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Bishop's Day On The District
Written: 10/27/2008 Jesus said, “The first in importance is, ‘Listen, Israel: The Lord your God is one; so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.’ And here is the second: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’ There is no other commandment that... |
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All That Matters is the Gospel - Tom Bandy Seminar Report
Written: 10/27/2008 “The mission is the most important thing,” Tom Bandy told the 125 central Ohio church leaders who gathered in Reynoldsburg UMC’s Kirsch Hall for a day of training, Monday, Sept. 29. The Capitol Area South District-sponsored event gave its participants much more value than their su... |
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Maple Grove - World Record?
Written: 10/27/2008 It was a beautiful evening for an outdoor potluck. Nearly 500 persons gathered in the green spaces and community park around Maple Grove United Methodist Church in Clintonville on Sunday, October 12. Over 400 different dishes were brought to the church to help with the record attempt. The record was... |
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Advent Resources
Written: 10/27/2008 The word Advent means “coming” or “arrival.” The focus of the entire season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus the Christ in his First Advent, and the anticipation of the return of Christ the King in his Second Advent. Thus, Advent is far more than simply marking a 2,00... |
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Storm Stories
Written: 10/27/2008 WILLIAM STREET UMC Due to our existing partnership with The Red Cross we were able to quickly respond to the needs in our community. Meals were served two evenings, with additional meals delivered. Red Cross and WS volunteers visited with our guests who came from all walks of life in our community.... |
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Tamarack's Farewell
Written: 10/27/2008 It was a bitter cold February day; but then they knew it would be. You don’t come to Canada, even to the more moderate areas of southern Ontario expecting a heat wave. They had come, these three men, because they had been given a task to complete for the rest of the family. It was a job which,... |
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A Recipe for Success: Passion, Gifts and Partnerships
Written: 10/27/2008 How do you stir up passion for outreach ministries in the United Methodist Church? One way to do it is to bring together persons with over 70 displays from outreach ministries across nine counties in the Capitol Area Districts. Each ministry has loving servants willing to share their stories of how ... |
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Could Your Church Plant a Church?
Written: 9/7/2008 11:56:47 PM Through much of its early history, Methodism in the United States counted on its existing churches to start new congregations. In the days when travel was difficult and slow, a new church begun within a few miles of an existing congregation could serve those in a nearby town, or even, in open countr... |
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OhioHealth Donates Mobile Medical Unit to the Congo
Written: 9/7/2008 11:53:31 PM The West Ohio Conference and OhioHealth are deeply committed to their mission to ìreachî into the communities they serve ñ but seldom does that mean a community 8,000 miles away. Yet, that is exactly what lies ahead as final preparations are made to transport a 48-foot-lon... |
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OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY NAMES ROCK JONES, PH.D., AS 16TH PRESIDENT
Written: 9/5/2008 Ohio Wesleyan University announced that Rockwell “Rock” Jones, Ph.D., executive vice president and dean of advancement at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark., has been elected as Ohio Wesleyan’s 16th president. Jones, 49, will assume the Ohio Wesleyan presidency in July 2008. ... |
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Home Fellowship Helps Us Connect Within Our Churches
Written: 9/5/2008 If you could do anything in life and not fail what would it be? That’s not an easy question to answer, but at the same time it is not that difficult either. To answer it you would be saying something about yourself that very few other people already know. If you were to give your ans... |
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The GYTTE Program Is In Jeopardy
Written: 9/5/2008 Last November, I had the privilege of traveling to south central Mexico with a group of Rural Chaplains. One of the sites we visited was “Give Ye Them To Eat”. This is a 30 year mission project of the United Methodist Church that helps teach Church and Faith Development, Community Develo... |
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September: Volunteer Spotlight
Written: 9/5/2008 It’s summer again in Central Ohio...hot, hazy, humid… and at least 10 degrees hotter up on a roof than it is on the ground! Thank you to all of our incredible volunteers who recently completed not just one, but two new roofs on the Worthington campus of the UMCH. The Pa... |
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Annual Ham & Bean Lunch
Written: 9/1/2008 Click here for more information... |
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National Children's Sabbath Day - October 19, 2008
Written: 8/4/2008 Many faith organizations, including The United Methodist Church, will observe and celebrate National Children’s Sabbath Day this year on the third weekend of October (Oct. 17-19, 2008). This day of remembering children was created by the Children’s Defense Fund, a national advocacy group... |
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“Your bread and fish”
Written: 7/25/2008 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bre... |
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Vernon Pack Receives Living Faith Award
Written: 7/25/2008 Vernon Pack, a member of Church of the Master, United Methodist in Westerville, received on the Columbus Metropolitan Area Church Council’s 2008 Living Faith Awards, May 15. The event’s program book had this to say about him: “Vernon was a middle school history teacher in the Col... |
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Annual Conference Cliff Noted For CAN
Written: 7/25/2008 West Ohio Communications has created an admirably concise and complete summary of the highlights and accomplishments of the 2009 West Ohio Annual Conference session, and everyone can refer to it on the West Ohio Conference web site. For this issue of Capitol ideas, let’s look closely at some c... |
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OhioHealth Donates Mobile Medical Unit to the Congo
Written: 7/25/2008 The West Ohio Conference and OhioHealth are deeply committed to their mission to reach into the communities they serve ñ but seldom does that mean a community 8,000 miles away. Yet, that is exactly what lies ahead as final preparations are made to transport a 48-foot-lo... |
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Epworth Veggie Garden Continues to Grow
Written: 7/25/2008 In the summer, you often see plants growing in gardens around town. You’ll find plenty of plants growing at the Epworth Veggie Garden, but take a closer look and you’ll see that plants aren’t the only things growing. Epworth UMC’s garden ministry started in March... |