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Capitol Area South District

Weekly Updates April 15, 2016

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Rev. Dr. Timothy L. Bias Appointed Capitol Area South Superintendent

Bishop Gregory V. Palmer is pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Dr. Timothy L. Bias as a Conference Superintendent assigned to the Capitol Area South district beginning July 1, 2016. Rev. Bias will follow Rev. Kathleen Brown who begins a new appointment as Director of the West Ohio Conference Office Ministry in July.

With 42 years of appointive history, Tim brings to the ministry of superintending an exceptional range of experience in rural and urban pastoral ministry as well as district, conference and denominational leadership. He is a visionary leader, strategic thinker, teacher and author who feels passionately about the importance of developing relationships to further ministry and make disciples for Christ. Read more

Nominations for Denman Award

The West Ohio Conference is now accepting nominations for The Harry Denman Evangelism Award. The awards honor United Methodists in each Annual Conference whose exceptional ministry of evangelism - expressed in Word (what), Sign (why), and Deed (how), that brings people into a life transforming relationship with Jesus Christ. Each year Annual Conferences join The Foundation for Evangelism to recognize one youth, one clergy, and one lay person in their conference. To nominate someone print and complete this nomination form and return to the West Ohio Conference by April 25, 2016 to be considered for the 2016 awards.

Amlin UMC

5441 Cosgray Rd., Dublin, OH

April 22nd at 7:00 pm

Click on "Salam Neighbor," which is a documentary made by two Americans. They travel to the edge of war, just seven miles from the Syrian border, to live among 85,000 uprooted refugees in Jordan's Za'atari camp. As the first filmmakers allowed by the United Nations to register and set up a tent inside a refugee camp, Zach and Chris meet Um Ali, a woman struggling to overcome personal loss and cultural barriers.

Connect! - A Webinar for Local Mission Connection

Join us for a webinar on May 12, 2016 at 1:00 PM EDT.

Join in conversation with the Executive Directors of Kindway Prison Ministries and Wesley Chapel Mission Center along with the Serve Director of Kettering Christ United Methodist Church. More information is available here.

Clergy Spouse Gathering at

Annual Conference

Monday, June 6th at 1:30 pm

Hostess: Annette Lyle, 157 Lynn, Lakeside

Will be collecting dues of $5.00 for spouses of full time clergy and $3.00 for spouses of part time, student pastors, retired and widows/widowers.

THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS - WESTSIDE NEWS

(quoted from the April 11 edition)

When the United Westside Coalition was first organized in 2015, its members knew they had some lofty objectives ahead of them: developing strategies to spur economic development and community revitalization in an aging area of Columbus.

But beyond the traditional struggles of a fading neighborhood lay a more sinister foe: heroin.

"We need to deal with our core problem before we attract economic development, before community revitalization," the Rev. Nancy Day-Achauer said.

She is leading the coalition, which serves the Greater West Side.

"The reality is there's no way we can attract economic development as long we're known for having a rampant heroin problem and rampant crime problem," Day-Achauer said.

Recently, members of the group met with officials from the Ohio Attorney General's Office, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, the county Alcohol Drug and Mental Health board, and Columbus law enforcement personnel to discuss the issue.

"We know we're at the tip of the iceberg right now," said Day-Achauer, pastor of St. Mark's United Methodist Church on Sullivant Avenue. "We've got a lot of work together."

Read the article in its entirety....

Summer Continuing Education Opportunities

From denominational polity to food justice to the role of race in American, Methodist Theological School in Ohio offers short-term, intensive summer courses that provide valuable continuing-education opportunities for professionals in ministry and counseling.

All courses may be taken for credit, and many may be audited on a not-for-credit basis. Courses offered include:

American Christianity in Black and White, which examines the complex role race has played in the Christian community from the nation's founding to the present. This course will be taught at Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia. Aug. 1-5.
Counseling Interventions with Troubled Youth, which offers critical insights and advanced skills for generating and guiding optimum collaboration, balance and growth within the individual, the family and the social system. July 11-15.
Food, Land and Faith Formation: Holy Communion for the Whole Creation, immerses participants in the critical questions, spiritual energies, and regenerative practices bound up in the emergence of a more ecologically sustainable and economically just food economy. July 31-Aug. 5.
United Methodist Polity, which will cover the nature of the church, membership, congregational life, ministry, chain of conferences, agencies, property, judicial administration and ecumenism as reflected in the Book of Discipline and the Book of Resolutions. June 27-July 16.

Details regarding these and other summer courses are at www.mtso.edu/learnmore.

Methodist Theological School in Ohio prepares leaders of many faith traditions for lives of significance in service to the church and the world. The school offers master's degrees in divinity, counseling ministries, theological studies and practical theology, as well as a Doctor of Ministry degree. For more information, visit www.mtso.edu.