There will be a United Methodist presence at the following Pride events. Know of another Pride event where UMs will be representing? Let us know!

Rockville Pride on June 7 from 2-5pm at Rockville Town Center Park at the Square.

Charles County 4th annual Pride festival will be held at the Charles County Department of Health, located at 4545 Crain Hwy, White Plains, MD 20695 on Saturday, May 30 from 12:00pm - 5:00pm.

Baltimore Pride Parade is Saturday, June 13 from 12 noon to 3pm. Reconciling Congregations will be walking with the Faith Communities of Baltimore. Parade starts around North Avenue and 21st street and we will walk North on
Charles street to 29 street.  Contact George Kahl for more information.

Capital Pride Parade in Washington, DC is on June 20 in the afternoon in the greater Dupont Circle area. The exact time and location for meeting the UM contingent will be announced closer to the date. Registration is now open for United Methodist congregations or campus ministries to join. **NEW** Currently opening up registration for individuals to march or ride in the parade for $20 per person (includes the t-shirt). 

Frederick Pride will include their 2nd annual Pride Parade on Friday, June 26th at 7pm and Pride Festival on Saturday, June 27th from 11am-6pm at Carroll Creek.

The annual Montgomery County Pride in the Plaza will take place on Sunday, June 28th from 12 - 8 PM at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring, MD. You can visit SSUMC and other tables from 12 - 5 PM, followed by a Mini Ball Drag Duels competition.

If you would like to contribute a gift to RMN in honor of their retiring Executive Director, Jan Lawrence, you can do so here.

And we are excited to welcome Rev. Andi Woodworth as the incoming Executive Director of Reconciling Ministries Network to begin on June 1st. See below for upcoming event with Andi and register here.

BWARM’s Mission

Everyone is a child of God! The Baltimore-Washington Area Reconciling United Methodists empowers people within the BWC to include, affirm and celebrate God’s children of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life, ministry and leadership structures of the Church and beyond.

Read about the meeting here through the BWC Connection.

BWARM invites you to order one of our newly designed t-shirts featuring our new mission statement!

We are using the print-on-demand company Bonfire, which allows us to offer several colors in t-shirts and sweatshirts. Check out the options here.

When you go to the Bonfire website, click through to view various shirt options, colors and sizes. Youth sizes and slim fit are available as well - scroll across and click the arrow to see all the options.

BWARM’s new mission statement:

Everyone is a child of God! The Baltimore-Washington Area Reconciling United Methodists empowers people within the BWC to include, affirm and celebrate God’s children of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life, ministry and leadership structures of the Church and beyond.