“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 [...]
Category: Western Reserve
Stepping Forward Together in Faith: Congregation and Faith Community Merge to Reach New People for Christ
By Rick Wolcott* “Today is a service of commissioning where we are bringing together two churches that have been meeting in this space for seven years now, Regeneration a faith community and Otterbein United Methodist Church, and we’re marking coming together and sending out,” said the Rev. Kyle Tennant during the Sunday, June 13 service [...]
Congregation Took a Mission Trip While Never Leaving Home
By Brett Hetherington* Willoughby United Methodist Church (Western Reserve District) has a strong commitment to global missions. The congregation has been partnering with other churches in the area since 2005 to pool resources in order to form a working ministry relationship with churches in the country of Zimbabwe. These churches have been dubbed the Zimbabwe [...]