Welcome to the West Ohio Conference United Methodist Men’s website!

Our mission is…

Equipping Men to be Disciples to help Men grow in Christ,

so that others may know Christ through Men’s Ministry

Select from the list below to find out more about us:

• District UMM organizations within the West Ohio Conference
• Ministry Outreach Opportunities
• Event Announcements

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee is made up of the officers of the WOCUMM and representatives from each of the Districts that make up the Conference.  The group meets on a regular basis to facilitate communication among the District UMM organizations and support to the ministry programs.

To see the Conference Organization Chart click here.

To see the District Organization Chart click here. 

 

Officers: (Click title for job description)

President: Patrick Talisse - patalisse@hotmail.com

Vice President: Open

Recording Secretary: John W. Sherer - shererjw@aol.com

Treasurer: Mike Henson

Honorary President: Bishop Gregory Palmer - wocbishop@wocumc.org

Cabinet Representative: Kim Overholser 

Past President: Rev. Ben Shaffer - rbshaeff@yahoo.com

Members at Large: Open

Communications/Web-Master: Interim

Ethnic Ministries: Open

Spiritual Life: Rev. Keith Deel - kdeel@frontier.com

Hunger Relief Advocate: Open

Prayer Advocate: Chuck Albright - chuckalbright@vmail.com

VIM Coordinator: Open

Lay Leader: Mitchell Harper

Scouting Coordinator: John Hargrave - johnhargrave@sbcglobal.net

SOCM Representative: Open

Men's Ministry Specialist (MMS): Leo Scholl - lschol@sbcglobal.net

 

Executive Board meetings: Every Third Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM via Zoom conferencing.

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DISTRICTS:

Capitol Area North District Representative: Open

Capitol Area South District Representative: Michael Aldridge - oyomaldridg@yahoo.com

Foothills District Representative: (OPEN)

Maumee Watershed District Representative: Denny Walker - edwdenny@yahoo.com

Miami Valley District Representative: Andrew Campbell - drewnsam@netzero.com

Northwest Plains District Representative: Open

Ohio River Valley District Representative: Melvin Williams - melvindot5@aol.com  

Shawnee Valley District Representative: Open

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Ministry Outreach Opportunities

Love Packages

Pill Bottles

 

 

 

Love Packages Mission

Love Packages is an on-going West Ohio Conference United Methodist Men Mission Project.  It collects new or used Christian material that you are no longer using and distributes them to Christians overseas who are in need of them. 

If you have used or unused Christian materials such as:

• extra Bibles

• Sunday School materials for children, teens and adults

• VCR Tapes

• DVDs

• Cassette tapes

• CDs

• Christian books or magazines

• Daily Devotionals such as The Upper Room or Our Daily Bread

lying around your home, office or church, please consider donating them. This is one of the easiest mission projects you will ever find! It really doesn’t take that much time and the whole family can help.  It is a win for you and a win for the recipients.

Click here for a quick "nickle" tour of the Love Packages facilities

Contacts for help in starting a local collection program or ideas on setting up a Love Packages collection bin (see an example in the PHOTOS section at the bottom of this site):

Leo Scholl, lschol@sbcglobal.net, the WOCUMM Project Coordinator

Wayne & Ruth Thomas, thomaswayne43@hotmail.com, Love Packages Project Coordinators at the Regional Collection Center.

To schedule a donation through the Regional Collection Center contact:

Wayne & Ruth Thomas

Love Packages Project Coordinators

513-932-7535 Home

937-409-1175 Cell

thomaswayne43@hotmail.com

They will schedule a date and time for you to drop your donation at the Regional Collection Center in Lebanon, OH or for them to pick up your new donation (see their new van in the PHOTOS section at the bottom of this site).

Thank you for your donations.  Love Package totals

• 2015: 1,165 tons shipped to 22 countries. 

• 2016 (Jan-Feb): 200 tons shipped to 8 countries: Ghana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, South Africa, Thailand and Uganda.

 

For more details visit www.lovepackages.org. 

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Pill Bottle Mission

Matthew 25: Ministries is an on-going West Ohio Conference United Methodist Men Mission Project being done in conjunction with the Love Project.  Matthew 25: Ministries accepts donations of empty plastic pill bottles for inclusion in shipments of medical supplies and for shredding and recycling. Our pill bottle program fulfills the dual needs of improving medical care in developing countries and caring for our environment.

Acceptable collection items include:

• Prescription and over-the-counter pill bottles

• Large and small pill bottles

• Pill Bottles with and without secure caps (child resistant)

Pill bottles that are not appropriate to include with shipments of medical supplies are recycled for cash that goes towards Matthew 25: Ministries’ programs. If you wish to prepare bottles for shipment rather than recycling, please adhere to the following guidelines:

• Bottles included in shipments of medical supplies must have an all plastic lid.

• Sort bottles by color and type.

• Remove labels, leaving no glue or residue.

• Wash bottles in very hot water and dish soap. 

• Rinse and dry thoroughly. 

• Replace lids on clean, dried bottles.

• Place clean, recapped bottles in large ziplock bags marked “Clean Bottles.” These will be blended with medical supplies.

Contacts for help in starting a local collection program or ideas on setting up a Pill Bottle collection bin (see an example in the PHOTOS section at the bottom of this site):

Leo Scholl, lschol@sbcglobal.net, the WOCUMM Project Coordinator

Wayne & Ruth Thomas, thomaswayne43@hotmail.com, Love Packages Project Coordinators at the Regional Collection Center.

To schedule a donation through the Regional Collection Center contact:

Wayne & Ruth Thomas

Love Packages Project Coordinators

513-932-7535 Home

937-409-1175 Cell

thomaswayne43@hotmail.com

They will schedule a date and time for you to drop your donation at the Regional Collection Center in Lebanon, OH or for them to pick up your new donation (see their new van in the PHOTOS section at the bottom of this site).

For more details about Matthew 25: Ministries visit http://m25m.org. 

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