Prayers for Emanuel AME

Many East Ohio Conference churches have reached out in love and support to our brothers and sisters in Christ in Charleston, SC, following the deadly shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.  Boardman United Methodist Church (Mahoning Valley District) was recently featured in a front page article in The Youngstown Vindicator for the congregation’s ministry [...]

The Church Built a Classroom

By Tammy Kuntz* A United Methodist Volunteer in Mission (UMVIM) team from East Ohio traveled to Manos Juntas in Rio Bravo, Mexico Dec. 28, 2014 – Jan. 3, 2015. Our team expected to help teach Vacation Bible School. After settling in at the mission site, Willie and Julian explained there had been a change of [...]

The Liberia SunPower Project

The Camphor Mission Station in Liberia, West Africa houses a church, a school, a clinic, and an agriculture program. The 3Cs Initiative (Churches, Clinics & Classrooms) of the East Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church and other mission partners from the United States assist administrators of Camphor Mission Station with evangelism, education, healthcare, and [...]