By Rick Wolcott* “We cannot be as effective and as fruitful in our well doing in ministry, if we are not intentional in caring for our personal well-being. We’re talking about emotional, we’re talking about physical, and we’re talking about spiritual,” said Bishop Tracy S. Malone in her sermon during the opening worship service of [...]
October 1-7 is Nonviolence Week in Ohio “Take a moment and think about what does it mean to be nonviolent, and are you living your life that way?” Savannah Sockwell asked the hundreds gathered in Youngstown on Oct. 1 for the 7th Annual Nonviolence Parade and Rally. Sockwell is a participant in the Sojourn to [...]
By Rick Wolcott* “A key foundational strategy for discipleship is congregational health. Healthy churches make healthy disciples. Healthy disciples make healthy disciples. Healthy disciples transform the world.” These recent words spoken by Bishop Tracy S. Malone echo her Annual Conference Episcopal Address message that congregational health is a priority of the East Ohio Conference this [...]
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