| 2010 Historian of the Year |
 Each year the United Methodist Historical Society of Ohio (UMHSO) recognizes the Local Church Historian of the Year and significant church anniversaries for the West Ohio Conference. The Conference Commission on Archives and History is soliciting nominations for the 2010 awards which will be presented at the annual meeting of the UMHSO in April. [more] |
| Worship website to feature Church of the Week |
 The Center on Worship Resourcing is now featuring a church of the week. If you would like to see your church featured on the worship website, please send a photo of the church - outside building or sanctuary, or a view of your choice - and attach it to an e-mail message to Dean McIntyre, Director of Music Resources, GBOD. [more]
Featured Churches of the Week Photo Gallery |
| Mission News |
S.O.W.E.R. is a United Methodist Volunteers in Mission outreach project of the West Ohio Conference which constructs new housing as part of the Henderson Settlement work camp program. Henderson Settlement, Frakes, KY, is a component of the Red Bird Missionary Conference providing a multitude of services to the southern Bell and Whitley counties in Kentucky and parts of two counties in Tennessee. The Work Camp Program is one of the services provided which repairs existing housing and builds new houses (26 to date) to raise the quality of life for the owner families in the local area. [more] |
| Church's Open Hearts tagline wins award |
 The United Methodist Church's advertising and welcoming tagline - "Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors. The people of The United Methodist Church" - was selected as a best-in-class tagline in the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards. The 13 winners were chosen by more than 4,800 voters (nonprofit professionals and others) from 1,702 nonprofit taglines submitted. The tagline was the winner in the category "Religion and Spiritual Development." [more] |
| New website expands audience for misconduct issues |
 An updated sexual ethics web site for The United Methodist Church will offer resources for those accused of sexual misconduct in addition to information for victims and church leaders. Resources will detail the rights of accused clergy and laity under United Methodist Church law and offer information on how to get assistance. [more] |
| Postcards urge Congress to keep families together |
 The United Methodist General Board of Church & Society is urging people to take part in the Interfaith Immigration Coalition's "Holiday Postcard Campaign." The campaign will run from October through December and involves sending postcards to members of Congress urging them to take steps to "keep families together this Christmas." [more]
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