By Brett Hetherington* Election day in Peninsula is a special day, and not just because citizens are given the opportunity to cast their votes for civil servants both local and national. For more than a century the people of Peninsula United Methodist Church (Northern Waters District) have made and served meals to the community on [...]
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East Ohio Pastors Reach Out to the Gaming Community Through a New Ministry Initiative
By Brett Hetherington* When Will Fenton-Jones, director of Multicultural Ministries, set out to create a space for clergy and laity in the East Ohio Conference to share a role-playing game experience no one in the group could have imagined that it would have led to ministering to people at one of the most family-friendly and [...]
Listening Church Workshop Encourages Churches to Listen to God, Their Congregation, and Their Neighbors
By Rick Wolcott* Love requires listening and listening requires love. Sound simple? Yes. Easy to put into practice? Not always. In resourcing pastors, congregations, and faith communities to live into our shared East Ohio Conference vision, the Connectional Ministries team brought in Rev. Luke Edwards to lead a workshop teaching the principles of his Listening [...]