What is better than singing and worshipping in the same auditorium during the week of June 9 at Lakeside, Ohio with 3,000 United Methodists representing the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church? While that ranks pretty high on the list, here are some other possible answers to this question.
Answer #1: Hearing the good news that our West Ohio Conference which includes Lancaster First UMC gave over 2.5 million dollars in 2012 to mission work throughout the world!
Answer #2: Hearing the good news that our West Ohio Conference recently received a one day offering of over $110,00 to be used for the Imagine No Malaria Campaign.
Answer #3: Hearing the good news that thanks in part to the United Methodist Church, Malaria deaths have been significantly reduced from 1 million in 2007 to 655,000 in 2011.
Answer #3: Hearing the good news that our West Ohio Conference has set a goal of raising 3.5 million to the Imagine No Malaria Campaign.
As United Methodists, we believe that personal holiness and social holiness go hand in hand and both are vitally important if we are to be fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. May God bless the churches of the West Ohio Conference that we continue to practice extravagant missions giving for the transformation of our world.
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