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This newsletter is brought to you by your
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Our Association's New Staff Team
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We are delighted to share that the Rev. Michael A. Howard, Minister of Faith in Action, joined us in ministry on Monday, March 25.
Michael writes about his call to Christian ministry in the following words: "My call to ministry is to connect our sancturies with our streets. I have a commitment to intergenerational engagement, and I have worked with people of all ages: children, youth, young adults, older adults, and seniors. This has given me a vision for building communities of justice, joy, compassion, and peace. God has called me to help local congregations develop their own visions to become sources of healing and restoration for their surrounding communities."
Please welcome Michael among us and watch for times of gatherings when you can meet him.
We also welcome Dan Roland, part time Search and Call Coordinator, who joined us on March 18. Dan holds a PhD in Library Science. His gift of organizing the countless details of the search and call process is proving invaluable to our ministry.
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...different colors can affect the mood of your email audience in different ways.
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Red:
Great for eliciting excitement in your email, but can overwhelm if overused.
Yellow:
Looks clever, youthful, and grabs attention, but can also tire a reader’s eyes.
Green
: Like a plant, this can convey something new, fresh or something growing and mature.
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The
Northeast Ohio School of Ministry (NEOSOM) is offering one class for the Spring 2019 term: Stewardship. The course will explore biblical stewardship principles as the context for engaging members of congregations in financial stewardship ministry. Emphasis will be on practical implications and applications of differeing theologies of stewardship, and the cultural and economic forces that shape our understandings.
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Christian activists Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin are taking their newly published
Beating Guns book and their forge on the road with Beating Guns Tour, a 90-minute event featuring music, art, and stories of people impacted by gun violence, culminating with forging of guns into garden tools. Come to
Pilgrim Congregational UCC (2592 W 14th St, Cleveland) in Tremont. Pilgrim is co-sponsoring this event with God Before Guns, a multi-faith coalition working to reduce gun injuries and deaths. The event is free, but registration is required. Space is limited.
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ECUMENICAL TENEBRAE SERVICE
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The
Strongsville United Church of Christ will be one of eight churches to participate in an Ecumenical Tenebrae Service at the Columbia United Methodist Church (25453 Royalton Rd, Columbia Station) on Good Friday, April 19, at 8:15PM. The Strongsville Chancel Choir and singers from other churches will join with an orchestra for the presentation of the cantata
Song of Shadows.
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HEALTHY PRACTICES FOR MINISTRY: PARISHIONERS ARE NOT YOUR ENEMIES
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All authorized ministers are invited to hear Rev. Dr. Wayne E. Gustafson address the universal problem of how to minister to controlling, imposing, negative, possessive, bullying church members. This event is not focused on how to keep "them" in line, rather how to offer effective pastoral care to those whose troubles are expressed in their behaviors. Hosted by
Bethany UCC
(1235 Broad Blvd, Cuyahoga Falls) on Saturday, May 25, registration opens at 9AM and the program begins at 9:30AM. Cost is $35...free for retired pastors. Optional lunch is $10.
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EMERGENCY CLEANUP BUCKETS
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This year, there is a powerful (and easy!) way for you to do more through your CWS Kits event...and it couldn't have come at a better time. Fall's hurricane response brought our supply of kits to a critical low, and we need all the help we can get to restock before new disasters hit. The UCC Disaster Ministries is offering matching grants when UCC congregations make CWS Emergency Cleanup Buckets. Please
apply for this grant by June 30, 2019.
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Rev. Bill Armstrong, who is in assisted living at St. Mary of the Woods in Avon, OH, conducts a monthly worship service there, using the Pilgrim Hymnal. If any church has some old Pilgrim Hymnals they would be willing to donate to add to the limited supply, please call Mary Lou Swinterton, Director of Pastoral Care, St. Mary of the Woods at 440-937-2718.
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Templed Hills is looking for summer kitchen staff. If you are interested or need more information, please email the
Site Director or call 419-886-2380.
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ORDINATIONS & INSTALLATIONS
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Mindy Quellhorst Installation
3PM ♦ Sunday, April 28
990 State St ♦ Vemilion
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Be sure to mark your calendar.
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Worship Festival with Marcia McFee
Saturday, April 6
32801 Electric Blvd ♦ Avon Lake
Register by March 30
General Synod
United Church of Christ
June 21-25
Wisconsin Center
400 W Wisconsin Ave ♦ Milwaukee, WI
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Anti Racism Forum
Ohio Conference
Speaker: Leonard Pitts
Friday, September 6
Details Soon
Living Water Association Annual Meeting
Saturday, November 2
Details Soon
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Association Ministers' Schedules
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Here's where your Association Ministers will be the next few Sundays.
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Nayiri Karjian
Associations General Minister
Michael Howard
Minister of Faith in Action
Dan Roland
Search & Call Coordinator
Committee on Ministry Registrar
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Machelle Miller
Office Manager & Bookkeeper
Cheryl McGraw
Communications & Administration
Don Hill
Financial Development Consultant
Gene McAfee
Dean of Northeast Ohio School of Ministry
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If you'd like to share information about an upcoming or past event sponsored or co-sponsored by a church in our Association, please send your article of 100 words or less in a paragraph by Tuesday noon to
office@livingwaterone.org. Be extravagantly welcoming by including the name, location, address, date, time and contact information of the event. Items will run for two consecutive weeks. Fliers may be sent in addition to the 100-word article and a link will be provided to the flier in the article or the flier can be used as the article. Fliers should be less than 5MB and in Word or PDF format. Photos (which display above your article) may be sent in addition to the article. Photos should be less than 5MB and in JPG or PNG format.
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