Determined Service
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Recycling Fundraiser
Small Bins, Big Impact: Leveling Up Our Creation Care The “Why” Behind the Effort When the Green Team formed last fall, they started with a simple but profound question: “Where’s one small place we can start? How can we better honor God’s creation right here, right now?” While Brecksville UMC has been recycling for over…
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Baby Shower
The Brecksville United Women of Faith’s Eve Circle’s May 2026 Project helps mothers flourish! Eve Circle, a Brecksville United Women of Faith service group, is hosting will a baby shower for the pregnant and parenting mothers served by Womankind on May 12 at 6:30 and you’re invited to be part of it! Since 1975, Womankind…
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Chili Cook Off 2026
A Spicy Success – 2026 Missions Chili Cook-off On Sunday, March 8, our Fellowship Hall was filled with the delicious aroma of simmering spices and the sounds of a very joyful gathering. This year’s Missions & Community Engagement Chili Cook-off was our most flavorful yet, featuring a staggering twenty-five different chili entries! This event was…
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Know Your Rights Training
Join us to explore how Constitutional rights and the Golden Rule empower us to love and protect our neighbors in every season. Jesus tells us that the greatest commandment is to love God and love our neighbor as ourselves. This love isn’t just a feeling; it’s a commitment to the well-being of everyone in our…
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2026 Climate Justice Mission Journey
July 13 – 18, 2026 In July 2025, a team of UMC volunteers from Ohio traveled to North Carolina to assist in the recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene. Among them was a great group of folks from Brecksville UMC: Brian, Becky & Abigail Bendlak, George & Jenny Gee, Michelle Orr and Kathy & Matt Auble.…
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Project Birthday Kit
Donate through February 19, 2026 For families struggling with food insecurity, a birthday cake can feel like an unattainable luxury. On Sunday, February 22 the Do Something Sunday kids are going to assemble Birthday Cake Kits to send to local food pantries. Pastor Heidi and Wiggle Room Coordinator, Matt Botzman, both have birthdays that week,…
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Trash to Treasure
Put things you have around the house to good use by donating them to one of our ongoing collections: Bring your donations to the first floor donation stations and do some good!
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Greater Cleveland Congregations
Greater Cleveland Congregations (GCC) is a nonpartisan, multi-racial, multi-faith group of people working together to build power for social justice. GCC unites people from across Cuyahoga County to tackle issues and take actions that strengthen our communities. Brecksville UMC is part of this network for good. Come back to this page often to learn about…
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Service Saturday at the Kids’ Book Bank
Your gently used children’s books can help foster a love of reading and learning for kids in communities throughout greater Cleveland. Hands on service. The Missions & Community Engagement Team is organizing teams to travel to the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank on the second Saturday of every other month (January, March, May, etc.) Kathy and…