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United Methodists at State Fair for 95 Years
Written: 7/14/2010
Anniversaries are to be celebrated and Maynard Ave UMC, Capitol Area North District, has a pretty unique Outreach Hospitality Ministry to celebrate. We are entering our 95th Year as “Maynard at the Fair” during the 2010 Ohio State Fair. Since 1916, when a few church members dec...

Call to Action Research Indicates Opportunities and Challenges
Written: 7/14/2010
  United Methodist Communications Office of Public Information 810 12th Ave. S. Nashville, TN 37203 www.umcpresscenter.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 12, 2010 Call to Action Research Indicates Opportunities and Challenges Nashville, Tenn.: The Call to Action Steering Team has relea...

SE Asia Mission Partnership Trip - Part 2
Written: 7/1/2010
In April as we journeyed through Cambodia, Laos, & Viet Nam, we were able to see some of the fruits of the work that Jesus commissioned in Matthew 28:19-20. Jesus said, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...

A Letter On Tornado Relief
Written: 7/1/2010
Dear Friends in Christ: On June 5, 2010, on the eve of our recent Annual Conference session, deadly tornados ripped through Northwest Ohio leaving devastation and grief.  The West Ohio Conference lost one of our student local pastors, Kathy Hammitt.  She was serving North Dover UMCwhi...

Annual Conference 2010 Report
Written: 7/1/2010
By  Lisa Streight, Director of Communications with John Henderson, Ken Schoon and Desirée Baird, InternsPhotography by Benjamin Derkin The first day of Annual Conference was filled with many topics in session and covered everything from potatoes to feeding the homeless to UMCOR responding t...

Wyandot Mission Church
Written: 6/25/2010
The Wyandot Indian Mission was founded by John Stewart in 1816.  Three years later this Wyandot Mission became the first officially recognized mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America.   The stone Mission Church was built in 1824, under the supervision of the Rev....


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2012 General Conference
Written: 6/24/2010
General Conference 2012 Theme and Logo Selected   Nashville, Tenn. – The Commission on the General Conference has selected  “Make Disciples of Jesus Christ to Transform the World” as the theme for The United Methodist Church’s 2012 General Conference, scheduled fo...

Swartz Creek UMC Named 2010 Culture of the Call Church
Written: 6/22/2010
SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. - The Foundation for Evangelism is pleased to recognize the first-ever recipient of the Culture of the Call Church Award - Swartz Creek United Methodist Church, in Swartz Creek, Michigan. This annual award recognizes one local congregation of The United Methodist C...


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New Life Health & Wellness Center to open
Written: 6/2/2010
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New Life Health & Wellness Center to open
Written: 6/2/2010
New Life United Methodist Church, located in the Short North area of Columbus (CAN District), will celebrate the opening of the New Life Health & Wellness Center with an open house and dedication service on Sunday, June 13 at 4 p.m. in their sanctuary.   Bishop Ough will speak at the even...

Communicators needed for Annual Conference
Written: 5/28/2010 2:01:36 PM
Hi Everyone, I’m John Henderson and I am interning for Lisa Streight at the conference office in public relations/communications. We are trying to put together a team of people to act as communicators for this year’s Annual Conference. If you are planning on being at Lakeside for A...


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Operation Healing Hope
Written: 5/27/2010
Operation Healing Hope is the United Methodist Global Health Initiative to end obstetric fistula.  It is part of an international movement dedicated to meeting the goal of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) of eradicating this hidden epidemic by 2015.   Obstetric fistula affects ...


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UMCH prepares for the next century of service to Ohio’s children and families
Written: 5/26/2010
Trustees set strategy for fiscal stability United Methodist Children’s Home trustees have engaged in a strategic process of program analysis. UMCH has emerged with a clear plan that involves select program development aligned with strong fiscal fidelity. This ministry has evolved in recent y...


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Wings of the Morning
Written: 5/20/2010
It’s been said that “an army travels on it’s stomach,” which simply means that logistics provides the resources to feed and supply the troops. Wings of the Morning is a story of  logistics. In the North Katanga Conference of The Democratic Republic of the Congo, our Uni...


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Stan Sutton is Coming in for a Final Landing
Written: 5/19/2010
After sixteen years of navigating the conference through all kinds of financial weather, Stan Sutton is soaring into retirement! We will certainly miss Stan’s warm sense of financial humor.  Some of you may not know that not only is Stan our conference treasurer, he is also a licensed pil...


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The Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio
Written: 5/17/2010
Bishops and their spouses were able to see the work of the Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio, located at Livingston United Methodist Church in downtown Columbus on Wednesday May 5 as a part of the United Methodist Council of Bishops Best Practices tour.  The pharmacy, an idea that came from t...


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Council of Bishops Focus on Ministry With the Poor
Written: 5/12/2010
Written by John Henderson West Ohio Communications Intern from Otterbein College       For their spring meeting in Columbus,OH, part of the West Ohio Conference, the United Methodist Council of Bishops met to focus on ministering with the poor and dealing with the effects of pove...

UMRF - Banquet - A Future with Hope
Written: 5/11/2010
Click here for tri-fold brochure and registration form. $10/person, reservations requested by May 22....

Council of Bishops Announce Constitutional Amendments Voting Results
Written: 5/10/2010
The United Methodist Council of Bishops announced today that only five of 32 amendments to the church’s constitution passed by the 2008 General Conference have been ratified by the annual conferences. The ratified amendments will become effective immediately.  The process for a...


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Weaver to Deliver Episcopal Address at 2010 General Conference
Written: 5/7/2010
Bishop Peter D. Weaver of the Boston Episcopal Area has been chosen to deliver the Episcopal Address at the 2012 General Conference in Tampa.   Meeting this week in Columbus, Ohio, the Council of Bishops elected Weaver to prepare and deliver the address on behalf of the entire council, whic...