By Rick Wolcott* Dozens of East Ohio Conference clergy came to celebrate the life of the Rev. Orlando Chaffee, 60, who passed away on December 18. His colleagues, dressed in black robes with white stoles, processed into the sanctuary at the beginning of the funeral service. “Rev. Chaffee gave 32 years of his life to [...]
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Working Together as the Body of Christ at Flat Rock
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, [...]
We are One at World Methodist Conference
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 [...]
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