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News and thoughts
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.
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
I guess I’m running late again with this, sorry. For 28 Sep, the Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up St. Paul UCC, Columbus this week. Please remember Pastor Alan Hicks, Licensed Minister and all the members and friends of St. Paul in your prayers this week.
Howard Claypool 1932-2014
As was announced in church yesterday morning, another of the saints of our congregation has gone to his eternal reward. Howard Claypool passed away Friday. You can find his full obituary here. His wonderful bass voice has been missed in the choir as he rehabbed and now lives on only in our memories. The funeral will be tomorrow (Tue, 30 Sep) at 10:30AM at the church. Please keep Phyllis and the rest of the Claypool family in your prayers. Who…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
Oops, I didn’t get this sent out last week, so please add them to your prayers this week. For the week of 14 Sep, the Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up St. John’s UCC, Newark and their pastor, Rev. Mark Katrick. Please keep the members and friends of St. John’s UCC in your prayers. For this week, the Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up our brothers and sisters in Christ at St. Michael’s UCC…
Some thoughts
Note: This is a reprint of the article that appeared in the September newsletter. Going forward, I plan to write here several times a month. Dear Grace United Church of Christ, As I continue packing up here in North Lima, Ohio and get ready to move to Lancaster, I wanted to share some thoughts with you, as we ready ourselves to be together at Grace UCC. I am both excited and happy to have been called to be your pastor.…
Rally Day 2014
This Sunday morning will be a very busy one as we kick off the program year. Please join us. 9:15 AM – Sunday School 9:15 AM – Choir practice 10:30 AM – Worship including Rally Day activities and communion ~11:30 AM – Potluck ~1:00 PM – Youth & Sunday School meetings to plan for the fall
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up Our Sister Associations of the Ohio Conference. Southern Ohio Northern Kentucky Association (SONKA) and Rev. Katherine Anadein, Designated Association Minister; Northwest Ohio Association (NWOA) and Rev. Dan Busch, Association Minister; Eastern Ohio (EOA) and Western Reserve Associations (WRA) and Rev. Rita Root, Associations General Minister.
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
This week the Central Southeast Ohio Association lifts up in prayer St. John’s Evangelical Protestant UCC, Columbus. Please remember Rev. Gini Lohmann-Bauman, and all the members and friends of St. John’s in your prayers this week. Also, this week, special prayers for the friends and family of Rev. Dan Vander Ploeg who passed away on 16 Aug at the age of 76 and was laid to rest last Saturday in Minnesota. Dan served on the Ohio Conference staff during the…
Reds-Cards Social Outing
As, she mentioned when she was here in June, Pastor Mindy is a huge Cardinals baseball fan. Her first Sunday in the pulpit will be Rally Day, 14 Sep (there will be a lot more about that in a future post), but we have an opportunity for a social outing with her the week before her first Sunday. On Thursday, 11 Sep, the Reds and the Cards play a day game at Great American Ballpark and we’d like to get…