here, a district superintendent would then be authorized to conduct a formal assessment of the “potential of the church,” in accordance with ¶213 of the 2012 Book of Discipline.
Spoken Word unleashes a risky kind of hope By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff
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magine if the church listened to its poets. Imagine if we lived in the modernized music and message of the Psalms, moved to the cadence of our hymnody and let ourselves be challenged by the interior rhymes of sacred spoken words. It’s easy to imagine, but there’s a risk to letting the subversive rhythms of a Gospel slam enter the sanctuary. There’s a tangy difference between a standard sermon and a moment of spoken word poetry. It’s like taking a deep drink from a Communion chalice – your taste buds set on traditional Welchs’ grape juice, and instead, discovering wine – deep purple, the pungent, poignant remembered blood of a savior. Last month, on a bitter cold January morning, the Rev. Wanda Duckett of Mt. Zion UMC in Baltimore stood at her pulpit and opened her heart – sharing the sentiments that both brought her sorrow and made her soul sing. As part of a doctoral project, Duckett introduced people to spoken word poetry in a Sacred Slam: a Wordshop for Worshippers. Spoken word, she explained, using a definition from the Online Urban Dictionary, is poetry intended for onstage performance rather than being exclusively designed for the page. While it’s often associated with hip-hop culture, it also has strong ties to story-telling as well as jazz and the blues. In fact, said Duckett, Rev. Wanda Duckett “spoken word is like the
jazz of poetry.” And like jazz, it’s often left outside the sanctuary door, deemed too secular for sacred purposes. But for Duckett, who wants to fling wide the church doors to all the world, relegating spoken word and the themes it addresses to hip cafes and other cultural locales misses out on a powerful opportunity for discipleship and transformation. “We need to bring it into the holy space and let God deal with it,” she said. Duckett grounds her belief deep in the theology of creation, believing that the poetic voice is the voice of God. “God is the original poetic preacher who, in divine meter, proclaimed creation into existence. … God said, ‘be’ and stuff was.” Made in God’s image, we too have the power to speak with authority and call things into being. Spoken word, she said, is “a gift from God to name and frame creation.” Today, Duckett is anxious to ensure that the gift is used in the contexts in which people live. Sacred is not to be enshrined, it’s the holy and hallowed voice of our everyday experiences. It is what, Duckett has learned, gives us each our “bop.” “We need to shed new light on what sacred is,” said Duckett, who calls on people of faith to begin speaking “a word of life – real life.” What is holy about our speaking, she challenged those present at her workshop. How do we translate human lives in light of the Gospel in ways that feel genuine and have meaning? “Proclamation without spirit and life are incapable of really bringing about resurrection and hope.” She proclaims: “The word of God is alive and active.” Is it being spoken in the church in ways that are immediately relevant and make people sit up to listen? In ways that transform people themselves into the poetry God writes? If not, the church needs to take up its pen, put its finger to the keyboard, raise its voice – and speak, listening always to the poet.”
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After being adopted, in principal, by the Board, the proposed process will now be reviewed by the Bishop and the Cabinet. Pension and health benefits are part of the pastor’s financial compensation, Tagoe said. By not paying this portion of the benefits, the pastor is the one shorted. The General Board of Pension and Health Benefits – based in Evanston, Ill., which actually administers the plan – send a bill to the Conference, said Tagoe. The Conference pays the bill in full each month and then, in turn, sends out bills to local churches. In effect, local churches are reimbursing the Conference for money already spent. And when churches don’t pay? The shortage is made up from reserves accumulated over several years, said Eichelberger. And when churches don’t pay, there has to be a method of holding the church and/or pastor accountable, said Daniels. “We don’t want to shame churches into paying,” he said. “That doesn’t work. But how do you set up a system where people are held accountable?” The Task Force agreed that better and more frequent communications with churches and pastors who are falling behind in their payments was needed. “The Task Force recognizes that there are some congregations which are nearing the close of their time of faithful service,” said Day. “Facing these issues as early as possible can open the door for more creative possibilities.” “Even more important,” said Day, “are the churches which are – or could be – actively engaged in important ministry. They are serving their community. They are making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. But their resources don’t match their vision or their needs. The Action Plan process is intended to pull together the vision and energy of the congregation with training and resources that Conference leadership may be able to identify so that the church is able to express its witness – and pay its bills. “When a congregation can assess their potential for increased service to their community, and can communicate their prospects to their district superintendant, then every possible resource should be steered toward that congregation to assist them,” said Day.
I Decided to Be Myself – By Wanda Bynum Duckett I tried it this way, that way, his way, her way, their way But the stairway to heaven opened up when I decided that My way was the high way so I’m just gonna be myself. Hip hop vibe on an old school track A poet and I know it so the good news got flow, it Rhymes with the reason and a beat after God’s own heart Since I decided to be myself. This lyric is tight and I’ll fight for the right To dance at the drop because God has been good And my joy is worth that. So don’t be mad at my gladness Though it messes with your madness I can no longer feign sadness or stoic face… Here’s my smile but you can’t have this There is a peace in being yourself. So give me a kiss like Ju-diss And count the sheckles of your own shackles But forward I must, in God only – I trust That He made me fearful, a wonder, Peep the resurrected thunder From now on and on and on You won’t steal my song God made me this self for Himself. This story must be told; Y’all done let it get old, We gotta blow off the dust Open graves, release slaves, Captives save, Jesus gave me a purpose and I can’t fill it unless I’m empty Of every expectation except His So I’ve decided that it is what it is I’m just gonna be myself! So I wanna Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
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fill a passenger van, which the youth group packed for delivery. At Harmony UMC in Falling Waters, they keep a jar by the sanctuary door for special appeals. When it was announced on that Sunday that help was needed in central and southern West Virginia following a chemical spill that resulted in a no-use warning for water in nine counties, nearly $1,200 was left in the jar – with no advance notice that an offering would
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banquet, which was attended by many of the area’s political leaders, raised funds for the statue of the March on Washington Foot Soldiers Memorial, which was recently erected in Annapolis. The $50,000 three-panel granite memorial, which holds the names of hundreds of march participants, is located in Whitmore Park, at Calvert and Clay streets in Annapolis. That same weekend, the Rev. Carletta Allen of Asbury UMC in Annapolis, recounted a historic visit when, almost 35 years earlier, King’s father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr., spoke at the church. “Daddy” King was the preacher at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Five years before his visit to Annapolis, his wife was shot and killed in church.
Pastor-coach follows his passion CROFTON – The Rev. Chris Holmes, the former superintendent of the Annapolis District, now serves in an extension ministry that revolves around coaching leaders. But he still makes time to follow his passion as a watercolor artist. Holmes sells his artwork – horses, historic houses, old barns, beach scenes and gardens – to support his spiritual pursuits, especially the missions he and others from Crofton Community UMC started and continue in Zimbabwe. He donates 100 percent of proceeds from his paintings to the Marange Orphan Trust in southern Zimbabwe. Among other self-sustaining endeavors, the orphan trust “is developing a chicken farm that provides 1,000 chickens a month to diamond mine workers,” he told The Capital newspaper.
Members of Harmony UMC purchase relief supplies. be taken, reported the church’s pastor, the Rev. Terri Cofiell. By the following Wednesday, more than 200 ready-to-eat meals, 40 quarts of baby formula, 3,000 paper plates, 2,000 plastic forks, 2,000 plastic spoons, 1,800 diaper wipes, 1,200 disinfectant wipes, and gallons of hand sanitizer were on their way to the impacted areas.
Bishop remembers MLK ANNAPOLIS -- Bishop Marcus Matthews shared remarks of remembrance and challenge at a banquet to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on King’s birthday weekend. The
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OLNEY – The Rev. Kevin Baker of Oakdale Emory UMC in Olney signs his new book, “Do You Know My Jesus,” a daily devotional (in both English and Spanish) for those seeking to learn more about what it means to have a personal Rev. Kevin Baker relationship with Jesus and be his disciple in the 21st century. The profits from the book will go toward the church’s building fund.
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Churches move quickly to help WEST VIRGINIA – Two area West Virginia churches jumped into action Jan. 12, when they heard about the call for emergency supplies as the crisis of the poisoned water in southern West Virginia became public. Through e-mail, Twitter and Facebook, Asbury UMC and the Jefferson County community gathered enough supplies to
Baker’s book to benefit building fund
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SILVER SPRING – More than 400 people from the Washington Region attended Leadership Days at Blake High School Jan. 25. In addition to more than 30 classes, participants worshipped together, remembering their baptisms. The training event was one of three held in regions throughout the conference.
Courtesy Rev. Terri Cofiell
Leadership Days participants remember their baptisms.
BALTIMORE – During 10 days in January, 21 students from Wesley Theological Seminary immersed themselves in United Methodist urban ministries on the streets of Baltimore. Taking daily excursions around the city, the students engaged in ministries with the poor, homeless, and hungry. The purpose, said the Rev. C. Anthony Hunt, who hosted the Immersion experience, was to “help the students view ministry in an urban context in light of their own experiences and understandings, and to broaden their understanding of their calling and connection to the communities and people of Baltimore.” For Hunt, the common thread that ran through all of the site visits was hope, an element that enlivens urban ministry. “In this type of contextualized experience they will see the church and the world in natural partnerships,” he said. “We’re cultivating hearts for ministry.”
February 12, 2014
Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church
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New Church Starts: the best way to reach new people
By Andy Lunt Director of Vibrant Communities
Studies show that the best way to reach new people is to create new faith communities. Over the past 12 months, Vibrant Communities has helped the Baltimore-Washington Conference create eight new faith communities. Some have already launched and are reaching upwards of 100 people each week in worship. Others have been building and training launch teams that will begin ministries in 2014. All have received training, coaching and funding through Vibrant Communities. Beginning this month, and continuing in the months ahead, you will read about these new faith communities. They represent several different forms of ministry. We will explore what has worked well, and what challenges have been greatest in their efforts to reach new people. We will examine how planting new churches helps existing churches in the same area, what makes for a successful new church-start pastor and what it costs to launch new faith communities. What we hope will be most apparent throughout this series of articles is evidence that God is at work doing new things to reach new people in and through the churches of the Baltimore-Washington Conference.
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uring the 10 years from 2002 through 2012, average worship attendance in BaltimoreWashington Conference churches declined almost 18 percent. Professions of faith – representing new believers – were down more than 25 percent, and the number of baptisms declined 37 percent. During that same period the conference started just one new faith community – The Vine, an extension of Bel Air UMC – that has not survived into 2014. All this has occurred during a time when 80 percent of people within the areas served by Baltimore-Washington Conference churches do not attend worship on any given weekend. Clearly, the potential for reaching new people and leading them into a relationship with Christ is great. But, equally clearly, that potential is not being realized adequately in BWC churches. In response to this crisis, the Baltimore-Washington Conference created Vibrant Communities to help create new places for new people and revitalize existing congregations in order to reach new people for Christ.
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First Saints takes church to community
New Churches benefit existing congregations When a new faith community is launched, it is not uncommon for members of existing churches to voice concerns that the new group will “take our members.” Both experience and studies have indicated that this almost never happens and, in fact, that existing congregations benefit in a number of ways when a new faith community is launched in their area. •
Rev. Jason Shank By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff
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he United Methodists at Esperanza Middle School in California, Md., have learned over the last year to do “church in a box.” It’s not always easy, but it’s always meaningful, say the more than 90 members who meet in the Middle School cafeteria each Sunday. The group has mastered the art of packing and unpacking a hospitality station, sound and computer equipment, band instruments, an altar and 100 chairs. Each week their church in a box sits in a small trailer in someone’s driveway. On Sunday mornings, they bring church to life. These 90 people are members of First Saints Community Church, a United Methodist church, with its main campus, of four, in Leonardtown. While practicing all the principles of a new church start, those at the California campus are really an extension of the multi-site church. In 2012, under the leadership of the Rev. Jason Shank, several people from the Leonardtown campus of First Saints agreed to be part of the new campus. They spent a few months alerting the community of California, in southern Maryland, that a new praise and worship experience was starting. In January 2013, the new worshipping community met with 45 members. Today their numbers have more than doubled. “In many ways we didn’t have a blueprint to guide us each step of the way. We didn’t really know what to expect. We learned as we went,” said Shank. The faith community also trusts in and responds to the Holy Spirit. “That was a big part of it,” said Janet Smith, a lay member. “We originally set out to attract young adults but we’re getting a bit of everyone. So we welcome everyone.” “We also don’t take discipleship lightly,” said Kate Mauck, a lay member, who praised the faith community’s
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small group ministry and their involvement with the school. About 30 percent of the students at the school live below the poverty level, Mauck said. The church has responded to the needs of these students in a number of ways, including starting an on-site food pantry that the teachers can draw upon to help those children who need it. This “focus on the outside,” and being involved in the community is one of the things that draws members to the California campus. Evangelism and outreach in the community is an intentional part of the DNA of First Saints, whose mission is to “meet people where they are and lead them to where Christ wants them to be.” The First Saints multi-site community church started in 2005, when members of First Friendship, St. George Island and St. Paul’s United Methodist churches united to explore what ministry might be like if they joined together. In 2008, they formally implemented the multicampus ministry concept, said the Rev. John Wunderlich, the lead pastor. In the multi-campus set-up, resources, leadership, and gifts are all shared in one budget and administrative structure. While the conference has invested funds in the California campus to pay for Shank’s salary and get the faith community up and running, the finances, staff, vision, risks and rewards of operating the church are held in common among the membership. In church growth, leaders in the Baltimore-Washington Conference are discovering that new birth is always easier than resurrection. In the United States, only about 17 percent of Americans attend weekly worship. However, of those seeking a relationship with a church, most are more likely to visit a new church start than a traditional congregation that has been established for many years. Shank is finding that his members “have a heart for evangelism” and are eager to share with others the way worship and small group participation are shaping their lives. The new worshipping community is also learning
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When existing congregations see new churches doing ministry in new ways, it challenges them to rethink the way they do ministry. Often, they, too, begin to try new forms of ministry to reach new people. New churches tend to reach groups of people who have been turned off by or thought they would be uncomfortable in more traditional churches. Seeing them become involved in the new church can inspire existing congregations to become more “seeker sensitive.” The launch of a new faith community raises the visibility of the United Methodist “brand” in an area. People see something new and different and begin to talk about how “those Methodists are really doing something.” New faith communities inspire many people who have been unchurched or been hurt by churches previously to “give church a try.” Some of them will discover that they prefer a style of worship or community different than what is being offered by the new congregation and will find their way to an existing congregation more to their liking. A new church increases the “critical mass” of United Methodists in a community and makes it easier to mount mission efforts that impact the mission field. The presence of a new church can motivate existing congregations to join together with each other and the new church in ways that haven’t been tried. A new church reaching new people can help to remind everyone that more than percent of the residents in our communities do not worship anywhere each week, and inspire all to greater effort to grow the Kingdom of God. – Andy Lunt
lessons that will benefit other churches that are intent on growth. We’ve learned it’s important to “act your age,” said Shank. “We don’t try to be all things to all people. We’re comfortable with who we are and what we do best.” The church has also learned that “it’s not always about us. It’s about the community,” Shank said. “And probably most important, we’ve learned not to get too comfortable. We’re giving people opportunities to serve as the hands and feet of Christ. We put people first.”
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February 12, 2014
New pastor appointed to Foundry UMC in Washington
By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff
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altimore-Washington Conference Bishop Marcus Matthews has appointed the Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli as the lead pastor of Foundry UMC in Washington, D.C., effective July 1. Gaines-Cirelli, who is currently pastor of St. Matthews UMC in Bowie, takes over for the Rev. Dean Snyder, who will retire on June 30. In making the appointment, Bishop Matthews said the Cabinet believes that Gaines-Cirelli has the gifts and graces to lead Foundry, one of the most vital and missional churches in the denomination. Bishop Matthews thanked the outgoing pastor, Snyder, for his leadership at Foundry. In other appointments, the bishop and Cabinet named the Rev. James Miller, now at Trinity UMC in Germantown, to Grace UMC in Gaithersburg. The Rev. Deborah Scott, pastor of North Bethesda UMC in Bethesda, has been appointed to Mill Creek Parish in Derwood. The appointment to Foundry is one that is being followed on the national stage. Foundry UMC, which celebrates its 200th anniversary next year, has 1,300 members and more than 650 people in weekly worship. Located at 16th and P streets in northwest Washington, the church has been a church home to presidents, including
Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford Hayes and Bill Clinton. A reconciling congregation, Foundry is known for the prophetic stances it takes, including its commitment to end homelessness in D.C. In addition to pastoring St. Matthews UMC, Gaines-Cirelli, who entered the ordained ministry in 2000, has served at Francis Asbury Ginger Gaines-Cirelli UMC in Rockville, Capitol Hill UMC in Washington, and at three churches in the New York Conference. In reflecting on her call to ministry, she confessed that “the God questions have always been my questions.” Her curiosity about theology and the language of God led her to Southwestern University in Texas and to Yale Divinity School. A self-described “classic extrovert” and visionary, Gaines-Cirelli is noted for her collaborative leadership style. “I have visions and dream dreams,” she said. “I enjoy coming among people who like to dream big and bring skills so that, together, we can make those dreams come true.” As a pastor, Gaines-Cirelli sees herself as an encourager who lifts up lay servant leadership. She’s gives 110 percent of herself to others, and her
enthusiasm and spirit, she said, are rooted in God. “I am somebody who is very clear about my own personal sense of calling -- to know, love and serve God and God’s people to help others do the same,” she said. “I am somebody who seeks more and more of life. I understand that life is found in and through relationship with others and with Christ.” Gaines-Cirelli is also a liturgical artist. Poetry, music, dance and the visual arts “really light my fire,” she said. Among her other interests, it says on the St. Matthews website, are: gardening, yoga, theological conversation and ice cream. She is married to Anthony, who received his Ph.D in systematic theology from the Catholic University of America and now works at the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops. They live in Washington, D.C. with their cat, Annie Rose, and their dog, Harvey. As she makes the pastoral transition, Gaines-Cirelli says she is deeply honored and humbled by the bishop’s appointment to serve in the city at a church that has been a gift to so many people. From Foundry’s prestigious pulpit, she hopes to share the message of “God’s steadfast love, that there is place in the reign of God for all people, and that God will use each person’s unique gifts in order to make manifest that reign on earth as it is in heaven. ... This feels like a huge invitation and possibility,” she said.
Church creates bridges with area students to end bullying By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff
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ne cookie at a time, members of Mowatt UMC in Greenbelt are addressing bullying in the community and creating a bridge of caring and Christ’s love that stretches into the community. It’s a good story of ministry bubbling up from people of faith sensing a need in their communities, said the Rev. Fay Lundin, the church’s pastor. There’s a bridge over the Baltimore Washington Parkway that connects Eleanor Roosevelt High School and the city of Greenbelt. “Most of Greenbelt’s high school students pass over the bridge on their way home,” Lundin said. But part of the path winds through a woods and is isolated. When Ellen Noll, one of Mowatt’s members, heard from her daughter that students were being harassed and
Photos by Alison Burdett
Volunteers from Mowatt UMC hand out cookies to students from Eleanor Roosevel High School in Greenbelt.
Students have expressed thanks for the church’s presence.
A secluded area near the Beltway bridge enabled bullying.
Cookies and conversation let students know the church cares.
beaen up on the Greenbelt side of the bridge, she brought it to the attention of the church. Under Noll’s leadership, the church decided to be a visible presence. An initial group of three people began handing out cookies one day a week. Occasionally one of the members would bring his chess set and challenge the youth to a game. “As the youth got to know us,” said Lundin, “they began to talk to us about their day, about their plans, even about their schoolwork.” At the close of last year’s school year, when church members were not present, a young man was beaten near the place where they handed out cookies. The members went to a city council meeting and told them what they were doing. They told their story in the local newspaper and people became excited about the possibilities of presence. The program grew. Today, except on extremely cold or rainy days, there are
people signed up to hand out cookies to the kids from 3:10 to 4 p.m. Volunteers from other churches, including College Park UMC, the neighborhood watch and even city officials, have joined the effort. The group hands out about 60 cookies a day. Some of the kids don’t take a cookie, they just share a word or two. Some of the students don’t talk, or even make eye contact. But many have said they appreciate the church’s presence. The neighbors, Lundin said, report that vandalism is down, and so far this year there has been no violence at that location. “For the students who cross the bridge, our presence there says they are not alone. A lot of the kids ask why we’re there. We just tell them that we care,” said Lundin. The message has caught on. Mowatt is “now known to the kids as being that church with cookies that cares.” Lundin is not sure how this program could be replicated at other churches or how Mowatt UMC might expand this ministry. The church has added a line item for cookies to its
budget; however, so far the volunteers have provided them. “I think the important thing,” said Lundin, “is being a presence. We can’t make bullying disappear, but we can make it go away in that area.” A few other people in the area are adopting this ministry of presence, being present in their front yards in the vicinity of bus stops, just to let the students know people are looking out for them. For those interested in starting similar ministries, Lundin recommends beginning delicately, making sure no one feels forced to interact, avoiding confrontation and taking care to meet kids where they are, rather than insisting the kids come to the church. “It’s saying we care about you, where you are.” “This is such a little investment and if we can make a difference in their lives, that’s fantastic,” she said. “As a church, we’re now thinking outside the sanctuary.”