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Save a church for me to serve
Wednesday morning before we were to consider the Bishops’ proposal of a way forward we did something different. We prayed together. No, praying together wasn’t that unusual, in last ten days we prayed more than an unprepared college student taking…
Read MoreA call to conversation
Photo Credit: Sue Zakovec, East Ohio Annual Conference In yesterday’s post I lamented the protests I had seen the day before. They were, I wrote, unnecessary because General Conference bends over backward to make sure everyone has a chance to…
Read MoreReflections on Worship
As I went to bed Saturday night I knew I needed to worship Sunday morning. But I also knew that five days of more than 1,000 United Methodists was at least enough, so Google and I discussed my options. I…
Read MoreThe Trust Clause, part II
I had dinner last night with some other members of the East Ohio delegation after we all had a busy and at times frantic day in committees trying to get through our legislation. They had heard the news about the…
Read MoreTearing down silos
Friday afternoon in my Local Church Committee we came across three interesting petitions. The topic was how the annual conference should deal with the assets of a local church that had closed. The petitions came from GCF&A, GBOD and UMRA….
Read MoreA local church and a global Discipline
Yesterday at General Conference we finally made it to our committee meetings. I’m working with the local church group, responsible for how local congregations operate. This is the section of the Book of Discipline that talks about Charge Conferences, committees,…
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