Melanie Smith

  • Advent Study 2024

    November 17 – December 15 at 9:30 in the Chapel Join Jenny Gee and friends for this Advent Study that takes a look at the Christmas story from the perspective of the locations in which they occurred. Through video we will travel from Nazareth, to Bethlehem, to Ein Karem (the village it is believed Elizabeth…

  • Brecksville Christmas Parade

    Come carol with us on our Christmas float in the Brecksville Christmas Parade on Sunday, December 1 at 4 pm. The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! Come be part of our Christmas Caroling Float at the Brecksville Christmas Parade for 2024. We are going to fill a…

  • Holiday Giving Trees 2024

    Looking for ways to give to the community this Christmas? Our church collects for four different charities in December. Each year, we set up trees to fill with gifts which are distributed to people in need the week after Christmas. Your gifts make a difference! Read on to learn about this year’s donations. Food Tree…

  • Thanksgiving Offering Benefits Royal Family KIDS Camp

    There are 17,000 children in Ohio’s foster care program, over 3000 of them in Cuyahoga County.  Royal Family KIDS Camp is a week-long residential camp for these kids. Our Missions & Community Engagement Team has selected this important ministry as the beneficiary of the 2024 Thanksgiving Offering. A part of the national program For The Children,…

  • Pumpkin Patch Memories

    2024 Reflections by Melanie Smith We were just starting to unload 735 pumpkins for our church’s first ever Pumpkin Patch when Pastor Heidi spilled the beans to my husband. “Your wife has some wacky ideas!” “Oh, this was Melanie’s idea? I’m glad I didn’t ask ‘who’s bright idea was this’ when she was telling me…

  • Longest Night Worship Service

    Saturday, December 21, 2024 For some the joy of the Christmas season is muted by grief and loss—sometimes fresh and sometimes enduring. On December 21, the longest night of the year, we gather together for a comforting worship service which acknowledges both the depths of grief and the wide-reaching love of God.  Whatever ending or…

  • Advent Dinner Church

    Wednesday, December 11, 2024 – 7 pm in Fellowship Hall – please note, this event was originally scheduled for 12/4, but has been rescheduled due to inclement weather. In the season of Advent, we pause to gather for a simple meal of soup and bread, lovingly prepared by the church staff, and to reminded of…

  • Pearl Road Dinner

    Help prepare and serve a neighborhood meal at the Pearl Road Dinner. We team up with the Ridge Road UCC to serve a meal, tableside, for members of the community who typically walk to the meal at Pearl Road UMC. One church takes care of the entree, and the other brings dessert and salad. The…

  • History of the Chancel Screen

    Presented by the Brecksville United Women in Faith, Thursday, November 7, 2024

  • UWF Bake Sale for Missions

    The United Women in Faith host an Autumn Bake Sale November 2 and 3 Calling all bakers! The United Women in Faith would like your help raising funds to support organizations helping women and children in our communities and around the world. Your home baked goods, created with love, are needed to help make this…