Talitha Koum! These Aramaic words which translate to “little girl, get up” or “child arise” were spoken by Jesus to the daughter of Jairus in Mark 5:35-43. The phrase was at the core of Bishop Hee-Soo Jung’s message to the East Ohio Conference during the Service of Installation held on Saturday October 19 at Wooster [...]
By Brett Hetherington* The targeted firebombing, looting and vandalism of the Hough Uprising that rocked the Cleveland neighborhood July 18-24, 1966, began after the white owners of the Seventy-Niners Café refused to serve a glass of water to a Black customer. Nearly six decades later the East Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church played [...]
By Rick Wolcott* Annual Conference 2025 will meet on the campus of the College of Wooster. The decision was made by the Cabinet following a recommendation from Bishop Tracy S. Malone, who in March formed the Annual Conference Venue task group to explore alternate sites that could host the annual meeting of laity and clergy [...]
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