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One Great Hour of Sharing
Written: 3/9/2010
And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. - Micah 6:8 (NIV).           For 70 years, the United Methodist Church has responded to the Micah challenge through the United Methodist Committee on Relief. With t...


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Piggy-backing for the Kingdom!
Written: 3/8/2010
Forward Piggy-Backing: Pastor Jay Moyers from Thurman Ave UMC tells a story of his visit with a small a furniture refinishing business on the corner near his church. For many years the employees of the business would only encounter the church at spaghetti dinners.Turns out Melvin, who runs the busin...

Tampa, not Richmond, to host 2012 General Conference
Written: 3/3/2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - The United Methodist Church's top legislative assembly won't be meeting in Richmond, Va., in 2012, as announced last fall, but will convene in Tampa, Fla., instead. In making the change, the United Methodist Commission on the General Conference cited a church policy regard...

Council of Bishops Meet in Columbus
Written: 3/2/2010
United Methodist Council of Bishops Spring 2010   Rethink Poverty ...walking in service & ministry with the poor   Host  Episcopal Area:  Ohio West Area, Bishop Bruce R Ough Host Conference:&nb...

Eyes Wide Open
Written: 2/28/2010
Eyes Wide Open ...walking in service & ministry with the poor   Friday, April 30 – Sunday, May 2 United Methodist Impact Mission for Metropolitan Columbus   Spread the good news of Jesus Christ as experienced in United Methodist churches and ReThink Poverty to transfor...

Community Ministries:Welcoming the Wounded Soul
Written: 2/25/2010
How the church can be a center for mental health and healing Register at www.umcommunityministries.org Cost at the door is $10 for lunch   Trifold brochure...

Community Ministries:Identify Your Strengths:Serve God's Kingdom
Written: 2/25/2010
Trifold brochure...

Volunteer Needed: Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio
Written: 2/25/2010
Volunteer Training Available Announcement and Information...

Methodists Select Portland for 2016 Conference
Written: 2/23/2010
Methodists Select Portland for 2016 Conference; "Greenness" Cited as Important Factor The Commission on The United Methodist Church General Conference announced recently that it has chosen Portland, Ore., as the site for the 2016 General Conference. The United Methodist Church's top l...

General Board of Global Ministries Letter to Conferences
Written: 2/23/2010
  e-MEMORANDUM TO:         Council of Bishops   FROM:   Bishop Joel N. Martinez   DATE:     February 19, 2010 Dear Colleagues, It has been a month and seven days since the devastating earthquake in ...

Leadership Summit: Leadership 101
Written: 2/23/2010
Free event... Registration Information - click here Saturday March 13th 9:00 am to 3:00 pm...


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Dr. Edward P. Wimberly speaks at Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Written: 2/19/2010
Christian educator and author Dr. Edward P. Wimberly looks at happiness through the eyes of John Wesley in two lectures on the campus of Methodist Theological School in Ohio. “The Pursuit of Happiness: Practical Theology in the Wesleyan Spirit” is the theme for Wimberly’s Williams ...


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Miracles of Generosity - Thank You West Ohio!
Written: 2/19/2010
From 2005—2009, congregations across West Ohio have contributed $165,612.77 to the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund!  Only two other annual conferences contributed more during this period. Because of your generosity, lives have been changed.  Below are two stories. For three years ...

Regaining our Strategic Focus
Written: 2/17/2010
Intentional Ministry for Intentional Results Lecturer Presenter: Rev Dr. Rodney Thomas Smothers More information: click here  ...

Lenten Series - All Invited
Written: 2/15/2010
All churches of the district are invited to participate in a special Lenten series on Wednesday evenings, 7-8:00 p.m., at Epworth UMC, 5100 Karl Rd., Columbus.  Bishop C. Joseph Sprague is facilitating the series called "Applied Christianity".  The Biblical text for the series is Matthew 2...

Commission on Archives and History
Written: 2/11/2010 4:18:08 PM
The responsibilities of the Commission on Archives and History are defined in the 2008 edition of The Book of Discipline (¶641.1): It shall be the duty of the commission to collect and preserve the historically significant records of the annual conference and its agencies, including data...

A Man Fully Alive
Written: 2/9/2010
A Man Fully Alive featuring Todd Braschler Ministries, Wichita, KS Click here for brochure...

Community Ministries - Events 2010
Written: 2/9/2010
Register for events at: www.umcommunityministries.org TriFold Brochure: click here Saturday, March 13th, 10am-1pm Welcoming the Wounded Soul: How the church can be a center for mental health and healing -at  Scioto Ridge UMC, 4343 Dublin Rd, Hilliard, 43026-Cost at the door is $10 for lunch ...


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Guess the Church
Written: 1/29/2010
HINT The church was built in 1896, but the original building was destroyed by a fire in 1929. The window you see is part of the current building, which began housing worship in 1931 when the church members marched from from the local high school that temporarily housed them to celebrate in their ne...


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Black student leaders hopeful for Haiti's recovery
Written: 1/28/2010
By Ciona D. Rouse* Jan. 18, 2010 | NASHVILLE, Tenn. If New Orleans can recover from Hurricane Katrina, there is hope the people of Haiti will find new life after the massive earthquake that struck Jan. 12. “I feel hope for those people,” said Charlie Coleman, a student leader at Dilla...