Posts from December, 2006
- 28 Dec
by News
No commentsCellular Church Withdraws
The Cellular Church, a UB hispanic church, has withdrawn from the denomination and joined the Missionary Church. The church, located in Canyon Country, California (the Los Angeles area), was perhaps our most successful church plant in the last 20 years. The church started in 1994 under the leadership of Pastor Edwin Recinos and, in 2005, [...]
- 28 Dec
by Ministers
No commentsNew Pastor of Mongul UB
Rocky Spear has been named senior pastor of Mongul UB church in Shippensburg, Pa., effective January 21. He previously served on staff at Colwood UB in Caro, Mich.
- 28 Dec
by News
No commentsHelping Others in Biloxi and at Home
MLive.com has an article about Rick and Jan Talbert of Heart of the Lakes UB church in Brooklyn, Mich. After Rick spent 11 days repairing roofs and damaged walls in Biloxi, Miss., following Hurricane Katrina, he came back to Jackson, Mich., and began helping local people with various needs. And the church got involved, too. [...]
- 22 Dec
by Ron Ramsey
No commentsThis & That
A notice to those of you from the UB Church…if you sent me an e-mail during the last week and have not received an answer, you might want to resend it. We installed a new email server, and in switching over some of the messages may have been lost in “tech-no-space.” Just finished the book, [...]
- 22 Dec
by Ron Ramsey
No commentsMerry Christmas & Happy New Year
I have been struggling since Monday evening with Vertigo and all that is associated with it. If you don’t know what that is I’ll spare you but is has something to do with meeting up close and personal a porcelain object kept in a small room in the house. Anyway, I did it to myself. [...]
- 20 Dec
by Pat Jones
1 commentAccountability and Goals
As I have had the privilege of sharing the Strategic Plan for the future of the UB Church, I have heard a call from key leaders: make accountability real. We have spoken about setting goals for reaching the lost so that we are working strategically. It makes sense that if you don’t intentionally seek to [...]
- 15 Dec
by Ministers
No comments65 Years for Charles and Doris Malson
Charles and Doris Malson celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on November 19. They were married on November 19, 1941, at the home of Doris’ parents near Camden, Mich. The Malsons served in the pastorate for many years in Michigan. After five years at the Brown Corners UB church in Clare, they founded the Richfield Road [...]
- 15 Dec
by Guest
1 commentGetting Airborne in Reaching Our World
Tom Blaylock, Director of Church Multiplication Recently, while out on a hunting trip in northern Michigan, I saw a rare and beautiful sight — a bald eagle in flight. The very first time I saw a bald eagle was on that same hunting trip a few years earlier, when an eagle swooped down to grab [...]
- 12 Dec
by Ron Ramsey
No comments“Of writing of books there is no end….”
Someone recommended to me the book by Bill Easum, Unfreezing Moves. It is not a brand new book, having been published in 2001, but it is worth reading. While I do not agree with everything Easum says, I found the book to be challenging and worth the time to read it. Reading it is the [...]
- 11 Dec
by News
No commentsSierra Leone and the Diamond Trade
Clarke Thomas was a missionary kid in Sierra Leone during the 1930s. His parents served with the United Brethren in Christ mission, but it was the group that, in 1969, merged into the United Methodist Church. Last Friday, Thomas, wrote a fascinating article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which combines memories of his days in Sierra [...]
