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....
by Daniel Beaudoin | Nov 27, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
“In our increasingly post-Christian culture it is imperative that the church reclaim its missional roots and that we innovate new ways to take the Kingdom of God to the world.” -Pastor Tom Schaeffer This past week, the very first class of the Innovator...
by Daniel Beaudoin | Nov 25, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
“I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus,”(1 Corinthians 1:4). After an opening greeting, St. Paul begins most of his letters by giving thanks. Even when he is sharing a difficult word with a wayward...
