Melanie Smith
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Gifts that Give Back
Take some Christmas gifts home with you after church on Sunday, December 8! Are you looking for Christmas gifts that delight AND help support a local cause? We have options for you! Pick up a handmade gift, a freshly published cookbook, or a beautiful porch pot Sunday morning between 9:30 and Noon. (Porch Pots will…
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Podcast Class
Sunday mornings at 9:30 in room 301 — or join us online! Each week, we listen to a podcast related to our sermon series, then get together to talk about it on Sunday morning. If you like podcasts, or you just like talking about ideas with others, we invite you to join us! To receive…
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Scout Troop 175
Holiday Porch Pot Fundraiser Scouts from Troop 175Ā are creating decorative porch pots from a variety of evergreen boughs, pinecones, Christmas decorations, artificial red berries, and other natural cuttings to brighten outdoor spaces all winter long – as a fundraiser for their summer camp fees. Scouts in Troop175 engage in monthly activities including canoe camping, backpacking,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.Ā 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 programĀ For The Children,…
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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…
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Longest Night Worship Service
Saturday, December 21, 2024 For some the joy of the Christmas season is muted by grief and lossāsometimes 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…
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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…