Service of Commemoration and Holy Communion

By Rev. Bruce Batchelor-Glader* June 10, 2019 | 10:30 a.m. Love was the theme for the opening worship service for the 50th meeting of the East Ohio Annual Conference, with scriptures read and proclaimed that encouraged us to hold on to the great love and example of the saints that has been revealed to us [...]

Schnegg Named Epworth Center Interim Director

Monday, May 13, 2019 Bishop Tracy S. Malone will appoint Pastor Darla Schnegg as interim director of the Epworth Center (Southern Hills District), effective July 1. While guiding the ministries of the Epworth Center, located in Bethesda, she will also serve as part-time pastor of Jerusalem UMC. Schnegg will succeed Deaconess Sherri Buehl, who is [...]

EOC Clergy and Laity Support Delegates and the Church at General Conference

By Rick Wolcott* Many clergy and laity from the East Ohio Conference are among the 3,000 registered observers sitting in the bowl of The Dome of the America’s in St. Louis, Missouri taking in the worship services and legislative action of the Special Session of General Conference. The session was called to receive and act [...]