May 21, 2007
Email Address for Rev. Daniel Busch, Association Minister dlbusch@nwoa.org
Rev. Daniel Busch preached at Grace UCC, Fostoria on April 29th , at Sylvania UCC on May 6th , at Nu-Vizion UCC, Toledo on May 6th , at Memorial UCC, Toledo on May 13th , at The Oasis at West Elm UCC, Lima on May 20th. He will be preaching at St. Stephen UCC in Sandusky at 8 and 10:15 am on June 3rd and also visiting Emmanuel UCC, Sandusky on this day.
Prayer Requests
Please pray for continued strength for Rev. Terry Kohanski, Toledo.
SONKA Office Manager Lin Baker and her family are grieving the loss of her brother, Thomas Baker. Please remember the Baker family in your prayers.
Ted Lovejoy has been hospitalized the last couple weeks undergoing testing. Ted is the chair of the Stewardship & Caring Ministry Team. Within the last week Ted has been diagnosed with liver cancer, short term and is coming home from the hospital today with the care of Hospice. Please remember Ted and Verlene in your prayers.
Maggie Maher, the Christian Educator/Youth Director at Park Congregational UCC in Toledo was in a serious car accident. At the present time she is in rehab with the possibility of paralyses from the waist down. Please pray for Maggie during this recovery time.
John and Joyce Gilberg ask for prayers
Leonidas our interpreter in El Salvador and his wife are in need of prayer. She is in grave danger because of eating contaminated pork.
“I have my wife at a hospital since May 5th because she is suffering of a severe crisis; she has a parasite in her bloodstream at a high concentration level, called cysticercoids. The doctors say is produced by the consumption of infected pork meat. Today I was with her at the hospital because she was going to have an ultrasonography of her brain to detect if the parasite has made calcifications on it. I am pretty nervous about what will happen because she doesn’t feel well at all and she’s looking really bad. I was about to write you since some days ago to ask you to put her under your congregation prayers. I am sure of the prayer power and that your constant relation to the Almighty God will be very powerful in this situation. Please John, share this note with all the friends. With friendship and faith. Leonidas “
General Synod Resolutions (Summary) See Attachment
One of the service projects at the Hartford General Synod is to prepare “teacher appreciation” kits. The kits will be put together at GS. Attached is a flyer about the items for the kits, and where to bring items when people arrive in Hartford.
General Synod Delegates for 2007
Class of 2007
Rev. Louis Dorsch Trinity UCC, 131 E. Perry Street, Tiffin, OH 44883
Mr. Tom Quellhorst St. Paul UCC, PO Box 6, New Bremen, OH 45869
Mr. Ben McKibben First UCC, 248 Harding Way West, Galion, OH 44833
Rev. Wendy Schindler-Chasney St. John’s UCC, 2712 W. Mason St., Milan, OH 44846
Ms. Liz Proudfoot St. Stephen UCC, 905 E. Perkins Ave., Sandusky, OH 44870
Class of 2009
Mrs. Becky Lust Sycamore UCC, Box 347, Sycamore, OH 44882
Rev. Elaine Bast First UCC, 1500 Tiffin Road, Fremont, OH 43420
Ms. Lindsey Briggs St. Paul’s UCC, 201 N. Perry Street, St. Marys, OH 45885
Ms. Rebecca McKibben Berkey Congl. Christian Church, 12036 Sylvania-Metamora Rd., Berkey, OH 43504
Rev. William Nirote The St. John UCC, 950 Webster Street, Defiance, OH 43512
Rev. Rich Rader First UCC, 23 Church St., Shelby, OH 44875
Mr. Dale Schmidt St. Paul’s UCC, 201 N. Perry Street, St. Marys, OH 45885
Mr. Bill Flickinger First UCC, 326 South Prospect St., Marion, OH 43302
The Auglaize Valley Region South Clergy Meeting will be June 7, 11:30am, Old Barn Out Back Restaurant, 3175 W. Elm, Lima. Also, the Auglaize Valley Region Coordinating Team meeting will be at the same place on the same day at 1:30pm. The changes are for June only.
Friends,
Below are the details of the Bridge Coffee House this summer at the Oasis on West Elm United Church of Christ in Lima, OH. Some of you came last year and enjoyed it and I wanted to invite you again. Please feel free to share this information with others and mark your calendar for Thursday, June 21, 2007 beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Blessings and Peace,
Jim Oates
The third season of the Bridge Coffee House is on its way! I wanted all of you to be the first to hear about this summer's Bridge schedule. Like last summer, the Bridge will run on Thursday evenings from 7pm to 10pm starting on June 21 with Jim Boedecker - back by popular demand.
Last year was a great way to relax, enjoy some coffee, conversation, and a nice evening out. This year will promise to be the same with some added bonuses. This year we will relocate the Bridge into the new renovated Parlor and the yard off of Elm street. With Pastor and other church men at the grill, this season promises to be fun for all ages. For those of you with children, we will be offering free childcare in our crib room for our little angels. There is also a fenced in play yard in the rear of the church. Our caretakers in the crib room will be certified babysitters and will be supervised by an adult at all times.
The dates of the Coffee House are as follows: June 21, 28 July 12, 19, 26 August 2, 9, 16
Nu-Vizion UCC, Toledo Summer Program
Dear Friends,
Summer is fast approaching! We are in the midst of planning our kids summer program for 2007. Like last year's this program will be in essence a 10-week long VBS! Unlike last year we've moved to two days per week and are ahead of the curve in our planning.
We will be providing children's programming for ages 3 (or potty trained) through 12th Grade graduates, in a rotation style VBS model beginning June 12th and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday, 1-4pm until August 16th. Each days programming will include a simple meal, bible lesson, craft, games, music/drama and a closing time.
We will be dividing the children into age groups that rotate through lesson, craft, game and music stations. Accordingly, we are seeking volunteers to provide small group shepherding, volunteers to assist at the stations, volunteers to spend time with adults and their children under 3 from the neighborhood in the "Adult Lounge" while their older children are involved in the program, volunteers to assist with craft preparation in advance of the summer, volunteers to assist with meal preparation....in short...VOLUNTEERS!
Ideally, volunteers are adults (over 18 years of age) although mission trip participants will also assist in the programming under adult supervision. If you would be willing to help us with our summer program, for a day, a week, another block of time, or even, for the entire 10 weeks please respond by email to nuvizionoffice@sbcglobal.net or by phone to Nu-Vizion at 419-241-9358.
God's Grace and Peace, Kathryn Helleman
Church Professional Event! Mark your calendar October 1, 2007
Speaker Rev. John Thomas, General Minister and President of the UCC
Location: Heidelberg College, Tiffin
St. Paul United Church of Christ in New Bremen, Ohio, has the opening of Director of Youth Ministry. This position offers a full time salary with benefits. Candidates do not have to be ordained. A background in education or Christian education is a plus. United Church of Christ members and those who are not members of the United Church of Christ are welcome to apply. Tentative start date is August, 2007. Contact the President of the Church Council, Tom Thieman, at stpaulnb@stpaulnb.org to request a job description and other information.
The Rev. Cynthia Speller, Ohio Conference Minister for Outdoor Ministries, has announced her resignation from the Ohio Conference staff. She will conclude her 8 ½ year ministry on June 15, 2007 and will become a full time student in preparation for entering a new vocation. Please join us in thanking Cynthia for her service to the Conference and wishing her well in her new venture.
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
Also the Ohio Conference Minister will be elected at the July 28th meeting. On Saturday, May 19, 2007 The Ohio Conference Board of Directors accepted the recommendation of the Search Committee and nominated The Rev. Robert Molsberry as the Ohio Conference Minister candidate. His recommendation will be voted on at the Annual Gathering. Information on Rev. Robert Molsberry will be sent at a later date. An informal gathering to meet Bob will be held on Friday evening, July 27th at Westerville Community UCC,
770 County Line Road, Westerville.
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Deadlines and Meeting Dates
Upcoming
May
22 Personnel Committee 10:00 – Noon
24 Witness and Proclam. Team 10-1 pm
28 Office Closed – Memorial Day
30 Firelands Clergy First, Marblehead 9:30am
June
4 Sandusky Valley Clergy 11:30 am Fairhaven, Upper Sandusky
4 Executive Committee Meeting NWOA Office 4:00 pm
5 Church & Ministry Meeting
7 Auglaize Valley Clergy 11:30 am - Old Barn Out Back Restaurant, 3175 W. Elm, Lima.
7 Auglaize Valley RCT 1:30 pm Old Barn Out Back Restaurant, 3175 W. Elm, Lima
7 Small Church Cluster Meeting Zion (Fireside), Bellevue 7:30 pm
9 Cabinet Meeting 9:30 am
9 Faith Community 50th Anniversary 5 pm
12 Church Development Summit Mtg -Tiffin 10:00 am
14 In Care Interviews 10:00 am
22-26 General Synod Meeting - Hartford, CT
July
4 Office Closed – 4th of July
9 Monthly Mailing Deadline
10 Church & Ministry Meeting
12 Lakeshore RCT 5:30 pm - St. Stephens, Sandusky
14 Finance & Budget Mtg 9:00 am
17 Stewardship & Caring Mtg - 3:30-5 pm Tiffin
28 Ohio Conference Gathering Villa Milano Conference Center
Shrock Road, Columbus
October 1, 2007 Fall Professional Event – Rev. John Thomas, Speaker
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