Posts by Jim C (Page 15)
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
I guess I’m running late again with this, sorry. For 28 Sep, the Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up St. Paul UCC, Columbus this week. Please remember Pastor Alan Hicks, Licensed Minister and all the members and friends of St. Paul in your prayers this week.
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
The Central Southeast Ohio Association Calendar of Prayer lifts up Our Sister Associations of the Ohio Conference. Southern Ohio Northern Kentucky Association (SONKA) and Rev. Katherine Anadein, Designated Association Minister; Northwest Ohio Association (NWOA) and Rev. Dan Busch, Association Minister; Eastern Ohio (EOA) and Western Reserve Associations (WRA) and Rev. Rita Root, Associations General Minister.
CSEOA Prayer Calendar
This week the Central Southeast Ohio Association lifts up in prayer St. John’s Evangelical Protestant UCC, Columbus. Please remember Rev. Gini Lohmann-Bauman, and all the members and friends of St. John’s in your prayers this week. Also, this week, special prayers for the friends and family of Rev. Dan Vander Ploeg who passed away on 16 Aug at the age of 76 and was laid to rest last Saturday in Minnesota. Dan served on the Ohio Conference staff during the…
Core Values: Part 2 – Leadership
This is our second of five posts introducing and discussing the core values discerned at our congregational gathering in September 2013, this time the core value is leadership. This one actually came as a bit of a surprise to me when the search committee tabulated the results from the event in September. I really expected to see “mission” here, the more I thought about it, though, it did make some sense. There are several important aspects to this core value.…
Summer Activities – an Experiment
Summer is the time of year when churches seem to go on vacation just like everyone else. Other than Vacation Bible School, maybe a work trip, and sending a few of the youth to camp, things usually slow down dramatically. The Membership Action Board has scheduled the Summer Pot Luck for after church on Pentecost (8 June), to kick off the summer, but as far as I’m aware, that’s it. We’re going to try an experiment here. In the comments…
Where your support has gone
Some folks asked for this info from Sherry Clausing’s presentation last month. The Grace Church Endowment has been very generous in supporting her many trips to El Salvador with Eye Care International over the last few years and the last slide of her presentation showed some of the many ways that your money has supported worthwhile projects that Sherry saw or became aware of while in El Salvador. The include, but are not limited to, the following (in no particular…
“So they took Jesus”
So they took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew* is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, ‘Jesus of Nazareth,* the King of the Jews.’  — John 19:16b-19 (NRSV) Join us at 12:15 as we retrace Jesus trek to…
The Last Supper This Evening
We’re all familiar with the famous painting entitled ‘The Last Supper’ by Leonardo da Vinci. In it, we see Jesus sharing the Passover meal with his disciples. On Maundy Thursday, we remember Jesus introducing us to communion. But there is much more going on this night. After the meal, Jesus will go out to pray, he will be betrayed, he will be taken into custody, denied, tried, and condemned. Join us this evening at 7:00PM as we gather to worship…
Website update
Well, folks. After several weeks of work behind the scenes, we’re unveiling the new look website and blog. The old site was difficult to maintain, the new one is much easier to manage going forward. I hope you’ll take the opportunity to look around. All the old content is still here, but the look and feel is newer and fresher and, I think, easier to use. Let me know what you think. There is a comment feature built into the…
Holy Week Happenings
Palm Sunday, April 13 Worship Service at 10:30 AM Maundy Thursday, April 17 7:00 PM Good Friday Service April 18 12:00 PM A processional will be led by Pastor Dennis, weather permitting. Easter Sunday Breakfast 9:00 AM Easter Egg Hunt 9:30 AM Worship Service at 10:30 AM