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 [...]
Category: Missions
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 [...]
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