March 9, 2006
Rev. Daniel Busch will preach this Sunday, March 12th at First UCC in Shelby at 10:00 am. And then at 3:00 pm
Rev. Rich Rader will be installed at First UCC in Shelby.
“Get to Know” The Rev. Daniel L. Busch, Association Minister of the Northwest Ohio Association, UCC by attending Special Gatherings listed below:
March 13, 2006 – First UCC, 248 Harding Way West, Galion No need to register. All is welcome!
March 16, 2006 – St. Paul UCC, North Franklin & Second St., New Bremen
A supper will begin the event at 6:30 pm (free will offering) with a program after the meal. Please call the church with your RSVP by March 9. 419-629-2502 or email stpaulnb@bright.net Child care will be provided.
March 27, 2006 – St. John’s UCC, 10 Main St., Tiffin 7:00 pm No need to register, just attend.
Official Call to the Annual Meeting was mailed today.
The Annual Meeting of the Northwest Ohio Association will take place on April 29th at St. Paul UCC in Wapakoneta. On this day, 3 persons will be approved for Ordination, the Association business will take place and disaster kits will be boxed. Also, the Installation of our new Association Minister, The Rev. Daniel Busch will be on the agenda beginning at 3:00 pm. Please prepare to take place in the Installation by bringing a banner from your church to carry in the processional as the Installation celebration begins. Also participants are welcome to join in a Mass Choir for the Installation Service. Please bring your own robe and register on the form included in the mailing materials. All Authorized Ministers are invited to be robed with red stoles. Information and registration will be on the web page www.nwoa.org
Disaster Kits gathered at the Spring Meeting:
1800 clean up kits have already been send to help with the disaster response teams working in Miss. and Louisiana, but many more are needed.
Personal Care Kit – a bar of soap, a wash cloth and hand towel, a disposable razor, a small container of shave cream, six band-aids, a tooth brush, a small tube of tooth paste, a comb, a small container of deodorant, a nail file, a personal note.
Clean-up Kit – A large container of Clorox Cleanup disinfectant cleaner, a scrub brush, a wire, metal cleaning brush, a pair of rubber gloves, a large heavy duty sponge, some plastic trash bags, a common household bucket, a personal note.
The Nominating Committee is hard at work and needs your help!
The following are still needed to fill each Team before the Annual Meeting in April.
Please contact Donna Overholt, Nominations Chair, if you are interested in serving on the following. 419-447-0572
Auglaize Valley Region
Nominating Committee - 1 lay person
Nominating Committee – 1 lay or clergy person
Finance & Budget Committee – 1 lay or clergy person
Lakeshore Region
Regional Coordinating Team – 1 lay person
Stewardship and Caring Ministry Team – 1 lay person
Witness & Proclamation MT – 1 lay person
Nominating Committee – 1 lay person
- 1 lay or clergy person
Personnel Committee – 1 lay person
Sandusky Valley Region
Stewardship and Caring Ministry Team – 1 lay person
Witness and Proclamation Ministry Team – 1 lay person
Ohio Conference Request Volunteer American Sign Language interpreters needed for the Ohio Conference Annual Gathering this year at Heidelberg College in Tiffin. At least two interpreters are needed, to cover these times:
Thursday, June 15 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Friday, June 16 9:00 am – 11:45 am
7:00 – 9:00 pm (possibly) 1:15 pm – 5:30 pm
7:30 pm – 9:15 pm
Saturday, June 17 8:30 am – Noon
All of these are plenary sessions, either in Seiberling Gym or (on Thursday) in a smaller meeting room. Anyone who has questions or is interested in serving during any of these times should contact Pam Brown at 800.282.0740 or pamb@ocucc.org.
Sandusky Valley Regional Event – “March Gladness- Celebrating the UCC” with Loren Cope, Minister for Conference Relations, will be speaking. March 19, 2006
Event information on the Association home page http://nwoa.org/SanduskyValley2006MarchGladness.pdf
Church of the week!
The Association home page
http://nwoa.org is updated weekly. This week's
honor – link goes to First Congregational UCC in Berlin Heights. They have a
Parish Nurse Program. Find out about their mission trip to Biloxi. Prospective
members check out the church’s web page to see what is going on.
http://www.thebigwhitechurch.com
Every church can have a great site if they want one.
Contact the Association office
by inquiring at
webinfo@nwoa.org <mailt:webinfo@nwoa.org>.
The Grace UCC in Fostoria was highlighted last week http://wwwgracefostoria.org
Templed Hills and Pilgrim Hills are seeking people to apply for summer staff positions for Church Camp. Have fun and enjoy a fulfilling job as a staff health care-giver, counselor, lifeguard, crafts instructor, or camp store coordinator. Adults and young adults who have graduated from high school are eligible to apply. Contact Cynthia Speller at cynthias@ocucc.org or apply online at www.ocucc.org.
Monetary giving’s to Missions.
If you are interested in your giving’s to Missions, be listed on your NWOA quarterly report, send your money here to the office, designated to your special mission and it will be sent on to your mission project and appear on your NWOA quarterly statement.
DO YOU HAVE COUNSELING, MEDIATION OR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT SKILLS? The Church and Ministry Department would like to build a resource bank of people that could be called upon to assist with support for clergy and congregations. We are looking for clergy and laypersons with advanced training, skills, and experience in counseling, mediation, or conflict management. We would also like to find people with outstanding listening and supporting skills. Please send names and contact information as soon as possible to Rev. Daniel L. Busch dlbusch@nwoa.org or Northwest Ohio Association, 416 Wentz St., Tiffin, OH 44883.
Ministerial Profile on-line
We just received good news from the Parish Life and Leadership ministry team. The web page to do the UCC Ministerial Profile on-line is back up and running. For the past 6 months the Ministerial Profile web page has been down as changes were made to the process. The conversion took considerably longer than originally anticipated. At the present time, this site is only available for creating a new on-line electronic profile. http://profiles.ucc.org
For those wishing to update a present electronic profile (created using the CD software or the former on-line software) you may do so by emailing the changes and/or updates to ludwigd@ucc.org.
Birth ANNOUNCEMENT!
I’m happy to announce the birth of two new internet domains:TempledHillsCamp.org and PilgrimHillsCamp.org
Each of these sites will send users directly to the Pilgrim Hills or Templed Hills pages of the ocucc.org website.
These two domains will be useful for us in making simpler connections with our Nature’s Classroom Students and Teachers and open up the future to dedicated websites for Outdoor Ministries.
OM
hired Marty Buck to take care of this for us. Yippee!
Rev. Cynthia M. Speller, Minister
for Outdoor Ministries
RECENT EMAIL & MAIL CHANGES and ADDITIONS
If your personal (or church) email address or mailing address has recently changed, let us know!
The Rev. Daniel L. Busch, Association Minister dlbusch@nwoa.org
Rev. Wendy Schindler-Chasney new email revwendy@thewavz.com.
Mitch Reed – Youth Minister – First UCC, New Knoxville mreed03@nktelco.net
Prayer Requests
Rev. Terry Kohanski has just returned home from a 10 day stay in the hospital. She is staying with her mother in law at this time and could be reached at 419-382-4234. Please keep Terry in your prayers.
Our office custodian Dick Adams, had a stroke last week at Fort Myers Beach, Florida while vacationing. He is trying to improve enough with rehab to be released from doctors care long enough to make the trip home to Tiffin. Please remember Dick and Kathryn as they work hard to make it through this time of uncertainty. If you would like to send a card, please send it to there home address where it will be forward to there present location. Dick and Kathryn Adams, 195 St. Francis Ave., Tiffin, OH 44883
Deadlines and Meeting Dates
Upcoming
March
10 Monthly Mailing Deadline
11 NWOA Cabinet 9:30 – 2pm
12 Rev. Rich Rader – Installation First UCC, Shelby 3:00 pm
13 “Get to Know Dan” First UCC in Galion 7:00 pm
16 Church Development Team 10-2pm
16 “Get to Know Dan” St. Paul UCC in New Bremen 6:30 pm supper
19 Sandusky Valley Event “March Gladness” Trinity UCC – Upper Sandusky 2-5 pm
21 Lay School 7:15 pm
23 Faith Formation 10-2 pm
24-26 Heartland Stewardship Mtg Cleveland
27 “Get to Know Dan” St. John’s UCC in Tiffin 7:00 pm
29 Lakeshore Clergy 11:30 am Holiday Inn, Fremont
30 Witness and Proclamation 10 -1 pm
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