by Daniel Beaudoin | Jan 4, 2021 | Bishop's Writings
Welcome to 2021: The Year of Generosity. Our focus this year will be on Funding the Mission. God has a mission, and God’s mission has a church, and God’s church is full of generous people who have abundant gifts and resources; gifts and resources that we are called to...
by Daniel Beaudoin | Dec 30, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
“Ephesians 1:23 promises that when Christ returns, he will fill—or complete—all things. When Christians, as the body of Christ, start new Christian communities in the myriad domains of life, they signpost this future. They demonstrate that there is no sphere where...
by Daniel Beaudoin | Dec 16, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
The Northwestern Ohio Synod Staff wishes you a blessed and joy filled Christmas. “Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy...
by Daniel Beaudoin | Dec 7, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
Dear Friends in Christ, “A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough...
by Daniel Beaudoin | Dec 1, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
At the first (virtual) meeting of the Innovator Learning Academy in November, we engaged in an exercise that measured values of importance to the class. The more often a value was mentioned, the larger it grew on the word bubble representation of responses....
