Chardon United Methodist Church

Thursday, April 29th

Bishop Streiff met with local United Methodists who have connections, or would like to have connections, with United Methodist churches in the countries he serves. 

The Central Conference of Southern and Central Europe comprises the countries Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Tunisia.  The Central Conference includes central and southern Europe and northern Africa, with 7 annual conferences in 14 countries, 20 different languages, 330 congregations and 36,500 members and friends.  He delivered a short presentation of our central conference with a powerpoint, allowing enough time for questions and dialogue. He also discussed the “In Mission Together” program to build up partnerships.”

There were 2 opportunities to meet Bishop Streiff on Thursday April 29th:

10:00 am

University Circle UMC
(formerly Epworth-Euclid building)
1919 East 107th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

3:30 pm

Brecksville UMC
65 Public Square, Brecksville, Ohio 44141

This was a great opportunity for us to learn about the current growth and struggles of the growing United Methodist movement in Europe today.  It helped us toward our mission of “making and maturing disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.