Melanie Smith
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Quilters Bring Comfort
Quilters – both experienced and aspiring – are called to bring comfort to others with a January 2025 project. Creating prayer quilts for those in need. What is more comforting than a pretty quilt to snuggle up with on a chilly evening? In keeping with our Advent quilt theme, fabric and patterns have been collected…
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Epiphany Sunday & Star Words
January 5, 2025 is Epiphany Sunday. Too often, we’ve been told that a successful life is a linear one. But in reality, our lives unfold with many unexpected twists and turns. The Magi follow a star, embarking on a long journey in a foreign land in order to honor the newborn Christ. Instead of returning…
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Fully Alive
Join us as we embark on a new worship series, Fully Alive – Sundays January 12 through March 5, 2025. Using the concept of the seven deadly sins, we’ll explore positive opposites to the ancient list of vices updated for the modern world. Can the concept of sin provide signposts and supports that might help…
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Valentines for Kids
When 8 year old Austin Pribble saw an organization at the Steelyard Commons Wal-mart collecting for gifts for children in the hospital, he was inspired. “Our church could do that!” He dreamed up the idea of our whole church coming together to make gift bags full of fun stuff to be delivered to kids in…
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Bike Ministry
We clean, repair and refurbish donated bikes and get them into the hands of people in need – and we call it Bike Ministry. It’s a special kind of ministry that serves a number of purposes. We keep bikes out of the landfill, help kids experience the joy of a bicycle and adults use them…
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Radicle Methodism
If you’re not a gardener, you may think the title of this class “Radicle Methodism” is a typo. A radicle is the first part of a seedling to emerge from a seed. In this four Sunday course with Pastor Heidi, you’ll travel back to the roots of Methodism and up through the modern day to…
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“Donate to Charity” is a trending search
According to Google, “Donate to charity” is always a search that always spikes in December. If you are looking for local charities in need of support, there are some great and worthwhile missions doing life-changing work in Northeast Ohio. Their top wish list items go beyond the financial. They need your prayers and your presence,…
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A Service of Laughter
Sunday, December 29, 2024 – One Worship Service at 10:30 am Join us for a worship service focusing on the joy, laughter, and hope of this season. We’re calling it Lessons and Laughter. The angels were clear in their message: the birth of Christ was to bring joy to the whole world. Worship is going…
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Cantata Sunday
The Brecksville Chancel Choir, under the direction of Machala Comenscheck-Slike, presents O, Holy Light a Christmas Cantata by Mary McDonald on Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 10:30 am in the Sanctuary. The anticipation of Christmas may extend for weeks, even months prior to December 25th. We plan, shop, decorate, and for church musicians, rehearse long…
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Poinsettia Dedications for Hunger Ministry
Your donation to the 2024 Christmas Poinsettia fund will help feed our hungry neighbors. Dedicate a poinsettia and help those experiencing food insecurity. Beautiful poinsettias fill the Sanctuary, surrounding the chancel, under the screen, in the foyers…a meaningful way to celebrate someone you love or who is now in God’s hands. Our poinsettias are grown…