Day 11 – March 7 Dr. Sherri E. Wood-Powe Community Connections: Pastor, Oak Chapel UMC; Presiding Elder, Greater Washington District, Baltimore Washington Conference; Chair, Worship Team, Baltimore Washington Conference Superpower: Extreme hearing Exceeding Expectations ~ Deuteronomy 26:16–19; Psalm 119:1–8 The Lenten season is always a good time for reflection. An opportunity to look inward and evaluate ourselves. Are we simply going through […]
Day 10 – March 6 Asa Lee Community Connections: WTS Vice-President for Campus Administration; Associate Dean for Campus Life; Director of African American Church Studies; M.Div. (’05) Superpower: Ability to see through walls The Perfect Partner Matthew 5:20 ~ For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will […]
Day 9 – March 5 Ellie Crain Community Connections: WTS M.Div. anticipated 2020; WTS Student Council President 2020-21; Resident Manager at Birch Intentional Community; Intern at American University Methodist-Protestant Ministry; Madison Street UMC, Clarksville, TN Superpower: Cleaning my entire house when I have an assignment due. Practicing a theology of enough in a culture of […]
Day 8 – March 4 Marci Matthews Community Connections: WTS Admissions Office staff; WTS MA anticipated 2020; Member First UMC Hyattsville, MD. Superpower: Mother of twins born three years apart. My 16-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter look and act “lovingly” similar…and I have the good pleasure (and superpower?) of raising them up. Renewal ~ […]
“I was at the Ministers March for Justice 8/28/17” That’s what my button says. On the 54th anniversary of the March on Washington, the challenge called for 1,000 Ministers to March for Justice. Yes – there were 1,000, actually many more than 1,000. More than 3,000 registered and gathered on a perfect August morning on […]