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Tuesday, Apr 18, 2023
All In Community in partnership with Central Ohio Restored Citizens Collaborative present Reckoning with Reentry and Repair on Thursday, April 27, 2023.
Each year in the last week of April communities throughout our country recognize National Reentry Week – a time of celebrating and challenging current practices of supporting our returning neighbors to our community.
This year, as a way of highlighting restorative reentry methods and ministries of healing and... continue reading
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2023
On Thursday, May 11, the 2023 season of Bishop Palmer's Leadership Clinics returns with its first installment featuring former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry.
McCurry will join Bishop Palmer for a conversation on the topic, "Being United Methodist in the Public Square".
Mike McCurry has been a United Methodist lay person for the past 30+ years. As Press Secretary for President Clinton, McCurry’s faith informed his work on a daily basis. He has nearl... continue reading
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2023
As we’ve been reminded recently by flooding, tornadoes, and toxic train derailments, disasters come in all shapes and sizes. No one expects to be affected by a natural disaster, but everyone should be prepared for it.
That’s where UMCOR’s Connecting Neighbors training can help.
Connecting Neighbors is a disaster readiness training for local churches to help prepare their congregants and church buildings for a disaster. Connecting Neighbors also addresses the... continue reading
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2023
Dear Friends, Family, Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
To be on any mission field, whether a war zone or a country village, nothing is as comforting as knowing someone in addition to the Lord has your back.
I’ll soon be counting 28 years since joining Wings of the Morning flight ministry in 1995. And still your response in our time of need is as prompt as when I needed assistance while attending flight school in Ohio. How could I be so fortunate, and how could... continue reading
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2023
West Ohio leaders will have the opportunity meet, learn and share ideas with experienced ministry practitioners through the Fresh Starts Exchange gatherings . The Exchange provides in-person, collaborative spaces where people explore, and generate contextual ministry solutions together. Each 3- hour Exchange will feature a “guest expert” from outside of West Ohio. The Exchange is open to all conference clergy and laity leaders.
“In our listening sessions and c... continue reading
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2023
The UMFWO is pleased to offer an online clergy cohort of Saving Grace this summer. The course helps clergy strengthen their financial literacy, both personally and as it pertains to church finance. The United Methodist Foundation of West Ohio is sponsoring this eight-week course. Students will complete assignments on their own then meet via Zoom once a week for eight weeks to watch a video together and discuss the lessons with Saving Grace co-author and WOC cle... continue reading
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2023
“I feel scared.” “I feel hurt.” “I feel numb.” “Is this the new normal?”
Across the United States, children and teens are grappling with such feelings in the aftermath of yet another school shooting — this time in Nashville, Tennessee.
The best way adults can comfort the young people in their lives after such violence is to be there for them, said Patti van Eys, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist and lifelong United Methodist.
“Our ability to be fully pre... continue reading
Tuesday, Apr 4, 2023
Multiple tornados have struck communities across the U.S. in the past week, none more destructive than the EF4 tornado that hit Rolling Fork, Mississippi, the evening of Friday, March 24. At least 26 people died, and most buildings in the small town of less than 2,000 people were damaged or destroyed.
UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, has already provided a $10,000 solidarity grant to the Mississippi Conference and is communicating with Conferen... continue reading
Tuesday, Apr 4, 2023
Bishop Palmer's Leadership Clinics are back. The theme for the 2023 season is, Claiming Our Methodist Identity.
The first installment in this season features former White House Press Secretary, Mike McCurrey. McCurry and Bishop Palmer will engage in conversation around the theme, Being United Methodist in the Public Square.
As a United Methodist lay person, Mike McCurry used his faith on a global stage to impact the world as the Press Secretary/spokesperson i... continue reading
Tuesday, Apr 4, 2023
The West Ohio Order of Deacons invites you to attend the West Ohio Deacon Formation Event on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 9:30am - 4:00pm.
This hybrid event will be in-person at at the West Ohio Conference Office (32 Wesley Boulevard, Worthington, OH) and via Zoom.
The event includes greetings from Bishop Palmer, a keynote with Rev. Meg Lassiat, the Director of Resource Development and Training at the Commission on the Status and Role of Women, and a panel conver... continue reading