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Sunday, November 09, 2008
Services at Grace Lutheran Church Westminster MD November 9 2008
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November 9, 2008
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
21 Carroll Street
Westminster, MD 21158
(410) 848-7020
The Reverend Kevin Clementson, Senior Pastor
http://www.gracelc.org/
20081209 Services at GLC Westminster MD Nov 9 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Update from Pastor Dorrance on Taylorsville United Methodist Church
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Dear Congregation:
These have been busy days at Taylorsville. We wanted a day when the office would be open every day of the week, well, that it has been the case, at least for this week ;)
Once again, Hearl, Bill and Karen Mitchell have done outstanding jobs in all of their work.
Today the police were out to talk to us some more. They have really been great.
Serv-pro has been cleaning up, you can hardly tell that something has happened in the sanctuary, and it is cleaner than it has been in a long time.All of the walls have been mopped down. We will be able to use the Sanctuary and the offices on Sunday, we will not have access to the basement.
Perhaps the most important event of the day was when our Bishop, Bishop Schol came to visit us this afternoon. He, along with our District Superintendent, Rev. Terri Rae Chattin, our guide Rev. William Chaney, and two other guides, Rev. Mary Dennis and Rev. Matthew Poole, were here at our church to pray with us and to anoint our worship space.
They anointed our doors, or altar, our cross and our Bible--all symbols that help remind us of our faith, and the one who made it all possible, Jesus Christ.
The Bishop told us of a time when he was young that the sanctuary where he worshipped was vandalized, and he still remembers those feelings. He also wanted to offer us words of encouragement and hope for the future.
We have pictures to show you on Sunday.
Many blessings
Pastor Sarah
Picture caption:
Sept. 18, 2008 - Bishop of the Washington Area of The United Methodist Church John Roland Schol anointing a portion of Taylorsville United Methodist Church that had been recently damaged by vandals.
20080918 Update from Pastor Dorrance on Taylorsville United Methodist Church
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Troopers Arrest Two Youths For Church Vandalism
NEWS RELEASE
DEPARTMENT OF
MARYLAND STATE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS: PIKESVILLE, MD 21208
(410)486-3101 TTY For Hearing Impaired (410)486-0677
Toll Free: 1-800-525-5555
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 17, 2008
TROOPERS ARREST TWO YOUTHS FOR CHURCH VANDALISM
(Taylorsville, MD) – Maryland State Police today arrested two teenagers in connection with the recent extensive vandalism and prior burglaries that occurred at a church in southwestern Carroll County.
Two juvenile males, ages 14 and 15, who both live in Carroll County, were arrested today by Maryland State Police investigators from the Westminster Barracks. Both are charged as juveniles with second degree burglary, malicious destruction of property and theft under $500. Both were referred to Department of Juvenile Services officials who released the older one to his parents and placed the other youth in a shelter.
The investigation focused on a series of crimes that occurred at the Taylorsville United Methodist Church, in the 4300-block of Ridge Road, in Taylorsville, Md. On August 11, 2008, the church had been entered after an air conditioning unit was removed. A ring of keys for the church had been removed. On August 23, a window in the nursery was forced open and the nursery area was ransacked. On September 7, numerous unlocked vehicles on the church parking lot were entered and change and other small items were removed.
The most significant incident occurred on September 14, when a breaking and entering occurred through a basement window that was broken out by the suspects. Once inside the church, extensive damage was done to computers, candles, copiers, and religious items. Fire extinguishers were discharged in the church and mustard was spread around the church floor. Damage to the church in this incident was estimated at $70,000.
State Police investigators conducted numerous interviews, neighborhood checks and examined evidence left at the scene during their intense investigation. The compilation of evidence led to the identification of the two suspects charged today. The case remains under active investigation. Additional charges are possible.
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20080917 Troopers Arrest Two Youths For Church Vandalism
20080917 NBH Troopers Arrest Two Youths For Church Vandalism
Arrests made in Taylorsville church vandalism incident
Arrests made in Taylorsville church vandalism incident
September 17, 2008
From Taylorsville United Methodist Church Pastor Sarah Dorrance:
Dear Congregation Family:
Today the State Police arrested two juveniles who are suspects in our Vandalism case. We can feel safe again in our worship space.
Tomorrow afternoon, around 2:30 pm., the Bishop and the District Superintendent will be stopping by our church to pray with us. You are invited to attend, should you so desire.
On Sunday we will be rededicating the sanctuary and our place of worship. Please join us in the celebration. We will also talk of how to move forward and we need to look at the future to see how to practice what Jesus teaches in forgiveness.
You probably know that we were featured on several news casts last night. The links are all listed below so that you can see the video footage. (Bill Harris really looks good on the camera ;) Please remember to thank Bill and Hearl for ALL their hard work.
We ask that you continue to lift up our faith community, and the community of Taylorsville in prayer. Also lift up these young people who were arrested and their families.
Many blessings
Pastor Sarah Dorrance
These are the news links from yesterday's news
http://www.foxbaltimore.com/players/news/top_stories/mywx_vid_1393.shtml
http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=e18a298e-d9fe-4306-afa3-c84bcef0b91c
http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_video.jsp?contentId=7446154&version=1&locale=EN-US
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/17483636/detail.html
20080917 Arrests made in Taylorsville church vandalism incident
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Update on Taylorsville United Methodist Church from Pastor Sarah Dorrance
My church and day-I guess I will be on a lot of news channels
I sent this to my congregation today:
September 16, 2008
Dear Congregation:
I don't want to fill your e-mail boxes with "stuff", but I want to keep you updated of happenings. Once again, Hearl Wright and Bill Harris deserve gold medals, please make sure you thank them for all their work. Karen Mitchell also spent the entire day at church helping the cleaners figure out what was needed.
The police have 4 guys working on the case. They are very busy. They were in contact with us throughout the day.
We had a cleaning crew that consisted of about 8 folks here today. The insurance folks met with us again, the electronics were taken out to be cleaned (including the downstairs keyboard), and everything that could be dry cleaned was taken out as well.
They have told us that we will be able to worship in the sanctuary on Sunday. The basement will probably not be ready.
I expect that we will have a big group of visitors on Sunday, so we will be wearing name tags ;)
Many people wanted to talk to us today, including Channel 2, Channel 45, Channel 5 and channel 11. You might see some of those interviews this evening at 5 pm or 10 or 11.
Please remember to keep all involved: those cleaning, the police force, those who caused this and our congregation in prayer.
I think God has something big in store for us as we rise out of the dust heap.
Grace and Peace
Pastor Sarah Dorrance
Hebrews 11:1 "To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, and certain of the things unseen."
20080916 Update on TUMC from Pastor Dorrance
Monday, September 15, 2008
Update from Pastor Sarah Dorrance at Taylorsvile United Methodist Church
Update from Pastor Sarah Dorrance on repairing the damage from vandals at Taylorsville United Methodist Church
September 15, 2008
Dear Congregation:
I wanted to give you an update on events of today. First of all, many thanks to Hearl Wright and Bill Harris who have been working very hard to get the proper things in place. They have done a great job. Kudos Hearl and Bill! Thanks to you, the congregation too, for your patience and prayers.
This morning the insurance adjusters met with Bill and took a look at the extent of the damage. They recommended a professional cleaning company to begin the clean up process. That company will begin first thing tomorrow morning.
They've asked that we not be there during the initial clean up, as that will hinder their work. They will clean every thing up, and then put it in bags so that we can figure out where it belonged. (That is where we might need to help out.)
Things that are damaged beyond repair will go into portable #3 for now, until we can replace them. Insurance is working very closely with us. The best news is that they are fairly sure that we will be in the sanctuary to worship on Sunday morning!
(The basement and other rooms will not be ready yet--so adult Sunday Schools will have to be in the Education Building. Don't worry, the sofas are really comfortable there!)
The police have also been working very hard to solve this case…
[…]
The head police investigator offered to come talk to our congregation on Sunday morning, before worship begins to talk about what they are doing in terms of patrolling the area. They will be sending in cars frequently for the time being.
You should know that MANY churches and pastors of churches have called to offer their condolences and their prayers. MANY have offered hands on help to clean up. There is even one youth group that I have heard of that wants to help us clean up. God stands firm with us, even in the midst of trials.
Please continue to pray for our church, our community, our police force and the ones who caused it all. Oh, and maybe some sleep for Hearl and Bill, too ;)
Many blessings
Pastor Sarah Dorrance
20080915 Update from Pastor Sarah Dorrance
Taylorsville United Methodist Church vandalized
Monday, September 15, 2008
Sometime over the weekend, before church services were to begin Sunday morning, Taylorsville United Methodist Church was vandalized to the point that services could not be held in the sanctuary. Pastor Sarah Dorrance - my sister-in-law – held services outside.
Below please find a letter she wrote to the congregation about the incident. Please keep the church and the person or persons who committed this terrible crime in your prayers.
Kevin Dayhoff
Related: Religion Taylorsville United Methodist
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Today at Taylorsville UMC Sept 14, 2008
Dear Congregation:
If you were at church this morning, you already know that a very unpleasant surprise was waiting for us upon arrival for worship this morning. Overnight we had been seriously vandalized. Our sanctuary could not be used to hold worship this morning.
God meets us in our times of trial, and this morning was no exception. I thank everyone who helped pull worship together. We worshiped outside in the beauty of our own front lawn, under the tree. Just as the LORD met Abraham by the oaks of Mamre (Genesis 18:1), so too, the LORD met us by the maple of TUMC. Thank you all for being flexible, but mostly thank you for coming together to be the church in the midst of crisis---the church is not the building, it is the members of the congregation who form the body of Christ.
We used both Isaiah 40: 1-11 and Psalm 137 to give our hearts time to cry out in the hurt and confusion of being violated. You are encouraged to reread these verses at home. (The full message from this morning will be put up on our web site by the end of Sunday. You can hear the words again, and you can certainly hear many cars driving by too;)
You should know that this afternoon the Rev. Terri Rae Chattin, who is our District Superintendent came by to look at what had happened. She, along with our conference guide, Rev. William Chaney and our Bishop, Rev. John Schol join together to unite with us in prayer. They are very concerned about our well being and want to offer us encouragement and support.
I ask you to join me in praying for our congregation and what steps God would have us take next. I also ask that you each search deep in your own hearts for where you are: pray for comfort and guidance for each other, and pray for soften hearts so that we can move forward and forgive those who have violated our space. Also, pray for the one (or ones) who are so angry at the world that they need to act out in destruction.
We will keep you updated during the week as to progress that is being made. Tomorrow, we are hoping that the insurance adjusters will come in. We hope to have a day of clean up soon, and we will be asking folks to come help, if they have some free time.
Keep one another lifted up in prayer.
Grace and Peace
Pastor Sarah Dorrance
20080914 Taylorsville United Methodist Church vandalized
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Taylorsville United Methodist Church sermons by Pastor Sarah Dorrance
July 24, 2008
Full link to download sermons: http://www.taylorsvilleumc.org/Sermons/
July 6, 2008: “Divine Appointments” Isaiah 52: 6-9 ; Romans 10: 9-15
2008-07-06 divine appointments.mp3
July 13, 2008: “God of all Comfort” Psalm 40: 1-5; 1-2; 2 Corinthians 1: 3-7
2008-07-13 God of all comfort.mp3
July 20, 2008: “Blessed to be a Blessing” Genesis 12: 1-5; Romans 4: 13-16
2008-07-20 blessed to be a blessing.mp3
July 27, 2008: “Why am I a Methodist?” Matt 22: 34-40; Ephesians 2: 1-8
4356 Ridge Road
Mt Airy, MD 21771
Tel: 410-875-4101
Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 9:00 am—Noon
Other Office Hours by appointment
E-mail:taylorsvilleumc@comcast.net
Schedule of Special Events
August 3rd– 6:00 pm Pizza and movie night for youth with Pastor Sarah. Come talk about next year’s plans.
August 24th Church Picnic—All are invited! Worship will be at 10:30 am at the Lions Club Ball Field. We will have worship outside, pot luck lunch, softball, games and more.
Worship—Every Sunday at 11:00 am
Sunday School at 9:45 am
Related: For other posts and information on Taylorsville United Methodist Church see:
religion taylorsville united or Religion Taylorsville United Methodist Church or Religion Taylorsville United Methodist Church
Taylorsville United Methodist Church videos on Kevin Dayhoff’s YouTube account
20080724 Taylorsville United Methodist Church sermons by Pastor Sarah Dorrance
Thursday, July 03, 2008
20080701 Rev. Sarah Babylon Dorrance begins her first day at Taylorsville United Methodist Church
Rev. Dorrance picks up the keys to the church
Taylorsville United Methodist Church
4356 Ridge Road
Mount Airy, MD 21771-8932
Phone 410-875-4101 Fax 410-875-4101
“Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.” Psalm 90: 1-2 NIV
July 2, 2008
On Monday, June 30, 2008 Pastor Sarah Dorrance picked up the keys to the Taylorsville United Methodist Church.
She began her first day in the office on Tuesday, July 1, 2008.
In her message to the congregation of Taylorsville United Methodist Church on the church’s web site, she noted:
This is a time of change at Taylorsville UMC.
Rev. Stephen White is retiring as of June 30th, and Rev. Sarah B. Dorrance will begin as pastor on July 1st, 2008.
It is the wish and desire of both pastors to make this transition as smooth and seamless as possible.
Take time to celebrate what each person in this church has done. Take time to celebrate the wonderful heritage that both pastors and congregation accomplished at Taylorsville—take time to thank God for all that God has done in the life of this congregation, and all that God will do in the future!
Rev. Dorrance was in international marketing prior to going into the ministry.
She graduated from Wesley Theological Seminary with a M. Div this past May and was be commissioned as a Probationary Elder of the Baltimore-Washington Conference.
Rev. Dorrance has a passion for mission, teaching, preaching and discipleship in the local church.
She has served on the Latino Advisory Board for the Frederick District, has been an intern at Faithpoint UMC, and was instrumental in bringing her home church, Calvary UMC in Mt. Airy, to a new level of serving in the mission field.
She has also directed the youth choir at Calvary UMC for the past 10 years. Rev. Dorrance recently co-authored a book titled “Reclaiming the Wesleyan Tradition: John Wesley’s sermons for Today.”
She is very excited about receiving her first full-time appointment at Taylorsville UMC.
Taylorsville United Methodist Church, in Mt. Airy, has been serving the people of western Carroll County for more than 125 years. The average worship attendance is 79.
The church’s United Methodist Men and Women serve the community and world through outreach programs, work projects, and mission activities. Church activities also include Vacation Bible School, a mother-daughter banquet, Christmas bazaar, Bible study groups, Friday Family Game Nite, and an annual church picnic.
The congregation supports missionaries in Alaska, Turkey, China and India. Taylorsville is continuing to search for ways in which they can reach out to the community to invite people to experience God’s love through the ministry of the church.
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Church web site: http://www.taylorsvilleumc.org/
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
20080310 Sarah Babylon Dorrance appointed to Taylorsville United Methodist Church
Sarah Babylon Dorrance appointed to Taylorsville UMC, Mt. Airy, Md.
March 10, 2008Sarah Babylon Dorrance was in international marketing prior to going into the ministry.
She will graduate from Wesley Theological Seminary with a M. Div this coming May and will be commissioned as a Probationary Elder of the Baltimore-Washington Conference.
Dorrance has a passion for mission, teaching, preaching and discipleship in the local church.
She has served on the Latino Advisory Board for the Frederick District, has been an intern at Faithpoint UMC, and was instrumental in bringing her home church, Calvary UMC in Mt. Airy, to a new level of serving in the mission field.
She has also directed the youth choir at Calvary UMC for the past 10 years. Dorrance recently co-authored a book titled “Reclaiming the Wesleyan Tradition: John Wesley’ s sermons for Today.”
She is very excited about receiving her first full-time appointment at Taylorsville UMC.
Taylorsville United Methodist Church, in Mt. Airy, has been serving the people of western Carroll County for more than 125 years. The average worship attendance is 79 and in 2007 the church paid 100 percent of its apportionments.
The church’s United Methodist Men and Women serve the community and world through outreach programs, work projects, and mission activities. Church activities also include Vacation Bible School, a mother-daughter banquet, Christmas bazaar, Bible study groups, Friday Family Game Nite, and an annual church picnic.
The congregation supports missionaries in Alaska, Turkey, China and India. Taylorsville is continuing to search for ways in which they can reach out to the community to invite people to experience God’s love through the ministry of the church.
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20080310 Sarah Babylon Dorrance appointed to Taylorsville UMC
Sunday, February 25, 2007
20070224 Benjamin’s Krider’s United Church of Christ
Benjamin’s Krider’s United Church of Christ and Cemetery
Krider’s
Established 1761
I looked for a web site for the church and I was not able to find one. I did however find a list of the folks buried in the cemetery as of October 25th, 1889 here: “Krider's Cemetery, Carroll Co., MD List of interments” or http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/carroll/cemeteries/krider.txt
“Krider's (St Benjamin's) Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery is located on
Krider's Church Road near Westminster, Carroll County,
list of interments taken October 25, 1889, was found in The Democratic
Advocate, a local newspaper, and was published the first of February 1890.”
I also found a list of cemeteries in
http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/md.html
CARROLL
Bachman's Cemetery
Harney - Piney
New
Silver Run - St. Mary's Lutheran / Reformed Cemetery
Taneytown -
Tyrone - Baust's Lutheran / Reformed Cemetery
Uniontown -
That’s as far as I took it…
Kevin
Sunday, November 19, 2006
20061118 Repeated violations shake Cedarhurst Universalists
Repeated violations shake Cedarhurst Universalists
BY Diane Reynolds, Times Staff Writer Saturday, November 18, 2006
"The best way to fight this is to have the community condemn it," (Rev. Henry Simoni-Wastila) said.
(Rev. Henry Simoni-Wastila) quoted Booker T. Washington: "I will let no man take me down so low as to let me hate him."
FINKSBURG - The meditation garden, built by the church's youth group, is quiet now, layers of fallen yellow leaves muffling sound.
A brightly painted peace pole in the garden, made by the congregation's children, shines in the morning light.
But the memories of the peace pole's desecration, swastikas scrawled on tables at the sanctuary's entrance and BB gun shots through the church's windows have sent a chill of fear through the congregation.
A spider web pattern of cracks caused by a BB remains in the one window that has not been repaired.
For a period of several weeks from late August into September, the Cedarhurst Unitarian Universalist Association's church in Finksburg was repeatedly vandalized.
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"The best way to fight this is to have the community condemn it," he said.
Simoni-Wastila came to two Westminster Ministerium meetings to gain support, said Tim Thomas, president of the Westminster Ministerium, a consortium of local churches.
"Everyone was of one accord in wanting to condemn any kind of violence and vandalism," Thomas said.
The ministerium also wanted to affirm Simoni-Wastila personally, Thomas said, and give him encouragement.
The Rev. Dan Knight, pastor of First Church of God of Westminster, agreed.
"My heart goes out to Henry as one member of the clergy to another," he said.
[…]
(Rev. Henry Simoni-Wastila) quoted Booker T. Washington: "I will let no man take me down so low as to let me hate him."
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Read the rest of the article here: Repeated violations shake Cedarhurst Universalists
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2006/11/18/features/religion/religionhatehitschuch.txt