Year of Rest

As we prepare for the new year, we invite you into 2024: The Year of Rest. Time and time again God calls us into rest through scripture. We read stories of Jesus retreating into the hills, journeys being paused, and creation being celebrated with rest.  So what...

Imagining Renewal Microgrants

“I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,” Isaiah 43:19 2023 is the Year of Story, and some of the best stories from across Northwest Ohio have their genesis in the Imagining...

Count Your Many Blessings

“You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts towards us; none can compare with you. Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be counted” (Psalm 40:5) The Psalmist recognizes the goodness and the generosity of God,...

Dona Nobis Pacem (Grant Us Peace)

“For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9: 6) Photo taken by Bishop Daniel: Tree in the Garden of Gethsemane In 2018,...

Tanzania

Dear Friends in Christ,“Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God” (Luke 13:29). We are a part of a global church, drawn together by the Holy Spirit from east and west, from north and...

Welcome to the Year of Mission

Our focus this year will be on the Mission of God. God has a mission, and God’s mission has a church. In Scripture, we encounter the Triune God working to restore and renew all things. The Bible begins with creation and ends with the promise of a new creation. The...