Movie: Boyhood – a beautiful meditation on growing up, simple and haunting

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 (KJV) "The Bible assumes that the family will be the place where values and faith will be passed on from generation to generation.  This is a noble goal and, in many [...]

Camp Read-A-Lot Exceeds Expectations

By Rick Wolcott* United Methodist congregations across the East Ohio Conference are doing their part to fight illiteracy. A driving force behind the development of such ministry is the reality that if people struggle to read, how will they ever read and understand God’s word? Welcome to Camp Read-A-Lot, now in its second year at [...]

Coming Together in Community

By Janice Kiaski* More than 500 area residents turned out for the Richmond United Methodist Church’s eighth-annual all-free community party, an outreach event that extends hospitality; gives participants an opportunity to have food, fun and fellowship; and promotes the church’s mission statement of “reaching, teaching and serving in Christ’s name.” Among the attractions were pony [...]