Opening Worship Sermon: The Cross and the Flame

“The Commission on a Way Forward was a process of watching and listening. It was not an interruption to the work of God. It was and is the work. It was not an argument that distracted us from the mission. It was and is the mission. Now the work and the mission is in your [...]

Rev. Edward Fashbaugh, II Appointed Three Rivers District Superintendent

Bishop Tracy S. Malone is appointing the Rev. Edward M. Fashbaugh, II to the East Ohio Conference Cabinet.  He will serve as superintendent of the Three Rivers District. "I am humbled and honored to serve the people of the Three Rivers District.  The call to serve on the Cabinet came as a surprise, but God's [...]

Simulation Sensitizes Participants to the Experience of Poverty

By Rick Wolcott* More than 1.5 million Ohioans, 14% of the State’s population, had incomes in 2017 that were below the poverty line of $24,860 for a family of four, according to data from the Center for American Progress. Using a program recently purchased from the Missouri Community Action Network, the East Ohio Conference (EOC) [...]