By Brett Hetherington* Project Feed, a meal-packing partnership of East Ohio Conference Young People’s Ministries and Rise Against Hunger, made a triumphant return after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sunday afternoon event gathered teens and their adult leaders from across the East Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church to pack [...]
Category: Community Service
East Ohio Churches and Agencies Helping Ukrainian Refugees Begin New Lives in America
By Rick Wolcott* Twenty minutes. That’s all the time Olga Loiko had. One bag. That’s all she could take. In what seemed like both an eternity – and a blink of an eye – a widowed mother of two young boys had to make impossible decisions. When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Loiko and [...]
UMC Berea Partners with Help Build Hope and Habitat for Humanity to Provide a Home for a Family of Five
By Rick Wolcott* https://player.vimeo.com/video/731574838?h=51e5948d87&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 To download the above video: 1) click the share button in the upper right corner of the video window, 2) click the Vimeo link, and 3) click the download button on the Vimeo page. Volunteers with hearts for helping others needed less than 10 hours over two days to turn piles [...]