This month I am offering you what I saw as some of the more interesting and meaningful moments for me during East Ohio Annual Conference.

The theme of this year’s conference was "Hope and Healing." Most reports and special events revolved around these points.

First Year Success Leads to 2011 Event

Nashville, Tenn. : More than 100,000 people from over 1,000 churches united with a common purpose over a 48-hour period: to make a world of difference in ways both large and small. United Methodists from 13 countries and every state in the U.S. energetically worked to build community locally and fight malaria globally during Change the World weekend, April 24-25, 2010.

Congregations at local churches rolled up their sleeves and took to the streets to feed the hungry, aid the homeless, visit the lonely, and more. From stocking food pantries and cleaning school grounds to washing cars and renovating homes, people of faith reached out to a world outside the four walls of their own churches. They did it with work crews, talent shows, candlelight vigils, picnics, sleep-outs, food drives, etc.