The Heart of a Small Church: Part 3 The Three Point Team vision stemmed from Judy Claycomb, former Firelands District Superintendent, during her last full year on the district. Claycomb had noted the need to provide gifted pastoral leadership for several of her smaller congregations throughout her district. She envisioned a partnership of churches (in this [...]
Special Session of the General Conference The East Ohio Conference Delegation Offers Listening Posts The 2019 Special Session of the General Conference has been called to address a way forward for The United Methodist Church on the matter of human sexuality. As East Ohio delegates to this Special Session, we recognize the importance of the [...]
The Heart of a Small Church - Part 2 By Rev. Timothy McCollum Fitchville UMC (Firelands District) is a small church on Rt. 250 about halfway between Ashland and Norwalk. Many folks have driven by it, few have stopped. This is farm county, so it can feel spread out and sparse, besides one other church [...]
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