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MISSIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
All In Community events in the West Ohio Conference can be found here.
Bridges Out Of Poverty Fall Cohort | Starts September 11
Bridges Out of Poverty offers a new way to view the issue of poverty through the Triple Lens approach:
Participants will review poverty research, examine a theory of change, and analyze poverty through the prism of the hidden rules of class, resources, family structure, and language. This online cohort is for community leaders to learn to empower, lead, and facilitate the Bridges movement in their community. The cohort will meet online on the first and third Wednesdays of the month starting on September 11 and meet until March 26, 2025. Full details can be found on the registration link below.
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Community Engagement Cohort | Starts September 11
This cohort is designed to understand the scriptural foundation for community partnerships, discover the framework for community partnerships to create systemic change, and be accountable to develop a unique plan of action for community partnership and ministry in your local context. Meeting dates will be September 11 & 25, October 9 & 23, and November 6 & 20 from 9:00-10:30 a.m. over Zoom. A clergy and layperson from each faith community would be ideal. Led by David Hull-Frye and Kathy Dickriede. Free, but you do need to register in advance.
UMVIM Team Leader Training | September 22
Enjoy a day of fellowship and conversation to learn best practices for leading a mission team locally, nationally, or internationally. Free, and dinner is included, but you must register in advance by September 18. Training will be conducted by Rev. Kathy Dickriede and take place at The UMC of Macedonia (1280 E Aurora Rd., Macedonia, OH 44056) on September 22 from 1:00-6:00 p.m.
Poverty Simulation | November 13 in Girard
Poverty is a reality for many individuals and families. But unless you’ve experienced poverty, it’s difficult to truly understand. The Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) bridges that gap from misconception to understanding. CAPS is an interactive, immersive experience. It sensitizes community participants to the realities of poverty. This is a simulation, not a game. Free, but you must register in advance by November 10. Will take place at Thrive 10:10 located at 22 N. Market St., Girard, OH 44420 on November 13 from 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration and Details
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Gay Street UMC is Midwest Mission Collection Site
Gay Street UMC recently became the first permanent collection site in Ohio for Midwest Mission. Donors can take items there year-round and they will be delivered to Midwest Mission. Gay Street UMC is located at 18 N. Gay Street, Mount Vernon, OH 43050.
Learn more about the Gay Street UMC Midwest Mission Collection Site.
Visit the Connectional Ministries Facebook page for more missions news and events.
Rev. Kathy Dickriede
Connectional Ministries Office
Missions & Community Engagement Director
Ext. 114
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