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CSEOA Prayer Calendar
This week the Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up Trinity United Church of Christ, Baltimore. Please lift up Rev. Jill Dunlap and all the members and friends of Trinity in your prayers this week.
Advent meditation time
During the season of Advent, there will be an opportunity for who ever wants to gather together in a time of meditation. On Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 at 11 and again at 6, we will meet in silence, music, word, and togetherness. I am offering a time of about 30-45 minutes to come and just be. Both times will be the same. I hope that you will take the time to come, to build community, to be with our…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
For the week of 2 Nov, the Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifted up The United Church of Mount Sterling. Please keep Rev. Dan Shipley and the members and friends of the United Church of Mt. Sterling in your prayers. For the week of 9 Nov, the Calendar of Prayer lifts up the Association Department for Preparation for Authorized Ministry. This is the department responsible for helping those who feel called to the ministry discern what their call…
From the pastor….
From the pastor…. ” But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” ( Isaiah 43: 1) This is my favorite scripture verse, because it always reminds me that God named and claimed me. Even in the worse times, even when life seems like it is falling apart, we have been called by name,…
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Just a reminder, you get to sleep in an extra hour this Sunday, remember to set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed Saturday evening.
88th(ish) Chicken Noodle Dinner
Every year since about 1926, Grace UCC has been serving up delicious homemade noodles, chicken, cole slaw, mashed potatoes, and desserts on the (usually) first Saturday in November. This year is no exception. Folks have been busy making noodles, pickin’ chicken, making cole slaw, and baking cakes, so come out this Saturday (yes, tomorrow) and join us for fun, fellowship, and to raise some funds (I believe that Women’s Guild gives most of this to our capital fund). The…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
Sorry, I’ve been out and missed a couple so allow me to catch up. The Central Southeast Ohio Calendar of Prayer lifted up Second Congregational UCC, in Marrietta for the week of 19 Oct, please keep the members and friends of Second Congregational in your prayers as they discern a path forward after the death earlier this year of their pastor of 45 years, Pastor Dick Saltzwedel. The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer also lifted up the Association…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up St. Paul’s UCC, Glenford this week. Please remember Rev. Beth Bateson and all the members and friends at St. Paul’s in your prayers this week.
Fall time…
From the pastor…. Autumn… Fall…, is my most favorite time of year. Not sure why, maybe it is because by the time September rolls around I am tired of the hot weather, and the no schedule. Don’t get me wrong, I love summer and the time of vacations and new places, of late night talks and visits to the beach. But there is something about fall that calls me back to mystery of faith and life. The colors change, the…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
This week the Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up Hospice Ministries at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, OhioHealth, and Heartland Hospice this week. Please remember all CSEOA Authorized Clergy called to all Hospice Ministries in our Association in your prayers this week.