Update: The pastor-elder retreat at Widewater Retreat Center in Liberty Center, Ohio, has been canceled. If your pastor-elder group registered for this retreat, you are encouraged to attend the Feb. 19-20 Pastor-Elder Retreat at Camp Buckeye in Beach City instead. If your congregation’s elder group would like to attend the Feb. 19-20 retreat, please contact Coordinator of Volunteers Alysa Short at alysashort@gmail.com no later than Friday, Jan. 15.

The Ohio Conference invites the pastor-elder team at your church to Practicing Right Relationship, a retreat focusing on congregational effectiveness.  This retreat will be offered in both western and eastern Ohio in February 2016 for only $50 per participant. Lonnie Yoder, professor of pastoral care and counseling at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Va., will be the input speaker for this overnight retreat.

The pastor-elder retreat will be held Feb. 5-6 at Widewater Retreat Center in Liberty Center, Ohio, and also Feb. 19-20 at Camp Buckeye in Beach City, Ohio. Please see the retreat brochure for more information. Registration is due Friday, Dec. 18. To register online for the Feb. 5-6 retreat, go to http://bit.ly/OCPastor-ElderFeb5-6. To register online for the Feb. 19-20 retreat, go to http://bit.ly/OCPastor-ElderFeb19-20.

If you have further questions about the pastor-elder retreat, please contact Alysa Short at alysashort@gmail.com or 419-572-1348.