Mission and Vision of the CAS District Our Mission: The Mission of the Capitol Area South District is to encourage and equip United Methodist congregations in their mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Our Vision The vision of the Capitol Area South District is that all local churches are to be disciple-making centers that mirror the demographic composition of the community in which they are located in terms of age, ethnicity, and cultural background; and that the congregations continually grow and reach new people for Christ and strive to be open and inclusive of all God's children. Read the Revised CAS Strategic Plan by clicking HERE |
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Positions Available
Part-time Administrative Assistant/Secretary at Walnut Hill UMC
Part-time Administrative assistant/Secretary 15-20 hours a week. Schedule is flexible. Works well with people. Must have demonstrated office skills.
Walnut Hill United Methodist Church
Part-time Director of Family/Children's Ministries at First UMC, Mt. Sterling, OH
First UMC Mt. Sterling is seeking a person to develop, coordinate and promote spiritual formation of children ages 3 through fifth grade, as well as their families; function as a team member of the church staff of First United Methodist Church, under the supervision of the pastor and the Staff-Parish Relations Committee.
Click HERE for the job description
Community Development for All People Seeks Part-time Finance Specialist
Community Development for All People (CD4AP) is seeking a mature, experienced individual with a mix of skills and experience in the areas of accounting and bookkeeping. The candidate selected for this newly created position will provide support to and work closely with our Director of Operations, current bookkeeper, third-party accountant and auditor This position reports to the Director of Operations.
Click HERE for the job description.
Community Development for All People Seeks Part-time Office and Communications Assistant
Community Development for All People (CD4AP) is seeking an experienced and mature individual possessing a dynamic mix of skills in the areas of administrative office support and communications. We are seeking someone with the experience, skills, and commitment to excellence related to performing traditional administrative office support tasks and responsibilities.
Click HERE for the job description.
North Broadway Children's Center Financial Manager
North Broadway Children's Center is seeking a Financial Manager. The Financial Manager is responsible for the efficient management of the center finances.
Click HERE for more information.
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Volunteer Corner
(Editor's note: If your ministry is in need of additional servants, this is a space in which you can seek others to serve. Send requests via email to: jwaugh@wocumc.org)
Washington Ave UMC Seeks Volunteers
Here some needs that Pastor Ernest Starr has identified in the Wednesday evening ministry at Washington Ave UMC. Please note that volunteers in the nursery and youth areas would need to be approved through the Safe Sanctuary policy of their local congregations in order to serve in these areas.
In need of 7 volunteers to help the Wonderful Wednesday program as volunteers in the following areas:
1. One person for kitchen and serving
2. Two people to help control "traffic flow" during the 5pm worship service
3. Two people as fellowship hall monitors until the worship service is over because those who do not wish to participate in worship services wait in the fellowship hall.
4. Two people for the nursery area
5. Two people to conduct youth craft classes or help with the craft classes
For more information, please contact Pastor Ernest Starr at eesii@yahoo.com .
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Reminder:
Year End Reports Due!
Year End Annual Reports are due in the conference office on February 1.
Property and Legal Reports (including the Parsonage Inspection) are due in the district office by
February 1.
Click HERE for more information on the West Ohio Conference website.
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Mark Your Calendar
May 17-18: Lay Speaker Training (basic and advanced class)
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One Day to End Homelessness Campaign 1/1/-2/29/12
 The One Day to End Homelessness campaign, from January 1 through February 29, 2012, calls on community members to contribute the equivalent of just one day's rent or mortgage payment. Money raised will benefit the programs of the Community Shelter Board, the nationally recognized organization that funds housing and homelessness services in Franklin County. The campaign will include activities that raise money and raise awareness among our congregations about homelessness. To facilitate communications, the Community Shelter Board provides participating organizations with a comprehensive Campaign Toolkit with fact sheets, bulletin copy, and other support. WBNS-10TV will hold a telethon during all TV news programming on January 31, 2012, to bolster our efforts. Click HERE to download a copy of the memo that has been send to each congregation in the CAS District about this campaign. Click HERE to download a guide for organizing your congregation's efforts for this campaign.
Click HERE for other campaign resources on the district web site.
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Jim's Tool Box
Pastors on Facebook:
What Do You Share? (Part 2)
In this month's Tool Box, Jim continues with a series on the use of social media by pastors and other church staff. He shares some guidelines and suggestions for the appropriate use of Facebook and other social media by pastors and church staff members . Social media such as Facebook and Twitter are new areas of communication/relationship in our culture today so the "rules" about the use of the ways of communicating are still evolving. Check out Jim's article to see why he found out about this emerging ministry tool.
Click HERE to read Jim's article.
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News from United Methodist Community Ministries
You can Give One Day to End Homelessness
(Editor's note: The Rev. Beth Weisbrod recently volunteered at the Women's Overflow Shelter here is a story about a family she met and their housing dilemma.)
Tina is a 26 year old young woman with a husband and 2 kids. If you passed her on the street you wouldn't know she is currently homeless. She and her family recently moved to Columbus from California and are struggling to find jobs and housing. For now her husband is staying at the Men's Overflow Shelter, she is staying at the Women's Overflow Shelter at St. Stephen's Community Center, and her kids are staying with family.
When I volunteered there she said, "Please don't call me homeless- this is just temporary til we can get into our own place". This is the face of homelessness today- it's not just about the chronically homeless person pushing a shopping cart.
More than ever there is a need to do what we can to help. Remember to give one day of your rent or mortgage on Jan 31 to the One Day to End Homelessness Campaign on Channel 10. Mention your church when you call in your pledge.
In the meantime, thanks to King Ave, Oakland Park and New Life UM churches for volunteering at the Women's Overflow shelter the last couple of weeks! One more request- if your church has a van, would you consider an early Sunday morning run from St Stephen's to New LIfe UMC for breakfast? There are about 22 women staying at the shelter and there is no bus for an hour when they leave the shelter at 6am. Let me know if you can assist in this way- you can call me at 614-228-1010. Thanks!
Connecting with the Soul: Faith Sharing Training for Outreach Ministries
Are you wondering how to create a safe space in your outreach ministry or church so you can listen and share faith with people you serve? This training will help you build mutual caring, praying and sharing God stories into your radical hospitality and service. You can register for this event by clicking HERE.
Click HERE to download a flyer for more information about dates and locations for this training.
Upcoming Community Ministries Workshops for 2012
Community Ministries has scheduled a several training events for 2012. Among the events are Community Ministries Liaison Training, Healthy Serving Day Apart, and Bridges out of Poverty among others.
Click HERE to download a copy of the schedule.
NEW! United Methodist Community Ministries Prayer Calendar
Pray for mission projects and ministries supported through the United Methodist Community Ministries. Click HERE to download a prayer calendar for January and February (there is a different project listed and described for each week).
Did You Know You Are Supporting Over 70 Different Outreach Ministries?
Click HERE to download a brochure that lists all the ministries that your Community Ministries Apportionment dollars help to support.
Beth is now on Twitter, and you can follow her tweets at twitter/umcommin.
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West Side Shalom Zone Holds Fund Raising Lunch to Honor Bishop Joe Sprague
 On Saturday, February 11, the West Side Shalom Zone will host a fundraiser and benefit. The purpose of the event is to raise funds to support activities and programs of the shalom zone. The benefit luncheon will honor Bishop Joseph Sprague. It was Joe Sprague's motion at the 1992 General Conference that established the shalom zone concept in the United Methodist Church. Bishop Sprague was also instrumental in the formation of the Shalom Zone on the west side of Columbus. Bishop Greg Palmer of the Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference.
Click HERE to download a flyer for the event that includes information about how to order tickets. |
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Methodist Theological School Announces 2012 MIssion and Evangelism Institute for March 19-20
 This year's Mission and Evangelism Institute seeks to present the church's identity and calling as "missional." With the theme "Missional Church in Many Contexts," it offers pathways toward becoming a missional congregation in rural, suburban and urban settings. The three institute speakers are proven missional leaders who have had breakthroughs in transforming congregations from inward-oriented to mission-focused.
Two of the speakers at this year's event are pastors in the CAS District:
The Rev. Kevin Koske: Kevin is the pastor of Church in the Mall in Heath. An outreach ministry of Centenary UMC in Granville, Church in the Mall aspires to become a fully chartered United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Bill Lyle: Bill is the senior pastor at Peace UMC, Pickerington. Bill was just appointed at Peace after having served as the lead pastor at Greenville Evangelical UMC where he led the church in growing from a church attendance of 126 to 770. He reinvigorated a defunct Sunday school. The church initiated three new styles of worship, utilizing innovative multimedia and integrated multi-site ministry.
The other leader is the Rev. David Hood who is the campus pastor at Fort McKinley Church, the urban branch of Ginghamsburg Church in Dayton. Fort McKinley is a church "restart" that was on the brink of closing in 2008. In just three years, it has grown from 40 attendees to 400, with three Sunday morning worship celebrations.
Click HERE for a link for information about this event on the MTSO website.
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Confirmation Retreat Scheduled for March 2-4
 Learning and growing in our faith, in our relationship with God, is a life-long endeavor. As United Methodist's we share a common history, but we each have our own story as to how we came to this point in our journey and we each will live our call to discipleship differently. Our Story: Confirmation Retreat is an enhancement of your church's current confirmation program and will provide students an opportunity to explore their own faith journey while learning the history of the United Methodist Church. This 3-day retreat is geared at 6th-9th graders but high school students engaged in a confirmation process are also welcome. Students will be immersed in God's creation while connecting with United Methodist traditions, each other and their own personal relationship with Christ. It is our dream that by learning the "United Methodist story" each participant will continue to grow in faith and explore opportunities to serve God as they move toward the next chapter of life. Join us as we discover our faith in the intersection between our past traditions and our life long discipleship. The registration deadline is February 20. (Please note this event will fill us quickly). Click HERE for more information. |
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Local Church Happenings
Thurston UMC Feeding Program Featured in Interpreter article
An article on summer feeding programs in the January-February issue of The Interpreter features a feeding ministry at Thurston UMC. The article can be found in the online Interpreter site HERE. Scroll down to read the account of the feeding ministry at Thurston.
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Training Opportunities
 New Church Start Turbo Boot CampThis event is for New Church Starts and for congregations who are considering a new church start in the future. The Boot Camp provides an opportunity to equip more people in the principles and practices that will lead to a healthy launch of a new church.
February 10-11, 2012 @ King Ave UMC, Columbus
Click HERE to download a flyer about this event.
Early Response Team (ERT) Training
Participants will gain information and training in assisting with natural disaster recovery.
Upon successful completion of the course and a favorable background check, each participant will receive an UMCOR badge. The badge allows access to FEMA declared emergency zones.
Click HERE to download a flyer about times and details of the training as well as the cost.
"The Small Membership Church: What Stops Us From Moving Forward?" This event sponsored by the Town and Rural Resource Program will be held on Saturday, February 25 from 9:00 am to 4?30 pm, at the Marion Salem UMC, 1640 Salem Rd, Caledonia, OH. Click HERE for a brochure about the event. |
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Apportionment Update
Click HERE to see the congregations that have paid 100% of their conference apportionments as of 1/18/12. Thanks to all for faithfulness in the payment of apportionments.
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Prayer Concerns
 Our prayers are with the family of Ruby Molyneux. Ruby died on December 6, 2011. She was the widow of the Rev. Donald Molyneux.
We remember in prayer the family of the Rev. Erladean Heffner. Erladean served as the pastor for 47 years at Hopewell Church. She served for many years in the former Newark District before Hopewell Church was located in what is now the Foothills District.
We pray for Issac infant son of the Jennifer and the Rev. Jon Osmundson. Issac is undergoing tests at Children's Nationwide Hospital.
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