Sundays at 9:30 AM
An informal service featuring lay leadership, children's sermon, preaching and music by Jubalate that draws from contemporary writers and other cultures.

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Youth Coordinator
position opening
No longer accepting resumes

Administrative Assistant
position opening
No longer accepting resumes

Financial Assistant
position opening
No longer accepting resumes

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Declare your support for
marriage equality in the
United Methodist Church!
Declare For Marriage Equality

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A Statement from the
Baltimore-Washington Conference Regarding General Conference Petitions and A Letter to the Congregation from Dean Snyder

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The Baltimore Washington Annual Conference which met from May 26 through May 28 approved two resolutions that move the United Methodist Church to greater inclusion. One resolution submitted by Foundry and Dumbarton UMC allows a pastoral response to requests for same-gender marriages and civil unions.

Read the resolution and its rationale here.

Another resolution submitted by Baltimore-Washington Area Reconciling United Methodists (BWARM) putting our conference on record as supporting the removal of the "incompatibility clause" from the Book of Discipline passed overwhelmingly.

Read more.

Read a Washington Post article.

Other recent news:

Retired United Methodist Bishops
Urge End to Gay Clergy Ban

Click here to read their
“Statement of Counsel to the Church – 2011”

Click here to read
United Methodist News Service article

Black Methodists for Church Renewal
On February 25, 2011 at its 44th Annual Meeting, Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR) voted to endorse our retired bishops’ statement.

Click here to read their statement and sign their petition.

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Community Service and Social Justice

Get involved

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Haiti

Read about the Foundry VIM team to Haiti on the Foundry missions blog

VIM team co-leader Elise Young’s blog

For information on UMVIM Haiti

Foundry’s Haiti Ministry Team

Haiti earthquake:
Donate through
UMCOR here.

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Campaign Against Wage Theft
by the Union de Trabajadores
Supported by Foundry’s day laborer outreach ministry.
Read the Washington Post article.

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Foundry Directory and EGroups
Click here for the directory website and EGroups.
PLEASE NOTE: To be included in the Foundry online Directory, you must go into WEBVIEW and choose to be included on the Personal Profile tab. On the Guide, this is instruction #7 -
click here for the Guide.

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Archived Articles

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Worship

Upcoming Music Specials
Click here to read about all of the upcoming music specials at Foundry

Flowers for the Altar
To order flowers please consult the Calendar first to see which Sundays are available. Then fill
out this form to place your request.

Questions? contact
Kirsten Pelton at kpelton@foundryumc.org

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Dean Snyder is on Facebook & likes to have friends. However, he does not initiate friendships with church members in case they don't want the pastor as their friend, but it would be awkward to say no.
He welcomes your initiative.

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Foundry's Statement of Call
We at Foundry are called by God to deepen faith through transcendent worship and challenging study, to create engaged community through inclusion and caring, and to transform the world through active service and prophetic leadership.

Sundays at 5:30 PM
An informal service with chairs around cafe tables in Fellowship Hall.  Eclectic music with a hint of jazz, preaching, prayer, silence, and rich opportunity for community. Get a sense at www.foundrypm.org

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Event Registration

Note:
We are using a NEW registration program so you will need to login with your new info or create a new login.

1) If you have already logged into Foundry’s new portal called Access ACS (it has only been open since early December) then you can go ahead and sign in using your email address and the password you have already established.
2) If you have NOT logged into Foundry’s new portal called Access ACS (it has only been open since early December) click on the link
“Need a login? Click here”
Be sure to use your first name, not a nickname. Be sure to use the email address Foundry has on file for youl. Once you have completed the form, you will receive an email with your login and password. Return to the above link and click on “Register Now”.

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Foundry participated in the Sing a New Song conference in Ohio from August 24-28. We convened an affinity group on Marriage Equality during the conference. To view information and get resources from Foundry Church and from its Summer of Great Discernment, click the link below or the logo above.

Foundry Church and Marriage Equality

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Find out more about Foundry's LGBT Advocacy Work

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Giving

Electronic Giving
Donate to Foundry or make a online payment

Submit a correction to your
contribution statement

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Make your pledge
for 2012

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Learning & Fellowship

Are you interested or engaged in
Small Groups at Foundry?
Then take this quick 5 question survey. 

Dean's Bible Studies
Missed last week's bible study class? Listen to what you missed by clicking here.

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LGBT Bible Study
Did you know that Foundry has a LGBT Bible Study that meets every Tuesday evening?
Watch a video about this

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Foundry's 20/30s
Foundry's 20/30s group is an informal fellowship made up of professionals and students, gay and straight, couples and singles, new members, one-time attendees and long time members in their 20s and 30s. The group is a great way to find community and familiar faces at Foundry as well as learn about what else is going on and how to get involved.

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This Coming Sunday
See a preview of worship
and other events for
this coming Sunday

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This Sunday's Scripture
Read this Sunday's Scripture

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Our Key Scripture
One of the religious scholars came up...
he put in his question:
"Which is most important of all the commandments?"

Jesus said, "The first in importance is, 'Listen, Israel: The Lord your God is one; so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.' And here is the second: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.' There is no other commandment that ranks with these."

Mark 12:28-31, from The Message