By Rick Wolcott* A team from the East Ohio Conference is safe following a terrorist attack at the Brussels Airport in Belgium, where they were changing planes on Tuesday, March 22. “Thank you everyone for your prayers,” said Aaron Phillips of The Nehemiah Mission of Cleveland (North Coast District). “I experienced only the confusion of [...]
Category: Missions
Laps for Liberia: A Labor of Love
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 [...]
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 [...]