The Rev. Carlton R. “Sam” Young edited The United Methodist Hymnal but also stood out as a composer, arranger, conductor and scholar. He died May 21 at age 97.
Visiting homebound church members may not be a popular pastime for most kids, but 7-year-old Julia Eskridge has been doing it since she was only 2. In the summer, she takes flowers and bags of produce grown in the family’s garden to those she visits.
Members of United Church of Two Harbors, which is associated with both The United Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church, are getting solar light kits to Ukraine, where the war has resulted in many electric grids being destroyed.