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News and thoughts
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer for the week of 28 June lifts up our delegates to the 30th General Synod of the United Church of Christ going on this weekend in Cleveland. Please keep Jim Clausing, Pastor Mindy, and all the other delegates to the General Synod in your prayers.
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
For the week of 21 June, the Central Southeast Ohio Calendar of Prayer lifts up Highwater United Church of Christ in Newark. Please keep Rev. Scott Schieber and the members and friends of Highwater UCC in your prayers.
From the pastor….
Love, Welcoming Community, Leadership, Fun/Joy, Faith As we move into the July, can you believe it, July, …we are called to live together in “Hesed” Loving kindness, steadfast love… When asked in worship a few weeks ago to share where you saw hesed, here is how you replied.. Helping with things, being happy, singing praises, in a spouse or partner, church family, children, Pastor Mindy, things we do in the community, fellowship, Bible school, search committee, at work, family. What…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
Catching up, the Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer for the week of 7 June lifted up our mission partners of the Iglesia Mision Cristiana in Nicaragua and all our international partners of the various CSEOA churches. For the week of 14 June, we lift up Heidelberg UCC in Stoutsville. Please keep Rev. Ed Lopeman and the members and friends of Heidelberg UCC in your prayers this week.
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer for the week of 31 May lifts up Grace UCC, Columbus. Please keep Sr. Pastor Rev. Ron Hall, Associate Pastor Rev. Elaine Fennell and all the members and friends of Grace, Columbus in your prayers this week.
From the pastor…
From the pastor…. Love, Welcoming Community, Leadership, Fun/Joy, Faith The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22 Abundance—comes from the word abundant, which means: present in great quality, more than adequate, as in, we are richly supplied by God. We are overflowing in fullness and generosity. When we look at our abundance, and give out of our abundance, we don’t need to wring our hands, we need to offer thanksgiving.…
Some thoughts on compassion…
I have been doing lots of thinking and observing, one thing I have noticed is how compassionate and caring we are to those who we know, those who are part of our community. This gives me great hope. We are blessed that we notice when people aren’t here, and we go check on them. AND that is truly amazing! We are living into our core values. Now it is also time to open ourselves up and move out of our…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
This week the Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up First Congregational UCC, Marysville. Please keep Rev. Linda Meredith and all the members and friends of First Congregational in your prayers this week.
Pastors time
From the Pastor… Love, Leadership, Fun/Joy, Faith, Welcoming community Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! What wonderful good news for us. We live, love, be and have faith because we know that Christ lives with us. We can ask questions, doubt, be together, and grow because the women found the tomb empty, because God keeps God’s promises. Now this doesn’t mean that everything is status quo or stays the same. No it means that we have to live and…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
This week the Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up First Congregational UCC, Huntington, WV. Please keep Rev. Timothy Dixon, Sr. Pastor; Commissioned Minister for Social Justice, Ms. Terry Collison and all the members and friends of First Congregational in your prayers this week.