By Rick Wolcott* Students helping students. That was the idea behind Laps for Liberia. The swim team at Bay High School, in Bay Village, held a swim-a-thon to raise money to repair the roof at the J.F. Yancy School. The school, part of the East Ohio Conference-supported Camphor Mission Station in Liberia, has more than [...]
Category: Missions
Missionaries Begin a New Life in a New Place
By Rick Wolcott During Annual Conference 2015 Mary and Aaron Vandersommers, via video, explained that God was calling them to be missionaries with Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church. Unsure at that time where they would serve, the couple now has a new home – the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “Aaron and I [...]
Greetings and Gratitude from Liberia
By Rick Wolcott* Rev. Roosevelt Goah brought greetings and gratitude from Liberia during a visit with Bishop John Hopkins and members of the East Ohio executive staff at the conference Area Center on October 28. The superintendent of the St. John River District in Liberia told the bishop, “Our districts received rice from your conference [...]
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