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NewsNet
March 19, 2012 - Vol 5 Issue 80 |
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2012 Annual Conference
June 10-13, Lakeside |
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Walking to Sing God's Praises by Bishop Bruce R. Ough | |
Char and I recently returned from leading a VIM team from West Ohio to Kamina in the North Katanga Conference in Africa, one of our mission partners.
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West Ohio VIM Team to Congo |
The team was there to experience the Wings of the Morning aviation ministry in anticipation of our Love First Miracle Offering at Lakeside in June.
While many of you were prayer walking to the Four Corners of the World here in West Ohio, our group had the opportunity to visit and walk in and pray with one of those four corner ministries.
Upon our return, I learned that together we have walked over 36,000 miles - more than completing one entire cycle of walking to the four corners of our world-wide mission partnerships. And it's only March! Way to go, team! I am impressed and excited for what this means for our own spiritual and physical health. [click here to read more] |
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The homeless...not what you'd expect | |
 A recent story posted by Mariellyn Dunlap, Church and Community Worker for West Ohio, with the General Board of Global Ministries,, highlights Jackson Area Ministries, Lima Samaritan House, The Friendly Center.... ministries supported by the people of West Ohio. .
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| Young adult Call to Action feedback sought | |
A new blog, youngumspeak.blogspot.com, has been created to facilitate discussion among young people about the pending Call To Action legislation to be voted on at General Conference 2012 in Tampa, FL. Based on a recent Twitter conversation about the lack of young people's input and feedback in response to the legislation, the website was started as a "grassroots movement" by several young adults who are also General Conference delegates. The site is an open forum, and anyone is encouraged to submit a response. |
| From near-death to neighborhood life centers: Ohio pastor shares church revival tactics at Evangelism Conference |  Fort McKinley United Methodist Church was struggling. Nobody new ever came to the church, and the last 40 members realized that radical change was their only hope. Fort McKinley's success story is the centerpiece of the third annual Holston Evangelism Conference, scheduled over the weekend at Cokesbury United Methodist Church in Knoxville. [more] |
| 2012 UMHSO Convocation and Annual Meeting |  "The Early Days of the United Brethren Muskingum Conference" is the topic for the convocation and annual meeting of the United Methodist Historical Society of Ohio being held April 21 at the Newcomer's Chapel of Pigeon Run UMC. Click here for a complete listing of events, speakers, lodging and registration. |
| Two West Ohio United Methodist schools honored with Presidential service awards |
 The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community problems and placing more students on a lifelong path of civic engagement. Recognized are institutions that achieve meaningful, measurable outcomes in the communities they serve. The 2012 recipients were announced recently includes two Ohio United Methodist affiliated schools - Otterbein University as a finalist for the top award, Ohio Wesleyan University was honored with distinction. |
| New dates of note | |
April 14...Bridges out of Poverty Training I and Simulation, Buckeye Lake
April 17...Bridges out of Poverty Training I, Delaware
May 12...Bridges out of Poverty Training II, Columbus
May 19-20...Change the World Event; 3rd annual observance will build community locally and fight malaria globally. |
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Rev. Robert W. Scott (retired 2009), died on March 5, 2012. Messages of condolence may be sent to his wife Martha at 2135 Northridge Drive, Springfield, OH 45504
Mrs. Priscilla Ringenburg, surviving spouse of Rev. Michael F. Ringenburg (deceased 1964), died on March 4, 2012. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family in care of her son Mr. Fred Ringenburg, 1882 E. Shelby, Seattle, WA 98112
Mrs. Mary Jane Tracy, wife of Rev. Ernest Tracy (retired 1987), died on March 3, 2012. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Heifer International, 1 World Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72202. Messages of condolence may be sent to Ernest at 4478 St. Ann Lane, Columbus, OH 43213. |
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