Churches Close, Ministries Live On

By Rick Wolcott* “This church has meant a lot to me,” Ida Campbell reflected. Standing in Beallsville United Methodist Church (Southern Hills District), she looked around and said, “I have been blessed by coming here.” Campbell and 50 other people ignored the single-digit January temperatures and made their way, one last time, to the church [...]

Candidates for Ministry Explore God’s Call on their Lives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tslLMj6joY Fourteen people from the East Ohio Conference explored their call to ministry during the East Ohio-West Ohio Candidacy Summit held January 6-7 at Methodist Theological School in Ohio. The summit, a collaborative ministry of the East Ohio and West Ohio Conferences, is the first step for candidates who are discerning their call to ministry.  [...]

JANUARY 9, 2017

January 9,  2017 Human Relations Day , January 15, is one of six Special Sundays in The United Methodist Church.  On the Sunday before the national observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, our denomination recognizes the right of all God’s children in realizing their potential as human beings in relationship with one another. Treasurer's [...]