Worship Sunday, October 31
Week 4 of Worship Series:
Our Money Story
Sermon: "Restore"
Preacher: Pastor Steve
In-Person and Live-streamed: 8:30 Traditional,11:00 Modern
Face masks are required, regardless of vaccination status.
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Worship Series Resources: |
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Our MONEY Story
Devotional & Study Journal
- Art, Poetry, & Reflection for deeper connection with our worship series
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Download your copy here
- Limited print copies in the Gathering Area
Jubilee Congregation-wide Art Project
- Stewardship, like creativity, art, and exploring scripture, is a spiritual practice.
- Stop by the Gathering Area to be part of creating a Faith United community art mandala reflective of the scriptures in our stewardship series, “Our mONEy Story.”
- All ages are welcome to be part of this spiritually engaging art experience.
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9:45am Sunday School Hour Gathering Area Opportunities for All Ages this Sunday, October 31st
- Sunday School Activities for all ages
- Jubilee Congregation-wide Art Project
- Images of Jesus Art Gallery
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Worship at Crystal Park UMC:
2219 Mahoning Rd NE, Canton, OH 44705
Traditional Style Worship at 11:00 a.m.
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Stop by the church parking lot, tomorrow for treats, snacks, photo booth, and fun activities for the whole family! Invite your friends and come join the fun!
If you want to decorate your trunk and pass out treats, contact Rebekah Heskett or Kathy Schmucker.
We are also looking for mums, hay, cornstalks, and pumpkins for decorations. Items can be donated or borrowed.
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Jazz with Bobby Selvaggio
Celebrate Arts Concert
November 4 at 7pm in the Sanctuary
Face Coverings Required
Concert Musicians include: Bobby Selvaggio - Alto Saxophone, Joey Skoch - Piano, Aidan Plank - Bass, and Holbrook Riles - Drums.
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Images of Jesus Art Exhibit Silent Auction
View the exhibit online, watch the video walkthrough, then you can place your high bids, and support the Hartville Migrant Ministry. Look for that special artwork for yourself or as a gift for a friend or loved one.
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Adult Connect Groups
Check out some of our groups! Visit our Programs and Group Page or Find Groups in Realm to see more group opportunities. Fall and Winter groups are now forming. Contact Kathy for information on starting, or participating in, an adult group.
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Into the Deep, Diving into a Life of Courageous Faith, Spiritual Seekers, Sunday School, 9:45am, starts Oct 31 Bob Snyder, Room 5
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New Member Oritentation, 9:45am, October 31, Parlor & Zoom, if you are interested in church membership, contact Pastors Steve or Jake
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Courage: Jesus & the Call to Brave Faith, Wednesday Women's Group, 9am, Linda Reynolds, Zoom
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Difficult Words of Jesus, Tuesday Women's Group, 6:30pm, Parlor, Sue Bell and Sue Schillings,
Study books can be picked up in the Gathering Area weekdays 8am-4pm. Contact Kathy or your group facilitator if you need other pick up arrangements. Suggested donations can be made by cash/check, or paid online. Do not let book cost prohibit you from participating. Kindle and eBook versions can be ordered through the Amazon and Cokesbury links on the church website.
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Diving Deeper: Love Your Neighbor 2.0
Wednesdays 6:30pm
Diving Deeper is an opportunity to explore the intersection of Scriptures with important topics like Critical Race Theory, housing and voting rights to gain new insight, understanding and perspective.
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Voting Rights - November 3
Contact Pastor Jake, Kathy Schmucker, Teresa Purses, Kim Reynolds, Tom Strauch, Donna Benzing or Mike Howard with questions
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November/December Upper Room and September/October/ November Daily Bread available in the Gathering Area |
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Faith United has an exciting way to support you living out your faith. Amplify Media is a video library with thousands of videos for adults, youth and kids that you can view from your phone, tablet, computer or tv.
These resources can be used for individual or group studies, and there is even a special section just for kids! Check out these instructions to access your free account. Questions? Contact Kathy Schmucker, Spiritual Formation Director.
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Faith & Environment Weekly:
Our Electric Grid Needs an Upgrade
The Problem: You can almost hear the electrical grid creaking and groaning under the weight of the future, as forces converge to push it to its breaking point. One force is climate change, which can exacerbate disasters that take down parts of the grid. For instance, Hurricane Ida and last winter’s Texas freeze were disasters with extreme weather and power system failure. Another force is massive deployment of renewable power, which ironically is a crucial technology opposing climate change. Upgrading our power grid isn’t merely adding more powerlines. We can increase and decrease demand as needed with fossil fuels, but wind and solar power depend on whether the wind is blowing and the sun is shining. And demand varies dramatically during each day. We can manage our fossil fuels to deal with that, but not wind and solar.
Solutions: Fortunately, lots of people are working on this. For starters, they’re analyzing their “energy mix” to add power during peak hours, and researching storage batteries and other ways to store renewable energy. Some behavior changes will help, such as doing the laundry during the day when energy is plentiful. Linking “Community Microgrids” could share energy back and forth as needed, or creating a single national grid could share power across larger geographic regions. In short, our grid is one very important piece of any plan. It’s time for us to start developing these and other ideas and to test them out.
For more details, read these articles:
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Wednesday Night Faith Connections Dinner and Worship
Every Wednesday at 5:45pm
Join us for an evening of fun, food, faith, and fellowship! Enjoy a great meal and mid-week worship socially distanced in Robinson Hall. Groups for adults and kids follow worship. Childcare is available. Contact Kathy Schmucker or John Hartzell for more information!
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Spiritual Practices 101 is a video resource you can explore to help you live more deeply into essential practices we have discussed at Faith United. Trying new ways of praying, studying scripture, and other practices that help you stay close to God is vital to our growth as disciples of Christ. Check out all the Spiritual Practice 101 videos here. Contact Kathy Schmucker if you have a spiritual practice you would like to learn more about or one you would like to share that helps you connect with God.
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Do you like to sing or ring? Join Choir!
- Chancel choir with Director Mike Wiley.
- Celebration Bells with Director Jody Lindower
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Fall Sunday School activities are in the Gathering Area each week between worship services until we have enough teachers and helpers to begin classes.
Celebrate Wonder activities are available in the weekly worship emails to guide children Nursery to 5th Grade, and their families, through Bible stories, creative experiences, and spiritual practices. Read more.
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Faith United always welcomes children of all ages in worship. Our worship experience is enriched as we gather together to experience and praise God.
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Worship Kits with worship manipulatives available to guide children as they pray & learn about God.
- Family Prayer Ground with rocking chairs at the front of the sanctuary for families to have a comfortable, close-up view of worship. (One family at a time for COVID safety)
- Rocking chairs in the Narthex.
- Nursery care is in room 18 for children up to age 5 during both services, pending volunteer availability.
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Parents can use these steps to watch Bible Story videos made just for kids!
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Wednesday Wonder Kids: Kids in grades K-5 are invited to gather from 6:30-7:30pm following dinner and worship to learn about faith through games, Bible stories, activities, service and mission projects and worship experiences! Questions? Contact Kathy Schmucker, Bethany Sedziol or Rebekah Heskett
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Do you sing or play an instrument?
We are still looking for children can still join the children's choir. We are also looking for youth who sing or play an instrument to participate in our worship services solo, or ensembles. Youth can even sing with the praise team once a month. Contact Sandy Wallace for details.
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Youth Group 6-12 Graders
Youth Group is on pause as we work to hire a new youth leader. Contact Pastor Jake with questions.
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Crystal Park Cooperative Parish News |
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Upcoming Worship Speakers |
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November 7
Bishop Tracy Malone
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November 14
Linda Reynolds
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Faith Kitchen Thanksgiving and Christmas Projects
We are looking forward to supporting our Faith Kitchen families with the usual Grab and Go selection of food bags. Additionally, we will be providing special Thanksgiving and Christmas care packages and spiritual growth activities.
OCTOBER SPECIAL PROJECT:
- Our plan is to give bags of Thanksgiving food items with a small ham and baking needs. Families also need laundry and dish soap, so we plan to provide that by donations and/or our Faith Kitchen special projects funds.
NOVEMBER SPECIAL PROJECT
- Spiritual growth- Advent calendars and paper chain with scripture verses activities for children
DECEMBER SPECIAL PROJECT
- Personal care kits
- Decorated cookies
We appreciate your monetary donations and/or any of the items below:
October- laundry and dish soap by October 27
November/December- deodorant, body wash, bar soap and shampoo (need by December 3rd)
Thank you for your faithful support of the Faith Kitchen ministry.
Sincerely, Faith Kitchen Ministry Team
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Pennies for Paraguay
This year we sponsored 5 students by paying their fees at Christian schools in Asuncion, Paraguay. Their school year is almost over since it will soon be summer in the southern hemisphere. We are now collecting money for the 2022 school year and need to send our funds in January. To continue supporting five students, we need $2,400. We are only about $250 short of that goal. As you consider your year-end giving, please remember this ministry. Checks can be made payable to the church, with “Pennies for Paraguay” on the memo line. There is a collection bucket on the radiator in the east hallway for coins and bills. If you have a large number of coins to donate, contact Trudy Jones at 33-494-4723 to arrange for the transfer of money. We have received some lovely donation of coins lately which have added nicely to our total collection. Thank you everyone!
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Opportunities to Serve this Fall
We long to be able to offer many programs, but are in need of volunteers. We also respect and understand people's health concerns. There are opportunities to serve in a variety of ways:
- Sunday School teachers and helpers at 9:45am
- Wednesday Wonder Kids
- Wednesday Night Faith Connections meal team
- Nursery and Childcare on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings
- Youth Sunday School, Wednesday nights, and Sunday evenings
- Adult Group Facilitators and Coordinators
- Library Readers for Faith Friends Learning Center classes
Our children need our church. They need Jesus! And they need YOU!
Faith United’s Spiritual Formation and Youth Ministry Teams need your support to guide our children and youth as they grow in faith. For more information contact Kathy Schmucker or Pastor Jake.
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Jennifer Hubbell (May 27, 1963 - October 13, 2021) will be celebrated on Saturday, October 30 at 11am at Faith United.
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Bob Rezash (May 16, 1930 - October 15, 2021) will be celebrated on Saturday, November 27 at 3:30pm at Faith United.
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Nancy Pickles (July 16, 1934 - October 26, 2021) will be celebrated on a later date.
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Previously live-streamed Celebrations of Life can be viewed here.
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Faith United Open Positions
Faith United is hiring for multiple positions.
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Did you know that you can view Faith United’s Library online?
Access the church Library anywhere you are to view your library account, browse available books and resources, search for items, learn about what’s new in the library, renew books, and view suggested reading lists for upcoming sermon and study series.
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Visit the Library Webpage -Click the link to open the online system.
- Download the app, Librista, on your mobile device.
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Click here for more information about accessing Faith United’s Library
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Cokesbury is a great resource to purchase Bibles, devotionals, gifts & more! Please use this link when ordering. The church receives credit & a rebate from your purchases.
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Order gift cards year round from The Youth Mission Team. Part of each order benefits the Youth Mission Fund. Check out this listing of available gift cards and contact the church office to order.
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Resources to help
enhance your viewing
and using of Faith
United's digital offerings:
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We are missing birthdays for 1 in 4 people in our congregation, including children.
Do we have yours?
Having up to date information helps us best serve you with age related programs and groups.
Check your information in Realm Connect, email Amanda Englehart, or call the church to confirm your family's information. |
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Saturday, October 30
11am-12pm Jen Hubbell Funeral (Sanctuary)
11am-1:30pm Faith Kitchen at Crystal Park
Sunday, October 31
New Member Sunday both Services
8:30am-9:30am Traditional Worship - Live Stream (Sanctuary)
8:30am-12pm Nursery Care & Preschool Sunday School (Room 18)
9:45am-10:45am New Member Orientation (Parlor)
9:45am-10:45am Into the Deep SS Class (Conference Room)
9:45am-10:45am Sunday School Activities all ages (Gathering Area)
11am-12pm Modern Worship - Live Stream (Sanctuary)
3pm-6pm Trunk or Treat (Parking Lot)
6:30pm-7:30pm Love Your Neighbor Walk (Parlor & Zoom)
Monday, November 1
2:30pm-3:30pm Men's Emmaus Accountability group (Zoom)
6:30pm-8pm Minor Prophets Bible Study (Parlor)
Tuesday, November 2
9am-12pm Library Story Time (Library)
9:30am-11am Celebration Bell rehearsal (Sanctuary)
5:45pm-7pm Boy Scouts God & Life (Room 5)
6pm-9pm Boy Scouts (Robinson Hall)
6:30pm-8pm "Difficult Words of Jesus Study" (Parlor/Zoom)
6:30pm-8pm Ministry Council (Zoom)
Wednesday, November 3
9am-10:30am "Short Stories by Jesus" Study (Zoom)
5pm-5:45pm Children/Youth/Ensemble Rehearsal (Room 8)
5:45pm-6:30pm Wednesday Night Faith Connections Dinner/Worship (RH)
6:30pm-7:30pm Little Wonders (Nursery)
6:30pm-7:30pm Wednesday Wonder Kids (FLC, Chapel, Room 6)
6:30pm-8pm Diving Deeper LYN 2.0 (Parlor/Zoom)
6:30pm-8pm Sewing for Missions (Robinson Hall)
7:30pm-8:30pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
Thursday, November 4
10am-11:30am Safe Sanctuary Team Meeting (Conference Room)
5pm-6pm Love Your Neighbor Team (Conference Room, Zoom)
6:30pm-8pm Cub Scouts (FLC, Room 6, 16, LL, LL2)
7pm-9pm Celebrate Arts Jazz with Bobby Selvaggio (Sanctuary
Friday, November 5
1pm-2pm Theology for Our Times (Zoom)
2:30pm-3:30pm Women's Emmaus Accountability (Zoom)
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