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Official Director of Hispanic/Latino Ministries for the West Ohio Conference Named
Written: 2/3/2012
Karen Brantley was recently named as the official Director of the Hispanic/Latino Ministries of the West Ohio Conference after serving the last six months as the Interim Director.  Karen has been actively involved within the Hispanic/Latino Ministries of the West Ohio Confer...


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The Power of a Cross
Written: 1/24/2012
by Mariellyn Dunlap, West Ohio's Church and Community Worker “Are you sure this is the place?” Pastor Hector Aguirre’s wife Berta asked in disbelief.   With no water or electricity, the location of Templo Aleluya, Piedras Negras’ newest Methodist congregation, was n...


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Zoom in on the Zone
Written: 1/20/2012
  January, 2012   Dear Colleagues:   We the fundraising team of the Greater Hilltop Shalom Zone write to share with you information about an upcoming event honoring Bishop C. Joseph Sprague. As many of you know, Bishop Sprague was one of the main organizers of the Shalom Zon...


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Volunteers in Mission: More than Just a Trip!
Written: 1/4/2012 2:53:14 AM
Volunteers in Mission: More than Just a Trip! By Mariellyn Dunlap   “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” &...


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McCurdy School celebrates centennial
Written: 1/4/2012
McCurdy School, a United Methodist mission school in Espanola, NM, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012 by inviting Ohio United Methodists to join in an Ohio Celebration of the McCurdy School Centennial, from 11 AM to 2PM, Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Reynoldsburg United Methodist Church, 16...

Help Single Women this Winter
Written: 12/9/2011
Pitching in to Help Single Women this Winter! This winter there is a new Single Women's Overflow Shelter in Columbus- the women will be staying at the St Stephen's Community Center every night from Dec 12 til March 15. This is being coordinated by the YWCA Family Center. Because we as United Meth...

Coalition for the Homeless Memorial Service
Written: 12/9/2011
The Columbus Coalition for the Homeless is hosting the community wide annual Memorial Service to honor the lives of people who were homeless or formerly homeless and who passed away during 2011. You are invited to attend this powerful inter-faith service to be held: Thursday, December 22, 5:30 t...

One Day to End Homelessness
Written: 12/9/2011
The faith community and the Community Shelter Board will collaborate as we did last year, when we raised $185,000, to help our neighbors in need. The faith-based campaign to end homelessness will take place between January 1 and February 29, 2012. WBNS-10TV will hold a day long telethon on January 3...


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African Children's Choir performs at Bellefontaine First UMC
Written: 12/9/2011
Bellefontaine First UMC hosted the African Children's Choir from Uganda on Wednesday evening, October 9, with about 300 in attendance. This ministry, which began in 1985, tours the world in an effort to raise awareness and funds for teaching the children of the choir, and beyond, building an educate...

Signs and Wonders
Written: 12/2/2011
At our last Annual Conference session in June, 2011, I invited the conference members and all of our congregations to become part of a Breakthrough Prayer Movement.  Thousands of United Methodists across the Conference are praying for God to unleash new life in their churches and for the Holy...


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God's Renewed Creation: A Call to Hope and Action
Written: 11/9/2011
Bishop's Pastoral, God's Renewed Creation: A Call to Hope and Action was the theme for Rural Chaplains 2011 Annual Focus Gathering along Mississippi Coastal Area. This year's event centered on environmental issues and the impact of both Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on coasta...


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“God’s Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action”
Written: 11/2/2011
BISHOP’S PASTORAL, “GOD’s RENEWED CREATION: CALL TO HOPE AND ACTION” was the theme for RURAL CHAPLAINS 2011 ANNUAL FOCUS GATHERING ALONG MISSISSIPPI COASTAL AREA This year's event centered on environmental issues and the impact of both Hurricane Katrina and the Dee...


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New Director of Discipleship Resources to Join West Ohio Conference Staff
Written: 10/28/2011
On November 7, the West Ohio Connectional Ministries staff will welcome RaNae Street into the newly-created position of “Director of Discipleship Resources.”  The responsibilities of this position include teaming with conference staff, district superintendents, pastors, le...


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Archives of United Methodism Reading Room Dedication
Written: 10/10/2011
Since the merger of the West and East Ohio Conference archival collections in 2003, the East and West Ohio Commissions on Archives and History have been dreaming about the construction of a dedicated space where researchers could use materials from the Archives of Ohio United Methodism. The dream ...

Sing About a Faithful Vineyard
Written: 10/5/2011
Here a few stories of "laborers out in the vineyard"- connecting with neighbors around the church, which was the theme of our Community Ministry Festival on Sept 20. Rev. Carol Kirk serves in the vineyard called Buckeye Lake in Fairfield County. They have a community center called Water's Edge i...

100 Ways to Reach Out
Written: 9/21/2011 12:58:43 PM
  101 Ways to Reach Out in DeGraff Ohio (Logan County)  by  Rev Carolyn Christman, DeGraff UMC   We bought copies of the book 101 Ways to Reach Your Community by Steve Sjogren.   I would recommend it to others; it offers ideas on practical ways to share God's love w/...


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Conference Director of West Ohio Camping & Retreat Ministries Announced
Written: 9/16/2011
WORTHINGTON, OH:  Jeremy Stanford began as full time permanent Director of West Ohio Camping & Retreat Ministries on September 1, 2011 after serving this last year in the dual role of Interim Conference Director of Camping and Retreat Ministries and Director of Camp Wesley. As West Oh...

World Methodist Family Called to Respond to Fiji
Written: 9/2/2011 4:28:22 PM
  When the World Methodist Council met earlier this month in Durban, South Africa, there was joy and applause at the announcement that the government in Fiji would allow the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma to hold its Conference this year. The Conference has not been able to meet since 200...


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Dakotas flooding update
Written: 9/2/2011
  The Good News is – Souris River is back in its banks and the Missouri is expected to be within its banks by August. 24, so they've been able to see more of the damage in the last several weeks. The bad news is – so far the number of homes impacted: Minot-3,500; Bismarck-1,000; ...

Reynoldsburg UMC makes Romanian history
Written: 8/18/2011
On August 8, 2011, history was made when the board of Calea Credintei Churches in Cluj-Napoca, Romania voted to become the first United Methodist Churches in the country’s history. Reynoldsburg United Methodist Church Lead Pastor Jeff Greenway and church members were present as the Romanian ch...