The Heart of a Small Church - Part 1 By Sue Zakovec* During the summer months, whether large, small, rural or urban … churches seem to take on a new life, full of enthusiasm and energy. As members throw open their doors with a renewed commitment to community and mission, ice cream socials, carnivals, fairs, Vacation [...]
By Rick Wolcott* For 100 years Ontario UMC (Mid-Ohio District) has been active in school ministry. To celebrate the milestone, church leadership invited all 215 employees of Ontario Local Schools to an in-service day luncheon last August. In meeting with the district superintendent to plan for that lunch, the Rev. Peg Welch inquired how the [...]
By Rick Wolcott* “This is historic,” Tuscarawas District Superintendent the Rev. Benita Rollins said. “In my 36 years in ministry we have not chartered many churches.” On a rainy summer night, parishioners gathered upstairs at the Perry Grange in Massillon – in the worship space that has been home to the New Way faith community [...]
