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UMConnection

Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church



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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Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church

February 12, 2014

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.

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February 12, 2014

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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Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church

$ 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%

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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.

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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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MA KIN G A DI F F E R E NCE Washington Region gathers for worship, training

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.

Seminarians immersed in Baltimore

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.”

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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











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.”