Ohio Conference’s Annual Conference Assembly (ACA) planning team would like to encourage your congregation to be in prayer leading up to this year’s ACA on March 1-2, 2024. We will send out bi-weekly prayer requests on Wednesdays that we ask you to please share with your congregation. Thank you for your help in encouraging the members of Ohio Conference to “continue steadfastly in prayer” as it says in Colossians 4:2a.

Feb. 21, 2024

Ohio Conference invites you to cover its upcoming Annual Conference Assembly on March 1-2 in prayer. Please pray for everyone involved, including Dan Miller, Interim Conference Minister; Ken Sims, Moderator; Paula Snyder Belousek, Assistant Moderator; Jeanne Zimmerly Jantzi, Conference Consultant; and Meghan Larissa Good, guest speaker. Pray for the Spirit to be present as delegates discern, worship, learn and fellowship together.

Feb. 14, 2024

Please join Ohio Conference in prayer for Meghan Larissa Good, who will be speaking throughout the upcoming Annual Conference Assembly on March 1-2 at Sharon Mennonite Church in Plain City. Pray for clarity during her final preparations and as she delivers her messages to the gathered body. May the Spirit guide her words and open the hearts of those present to learn from what she has to bring.

Feb. 7, 2024

Ohio Conference invites you to cover all its constituency in prayer leading up to its Annual Conference Assembly on March 1-2. This is the time when delegates are discerning together with their congregations. Pray for the Holy Spirit to guide and to be present during these conversations.

Jan. 31, 2024

Ohio Conference invites you to be in prayer for its interim conference minister, Dan Miller, and its regional pastors, Tony Doehrmann and Larry Rohrer. Please remember them as they serve around Conference and prepare for their particular roles at the upcoming Annual Conference Assembly on March 1-2.

Jan. 24, 2024

Please join Ohio Conference in prayer for Dennis Graber, Jeff Hochstetler, and Vikki Pruitte-Sorrells. This group is planning the worship services that will be held at the upcoming Annual Conference Assembly at Sharon Mennonite on March 1-2, 2024.  Pray that they would feel the Spirit’s leading and direction as they plan these services based on Philippians 2:5-11 and the theme of Following Jesus Together with a Common Mission.

Jan. 17, 2024

You are invited to cover the Ohio Conference Leadership Team and its process consultant, Jeanne Zimmerly Jantzi, in prayer on Tuesday, Jan. 23. On that morning, the Leadership Team and Jeanne will be discussing the comments and questions heard at the cluster meetings. They will use this feedback to publish final documents for delegate and congregational discernment prior to the Annual Conference Assembly on March 1-2. Pray for wisdom and the Spirit’s leading as they meet together via Zoom.

Jan. 10, 2024

Ohio Conference invites you to lift up Moderator Ken Sims in prayer. May the Lord bless him, guide him, and give him strength and wisdom as he leads not only the Leadership Team but also all of Ohio Conference. Pray that the Spirit’s hand will be upon him.

Jan. 3, 2024

Ohio Conference invites you to cover its upcoming cluster meetings in prayer. These meetings will take place on Jan. 9 at Tedrow Mennonite; Jan. 11 at Beech Mennonite; Jan. 16 at Crown Hill Mennonite; Jan. 18 at Oak Grove Mennonite, West Liberty; and Jan. 22 via Zoom. Pray for wisdom, especially for Jeanne Zimmerly Jantzi, consultant, as she facilitates much of these meetings. May all who attend be covered in the love and unity of Christ.

Dec. 20, 2023

Ohio Conference invites your prayers for its administrative assistant, Judy King, as she continues her work of preparing the documents for the Annual Conference Assembly registration, which will be published next week. Lift her up, praying for peace as she ties up all the loose ends and creates the final documents. May she feel confident in the job she has been called to complete.

Dec. 6, 2023

Nov. 22, 2023

Ohio Conference invites you to cover the work of its Strategic Planning Team in prayer. This team is composed of the Leadership Team and Ministry Development Team and is coached by process consultant Jeanne Zimmerly Jantzi. Pray for wisdom as they meet on Nov. 30 and continue to work on the Strategic Plan.

Nov. 8, 2023

Oct. 25, 2023

Ohio Conference invites you to remember its Gifts Discernment Ministry Team in your prayers. Composed of eight members and chaired by Matt Weaver, the team is currently working on finding volunteers to fill vacancies for the next Conference year. Please pray for wisdom and discernment as they continue their work, and please pray that those asked will be open to using their gifts.

Oct. 11, 2023

Planning for Ohio Conference’s Annual Conference Assembly on March 1-2, 2024, at Sharon Mennonite Church in Plain City has begun. The planning committee is composed of Alex Dye, Valerie Jones, Judy King, Glenn Nofziger II, Alysa Short, Ken Sims, and Amy Waldron. Please pray for wisdom, creativity and peace as the planners work to coordinate the events’ many details.

Sept. 27, 2023

Ohio Conference asks you to cover Oct. 12 with your prayers. On that date, the Leadership Team and Ministry Development Team will be meeting with Conference’s consultant, Jeanne Zimmerly Jantzi, in Upper Sandusky to continue work on developing a new Conference structure. Pray for the Spirit to be present and to guide the discussion, direction, and Jeanne’s leading.

Sept. 13, 2023

Ohio Conference invites you to cover its upcoming Fall Delegate Gatherings on Sept. 19, 21, 26, 28 and Oct. 2 in prayer. Pray for the presence of the Holy Spirit to be felt as Jeanne Zimmerly Jantzi, consultant, leads participants as part of this year’s strategic planning. May the work done at these gatherings help to further the work and reach of Conference.