For the past two years, a Vision Team has been dreaming about new ways to work together as the wider church in this part of the country – Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and West Virginia. The Team has developed a visionary goal to create “one nimble and responsive judicatory that is
Have you ever been to a conference where after you arrived back home you realized that the best conversations took place in the “in between” spaces? In other words, it was when you went out for drinks with fellow conferees or had morning coffee with new friends. Have you ever
I met Rev. Chad Abbott, pastor of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Alexandria, KY, [editor’s note: Rev. Abbott is currently the Designated Conference Minister of the Indiana-Kentucky Conference] at a clergy gathering in the Cincinnati area more than a year ago. As we were chatting after the formal
This past summer my family and I went on a trip of a lifetime to Walt Disney World with my parents. Beyond the heat, it truly was magical in every way. As a part of our trip we went to the Pixar Animations Studio where they had a “Short Film
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16th November 2017
Advent Calendar for the Newly Single
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Part-Time Pulpit — Full-Time Pastor
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17th April 2016
Experimenting with Spirituality
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4th April 2016
It might not be disinterest. It might be globalization.
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14th October 2017
Big City Mission in a Rural Community
- 20th March 2018
What Is a Conference Anyway
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16th November 2017
Advent Calendar for the Newly Single
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14th October 2017
Big City Mission in a Rural Community
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14th September 2017
What Churches Can Learn from “Doctor Who”
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12th July 2017
Never Too Old to Do New Things
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What Is a Conference Anyway
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Living the Holy Experiment
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Is Your Church Cursed with a “Good Personality”?
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Order & Safety
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Developing Church … Naturally
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