By Rick Wolcott* "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.” - Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NIV) The Connectional Ministries team is expanding to better resource and equip local churches in their ministries to and with the youth and young people of their respective congregations and the communities they serve. Pastor [...]
Category: Young People’s Ministries
Youth Annual Conference 2022: Relentless
By Rick Wolcott* “On behalf of CCYM I want to welcome you all to Youth Annual Conference 2022,” said Lexi Salkovick, chair of the Conference Council on Youth Ministries. “We are so happy to be back to face-to-face after two years of virtual events.” The campus of Walsh University in North Canton was the site [...]
Churches Find New Ways to Reach Families During Pandemic
By Brett Hetherington* Summer has come and gone. As teachers welcome back students to largely digital classrooms, we look back at one summer tradition that children look forward to every year – Vacation Bible School. With COVID-19 restrictions in place, many churches were not able to host VBS programs in the traditional mode and made [...]