By Rick Wolcott* Flat Rock Homes has a 150-year legacy of caring for others. What began as an orphanage founded by the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Tiffin in 1866 has developed into a multi-program health and welfare agency of The United Methodist Church that transforms the lives of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, [...]
The World Methodist Conference, a once-every-five-year global gathering of the Methodist-Wesleyan family, met Aug. 31-Sept. 3 in Houston. The theme, One, was organized around four sub themes – One God, One Faith, One People, One Mission. Several clergy members from the East Ohio Conference were among the nearly 2,000 people who attended the 21st World [...]
By Rick Wolcott* Two East Ohio Conference educators are looking forward to teaching online courses this fall through BeADisciple.com. The site, part of the United Methodist-affiliated Institute for Discipleship at Southwestern College, has more than 2,000 students participating in approximately 150 Christian education courses each year. Two of the new courses will be taught by [...]
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