By Rick Wolcott* “In Ohio, all but six counties will have 1,000 Hispanic persons in them within the next five years,” said the Rev. Steve Court, East Ohio Conference director of Connectional Ministries. United Methodist leadership from across the state came together in Mansfield on January 8 for a two-day summit – the next step [...]
By Rick Wolcott* Dozens of clergy and laity came together at Aldersgate United Methodist Church (North Coast District) on May 11 for Black Theologian Day. It was a day for education, for fellowship, and for discerning the movement of God’s Spirit. “Can you imagine a church that is truly representative of all the people who [...]
By Rick Wolcott* An estimated 80,000 people marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 8 in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Last year’s motion picture Selma was based on the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches that led to the creation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In [...]
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