By Brett Hetherington* Connecting with one another amidst the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for all of us the past nine months. Virtual vacation bible school, Facebook live family dinners, and neighborhood caravans are a few of the many ways that East Ohio Conference congregations and faith communities are creatively reaching [...]
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We are the East Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church.
October 5, 2020
Annual Conference Bishop Tracy S. Malone presided over the 51st session of Annual Conference, the first-ever virtual session in the East Ohio Conference. Continuing the quadrennial theme Bearing Fruit that Lasts: Called, Committed, Connected, AC 2020 underscored the importance of being connected to God and to our neighbors so that clergy and laity can bear [...]
East Ohio 2020 Annual Conference Report
By Rick Wolcott* Bishop Tracy S. Malone presided over the 51st session of Annual Conference, the first-ever virtual session in the East Ohio Conference. The worship services and business session presentations of the Sept. 26-27 session were live from the Great Hall at Church of the Saviour UMC, in Cleveland Heights. There, members of the [...]