12/01/2025
Ronβs love for Moody and his passion for education led him to pursue the founding of a Moody continuing education site at his church. βAt one point, Moody had a lot of satellite teaching sites in Greater Cleveland, offering continuing education and college courses,β he says.
When the auto industry slowed down and economic challenges followed, Moody considered discontinuing all of its satellite sites in Ohio. Ron, who had been teaching at one of the Moody satellite sites since 2005, sprang into action.
βI petitioned and said, βCan we host at our site? We'll do all the administrative work!β They agreed to let us do that, and in 2010 we brought Moody to our site. We are still going strong. Currently, I have over 70 students, and we get close to 100 students every semester. Right now, we're doing continued education for people who are either getting ready for college, as I was years ago, or Sunday School teachers and pastors who canβt get away to get an education.β
Ron has been an instructor for the Maple Heights classes since the beginning, and though he loves all aspects of Bible teaching, he does have a favorite. βWe've been walking through the Old Testament. I love the Old Testament courses. Most people have a familiarity with the stories, and so I like to do a deeper dive into those Old Testament books.
If you ask Ron what his hopes and dreams for the future include, he doesnβt hesitate. βWe're in the process of starting a Christian elementary school, remodeling our building, and raising the funds for all that,β he says. βI would love for kids to walk in our building from kindergarten through grad school and have Christians with them all the way along that journey. I want to be able to have all that in a place where it's easily affordable and accessible.β
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