By Will Jones* Awaken. Confront. Transform. These words suggest how we, as United Methodists, must respond to racism in our midst. April 4, 2018, was the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In remembrance of that tragic day, civic leaders, and clergy and laity from countless faith communities [...]
Movie Review by Rev. Bruce Batchlor-Glader Picture, if you will, a lonely guy in his parents’ basement, spending hours immersed in a role-playing video game in which his closest friends are people he knows only through their avatars; he can’t even trust that their gender identity matches that of their online character. Now imagine a [...]
Appointments and Changes of Status Appointments Bishop Tracy S. Malone, in the past two weeks, has announced the following East Ohio Conference clergy appointments: Don Ackerman | Canal Fulton & Church of the Lakes UMCs, TW Lawrence Carnes | Union Hill UMC, TW Bill Johnson | Baltic & Sugarcreek UMCs, TR/TW Rebecca Weamer | Mansfield First UMC , MO Districts Key: (CN) Canal, [...]
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