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Volume 11 July 2019 Issue 7
DISTRICT STAFF
District Superintendent Barry Burns [email protected] Ass’t to the Dist. Supt. Lynda Lockwood [email protected] Financial Secretary Kim Tumblin [email protected] Office Administrator Lesley Moore [email protected]
Dear Friends, We are now enjoying the season of vacations, vacation Bible schools, mission trips, and a lot of other activities. I hope that you are also able to take some time to have some special time with family and friends. So, as we en-joy a different pace, I just want to share a couple of things with you. First, for pastors and (S)PPR committees, later this sum-mer, you will be receiving invitations to come to a special meeting to be trained on the new pastor evaluation pro-cess. After many years of using the same form that al-
most no one liked, there is a new process that I hope you will find helpful to both the church and to the pastor. I am going to be asking that each church send at least one of your (S)PPRC members along with your pastor to go over the new process. Secondly, I am encouraging you all, pastors, leaders, members, and at-tenders to begin now praying for how your congregation can be more missionally focused than ever. We are in a time when we no longer have the resources, time and energy to be spinning our wheels. Many of our churches are busier than ever, but I wonder if our business is keeping us from focusing on our primary purpose of “making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World”. Every ministry, program, budgetary decision, staffing decision, worship experience needs to be planned by answering the question “How will this help us make disci-ples?” It can no longer be about what will make that group happy, or what our preferences are, or what we have done before. We must get to the point that we are focused like a laser on our primary mission/purpose. And finally, I am praying for all of those churches and pastors that are getting started with a new pastor/in a new setting. May this appointment bring you all a season of fruitful ministry sensing the movement of the Spirit in and through your congregation! Peace!
Rev. Barry Burns Northwest Plains
District Superintendent
Northwest Plains District United Methodist Church
910 E. Third Street Ottawa, OH 45875
Telephone: 419.523.9901 800.589.7828
FAX 419.523.3479
E-mail: [email protected]
Website:
www.northwestplainsdistrict.org
Do you have Columbus-area College Students?
Know someone headed to Columbus this fall for college? Whether they’re a first year, transfer, or coming back ready to graduate, we’d love to connect and wel-come them. Central City Church is a new United Methodist in Columbus. We
meet just south of OSU’s campus, and we’re easy to get to from other schools as well. We’d love to connect with your child or grandchild who’s headed to school.
In fact, we have a gift that we’d love to get to them. It’s a coffee tumbler, filled with gift cards and information about UM Campus ministries in Columbus. If you
know someone headed to Columbus, we’d love to connect. You can reach Renee at [email protected] or call/text Renee at (614) 323-8262, or Adam at mailto:[email protected]. They’d love to meet any students around this
summer for orientations.
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I am Pastor Mark Hollinger who is serving at Cridersville UMC and as the coordinator for Addiction Recovery Ministries in the Northwest Plains Dis-trict. If your church or community group would like for me to present the current status and background of the opioid epidemic and the ways in which you or your church or group can become engaged in recovery efforts then I invite you to contact me. I have a 20 to 30 minute presentation and have all the presentation equipment needed to travel to any church or group event. Many communities already have multilayered recovery ser-vices available and we have wonderful opportunities to reach out as sup-portive and healing partners. The first element needed in addressing our
ability to become Christ's hands and feet to those who are hurting from the oppression of addition is education. Ohio is among the top five states with highest rates of opioid-related overdose deaths, killing significantly more people in Ohio than auto accident fatalities. I am a recovering addict and have real-life knowledge of the personal challenges of recovery. You can contact me at 419 231-0428 or via email [email protected]. Yours in Christ, Pastor Mark
Do justice, Love mercy and Walk Humbly with Your God Micah 6:8
May 12, 2019
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NWP Directors of Pulpit Supply
Pastors, if you are in need of Sunday morning pulpit supply and would like to arrange for a Lay Speaker to fill in for you, please contact our District Directors of Pulpit Supply. • Linda Hoover is responsible for the southern part of NWP District including Allen, Auglaize, Hardin,
Mercer, Van Wert and Wyandot counties. She can be reached at 567-204-0329 or by email at [email protected].
• Steve Brooks is responsible for the northern part of NWP District including Defiance, Hancock, Henry,
Paulding, Putnam, and Williams counties. He can be reached at 419.519.3319 or by email at [email protected].
The district staff will be praying each week for 3 different appointments (church and pastor):
Clergy Evaluations
This year the district will be moving to a new tool for clergy evaluations being rolled out by WOC. A SPRC representa-tive from each church will be asked to at-tend one of the trainings yet to be sched-uled so please watch for further communi-
cations in regards to date/time/location. Clergy evaluations will be due by the end of the year.
The District Office will be closed
Wednesday, July 3 (Lesley Vac)
Thursday, July 4 (Holiday)
Friday, July 5 (Lesley Vac)
In observance of Independence Day
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APRIL 19, 2019 Campaign Vision and Purpose Our purpose is to multiply the number of vibrant, robust, effective con-gregations and in turn multiply the number of people who are choosing
to live in the hope of Jesus Christ, being shaped from the inside out by the justice, love and peace that Jesus brings to us all.
IF we sincerely believe that God is calling us to offer Christ in a Wesleyan way, passionately and re-spectfully, that is relevant to our cultural context and inspires hope and new life…
AND we are sincere in asking God to send one more person, family, or child for us to love and disci-ple…
THEN we are called to come together to plant new churches and nurture congregational vitality in or-der to reach new people of all ages and life circumstances and connect them with Jesus Christ.
For more information on the Light the Way Campaign contact: Rev. Stanley Ling/[email protected], Rev. Sue Nilson Kibbey/[email protected], Mr. Brad Aycock/[email protected]
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Earlier this spring, we invited the congregations of the Northwest Plains District to be a part of a special effort to help Grace Children’s Hospital in Haiti. This hospital that has served countless numbers of children and their families over the years has been devastated by the earthquakes and hurricanes and is in desperate need of help. Now that we are several months into this, we want to share an update of where we are. To date, we have received just over $30,000 to go to the hospital! We are so thankful for your generosity and faithfulness! If every one of our congregations would challenge their members to give just $1 per week per member, we could rally to give not only a dramatic amount of financial help, but also hope that they are not alone. The money will be collected at the District Office and sent on to Haiti. In a time where we see so much brokenness and disunity, this is one way we can truly show how we can do more together than we can apart. Watch for more information to come!
The Walk to Emmaus is a global ministry of the Upper Room dedicated to supporting the spiritual formation of Christians and the development of Christian servant leaders for the local church. If you would like to experience this spiritual retreat or learn more about it contact Brad Martin.
I am also looking for clergy who are interested in serving in the Northwest Ohio Emmaus Community. The clergy listing needs updating. If you took your walk in another communi-
ty, if you took another three-day retreat, or if your contact in-formation has changed, please send the information to Brad
Martin, Emmaus Community Spiritual Director ,
The district staff will be praying each week for 3 different appoint-ments (church and pastor):
Week of July 7 Upper River Charge Rev. Johnny Phillips Rev. Doug Pummell Betsy Bowen Van Buren Rev. Kelly Sterling VW Bethel/VW First Rev. Chris Farmer
Week of July 14 Van Wert Trinity Rev. Kurt Tomlinson Van Wert Wesley Rev. Laura Clark Vaughnsville Community Rev. Thomas Brown
Week of July 21 Walnut Grove (Hardin Co.) Douglas Flinn Wapakoneta: First Rev. Josh Tissot Wapakoneta: Salem Rev. Lynda Lockwood
Week of July 28 Waynesfield/Perry Charge Rev. Greg Wack West Independence Rev. Mark Weatherman Westminister Rev. David Burkhart
(Update) BY GEORGE! Campaign (Update)
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Conference Giving
2019 CONNECTIONAL GIVING
MOVING FULL STEAM AHEAD
District 100%
Ada Sugar Grove Alger First Arcadia Benton Ridge Good Shepherd Carey Memorial Coldwater Countryside Chapel Crawford Emmanuel Erastus Farmer Fort Recovery Gilboa Grover Hill Zion Hamilton Bethel Harpster Harrod Haviland Country Chapel Hepburn Hicksville Grace Houcktown John Stewart Kossuth Zion Lafayette Landfair Leipsic Liberty Chapel Marseilles Maysville Melbern Melrose Mercer Middle Creek Middle Point Mt Blanchard Mt Zion (Hardin)
On track with District Giving
Ada First Allentown Ayersville Bethel Van Wert Bluffton First Bryan Faith Bryan Wesley Cairo Chattanooga Continental Christ Cridersville Cridersville Perry Defiance St Pauls Delphos Trinity Dunkirk Grace East Mt Zion Edon Elida Immanuel Elida St Paul Evansport Family Of Faith First Van Wert Forest Grand Lake Grant Hicksville Trinity Howard Journey At Christ Kenton First Kingsley Latty Friends Mark Center McComb Montpelier St Pauls Mount Cory Ney
Thank you for your ministry and support of the Northwest Plains District. The above is based upon checks received through June 24th. If you have any questions, changes, or concerns, please contact our financial secretary, Kim Tumblin @ [email protected].
Blessings,
Kim Tumblin
Financial Secretary, Northwest Plains District
Mt Zion Celina New Hope Bethel New Knoxville Otterbein Patterson Paulding Paulding Mt Zion Payne St Paul Pleasant View Rhinehart Ridgeway Riley Creek Rockford Rockport Roundhead Salem (Wyandot) St Johns St Marks Lima Stryker Trinity Evangelical Uniopolis Van Buren Vanlue Christ Wapakoneta First Wapakoneta Salem Waynesfield Wesley Chapel Westminster Wharton Williams Center Asbury
Williams Center Calvary Willshire Union Zion (Elida)
Oakdale Pandora Pleasant Chapel Powell Memorial Pulaski Saint Andrews Findlay Saint Mary’s Grace Sherwood Spencerville Trinity St Marks Findlay St Mary’s Wayne St St Pauls Findlay Trinity Lima Trinity Van Wert Vaughnsville Walnut Grove Auglaize Wesley Van Wert West Independence West Unity Zion Findlay
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