Mahoning Valley Church Leaders Speak Out Against Racism

The community was invited to Poland UMC on July 26 to hear religious leaders from across the Mahoning Valley share their powerful personal Stories of Racism in the Valley. Following the rally, those present had the opportunity to register to vote and to sign up for classes led by the Greater Youngstown Community Dialogue on [...]

July 27, 2020

Teach • Reach • Bless Campaign UpdateThe East Ohio Conference has set a goal of raising and collecting $1.5 million to build and furnish a residence hall for female students on the campus of Africa University in Zimbabwe. The Teach • Reach • Bless campaign currently has commitments of $1,067,142 toward that $1.5 million goal [...]

Church Service Meets in the Unlikeliest of Places

By Brett Hetherington* In May I had the pleasure of spending time with the Rev. Betsy Schenk as she and volunteers from Amboy United Methodist Church (Western Reserve District) served food to long-haul truck drivers. Schenk is also a licensed chemical dependency counselor and spends much of her time serving the patients of Glenbeigh Recovery [...]