June 8, 2007

 

Email Address for Rev. Daniel Busch, Association Minister   dlbusch@nwoa.org

 

Rev. Daniel Busch will be attending a celebration at Haskins Community Church, Haskin, OH this Sunday, June 10^th during the Sunday morning worship at 9:30 am.

Prayer Requests

 

Please continue to pray for Mrs. Jean Hunt (wife of Rev. David Hunt). Jean now has a pacemaker/defibulater . The Hunts have completed their work in Mississippi and have gone back to Wisconsin. 

 

Please remember Ken Welch, the brother of Rev. Patti Welch/Steuben Cong. UCC, in your prayers.  His fight against liver cancer is rapidly coming to an end.  Remember, too, his wife, Cathy, and their children. Grace and peace, Garland John Gates

 

Bobette Nemire, Coordinator of Family Life and Development at Berlin Heights was in a serious car accident this week but is OK.  Please pray for her speedy recover from the bumps and bruises.

 

Rev. Max Andrew will undergo open heart surgery the week of June 24^th. Please keep Max in your prayers.

 

Our deepest Sympathy to the Costello family.  Rev. Catherine Costello’s, St. Paul’s UCC-Rockford, father in-law passed away.
 

 

Rev. Arnold Meckstroth will celebrate his 70^th Ordination Anniversary on Father’s Day, June 17^th at First UCC in New Knoxville.

 

GOLDEN JUBILEE OF ORDINATION OF JOHN RAINEY

Friends are invited to join with members of Grace United Church of Christ, Fostoria, on Sunday, June 17^th at 10:30 when they celebrate the Golden Jubilee Anniversary of Ordination honoring one of their sons.  John Rainey was ordained in the church of his roots on June 23, 1957.Guest speaker will the Rev. Dr. Roger Perl.  Liturgists include Rev. Eugene Finnegan, and Licensed Lay Minister Pattie Danner.   A fellowship luncheon will follow the Service of Worship.  Grace United Church of Christ is located on the northern out-skirts of Fostoria at 4481 North U.S. Route 23, north of the junction of Route 199 and Route 23.

 

Congratulations to Rev. Faith A. Proietti. Faith obtained her Doctorate of Ministry on May 24, 2007 at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

 

Church Development Summit – CANCELLED

 The Summit meeting for Tuesday June 12, 2007 at 10:00 am has been cancelled and will be rescheduled sometime in August or September.

 

 

General Synod Resolutions (Summary)  See Attachment

One of the service projects at the Hartford General Synod is to prepare “teacher appreciation” kits.  The kits will be put together at GS.  Attached is a flyer about the items for the kits, and where to bring items when people arrive in Hartford.

 

Is it Well with Your Soul?  A Service of Healing, Prayer and Praise, Thursday, June 21, Hartford Civic Center Assembly Hall, One Civic Center Plaza, 7:30 pm.  Sponsored by: Justice and Witness Ministries, UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns Urban Ministries Network, Local Church Ministries: Evangelism Ministry Team

Must wear your General Synod ID Badge upon entering the Civic Center

 

General Synod Delegates for 2007

Class of 2007

Rev. Louis Dorsch        Trinity UCC, 131 E. Perry Street, Tiffin, OH 44883

Mr. Tom Quellhorst      St. Paul UCC, PO Box 6, New Bremen, OH  45869

Mr. Ben McKibben      First UCC, 248 Harding Way West, Galion, OH 44833

Rev. Wendy Schindler-Chasney  St. John’s UCC, 2712 W. Mason St., Milan, OH  44846

Ms. Liz Proudfoot        St. Stephen UCC, 905 E. Perkins Ave., Sandusky, OH  44870

Class of 2009

Mrs. Becky Lust           Sycamore UCC, Box 347, Sycamore, OH  44882

Rev. Elaine Bast           First UCC, 1500 Tiffin Road, Fremont, OH  43420

Ms. Lindsey Briggs       St. Paul’s UCC, 201 N. Perry Street, St. Marys, OH  45885

Ms. Rebecca McKibben Berkey Congl. Christian Church, 12036 Sylvania-Metamora Rd., Berkey, OH 43504

Rev. William Nirote      The St. John UCC, 950 Webster Street, Defiance, OH  43512

Rev. Rich Rader           First UCC, 23 Church St., Shelby, OH  44875

Mr. Dale Schmidt         St. Paul’s UCC, 201 N. Perry Street, St. Marys, OH  45885

Mr. Bill Flickinger         First UCC, 326 South Prospect St., Marion, OH  43302

 

UCC's 26th General Synod proceedings coming to a computer near you

Interested in the following the action of the UCC's 26th General Synod, but unable to make the trip to Hartford Conn.?  You can stay in touch by tuning in on the web.  The church is planning extensive web coverage of General Synod, June 22-26, when the denomination celebrates its 50th anniversary with record attendance and high-profile speakers.  "We will once again provide gavel-to-gavel webstreaming at ucc.org," says the Rev. Robert Chase, the UCC's communication director. "The world is coming to Hartford, even if it means online viewing from your personal computer."  All plenary sessions at the Hartford Civic Center will be shown in real time and in their entirety, and visitors to the UCC's homepage should be able to locate the streaming with little or no difficulty. (Users with dial-up modems, however, may experience slower response.)

Chase says once-emerging streaming technology now has become commonplace, even expected. "When General Synod met in Providence (in 1999), we had only 300 people watch via the internet," Chase recalls. "Four years later, that number jumped to 3,000 in Minneapolis (in 2003) and then reached 36,000 only two years later in Atlanta."  The number of this year's web viewers is expected to climb, since Synod includes many high-profile speakers. Among those slated to appear are Bill Moyers, Dr. Walter Briggeman, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill., and member of Trinity UCC in Chicago), Marian Wright Edelman and others.  In addition to webstreaming, United Church News and its team of volunteer professional reporters and photographers from across the United States will provide continuously updated news stories, features and photos at during the five-day event. A daily news digest, which will be distributed to Synod goers each morning, also will be available online in .pdf form. Learn more about Synod.

 

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Friends,

Below are the details of the Bridge Coffee House this summer at the Oasis on West Elm United Church of Christ in Lima, OH. Some of you came last year and enjoyed it and I wanted to invite you again. Please feel free to share this information with others and mark your calendar for Thursday, June 21, 2007 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Blessings and Peace,

Jim Oates

The third season of the Bridge Coffee House is on its way!  I wanted all of you to be the first to hear about this summer's Bridge schedule.  Like last summer, the Bridge will run on Thursday evenings from 7pm to 10pm starting on June 21 with Jim Boedecker - back by popular demand. 

            Last year was a great way to relax, enjoy some coffee, conversation, and a nice evening out.  This year will promise to be the same with some added bonuses.  This year we will relocate the Bridge into the new renovated Parlor and the yard off of Elm street.  With Pastor and other church men at the grill, this season promises to be fun for all ages.  For those of you with children, we will be offering free childcare in our crib room for our little angels.  There is also a fenced in play yard in the rear of the church.  Our caretakers in the crib room will be certified babysitters and will be supervised by an adult at all times.   

The dates of the Coffee House are as follows:     June 21, 28    July 12, 19, 26    August 2, 9, 16

 

 

Nu-Vizion UCC, Toledo

Dear Ones,

As I write this note, the words of the apostle Paul run through my mind:

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained acces by faith into this grace in which we now stand.  And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.  Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering prouces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.  And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."  (Romans 5:1-5)

            And we aren't disapointed!  Frustrated?  Yes.  Annoyed?  Perhaps.  Irritated?  Sure.  Curious as to how we should proceed in the midst of this current set-back?  Most definitely.  Yet, we are certain that GOD has brought us through too many trials to let us down with such a small matter as a "dirty baptism" of our building.

            For those of you who are unaware, Sunday afternoon as we were arriving to begin preparations for our 1st Anniversary as a chartered congregation, we entered a basement (and primary programming space) almost entirely flooded with rain water and sewer back-up.

            Now before I continue, allow me to thank you and to thank the LORD for you.  Your ongoing care, concern, prayers, support and encouragement sustain us in our ministry of Hope, Healing & Community!

In particular, the outpouring of generosity in the last three days has been humbling.  Since we began calling for help Sunday afternoon, members of at least five churches and many individuals have stood alongside of our church family -giving of time and loaning resources of pumps, shop vacs, fans and the like.  We are so grateful.

Now, our volunteers have managed to remove all the standing water (as much as 4 inches in places) and have cleaned the waste/residue from the bathrooms and as much as is visible elsewhere.  However, as the immediate challenges are being dealt with, we begin the work of assessing loses and revising programming according to what spaces are functional or safe to use. As of this afternoon, the carpets aren't drying very quickly (if at all) and mildew/mold are becoming matters of great concern.

We humbly ask your assistance yet again. Do you have a work crew to offer?  Dehumidifiers?  Drying fans?

If you are able to offer any help or have insight in such a clean-up process, please contact us at the church (info listed below). Our ministry TOGETHER is a vital one and we look forward to the opportunity to continue in our Gospel-partnership with one another!  Thank you and, as always... All Peace, Love & Blessings;

your brother & servant in Christ-Jesus,   -will-

Will Stuart  (pastor)

"Sharing Hope, Seeking Healing, Building Community..."

Nu-Vizion United Church of CHRIST 

Location: 2014 Cherry Street/Toledo, OH 43608

Mailing Address: PO Box 80145/Toledo, OH 43608

Office: (419)241.9358

Fax: (419)241.5740

NuVizionCF@sbcglobal.net

 

Nu-Vizion UCC, Toledo Summer Program

 

Summer is here!  We begin 10 weeks of programming for our neighborhood children on June 12th.  Given our recent flooding we are facing several challenges in terms of building space and supplies.  Things are drying out gradually but mold and mildew remain a concern in much of the lower level programming spaces. Additionally, the clean up effort has put us seriously behind in securing needed supplies since our time and energy has been focused on clean up.

            Attached is a list of craft supplies needed for the first three weeks of programming.  Ideally, we are looking for a congregation or individual to supply the needed items for either week one or the combined week two and three list.  There will be a latter email with supplies needed for the weeks to follow.

            If you can help please respond by email and indicate which list or portion of the list you hope to tackle.  PLEASE wait for a confirmation email before you begin to purchase or procure these items to avoid duplication!

As always we continue to be blessed and encouraged by the generosity and graciousness of our sister congregations and friends of the ministry.  If you have any questions you can call the church # 419-251-9358 and ask for Nichole (our summer program coordinator)  May God Bless and Keep You, Kathryn Helleman

 

HOME SHOW

 Reserve Saturday, July 7th 2007 from 2:00-5:00pm for the first ever "Nu-Vizion The @ Home Show!"

This event will include a Nu-Vizion Praise Band Concert, opportunity for Q and A about worship style and contemporary music, fun, fellowship and hearty munchies!More details to follow very, very soon!  Watch you email for updates!God's Peace,Kathryn

 

Church Professional Event!   Mark your calendar October 1, 2007 

Speaker Rev. John Thomas, General Minister and President of the UCC

Location:  Heidelberg College, Tiffin

 

ICE CREAM SOCIAL

First United Church of Christ

1500 Tiffin Road, Fremont, Ohio

Wednesday July 25^th 4:00pm to 7:00pm

eat in the air conditioning or outside under the canopy

Chicken Noodle Soup, Vegetable Soup, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Shredded Chicken Sandwiches

Sloppy Joe Sandwiches, Baked Goods , Homemade Ice Cream, Shop at the Bazaar

 

SING OUT FOR PEACE

First United Church of Christ

1500 Tiffin Road, Fremont, Ohio

Friday July 13^th

Picnic begins at 6:00pm                       

Concert begins at 7:00pm

bring your own blanket or lawn chair and a picnic supper or purchase a hotdog and cold drink at the church

Sing along with the songs of the ‘60s and hear new songs

WHAT IF WE ALL PAUSED FOR A MOMENT OF PEACE AT NOON AND PONDERED ANOTHER WORLD? freewill offering will be taken to support Jerry Leggett’s Peace Tour

sample music can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II4kyCOsllA

For more information about the concert and Jerry Leggett go to www.peacebubble.org

 

 

50th Strawberry Festival at Bloomville UCC  on Saturday, June 16th.  Serving starts at 5:00 PM and will continue until 7:00 PM or until the food runs out. There will be homemade sandwiches, salads, chicken and noodles, pies and, of course, strawberry shortcake.  Music and entertainment will be provided; kid's games and crafts will be available.  We'd love to see as many folks as possible there!

 

St. Paul United Church of Christ in New Bremen, Ohio, has the opening of Director of Youth Ministry.  This position offers a full time salary with benefits. Candidates do not have to be ordained.  A background in education or Christian education is a plus.  United Church of Christ members and those who are not members of the United Church of Christ are welcome to apply. Tentative start date is August, 2007.  Contact the President of the Church Council, Tom Thieman, at stpaulnb@stpaulnb.org to request a job description and other information.