Weekly Updates         October 9, 2015
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The Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio is a top 10 finalist in the Jump START Your Nonprofit contest from Modern Office Methods. The winning organization will receive new office equipment valued at $10,000. This makeover would allow us to be more efficient in providing services for those who need it most and will help us to go "paperless". 
  We  need your vote! The more votes, the better chance we have to win. Go to www.momnet.com and vote for the Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio once a day until Friday, October 16 at 5 p.m. 
    Please forward this email to any friends or colleagues who you feel would be willing to vote for us.   Happy voting and thank you for your support!
The Reverend Karen Cook
     Methodist Theological School in Ohio has presented Rev. Karen Cook with the John and Ruth Mount Alumni Award for Distinguished Service, the school's highest honor for graduates. The award was presented at a service of thanksgiving Sept. 28 on the MTSO campus.
     Cook, who earned a Master of Divinity degree from MTSO in 2003, received the Mount Award for Parish Ministry. She serves on the pastoral team of the United Methodist Church for All People and as director for the Community Development for All People Training Center.
"Karen embodies gracious, grace-filled, focused pastoral ministry that is rooted in social justice and engaged with the needs of the world," said April Casperson, MTSO vice president of institutional advancement, who presented the award. "She is visible, respected and heard within the denomination."
     Also honored with Mount Alumni Awards Sept. 28 were Jeffrey Hodge, who serves in New York as pastor of Pennellville and Oswego Trinity United Methodist churches;  Virginia Lohmann Bauman, senior pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ in Columbus; and Alan Morrison, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, and a trustee of MTSO.
     The Mount Alumni Awards were created in 1990 to recognize graduates of MTSO who have achieved distinction in ministry and in service to the school. The award program was created by the late John Mount, a founding MTSO Board of Trustees member, and his late wife, Ruth.
CAN/CAS Children's Ministry Network October Gathering will be hosted by Church of the Messiah on Wednesday October 21, 12:00-1:00 pm.  We will meet at Uptown Deli at 41 N State St. Westerville. All children's ministry pastors, directors, and leaders are invited to these monthly gatherings for the sharing of ideas and ministry resources. For more information, contact Rev. Karen Brantley at [email protected] or 614-488-0695.
Training Webinars Announced for Church Conference Online Reporting
Please remember all church conference reports are to be completed online.  To help pastors and church data administrators with this task training webinars are being offered.
Webinar dates are: (there are daytime, evening and weekend choices)
  • Friday, October 9, 10-11:30 a.m.
  • Saturday, October 10, 1-2:30 p.m.
  • Monday, October 12, 1-2:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, October 15, 10-11:30 a.m.
  • Saturday, October 17, 1-2:30 p.m.
  • Friday, October 23, 10-11:30 a.m.
  • Monday, October 26, 1-2:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, October 29, 10-11:30 a.m.
  • Monday, November 2, 1-2:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, November 7, 1-2:30 p.m.
  • Monday, November 9, 1-2:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, November 12, 5:30-7 p.m.
  • Monday, November 16, 1-2:30 p.m.
To sign up for any webinar, go to the West Ohio Conference website and click on Register for Events. 

Capitol Area North and South - Day Apart Retreat for Clergy Spouses
Taste the Living Water:   John 4: 3-28
When:   October 31, 2015
Where: Riverside U M C
            2701 Zollinger Rd
            Columbus, OH 43221
Time: 9:30 A.M. Gathering Time/Fellowship
Donation of $5.00
RSVP by October 24, 2015
Contact: Mary Kay Freshour Cell: 614-557-3406 or  email: [email protected]

Childcare available by request by Tuesday October 27th
Need help?  Find ideas HERE!
West Ohio Conference
19TH Annual Legal Forum
Friday, October 30, 2015 
9:30 am - 3:30 pm (registration at 9 am)
Ohio Wesleyan University, 61 S. Sandusky Street, Delaware, OH 4301 5
Cost: $35.00  To register:   www.westohioumc.org, register for events .
                                       
Prayer Concerns

Prayer Concerns

Rev. Rick Stuhmer  (New Zion)
Rev. Eugene Brundige  (New Horizons)

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