Fire Destroys a Church’s 142-Year-Old Sanctuary but Not the Spirit or the Mission of the Congregation

Editor’s Note: this article has been updated from its original version to include new information about the time of the lightning strike and to correct the number of years Rev. Quillen has been in ministry. By Rick Wolcott* On the morning of Friday, May 20, Mary Hughes drove past the parking lot of Grace United [...]

Bishop Tracy S. Malone Announces New EOC Superintendency Plan

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”  - Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV) Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! Yes! God is doing a [...]

Bishop Tracy S. Malone Appoints Five Clergy to New EOC Leadership Roles

By Rick Wolcott* Bishop Tracy S. Malone announces the following appointments, made to ensure that the East Ohio Conference continues to be strategically staffed for both the sustainability of the Church and for the future of the Church. The appointments, made after prayerful discernment, are effective July 1: Ed Peterson, appointed as assistant to the [...]