Solid Rock Retreat Filled with Solid Faith

By Jonathan Naylor * I would like to thank the Ohio Valley District Youth for supporting Solid Rock Retreat. For those of you that do not know, Solid Rock Retreat is a weekend retreat held at the FFA (Future Farmers of America) Camp Muskingum for junior high and high school students which was held the weekend [...]

“No more silence, end gun violence!”

By Rick Wolcott* Resolution 3428 in The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church 2016 urges “congregations to advocate at the local and national level for laws that prevent or reduce gun violence.” The General Board of Church and Society Board of Directors stated at its March 16 meeting that, “Our hearts are broken [...]

“We are the church of today,” Youth Tell EOC Delegates

By Rick Wolcott* A Special Session of General Conference has been called for February 23-26, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. Its purpose is to act on a report by the Council of Bishops based on proposals from the Commission on a Way Forward.  The Commission was created by action of General Conference 2016 and was tasked [...]