By Will Fenton-Jones* It all started with an email: “Dear Betty Kilby Fisher, my name is Phoebe Kilby.” Then a response: “Hello Cousin.” During Perspectives: Black Theologian Day 2022, participants heard the story of Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby, authors of the book, Cousins: Connected through Slavery, A Black Woman and a White Woman [...]
#BeUMC Download the #BeUMC Discussion Guide“Transform lives with us through The United Methodist Church. #BeUMC.” That tag line of our East Ohio Conference-branded #BeUMC campaign builds on the messaging of our denomination-wide #BeUMC campaign. For those who are unfamiliar with it, the tag line provides context to the abbreviation “UMC” and educates about the mission [...]
By Brett Hetherington* This past summer the members of the two churches highlighted in this article stepped outside of their comfort zones and became the hands and feet of Jesus in their communities. The people of Grandview UMC (Canal District) in Cuyahoga Falls reached out to children in their neighborhood who had not had an [...]
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