By Rick Wolcott* Dozens of young people and their adult leaders from six East Ohio Conference churches were among the more than 2,500 people from across the connection of The United Methodist Church who gathered in Daytona Beach, Florida, July 25-28 for YOUTH 2023. The once-every-four-years conference was designed for youth entering sixth grade through [...]
By Brett Hetherington* “God is doing a new thing in the East Ohio Conference and in these unprecedented times, God is making a way and unfolding new ministry and leadership possibilities,” shared Bishop Tracy S. Malone in a message to East Ohio Conference clergy and laity on February 15, 2022, when announcing a new EOC [...]
By Brett Hetherington* “Street by street, block by block. It is not simplistic, but it is simple,” says the Rev. Don Ackerman of how Canton for All People is effecting change among the chaos and brokenness of Canton, Ohio neighborhoods. Canton for All People is a community development corporation formed by Crossroads United Methodist Church [...]
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