Hello church family!
Thank you so much for all of the support you have shown to our young people recently. Our youth felt very supported for the Homeless Awareness Sleep Out which raised $5,596.3. The funds will go to support Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, Y-Haven, Family Promise of Greater Cleveland, and St. Paul Community UCC Homeless Outreach Program.
Our taco lunch fundraiser also went very well! We hope you enjoyed your tacos. Thank you so much for your generosity. We raised $941.00 which will support the summer mission trip.
Thank you, also, to all of the adults who gave their time, organization, and support to make these events happen! Finally, thank you to our youth who are such a valuable part of our church family.
I’m looking forward to an exciting spring and summer and hope that you are, too!
Much love and many blessings,
Rachel Burns
Musical News
Our youth musical rehearsals are really coming along! We hope that you are planning to come see the show. Performances will be March 21, 22, & 23 in our lovely new social hall!
Tickets will be available beginning March 9th after church. There is no price for tickets, but donations are accepted.
Please see the information in The Columns regarding supporting the musical through purchasing program space. You can give a shout out to any of the musical participants and/or advertise your business or organization.
We are looking for 6th-12th graders who would like to be on the stage crew for the musical. Please contact Rachel if you are interested. We’d love to have as many of our youth involved with the musical as possible.
Summer Youth Mission Trip June 15-19
Registration is now open for our summer mission trip to Cincinnati. An informational meeting will take place after church on March 2nd in the chapel. Please see the attached graphic for more information.
Vacation Bible School July 20-27, 5-7:15pm
Save the date for VBS! Registration is coming soon. Join us for Compassion Camp: Changing the world with lovingkindness.
As we look around the world, our deep need for compassion becomes more evident with each passing day, perhaps now more than ever. Compassion Camp’s goal is to cultivate compassion for each other, ourselves, and the world. We will examine different places in our lives where we can cultivate compassion. We’ll explore themes of compassion as they relate to each day’s scripture. Lovingkindness is the utmost form of selfless love toward ourselves and others. The practice begins with focusing on self-compassion because once we have compassion for ourselves, we can have compassion for others.
Baccalaureate Sunday
During worship on May 18th, we will celebrate our 2025 graduates! If you are a 2025 graduate, or your child is, please be on the lookout for an email from the office this spring. You can also reach out directly to the office about how to participate in Baccalaureate Sunday. We hope to involve as many of our graduates as possible.