UCC
Pictures and Thoughts from General Synod 30
As many of you are aware and as Pastor Mindy discussed in her sermon this morning. Pastor Mindy and I were privileged to be delegates from the Ohio Conference to General Synod 30 in Cleveland two weeks ago. The resolutions that were proposed can be found at http://synod.uccpages.org/resolutions/index.html (I don’t see the final versions as voted on posted yet, but they will be there at some point). The ones that made the news were primarily the ones related to Israel…
Day Trip to UCC General Synod
As Pastor Mindy mentioned during the announcements, there will be a bus taking folks from the Southwestern Ohio-Northern Kentucky Association (SONKA) and the Central Southeast Ohio Association (CSEOA) to General Synod on Sunday, 28 June, leaving from Columbus at 9:30AM and returning at 8:30PM. Our congregation will be represented by 2 official delegates (Jim Clausing and Pastor Mindy), but this is a great opportunity for any member of the congregation who wants to see the workings of the national setting…
Pastor Ruth is installed
On a beautiful, if a bit chilly, Sunday afternoon, Pastor Ruth Farrell was installed today as pastor and teacher of Grace UCC. Rev. Dr. Forrest Hoppe, Association Minister, and Rev. Eric Williams, chair of the Association Department of Church and Ministry officiated over the actual installation and the moving message for the afternoon was delivered by Pastor Ruth’s father, Rev. Dr. (LTC) Bruce Farrell, a chaplain with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard who recently returned from a year in Iraq.…