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Springfield Woodside UMC gets vision for reaching poor, needy
10/27/2011
“It seems people don’t necessarily remember what they are told of God’s love, but they never forget what they have experienced of God’s love.” (Sjogren, 29)
SPRINGFIELD -- Many of our local churches have become invisible to the communities in which they reside.
Woodside UMC, located in the Laketown area of Springfield, was once the center of civic activity in the community. Woodside listed 999 members on its rolls 40 years ago. Today, it lists less than...Fountain of Life struggles after $160,000 theft
1/27/2011
An employee of a Springfield-area United Methodist Church has been charged with four counts of theft following her arrest Jan. 20.
The Buffalo-Mechanicsburg Police Department and U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force arrested Deborah A. Moore, 46, charging her with theft of more than $160,000 from Fountain of Life UMC, located in Buffalo.
The charges allege that Moore took the money between October 2009 and December 2010, making checks payable to herself with forged church...
