Mr. David Babylon making egg nog during the Christmas holidays Dec. 24, 1994.

Mr. David Babylon gives Melissa and Jamie a lesson in making egg nog during the Christmas holidays Dec. 24, 1994.

A spring frog checks out the warm weather

Final Frederick County comprehensive plan hearing draws large crowd – Frederick News-Post

Final county land-use public hearing before commissioners debate draws largest turnout February 01, 2012 By Pete McCarthy News-Post Staff

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display_comments.htm?StoryID=131242#postComments

Frederick County saved the biggest group for last Tuesday night, with more than 40 lawyers and residents speaking at a public hearing about the county's proposed comprehensive plan and zoning review.

The public hearing regarding the New Market region was the last scheduled meeting before the Board of County Commissioners begins its review of individual requests for planning and zoning changes. Written comments will continue to be accepted throughout the process.

There are 42 applications up for consideration in the region that includes Mount Airy, New Market and Lake Linganore. If approved, it could lead to the construction of hundreds of homes on 3,600 acres.

"We are concerned with any properties within a mile of our borders," Mount Airy Mayor Patrick Rockinberg said. "Rezoning these properties would be inconsistent with the will of the people."

Building on properties near the town would lead to housing growth that negatively affects roads, schools and the general standard of living, he said.

"(Our residents) came to escape growth," Rockinberg said. "The citizens did not move to Mount Airy for more growth, they moved away from it."

More than a dozen residents stood when resident Sarah Dorrance spoke against the Wimmer property -- an 86-acre property along Sidney Road.

She questioned the motive of the commissioners to revisit the last comprehensive plan a year after it was approved. The plan adopted in 2010 was designed to set planning and zoning guidelines for the county. In most cases, properties went from being zoned for residential or commercial growth to agricultural.

"I'm not happy with the procedure," Dorrance said. "I think it's a waste of taxpayers' money." … http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display_comments.htm?StoryID=131242#postComments

20120201 FNP Final co land use hearing draws large turnout

*****

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net Explore Carroll: www.explorecarroll.com The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com

Masterworks Chorale collaborates with the Columbia Orchestra

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/contributed/news/masterworks-chorale-collaborates-with-the-columbia-orchestra/article_a56dd1d0-7994-11e0-965a-0017a4aa4fba.html


Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County, an 80-member, all-volunteer choir is busily preparing the finishing touches on a very special Spring Concert.  For the first time since 2008 when Ode to Joy, the choral finale to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed, Masterworks is again collaborating with the Columbia Orchestra in presenting Franz Josef Haydn's oratorio, The Creation.

Under the baton of Masterworks Chorale's Artistic Director, Dr. Margaret Boudreaux and accompanied by organist,Ted Dix, Masterworks will also perform Dr. Boudreaux's own composition, Consolation, along with American composer, Frank Ticheli's Earth Song, two selections from Handel's Messiah, plus Thanks be to God from Mendelssohn's Elijah.

Isaac Watt's paraphrase of Psalm 19:2 provides the text for Consolation, and espresses awe and gratitude for each new day.  In Earth Song, Ticheli beautifully expresses our desire to experience the creation as we meet each day anew, in ways that honor the light of peace instead of the darkness of war.  The two excerpts from Messiah (the first and final choruses from Part I of that work) and the final chorus from Part I of Elijah set the stage for the featured work, The Creation...  http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/contributed/news/masterworks-chorale-collaborates-with-the-columbia-orchestra/article_a56dd1d0-7994-11e0-965a-0017a4aa4fba.html ...

The performance will be on Sunday, May 15, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. in Baker Memorial Chapel ("Big" Baker), McDaniel College, Westminster.  A reception will immediately follow the concert.


Tickets are $12 at the door; $10 in advance and are available at the Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main Street, Westminster; from any Chorale member; or online at www.masterworksofcc.org.  As always, children and all students w/ID are admitted FREE.

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/contributed/news/masterworks-chorale-collaborates-with-the-columbia-orchestra/article_a56dd1d0-7994-11e0-965a-0017a4aa4fba.html

Masterworks Chorale collaborates with the Columbia Orchestra

LABELS: ART ARTISTS, ART ARTISTS BOUDREAUX MARGARET, BABYLON FAMILY JAMS, COLUMBIA MD ORCHESTRA, MASTERWORKS CHORALE OF CARROLL CO, MUSIC HAYDN, PEOPLE DIX TED, RELIGION BIBLE, RELIGION BIBLE PSALM 19:2

Art Artists, Art Artists Boudreaux Margaret, Religion Bible, Religion Bible Psalm 19:2, Columbia MD Orchestra, Masterworks Chorale of Carroll Co, Babylon Family, Babylon Family JAMS, People Dix Ted, Music Haydn,


 Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/) http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/ New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff

Scribd Kevin Dayhoff: http://www.scribd.com/kdayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/kevindayhoff Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems: http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/ Gizmo's: http://www.gizmosart.com/dayhoff.html

Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

*****

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net Explore Carroll: www.explorecarroll.com The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com

May 24, 1960 Certificate of Appreciation to Pastor William A. Fluck, D.D.

Certificate of Appreciation upon the retirement from active service in the ministry of the gospel in the evangelical Lutheran Church.

To all who shall see these presents, Christian greeting

This is to certify that

The Reverend

William A. Fluck, D.D.

Having retired from active service in the gospel ministry after 46 years of faithful service therein is awarded this testimonial as an acknowledgement of Christian duty faithfully performed and as a witness to the esteem and affection in which he is held by a grateful church.

Given this twenty-fourth day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty.

{The granddaughter of Pastor Fluck, Sarah Babylon Dorrance, is the pastor of Taylorsville United Methodist, in Carroll County Maryland, (http://www.taylorsvilleumc.org/)}

May 24, 1960 Certificate of Appreciation to Pastor William A. Fluck, D.D. http://tinyurl.com/4dznmxg http://twitpic.com/3qyhuc

Pastor William A. Fluck, D.D. was awarded Certificate of Appreciation May 24, 1960 http://tinyurl.com/4dznmxg http://twitpic.com/3qyia8

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2011/01/may-24-1960-certificate-of-appreciation.html

LABELS: BABYLON FAMILY, BABYLON FAMILY JAMS, HISTORY,HISTORY RELIGION, RELIGION, RELIGION TAYLORSVILLE UNITED METHODIST

[19600524 Wm A Fluck 46 yrs of service]

*****

Westminster Maryland Online http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/ http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/

*****

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net Explore Carroll: www.explorecarroll.com The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com

Gettysburg College Band plans centennial celebration

Gettysburg College Band plans centennial celebration

Picture of an old mellophone player… (For a larger image go here:) http://twitpic.com/cpuxw

This page was called to my attention in an e-mail by a family member because the person on the left is the pastor at Taylorsville United Methodist Church, my sister-in-law, Rev. Sarah Babylon Dorrance.

The photograph is from the 1970s, when she attended Gettysburg College…

Centennial Celebration Home Sunderman Conservatory bands

http://www.gettysburg.edu/sunderman_conservatory/bands/centennial-celebration/

In 2009 - 2010, bands at Gettysburg College will celebrate their Centennial Anniversary - 100 years of musical excellence!

One critical part of our celebration is the fund drive for new uniforms. To learn more about this important part of our centennial plans and to contribute, click … here: http://www.gettysburg.edu/sunderman_conservatory/bands/centennial-celebration/uniform-drive/

100 for 100

Plans are underway for a spectacular celebration weekend during Homecoming 2009. We hope to have 100 alumni and friends of Gettysburg bands on the field for the event. Make your plans now to attend this coming October 16 - 17, 2009.

A committee of alumni, students and faculty are hard at work planning the events of the weekend - click the links to the left for more information!

Click here to download the Save the Date postcard as a .pdf file.

20090803 sdosm Gettysburg College Band plans centennial celebration

http://twitpic.com/cpuxw Pic of an old Gettysburg College mellophone player http://tinyurl.com/l6e3v2 Full http://tinyurl.com/l5mggt

For the rest of the story go here: http://www.gettysburg.edu/sunderman_conservatory/bands/centennial-celebration/

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/08/gettysburg-college-band-plans.html

*****

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/kevindayhoff Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1040426835 Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems: http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/ Blip.fm: http://blip.fm/kevindayhoff_soundtrack

Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/) http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/ New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/

Frederick County Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band in New York City

Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band in New York City

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV-m2_0-0Pw



The Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band
Spring trip: New York City,
St. Patrick's Day Parade
March 17th, 2009

Director Kevin Lloyd
Associate Director Damon Dye
Assistant Directors Jeremy Brown and Kara BoehneColorguard Instructors Kristen Bohner and Jordon Beck
Band Booster President Keith Prather

The Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band
http://www.linganoreband.org/
Linganore High School
5850 Eaglehead DriveIjamsville, MD 21754

Video by Kevin Dayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.
www.kevindayhoff.net
www.youtube.com/kevindayhoff
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff
E-mail him at: kevindayhoff AT gmail.com

20090317 Linganore "Lancer" Marching Band in New York City

Kevin Dayhoff www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/

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.
###
CONTACT: Greg Shipley
Office of Media Communications
410-653-4236 or through HQ duty officer at 410-653-4200

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 Update on Taylorsville United Methodist Church from Pastor Sarah Dorrance

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

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

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

20061118 Repeated violations shake Cedarhurst Universalists
Religion Carroll County Churches
Religion Crimes against CC churches

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

Taylorsville United Methodist Church sermons by Pastor Sarah Dorrance

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

20080701 Rev. Sarah Babylon Dorrance begins her first day at Taylorsville United Methodist Church

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.

####

Church web site: http://www.taylorsvilleumc.org/

Labels: babylon family, babylon family jams, dayhoff personal, religion taylorsville united methodist, religion united methodist church

20080328 Linganore High School Band in Disney

Linganore High School Band in Disney

March 28, 2008

The Linganore High School Band from Linganore High School in Frederick County Maryland recently “perform(ed) in the Main Street Parade in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on Wednesday, March 19, 2008” in Orlando Florida. ladorrance has a video up on You Tube:

Linganore High School Band in Disney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xonFPCvflQ

####

20080310 Sarah Babylon Dorrance appointed to Taylorsville United Methodist Church

Sarah Babylon Dorrance appointed to Taylorsville UMC, Mt. Airy, Md.

March 10, 2008

Sarah 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.

http://bwcumc.org/content/2008-appointments

Babylon Family, Babylon Family JAMS, Dayhoff personal, Religion Taylorsville United Methodist Church, Religion United Methodist Church

20080310 Sarah Babylon Dorrance appointed to Taylorsville UMC

20071129 President Bush to visit Mt. Airy by Gazette Staff Writer Mankaa Ngwa-Suh

President Bush to visit Mt. Airy by Gazette Staff Writer Mankaa Ngwa-Suh

Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007

President Bush to visit Mt. Airy

President Bush is scheduled to come to Mount Airy Friday morning to visit Calvary United Methodist Church, the White House said Wednesday.

The Associated Press reported that he would participate in a meeting and make a statement to coincide with World AIDS Day.

One of Calvary’s missions is to support an orphanage in Namibia, in Africa, for children who have lost their parents to AIDS.

[…]

‘‘We’re going to be working on some construction projects,” Sarah Dorrance, a mission team member for the church, said in May.

Read the rest here: President Bush to visit Mt. Airy

####

20070319 African orphans make special visit

African orphans make special visit

Mar 19, 2007 3:00 AM
by Kelsey Volkmann , The Examiner

Bel Air, Md. - They watched Disney on Ice, shopped at a mall and rode escalators for the first time.

Maryland, after all, is far away from the girls’ home in Namibia, Africa the Children of Mount Zion Village, an orphanage established by Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Bel Air and still operating thanks to donations and volunteers from churches throughout the state.

“It’s a lot for them to take in,” said Sarah Dorrance, a seminary student and missionary advocate at Calvary United Methodist Church in Mount Airy, one of the orphanage’s sponsors.

Read the rest of the article here.

Disclosure: I volunteer with the 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County and I kinda know the volunteer whose image appears in the photograph…

####

20060823 David S Babylon Obit

David S. Babylon, Jr.

September 4, 1923 – August 22, 2006

Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home

91 Willis Street, Westminster, Maryland 21157

410-848-3933 Fax 410-876-3284

David Snider Babylon, Jr., 82, died at his home on Tuesday, August 22, 2006, after an extended illness.

Born on September 4, 1923 in Westminster, MD, he was the son of the late D. Snider Babylon and Marion Cover Babylon. He and G. Evelyn Fluck Babylon were married October 16, 1948 by her father, the Reverend Dr. William A. Fluck, in Hatfield, PA.

Mr. Babylon was a 1941 graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy. He was one of the youngest Captains commissioned in the U. S. Army during World War II. He graduated from Gettysburg College in January 1948 with a BA degree in Economics.

After graduation, he continued in a business, Cunocar Bookkeeping Service, begun in his college years. Many in Westminster have fond memories of Mr. Babylon’s green “office-on-wheels,” in which he would travel from business to business. He sold his business in 1986, to retire, travel, and enjoy his family and friends. He enjoyed entertaining family and friends at his home on Willis Street.

Much of life was dedicated to public service. He joined the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Company #1 on June 1^st, 1949. Serving in the fire department was one of the passions in his life. He served for many years as secretary/treasurer. Some members still recall how he stopped by the station every morning to “match for coffee” – flipping a 1923 silver dollar.

Mr. Babylon served as a Westminster Common Councilman for 25 years, from 1964 to 1989; at which time, he retired. For 16 of those years, he served as the Common Council President as did his grandfather, F. Thomas Babylon, in 1898 and 1899.

Mr. Babylon was a member of Carroll Post 31 American Legion for over 60 years, as well as a member of the Westminster Elks Lodge 2277, and a member and past president of the Westminster Lions Club for over 50 years, for which he was named a Melvin Jones Fellow in 1994. He was a member and past president of the Westminster Riding Club; of which his sister, Eleanor Cover Babylon was a founding member.

He was also an active member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church on Carroll Street in Westminster as was his family for two previous generations.

As a business professional, Mr. Babylon served as President and board member of the Westminster Hardware Company for many years. He served as a Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Carroll County Bank and Trust Company from 1961 until 1999 as well as Mason-Dixon Bancshares from 1991 to 1999. His grandfather, F. Thomas Babylon and father, D. Snider Babylon, also served as President of the Westminster Hardware Company and as a Director and President of the Westminster Savings Bank, the predecessor of Carroll County Bank & Trust.

He was on the Board of Directors of Piney Branch Golf & Country Club, the Raymond I. Richardson Foundation for Bowling Brook School and the Albaugh and Babylon Grocery Co.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by four children, their spouses and six grandchildren. Marian Babylon Rognlien and her husband, Ronald L. Rognlien and daughter, Marnie, of Nokesville, VA. Col. William T. Babylon, US Army (Ret.) and his wife, Lt. Col. Patricia Jean Cronen Babylon, US Army (Ret.) and their children, Franklin Thomas and his fiancé, Rosalena Magroski; Elizabeth Anne; and David Snider Babylon III, of Anchorage, AK. Caroline Babylon and her husband, Kevin Dayhoff, of Westminster, MD. Sarah Babylon Dorrance and children Jamie and Melissa, of Mount Airy, MD.

He was predeceased by his stepmother, Caroline Billingslea Babylon, sister, Eleanor Cover Babylon, brother Thomas Cover Babylon, and son-in-law James Dorrance.

The family will receive friends at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home at 91 Willis Street, Westminster, MD from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8, Friday, August 25. The Westminster Fire Department will hold a memorial service at 8:15 p.m. Friday evening, August 25.

A memorial service will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street in Westminster at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 26 with the Reverend David B. Helfrich officiating. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. before the service at Grace Lutheran Church. Entombment will be private at the family mausoleum at Krider’s Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Evelyn and David S. Babylon Community Fund, c/o The Carroll Community Foundation, 255 Clifton Blvd., Westminster, MD 21157.

####

20040304 Linganore teens take a stand against further development by Brad Pierce, Gazette Staff Writer

Linganore teens take a stand against further development

by Brad Pierce, Staff Writer, Mar. 4, 2004

Public hearings for region plan updates tend to be long, boring affairs chock-full of talkative attorneys and property owners discontent with the invasion of bulldozers in Frederick County.

So it's unusual to see teenage girls hanging out at them.

And it is even more unusual to hear teenage girls speak about the planning process in such an earnest way that demands attention from everyone in the room. But at a New Market Region Plan public hearing held before the Frederick County Planning Commission last week, that's exactly what happened.

Several Linganore High students took the stand to speak about residential development in the area.

Jamie Dorrance, a 14-year-old freshman, talked about protecting the woodlands behind her house.

Sarah Lilly, a 15-year-old sophomore, spoke about the need for better schools.

And Amy Grimes, a 16-year-old junior who could not attend the public hearing, asked her mother to read into the record a letter Amy wrote about how important it is to improve roads.

"I was very impressed with their testimony," said Frederick County Commissioner Michael L. Cady, who attended the public hearing.

Although a teen lobbying for increased school funding at budget meetings is fairly common in Frederick County, Cady said seeing youths show up at a planning hearing is rare.

"I hope we'll see a great deal more of this," he said, adding that the girls set a good example taking an active role in community issues.

Frederick County Commissioner Jan H. Gardner, who also attended the hearing, said she thought it was wonderful to see teenagers get involved in planning issues.

The girls "demonstrated good citizenship," she said.

" ... It's important to engage our young people in the public process," she added.

The girls maintain their parents did not push them to the podium. And all three have stressed that they chose on their own accord to become involved because the county has neglected far too many problems for far too long.

"I just really think that it's a big issue," Lilly said, explaining that even as a teenager, she has a responsibility to take care of her community.

Farms are shrinking, forests are disappearing, and the county's wildlife is running out of room to live, Dorrance said, and it's all happening because development is moving too fast to consider the consequences.

Dorrance spoke out to protect 86 acres of woods behind her house from development, which she says would wreck her rural neighborhood.

"In 20 years, there's probably not going to be any woods left around here," she said.

The woods, like much of the land surrounding the girls' neighborhoods, is up for consideration to be re-zoned from agriculture to residential, which is why the girls sprang into action.

Last week's public hearing was, after all, held Feb. 25, a school night. There's homework to do, friends to talk to, and reality shows on television to watch. But instead of settling for the usual teens' Wednesday night, Dorrance and Lilly headed to Winchester Hall clutching speeches.

"I can't think of a better way to spend a Wednesday night," Dorrance said. "If I don't say anything, who's going to do it?"

Dorrance teamed up with Lilly and Grimes and got down to business. They did their research online, knocked on doors in the area, and circulated a petition to slow down development.

Even Dorrance's 13-year-old sister, Melissa, has gotten into the action by spreading the word at New Market Middle School. And after surveying residents, Dorrance said the trio couldn't find anyone who supported development of the woodlands.

"I haven't met one person who actually lives here who want it to be developed," Dorrance said. "Most people were violently against it."

And besides depleting the area's woodlands, further development in the area would cause an already damaged well system in the area to be stressed beyond the capabilities of underground water sources, Dorrance said.

Lilly also made a passionate plea last week for the county to take care of what it already has and accommodate its current residents before building more homes and worrying about new residents that development will bring.

"It's a really important issue," Lilly said. "If people don't speak out on this they'll just keep building more homes."

Linganore High is already at 120 percent capacity with 12 portables used as classrooms this year, she explained. Next year, five more portables will be added the school's collection of inadequate facilities, she said. Portables are not intended for long-term use, but at Linganore, that's exactly what they're set up for, she said.

"I've never gone to a school that doesn't have portables," Dorrance said.

Grimes could not attend last week's hearing because she was already committed to sing at a church, but her belief in speaking out on the poor conditions of roads in the area is just as deep as Dorrance's love for trees.

The two issues are connected, because, according to Grimes, development of the woods would further strain already busy and poorly maintained roads, mainly Sidney Road and Md. Route 144.

"Where the two roads intersect is a very dangerous place, as a new driver myself I can testify to having difficulty safely pulling out on one road to the other," Grimes said.

She explained that accidents are common; one neighbor recently fell due to the poor condition of the road and broke her leg.

"Doing anything that would increase traffic on these two busy roads wouldn't be good for anyone currently living in the area, as it is, these roads aren't safe for drivers or pedestrians," Grimes added.

A continuation of region plan public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the first floor meeting room at Winchester Hall.