FREE Multi-Region Webinar with Tod Bolsinger November 18
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We are inviting pastors and church leaders to join us Thursday, November 18, 2021 (from 11:30-1:30 ET, 10:30-12:30 CT, 9:30-11:30 MT, 8:30-10:30 PT). Author Tod Bolsinger will be unpacking his book “Canoeing the Mountains” to give vision to how we can be adaptive leaders in times of change. This is a FREE webinar sponsored by ABC Ohio and ABC partner regions. This will be a Zoom Meeting at (copy and paste into your browser): https://ministrelife.zoomus/j/3937664223
Drawing from his extensive experience as a pastor and consultant, Tod Bolsinger brings decades of expertise in guiding churches and organizations through uncharted territory. He offers a combination of illuminating insights and practical tools to help you reimagine what effective leadership looks like in our rapidly changing world.
Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean, instead they found themselves in the Rocky Mountains. You too may feel that you are leading in a cultural context you were not expecting. You may even feel that your training holds you back more often than it carries you along. Drawing from his extensive experience as a pastor and consultant, Tod Bolsinger brings decades of expertise in guiding churches and organizations through uncharted territory. He offers a combination of illuminating insights and practical tools to help you reimagine what effective leadership looks like in our rapidly changing world. If you’re going to scale the mountains of ministry, you need to leave behind canoes and find new navigational tools.
Pastor Steve Bloomfield Called Home to be with His Lord
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Stephan A. “Steve” Bloomfield, age 66, of Mount Gilead, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on October 14, 2021.
A man of devout faith, Steve was a “Pastor of God’s people.” He pastored First Baptist Church in Mount Gilead before retiring in September 2020. Steve retired from his full-time position at the church, but spent many Sunday’s filling in at other local churches when asked. He was also honored to perform numerous weddings and funerals for those who requested his services. He was active in Vacation Bible School and participated in the Walk to Emmaus in 2010.
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News from Ann and Bill Clemmer
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News from Ann and Bill Clemmer:
We are winding up the relief work that has provided assistance to hundreds after the devastating volcanic eruption in Goma (Democratic Republic of Congo) which destroyed thousands of homes and left tens of thousands homeless. Bill and I were humbled by the gifts that allowed us to buy food, clothing, household items, mattresses, wheelchairs, and even goats to replace items lost....as well as resettle over 50 families and provide counseling to those who have lost so much. Your prayers and your gifts touched our hearts and those whom we serve. We’ve put together a short video (attached) to show a small portion of the large outpouring of love and concern that was received.
Now we’re moving on to other needs. Bill left for Yemen two days ago as part of a relief effort under Lutheran World Relief to bring emergency health and food relief to the tens of thousands displaced by the ongoing civil war. The UN estimites that over 400,000 children may die of starvation in Yemen just this year, a figure that is hard to grasp. We ask for your prayers that he will be enabled and guided in his work. He’ll be returning to Goma in early November. We’re in contact daily.
Rev. Paul Robert Edie Moves to His Eternal Home
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Rev. Paul Robert Edie moved to his eternal home on October 3, 2021 at the age of 90. He passed peacefully surrounded by loving family.
He was born 20 June, 1931, in Marion, Indiana, in the home of his maternal grandparents. His growing up years were spent in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In his youth, he enjoyed bowling, playing baseball, and softball. He went to college in Haviland, Kansas and York, Nebraska. He received his Master of Divinity degree from United Theological Seminary, in Dayton, Ohio in 1957.
Paul married Shirley Loraine Hedges, on 30 June, 1953, in Offerle, Kansas. They celebrated 68 years together.
During Paul's senior year at United Theological Seminary, he had a student position as Youth Pastor at Trinity Baptist Church. His full-time ministry began in Colorado where he pastored rural congregations of the Evangelical United Brethren Church for three years. He was then called back to Ohio to serve, pastoring Colorado Ave. Baptist Church in Dayton, and then Broadview Baptist Church in Cleveland. He then served for 24 years on the state staff of the Ohio Baptist Convention, as an area minister and overseeing Ohio's two campgrounds. He had a deep and personal Christian faith, and his wise counsel was sought out by many, even up to the last few months of his life.
Patricia Lee Roberts in the Presence of the Lord
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Patricia Lee Roberts' 84-year journey is now complete and she is in the presence of the Lord. Pat is the mother of ABC Ohio Core Services Administrator Leslie Hoskinson. Pat was a devoted Christian who loved the Lord. She was a member of the Linnwood Baptist Church. Serving the Jacksontown community through her employment at the National Trail Country Store brought Pat profound happiness. She enjoyed making homemade deli for over 42 years. The stories our family has heard of her going over and above for many people have been such a blessing to us. She truly patterned selfless giving as the Lord would have us to do.
Pat was the daughter of the late Roscoe D. and Leota (Cook) Womax and was born November 17, 1936. She left this world peacefully for her eternal home Saturday, September 25, 2021 with loved ones by her side.
2021 Buckeye Mission and Ministry Offering
Since 2009, the "Buckeye Mission and Ministry Offering" (BMMO) has become a significant avenue for churches in the Region to support the ministries of American Baptist Churches of Ohio (ABC Ohio). BMMO helps make it possible for ABC Ohio to serve your church.
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Every dollar given to the BMMO goes to support the various ministries that benefit your church (see the list of ministries below). The most significant region ministry is that of the two Executive Ministers, Rev. Jane Gibbons and Rev. Mark Click, who serve faithfully to help in whatever way needed to equip you and your church for ministry.
Our Region's theme is "Discovering New Life: Transforming Paths to Ministry" from Matthew 9:16-17. “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
BMMO gifts help develop, coach, and assist servant leaders. It provides new ministry resources for local churches and helps provide quality ministry gatherings to challenge and grow healthy churches.
Please consider giving to the BMMO in 2021. This is one way your church can partner with ABC Ohio to fulfill God’s mission in your community and beyond. Your faithful giving is appreciated and is needed to serve its member churches. Again, remember that every dollar given goes to ABC Ohio ministries that "help build healthy churches that impact the world for Christ."