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You are receiving Connections, the monthly e-newsletter of the Ohio Conference, because of your connection to a ministry of the Conference.
We encourage you to forward this resource liberally within your congregation, to leaders and committee members. Please help us expand our mailing list by providing email addresses.
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 Christmas Open House
Friday, December 17
You are invited to join the Central Southeast Ohio Association and Ohio Conference staff members for some holiday refreshments and conversation TODAY from 1 - 4 p.m.
Drop by, relax for a while and see our new offices. We'd love to see you! We are located on the first floor of 6161 Busch Blvd, on the left side of the building's main lobby. map & directions
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Focus on our ministry partners
Your congregation, through the Ohio Conference, has 13 ministry partners that provide vital health and human services or quality higher education to folks in Ohio and beyond. Each of these partners, also known as benevolent institutions, has stories to tell about the people whose lives they have touched. We will share those stories with you each month in Connections for the next year or so.
Special Christmas Edition
Christmas Greetings Video from Defiance College
www.defiance.edu
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Join your colleagues at the. . .
Ohio Ministries Convocation
January 24-25, 2011
Crowne Plaza Columbus North
6500 Doubletree Ave., Columbus OH 43229
Faith and Race: New Opportunities
Sponsored by the Ohio Council of Churches in partnership with the Kirwan Institute, the Columbus Community Relations Commission, and Everyday Democracy.
Color brochure and registration formJanuary 24 - UCC LuncheonJoin your UCC colleagues for lunch, conversation and fellowship at the Crowne Plaza during the Convocation.
Register for the lunch by Tuesday, January 18 by email or by calling 800-282-0740, Ext 202.
Lunch cost: $20.00, payable at the door. |
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Disaster Response team helps complete new home for West Virginia resident plagued by flood and fire
Former home flooded, repaired, then burned down
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A team of seven Disaster Response workers from Richfield United Church of Christ, located between Cleveland and Akron, traveled about 300 miles south to Varney, West Virginia this Fall (one of at least three such trips for them this year) to take a homeowner one step closer to moving out of her former garage into a snug new home. More
Ohio Conference Disaster Response Ministry
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 Outdoor Ministries News
SUMMER CAMP 2011
Planning for 2011 camps is nearly finished. Look for new camps, yearly favorites and the return of a popular camp or two from the past.
Your colorful camp mailer (with lots of photos from 2010 summer camp) will be in your mailbox in January. We look forward to seeing YOU at camp next summer!
2011 CAMP WORK DAYS
Pilgrim Hills - March 26 & September 24
Templed Hills - April 30 & October 1 Details
WISH LISTS
Want to give a gift to your favorite camp? Here are our wish lists! Templed Hills Pilgrim Hills
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Camp Wonderland
"A Good Time Was Had by All" (Jane Austen)
By: Tom Robertson, Executive Director
(and a team of ghost writers)
 Camp Wonderland, the 2011 summer camp rally at Templed Hills on December 3 and 4, proved to be a fun, joyous and warm occasion, despite the frigid temperatures outside.
Children, youth, adults-young and old-sang, played, and created the same charm of community that we hope to find at camp each summer.
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2011 Annual Gathering
Tentative Schedule
New in 2011
Friday afternoon event for laypersons
Morning Watch - 7 a.m. Saturday - informal outdoor worship
Book discussion group on Friday evening
Saturday morning Annual Gathering orientation
Many new workshop topics
Rev. Anthony Robinson
Keynote speaker & leader of Friday afternoon event for church leaders
Tony Robinson is an ordained UCC minister who has served four congregations. He is currently a speaker, teacher, preacher, consultant and coach. He is the author of nine books, the most recent of which is Changing the Conversation: A Third Way for Congregations
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Office Address Change
Please make sure you have made the office address change on all your mailings to us.
Our new address is:
6161 Busch Blvd., Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43229
Our phone numbers and extensions remain the same.
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 Spend a Day with God and Self
A day-long retreat offering an opportunity to re-connect to the Holy At Pilgrim Hills' Prettyman Center
For educators, clergy and laity-offering an opportunity for individual and group spiritual guidance
2011 Dates
March 19
May 3
September 10
November 1
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. · $30
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Short Subjects
OHIO CONFERENCE DISASTER RESPONSE CLEANUP KITS NEEDED. After recent deliveries to flooded areas in the Midwest, our inventory of cleanup kits is low. This is a great project for Sunday School classes, youth groups, annual meeting service project, men's & women's groups. Click here for complete instructions and ingredients for cleanup kits. NOTE: Personal care kits are not needed at this time.
YOUTH - Calendar of repeating wider church events for youth and young adults. Include these events in your annual youth program planning. PARISH PAPER - Ideas and Insights for Active Congregations. January and February 2011 issues are now available. January - What Is Your Unconscious Intent?
February - Accomplishing Worthy Goals - Being Smart Is Not Enough
Our Conference Minister welcomes invitations to preach or visit local church gatherings. Contact Bob Molsberry by email or phone (800-282-0740, Ext. 203) to schedule a date. |
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Conference Minister's Corner
Rev. Bob Molsberry
Boogie-Woogie
Christmas
I first met Ted on a crisp fall night cool enough to bring most of the homeless men of Aurora, Illinois, off the streets and into whatever shelter they could find. Many of them found their way into our church's program, Public Action to Deliver Shelter, or PADS, which that first year was little more than an agreement among seven churches in town to take turns during the week hosting men who wandered in from the cold. My encounter with Ted happened to coincide with a chilly period in my own spiritual life. The fires of passion that had led me into parish ministry just a year before were being extinguished one by one by the daily grind of church work. More
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Grief and the Holidays Seminar. Amherst Cong. UCC, free event, call to register:440-988-9148
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Ohio Ministries Convocation, January 24-25, 2011, Crowne Plaza Columbus North Hotel
It's Your Turn! Youth Leaders Lock-In, January 28-29, 2011, St. John's UCC, Dover
Spring Lantern Women's Retreat, April 8 - 10, Pilgrim Hills General Synod, July 1-5, 2011, Tampa, Florida Imagine What's Possible... for Youth @ General Synod! |
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