By Rev. Ed Fashbaugh and Rick Wolcott* Two weeks ago today, the eyes of the world focused on East Palestine as flames and smoke filled the sky of the 4,800-person town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border following the derailment of nearly three dozen cars of a Norfolk Southern Railway train. The fire burned for days, and [...]
Appointments Bishop Tracy S. Malone announces the following clergy appointments and/or changes of status which, unless otherwise noted, are effective July 1, 2023. 2023 AppointmentsPastorAppointmentDistrictEffectiveMatt AndersonBucyrus UMC, co-associate pastorMOSteve CostelloMentor UMCWRDavid RittgersWooster UMCCNJames SpatholtOhltown UMCMVSondra SnodeFields UMCNCView the complete list, including retirees and those concluding their ministry. 2023 Appointments and Changes of Status #BeUMC https://player.vimeo.com/video/794924902?h=00dcb5dea7&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 To [...]
By Brett Hetherington* Cory United Methodist Church (North Coast District) in Cleveland is one of three historically Black congregations in Northeast Ohio – and one of 35 churches in total – receiving a grant to help preserve its rightful place in Civil Rights history. The announcement was made on January 16, the day the nation [...]
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