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CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer this week lift’s up Radnor Congregational UCC. Please keep the members and friends of Radnor Community UCC and their newly called pastor, Rev. Dan Bill in your prayers.
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up Orchard Hill UCC, Chillicothe this week. Please remember Pastor Terry Williams, and all the members and friends of Orchard Hill in your prayers this week. Also, we lift up very special prayers for Rev. Donald Yaekle as he has been placed on Hospice Care at home. Please remember Donald and his wife Sylvia in your prayers.
Reception for Rebecca & Pastor Dennis
In their nearly two years with us, Pastor Dennis and Rebecca have made a huge impact on Grace UCC, so as their time among us draws to a close and they prepare to retire to their farm it is only fitting that we should celebrate their ministry. This Sunday, after worship, we will have a reception to do just that. Join us as we thank them both for the gifts they have shared with us and the groundwork that has…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up CSEOA Department for Church and Authorized Ministry (DCAM) this week. Please remember the members of the Department in your prayers this week. Chair – Mr. Jim Clausing and Members – Rev. Eric Williams, Dr. Cynthia Tyson, Rev. Sarah Reed, Rev. Sigrid Rother, Rev. Leslie Taylor, Mr. John Botti, Rev. Win Strout, Rev. Herb Hicks.
Oops…
Mea Culpa!! I got a notice yesterday (it may have actually come in Friday night, I don’t remember) that a hacker had planted a phishing page on our website. I had, unfortunately, stopped being quite as diligent about looking at the logs from the website on a regular basis. I’ve looked at the logs since then and I believe I know how they got the content on here. I’ve changed the password I believe they cracked and removed the stuff…
Pastor’s Piece/Peace – Aug 2014
Thanks to so many of you that have commented to me that I will be missed as your pastor, of Grace Church. Departing on August 24 as my last Sunday with you, I will miss you. For many of you, I have had the privilege to be present with your family doing a time of joy or a special time of need such as a surgery or the loss of a loved one. I continue to pray that the love…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up The Oasis, Pickerington this week. Please remember their Pastor, Rev. Deb Click and the all members and friends of The Oasis in your prayers this week.
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Assoiciation Calendar of Prayer lifts up North Congregational UCC, Columbus this week. Please remember their Pastor, Rev. Eric Williams and all the members and friends of North Church in your prayers this week. Also, please keep our interim Association Minister, Rev. Roger Miller in your prayers, he has been nursing an injured back. The doctors have determined that he indeed does have a compression fracture and now has a slight infection which has delayed surgery. He…
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up Mt. Carmel UCC, Clearport this week. Please remember their Pastor, Rev. Marilin Miller and the all members and friends of Mt. Carmel in your prayers this week.
Core Values: Part 5 – Welcoming Community
Note: This final entry in our core value series of posts was authored by the chair of our search committee, Johanna Pearce In recent months, as our congregation worked through the process of becoming ready for a new pastor, we sought to identify our core values. As we talked, the word welcoming echoed through discussions. Everyone seemed to believe Grace welcomes those who join us for worship, fellowship, VBS, chicken noodle supper, mission, outreach, and more. Folks said one of…