March 22, 2007
Email Address for Rev. Daniel Busch, Association Minister dlbusch@nwoa.org
Rev. Daniel Busch preached at the UCC in Spencerville and at the Installation of Rev. Catherine Costello on March 11th at St. Paul’s UCC in Rockford, also preached at Trinity UCC in Upper Sandusky on March 18th. He will be attending the installation of Rev. Anthony Minear at the 1st Congregational Church in Mansfield this Sunday, March 25th.
Prayer Requests
Please pray for continued strength for Rev. Terry Kohanski, Toledo.
Please pray for the good health of Rev. Jim Melter. He was hospitalized last week but is home resting now.
Robert Coghlin, husband of Pastor Ann Coghlin at St. Paul’s UCC in Toledo has undergone surgery at St.Vincent in Toledo. Please remember him in your prayers.
Rev. Marty Stiffler has a new granddaughter. Marty and JoAnn Stiffler’s daughter Kristen & Scott Rickel had their first child. A little girl named Ashtyn Marie Rickel born Tuesday, February 27 at 8:09 am weighing 6 lbs 11oz. and was 20 inches long. This is Marty and JoAnn’s 3rd grandchild. They are all members of Emanuel UCC in Upper Sandusky. Congratulations to the family!
Rev. Anthony (Tony) Minear has accepted a call to 1st Congregational Church in Mansfield and will be installed as Pastor on March 25th beginning at 10:00 am. Tony comes to Ohio from Lincoln, NE and currently holds Ministerial Standing with the UCC.
Rev. Sue Keller will be installed as Pastor at Buckland UCC on April 22nd beginning at 3:00 pm. All are welcome!
Annual Meeting Materials. www.nwoa.org
A Challenge to “Change Our Camps” open the flyer attached
TIMELY TOPICS
Looking at General Synod Rev. Daniel Busch, Association Minister. March 14th
Location: Northwest Ohio Association, 416 Wentz St., Tiffin, OH 44883 Time: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm.
No Cost! Bring a brown bag lunch (beverages are available)
Church Professional Event! Mark your calendar October 1, 2007
Speaker Rev. John Thomas, General Minister and President of the UCC
Live in Concert Bryan Sirchio at St. Stephen UCC, Sandusky
Tomorrow, March 23rd. See the attached flyer.
Inspiring Generosity & Planned Giving Event
On March 31 at First UCC in Findlay the Stewardship & Caring Team will sponsor Inspiring Generosity & Planned Giving. Key note speakers will be Margaret Mills – Minister for Stewardship, Education & Youth with the Western Reserve & Eastern Ohio Association and Nancy Ackley – Minister for Capital Campaigns & Financial Development with the Western Reserve & Eastern Ohio Association. Registration will begin at 9:00 am. www.nwoa.org
Effective Teaching Workshop
On March 24 at Trinity UCC in Tiffin a workshop will be offered “Effective Teaching”. Keynote speaker will be Rev. Dr. Marian Plant, Coordinator for the Defiance College Design for Leadership. www.nwoa.org
Church Development Summit #2 Northwest Ohio Association Office
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Attention Pastors and lay leaders in the Northwest Ohio Association, we will be holding our second Church Development Summit on Tuesday, April 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Association Office. We will continue to build on our conversation from our first Summit around the following areas:
There will be opportunity for large group sharing as well as time spent in smaller interest groups to continue to build on these areas that are important in the life of the Association and our local churches. Everyone is invited to come and share in this important Summit as we seek to develop and help churches grow in their ministry.
Please RSVP to Joan Davidson at the Association Office that you will be attending. Lunch will be brought in, please bring a few dollars to help offset the cost.
joan@nwoa.org or 419-447-8323
Great News! The Ohio Conference Church Development Flight School program will not end this May.
Rev. David Plant, our Flight School instructor, has graciously offered to continue the program and do one school a year over the next five years around the various associations if we can gather at least five churches together. The 2007-2008 training will be in the Eastern Ohio Association. The success of the Flight School program has been very gratifying and if your church would like to participate, or if you would like to send a second team for training, watch for information about future dates and locations.
Trip to El Salvador on June 20 -28
This trip will be a fact finding trip for those that have not been there before and it will also have opportunities for interaction with children and adults. The dates may have to be moved up or back a day depending on flight schedules. The cost, including air fare, lodging, translator, transportation in El Salvador, and meals, will be $1150 to $1250. Individuals could pay for other expenses in El Salvador and I could either order airline tickets for the group or they could be purchased individually. If interested, please contact, soon, John Gilberg at 419-629-2947 or by E-mail johgilberg@nktelco.net.
A SAFE PLACE Workshop will be held on Monday evening March 26, 2007 at Defiance College. It is required for all of the Christian education students, AND we are pleased to open it to any in our local churches who want to take advantage of this information and training opportunity. Please see the attached flier for details. Contact Dr. Marian R. Plant if you have questions (mplant@defiance.edu or 419-783-2338) Indication of participation is appreciated but not required. Walk-ins welcome (just please be on time). See attached flyer.
Schauffler Seminar in Social Work and Christian Education which will be held on March 28, 2007, at Defiance College. The speaker, Mary Nelson is a prominent pioneer and leader in the Christian Community Development movement. She went to Chicago in about 1965 to help her brother who was the pastor at a west side Lutheran church. She stayed on for over 40 years and worked with the development of Bethel New Life, a church-based institution that worked with housing, build a re-cycling industry, created an office and store complex at the site of a formerly very devastated elevated train stop, and has helped people in the community in many other ways. See the attached brochure - DC Schauffler Seminar
Ohio Conference Annual Meeting
2007 Ohio Conference Annual Gathering Saturday, July 28
Villa Milano Conference Center, Shrock Road, Columbus
The
Unexpected Presence Keynote
speaker: Luther K. Snow
Author of The Power of Asset Mapping, How
Your Congregation Can Act on Its Gifts
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Deadlines and Meeting Dates
Upcoming
March
24 Effective Teaching Workshop Trinity UCC, Tiffin
24 Sandusky Valley Region Work Day at Templed Hills
25 Rev. Anthony Minear Installation
UCC Pastor at First Congregational Church Mansfield 10:00 am
28 Lakeshore/Firelands Clergy First Cong’l UCC, Sandusky
31 Inspiring Generosity & Planned Giving First UCC, Findlay 9:00 am
April
2 Sandusky Valley Clergy 11:30 am Fairhaven, Upper Sandusky
3 Lay School 7:15 pm
6 Office Closed – Good Friday
9 Monthly Mailing Deadline
10 Heidelberg Women Spring Rally
10 Church and Ministry Mtg
11 Timely Topics 10:30 am Tiffin Looking at General Synod Speaker Rev. Daniel Busch
12-15 UCC Office Support Staff Mtg New York City
October 1, 2007 Fall Professional Event – Rev. John Thomas, Speaker
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