When Pastor Rodney Hudson was appointed in 2008 as the new Senior Pastor at Ames Memorial United Methodist Church (Ames) he met with Bill Adams, a retired Baltimore City employee and member of the Ames congregation, who shared decades’ worth of ideas and research with Pastor Rod, thus planting the seeds of what would ultimately become the Resurrection Sandtown project.
With determination and care, steady progress has been made — the purchase of adjacent lots, the gifting of two warehouse properties, the cleanup and maintenance of the project’s properties, additional fundraising, and the development of partnerships with other community and nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, businesses, faith communities, and government agencies. So much good has happened along the way, and there’s so much more to come.
TIMELINE
2025
2025
Release of structural analysis for the Ames Church structure after January 2024 wall collapse.
2024
2023
2022
2022
Ames Shalom hosts a Transfer-of-Property ceremony to acknowledge the incredible generosity of the Cook Family of Northeastern Supply for donating their two Sandtown warehouses to the Resurrection Sandtown project. Pictured (L-R) Drew Cook, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, Steve Cook, Stephanie Cook, Pastor Rodney Hudson.
2021
2021
Ames Shalom is contacted by the owners of Northeastern Supply concerning their Sandtown properties on Pennsylvania Avenue and North Carey Street. Northeastern Supply offers to donate these properties to Resurrection Sandtown, a donation of over 36,000 sq ft, more than doubling Resurrection Sandtown’s footprint.
2020
2018
2018
The Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church approves funding to acquire property from private owners and Baltimore City to expand the project’s property asset footprint.
2017
2016
2008
1903
1903
Ames Memorial United Methodist Church (Ames), a congregation with a 170-year history in Baltimore, began as Western Chapel and was renamed Ames Chapel in 1887. Ames relocated to its current sanctuary at the corner of Baker Street and N. Carey Street in 1903.