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MISSIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Your skills, prayers, witness, personality, and gifts can be an answer to someone's prayers. Remember God does not call the qualified, God qualifies the called. Mission journeys transform our lives through blessings, dreams and visions of strangers who over time become friends, through beautiful moments and bumpy roads as we answer a call to serve in new places.
Your skills as an educator, or medical field worker, or electrician, or pastor, or construction worker, or prayer warrior are needed to build relationships, share the Gospel, and help leave the world better than you found it for the sake of Christ.
Say a prayer for courage, be brave, take a risk and reach out to one of the people listed below to be part of a scheduled international East Ohio Conference mission ministry.
View UMVIM long-term mission opportunities around the world.
Green Church Initiative Training | February 23 in Columbus, OH
Registration is now open for West Ohio Conference UMC’s first Green Church Training and the East Ohio Conference is invited! The Green Church Training provides a solid foundation for moving your church toward green solutions. The training will be held on Sunday, February 23 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at the Urban Farm Church in Columbus. The training must be attended by at least two people from your church; two lay persons, or one clergy and one lay. Cost is $50 for each team. If you cannot attend this one, West Ohio is planning a training in East Ohio for later in the spring, details TBD.
Climate Justice Volunteers in Missions Journey to North Carolina | July 15-20
At capacity as of 2/12/25, please contact Mariellyn Grace with any questions and keep the team in prayer!
Join United Methodists from the West Ohio Conference for a Climate Justice Volunteers in Mission (VIM) journey to Western North Carolina to assist with hurricane recovery work on July 15-20, 2025. The week will include three days of work and one day of eco-immersion. This journey is open to all skill levels but work site volunteers must be at least 14 years old. Total cost for the week is $400 per person or $1,000 per family, including shared accommodations and most meals. A non-refundable deposit of $100 is due at registration and the remainder must be paid in full by May 18. You will be required to attend at least two Zoom meetings prior to the mission journey. Deadline to register is January 31. Contact Mariellyn Grace by e-mail with any questions.
Possible types of work include:
Farmer to Farmer | July 15-28 in Harrisburg, Liberia
Team Leader: Sally Ruth E-mail | cost: approx. $3,000 plus fee for passport, travel visa, travel clinic, and required immunizations.
You're invited to build relationships with the Harrisburg, Liberia community, including the Farmer to Farmer team in Harrisburg. Be immersed in the tropical climate and the Independence Day celebrations, visit the capital, and work on furthering development of ideas for the farm and school. Attend Sunday service at Saint John UMC and meet with The Girls of Promise. Helpful skills: education, farming, basic first aid, devotions leader/musician. Contact the team leader for more details.
Rev. Kathy Dickriede
Connectional Ministries Office
Missions & Community Engagement Director
Ext. 114
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