Storyboard: Faith Witness Transformation is a podcast highlighting ministries across the East Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church that are transforming lives locally, nationally, and globally. Produced twice-a-month by EOC Communications, each podcast episode focuses on one of the core values of the #BeUMC campaign: Disciple Making; Belonging & Inclusion; Influence, Connection & Impact; and Experience of God through The United Methodist Church.

In Episode 71 Rev. James Lance of Apple Creek, Moreland, Smithville and Wooster Church of The Cross UMCs shares that each of our calls is different.

“We use call in a lot of ways. I heard the call to Jesus throughout my life. And whenever I’m preaching on it, I try to break this apart. You have the call to Jesus, you have the call to ministry, and then you have the call to your ministry,” Lance said.

He also speaks to the changing landscape of ministry.“

To me, partially due to COVID, partially due to the technology boom, partially due to the arguments and polarization and a lot of factors, we are in that tectonic shift today. It’s navigating and adapting to realize that ministry is no longer what it was, it’s becoming something new,” Lance shared.

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