Weekly Updates         November 13, 2015
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Attention Staff/Pastor Parish Relations Committees
It is the duty of the Staff/ Pastor Parish Relations Committee to evaluate their pastor each year.  Evaluations are due to the District Superintendent by December 1st.  Please click on  Clergy Evaluations for instructions and the evaluation form.

All Staff/Pastor Parish Relations Committees are also being asked to complete a Church Profile to have on file for the Bishop and WOC Cabinet.  This form will be used as a way to obtain current information quickly during the appointment process.  This in no way implies a change in pastoral leadership, every SPRC is being asked to complete this form. For more information click on the District Superintendent's letter and the Church Profile Form.
Church Conference Forms need to be completed online or mailed to the District Office within one (1) week following your conference.
Please also send a hard copy of the pastor's compensation report and signature page via regular mail, fax (614-459-4061) or scan/email ([email protected]).

All pastors are being asked to complete a Pastor Profile for the Bishop and WOC Cabinet.  This will be used as a way to obtain up-to-date profiles quickly - it in no way indicates a change in appointment.  You can find the District Superintendent's letter and download the Pastor Profile HERE
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Church Recital to Feature Restored Pipe Organ
Livingston UMC, 200 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus

You are invited to our organ re-dedication recital on Sunday, November 22 at 4:00 p.m. Josh Brodbeck the guest organist will play a broad range of classic organ pieces by Marcel Dupre, J.S. Bach, Georges Bizet and Louis Vierne as well as more familiar pieces such as variations on "The Church's One Foundation" and "Count Your Blessings."  

Light refreshments will be served following the recital. 

Volunteer for ONE DAY and help 100 families in Detroit by clearing out their flood-damaged homes before the holidays! REGISTRATION DEADLINE 11/16   Learn more!
The Scioto Ridge Boys In Concert
This is to announce the 23rd annual concert by the Scioto Ridge Boys gospel quartet at our home church, Scioto Ridge UMC, on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 6:15 PM.  The concert will be preceded from 4 - 5:45 PM by a soup/salad/sandwich/dessert meal, with proceeds benefiting local and global mission projects.  We welcome your attendance at this event!  See more details
Lay Academy for Rural Church Ministries
Discovering Your Call to Ministry Web Class
will be offered January 11, 2016 - February 7, 2016
  More information is available HERE .

With a daily scripture reading, reflection, and prayer for the four weeks leading up  to Christmas, " My Soul Magnifies the Lord ," is a great resource for personal or congregational devotional use. Written by pastors and lay people from all walks of life, each day's devotional offers depth and meaning in our fast-paced world.

For more information and to place your order, visit endhunger.org/advent
Prayer Concerns

Rev. Patty Wycuff  (Fairview, Pickerington)
Rev. Rick Stuhmer  (New Zion)
Rev. Eugene Brundige  (New Horizons)
WEST OHIO HISTORIAN OF THE YEAR
Each year the United Methodist Historical Society of Ohio (UMHSO) recognizes the Church Historian of the Year as well as those churches celebrating significant anniversaries (100 years or more, in 25 year increments). The West Ohio Conference Commission on Archives and History is responsible for gathering nominations for the Historian of the Year award and the significant church anniversaries for West Ohio. The Historian of the Year and church anniversaries will be recognized at the 
Annual Meeting and Convocation of the UMHSO on April 23, 2016 at Seville United Methodist Church. 
   The deadline for receiving nominations, including rationale and supporting material, for Historian of the Year is March 6, 2016.     The deadline for receiving church anniversary notifications is March 6, 2016. For more information go to the UMHSO website.
     Historian of the Year nominations and anniversary notifications may be sent to Sandra Nihiser at 976 Hopewell Heights Drive, Heath, OH 43056 or  [email protected]. Questions? Contact Sandy at 740-323-4031 or Carol Holliger (Archivist, AOUM) at 740-368-3285,  [email protected]
West Ohio Welcomes North Katanga Leaders
      We are excited to inform people across West Ohio that key leaders of the North Katanga Conference will be in West Ohio during the month of November. You have an opportunity to be blessed by their presence, their stories of ministry and the miracles that unfold every day.  This is an amazing opportunity to celebrate the ways in which the redemptive love of Jesus Christ is shared across villages within the North Katanga Conference. This is also a bittersweet celebration, because Bishop Ntambo will be retiring in 2016.  This will be one of the few remaining opportunities for us to be inspired by his spirit and leadership.
  Click here  to go to our website where you will be able to see when North Katanga partners in ministry will be near you.  Come and be inspired by how the church is making a difference through people called by God in the North Katanga Conference.
Advent eCourses from Upper Room eLearning

The music of Christmas...can you hear it?  Join The Upper Room for our featured Advent course, "Why This Jubilee?", where author James Howell takes us on an adventurous exploration of beloved Advent and Christmas carols. By selecting familiar phrases from songs and creatively examining them, Howell encourages us to hear the songs of Christmas in a fresh way as we prepare for the coming Christ child.  

To register for our new Advent eCourse, click on  Why This Jubilee?
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