Worship Sunday, March 27
Full to the Brim
"Prodigal Grace"
Preacher: Rev. Angela Lewis,
Conference Superintendent: Canal District
In-Person/Live-streamed: 8:30 Traditional, 11:00 Modern
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Sunday School Opportunities for All Ages in the Gathering Area
9:30-11am - Including Full to the Brim activities
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Worship at Crystal Park UMC:
Traditional Worship at 11 a.m. | 2219 Mahoning Rd NE, Canton, 44705
Preacher: Matt Kluchar
Sermon: "The Wilderness and the Promised Land"
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April 3 Worship - One Service at 10 a.m.
Pastor Cara Preaching
Rev. Cara Stultz Costello, Tuscarawas District Superintendent and former co-pastor at Faith United, will be coming to preach on Sunday, April 3. Following the service, will be a luncheon and conversation with Pastor Cara about the implications of General Conference and the Global Methodist Church. RSVP here, or contact the church at 330-499-6040 by March 30. .
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The Bible Year - Church-Wide Reading and Study |
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By studying the Bible daily, you’re enriching your spiritual life and developing a deeper faith. Imagine how reading the Bible together as a congregation will make a difference in our church and community! |
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This Week's Readings:
March 27 Day 86: 2 Kings 8:16-10:36
March 28 Day 87:
2 Kings 11:1–13:25
March 29 Day 88:
2 Kings 14:1–17:41
March 30 Day 89:
2 Kings 18:1–21:26
March 24 Day 90:
2 Kings 22:1–25:30
April 1 Day 91:
1 Chronicles 1:1–9:44
April 2 Day 92:
1 Chronicles 10:1 – 12:40
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“Get into the word of God and let God’s word get into you.”
– Bishop Tracy Malone
As you read consider the following question: What is God revealing to me today, and how will I apply it to my life?
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Haven't started yet? Behind on readings? No problem! Figure out a reading schedule that works for you!
- Devotionals with summaries/key themes to help understand the verses are available on the Book Resource Table.
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Weekly Amplify Media videos to enhance your reading experience.
- Monthly reflection and Zoom discussion with Pastors Steve and Jake and Spiritual Formation Director, Kathy Schmucker on the last Sunday: 6:30pm
- Check out "Basic Bible" on Amplify Media to learn how it is organized and general themes found throughout.
Missed a week? Open up previous Navigators here for the daily readings
For more information, contact Kathy Schmucker, Pastor Steve, or Pastor Jake.
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Lent is the forty day period (not counting Sundays) between Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday (the day before Easter). Lent is a time for preparing for Easter by spending time with God. May the worship experiences and resources available be meaningful ways for you to connect with God during this season of Lent. |
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Lent Resources
- Lent Kits have materials and devotions for Lent and Easter for all ages, a vase for our Lent worship series, daily prayer cards, and more resources.
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Download this year’s Lent Devotion booklet here.
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Download Lenten Daily Prayer Cards here.
- Lent kits, and limited printed devotion booklets and prayer cards are available on the gathering area information board.
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Lent Photo A Day (below) is based on the Full to the Brim Daily Prayer Cards. Reflect on each word, then share a picture, scripture, song, or poem on social media tagging the church. You may also want to draw or color your word on the Lent Heart calendar.
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Week Long Activities April 10-17:
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‘Twas the Morning of Easter Outdoor Story Walk, Walk through the story of Easter. Exercise body, mind, and spirit as you explore the meaning of Easter. Perfect for kids and kids at heart!
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Holy Week Prayer Stations, Experience Jesus’ journey to the cross through scripture, prayer, reflection Stations of the Cross is a prayer experience for all ages. Located in the chapel.
Services:
- Palm/Passion Sunday
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Children's Palm Procession - Purchase any of the items on this list and bring them to worship on April 10, to be part of the Palm Procession. Items can also be placed in the collection totes in the Gathering Area.
- Welcome Jesus by donating new sheets, pillows, blankets for Hartville Migrant Ministry or new or clean and gently used coats for Faith Kitchen.
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The Easter Story, an interactive sensory worship experience for all ages. April 13, 6:30pm
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Take Off Your Shoes Maundy Thursday Service, April 14, 7pm.
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Two Faces: A Dramatic Dialogue Good Friday Service, April 15, 7pm.
- Easter Sunday, April 17
- Sunrise Service, 6:45am, church parking lot
- 8:30am and 11:00am, Sanctuary
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Adult Connect Groups
Get connected at Faith United, Spring groups are now forming! Contact Kathy Schmucker for information on starting, or participating in, an adult group.
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Unlikely Entrepreneur, Men's Life Study, 8am, March 26, Kim Reynolds, Beyesly's Restaurant/Zoom
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Bible in a Year Monthly Discussion and Reflection, March 27, 6:30pm, Zoom
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Wellness Wheel, March 30, 6:30pm, Kathy Schmucker, Room 5. Lent invites us deeper into intentional living. Come learn a tool designed to help you do so.
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Full to the Brim Visio Divina Lent Art Study, March 31, April 12, 7:00pm, Kathy Schmucker, Zoom. Participate in one or all of the sessions!
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The Stranger in the Lifeboat, Book Discussion Group, March 31, 7pm, Jan Baker and Joanne Fox.
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Hollywood Jesus, Wednesday Women’s Group, 9am, starting April 6, Linda Reynolds, Zoom
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Savior: What the Bible Says About the Cross, Tuesday Women’s Group, 6:30pm, Sue Bell & Sue Schillings, Zoom
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Book of Luke, Monday Night Bible Study, 6:30pm, Ron Luikart, Parlor/Zoom
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Theology for Our Times, Fridays, 1:00pm, Tom Strauch, Zoom
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Spiritual Seekers, Sunday School, 9:45am, Bob Snyder, Conference Room/Zoom
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The Conversation Book Study, Wednesdays, 6:30pm, Retired Judge Mike Howard and Krista L. Allison, Parlor/Zoom
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After Dinner Lent Table Talk, Wednesdays, 6:30pm. Join us for fellowship and conversation following Wednesday Dinner Worship.
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Click here or scan for more details about all the group opportunities and programs happening at Faith United.
Pick up study books in the Gathering Area. Suggested donations can be made by cash/check, or online. Do not let book cost prohibit you from participating. Kindle/eBook versions can be ordered through the Cokesbury link below.
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Wednesday Night Faith Connections Dinner & Worship
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, youth, and kids follow worship. Childcare available during adult group times for little ones. Contact Kathy Schmucker or John Hartzell for details.
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The March/April issue of the Upper Room Devotional and the Daily Bread are available for pick up on the gathering area information display board. |
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Spiritual Practices 101
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. View our Spiritual Practice 101 videos here. Contact Kathy Schmucker to learn about a certain spiritual practice more or to share one that helps you connect with God.
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Faith and Environment Weekly
Four problems, one creative solution
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Polluted water: In Kansas, 86% of streams in the state are polluted, while 800,000 people get their drinking water from the Kansas River.
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Suicide: 17 Military veterans a day are dying from suicide.
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Dearth of Farmers: Family farms are dying out; we will need at least 100,00 farmers in the near future.
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Corporate farming: Increasing for decades, depleting the soil and dependent on chemicals.
SAVE (Service member Agricultural Vocation Education) recruits struggling military veterans and teaches them sustainable farming. We look at the way we are using the land, nature-based solutions, and ecosystem services to provide a cleaner water supply. It is a pathway to farming, but also a kind of tangible place that veterans can go to get the therapy that comes from being outdoors and hopefully being in farming. Special attention is given to disabled former soldiers, who have access to therapy, rehabilitation, and peer support. Data have shown that just being outside and farming is a form of therapy and healing; our graduates go on to involvement in beekeeping, farming, or a job in agriculture. Our dream all along has been to be a model for the country.
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Sunday School activities are in the Gathering Area each week between worship services.
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Celebrate Wonder home activities are available in the weekly worship emails for Nursery-5th Grade. Pick 1-2 activities to do and learn and wonder about God together. View each week's Bible story and music videos on Amplify Media and even has special videos for kids! Follow these steps to register or contact Kathy Schmucker.
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Faith United welcomes children of all ages in worship. Our worship experience is enriched as we gather together to experience and praise God.
- Worship Kits and worship manipulatives are available to guide children as they pray and learn about God
- Family Prayer Ground at the front of the sanctuary for families to have a comfortable, close-up view of worship.
- Rocking chairs in the Narthex and Family Prayer Ground.
- Nursery care and Preschool Sunday School (birth-age 5) during worship, pending volunteer availability in room 18.
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Family Sing A Long
Wednesdays, 5:00pm. Come sing, play instruments, make a joyful noise for the Lord! Preschool/Toddlers can join in at 5:30pm. Contact Sandy Wallace for details.
Wednesday Wonder Kids
Grades K-5 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! Little Wonders, up to age 5, learn about God in a loving, caring environment. Contacts: Kathy Schmucker, Kristin Krach, Bethany Sedziol, Rebekah Heskett.
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East Ohio Conference Summer Camp
Registration is now open.
Every summer has a story! Faith United wants to help make summer camp part of the summer story for kids and youth! East Ohio Camps provide a wide range of experiences, from day camps to weeklong overnight camps, with a variety of interests and themes. Camp Scholarships are available for kids and youth.
Visit Faith United's Summer Camp Page or contact Kathy Schmucker and Matt Kluchar for applications and more information. Grab a Camp brochure with scholarship applications from the information board in the Gathering Area.
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Plans are underway to prepare for in-person VBS and Camp Read-A-Lot. To make these summer ministries a great experience for kids and families in our community, we need you! Please prayerfully consider how God is calling you to be involved at Faith United this summer. To help us in our planning please complete this survey. Contact Kathy Schmucker or Sandy Vaughn for more information.
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Beginning April 10, we will not be holding Sunday night youth group. Instead, we will be bringing back Sunday school at 9:45am in the youth room.
Wednesday will still be our fun night at 6:30pm following the family dinner at 5:45pm.
There will also be a large monthly event, maybe even a lock in. Stay tuned for details.
If you have any questions, please contact Matt Kluchar or Pastor Jake.
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Crystal Park Cooperative Parish
Upcoming Preachers and News
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April 3
Rev. Cara Stultz Costello*
At Faith United
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April 17
Rev Jake Heskett
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*April 3 will be a combined worship service at 10 a.m. at Faith United. There will not be a service at Crystal Park. This is our first combined worship service as a Cooperative Parish.
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Special Calvary Mission Update
Calvary Mission provided its final services to families on February 23, 2022. District Superintendent, Pastor Cara Stultz Costello, asked the Urban Action Team (a group of urban pastors, lay members, conference staff, and other interested community members) to assess the building and gather information about immediate needs.
On March 3 Pastors Don Ackerman, Michael Farmer, and Jake Heskett; Will Jones from the conference office; and Teresa and Sam Purses visited the Canton Calvary mission building and neighborhood. The state of the building was poor. They spoke with the Gibbs Elementary School Principal and Community Worker who expressed a public health concern if the building is left vacant in the neighborhood for a significant period of time for fear of vandalism and continued degradation across from the school.
Members of Crossroads UMC and Faith United took immediate actions to stand in the gap on behalf of children and families in the Gibbs community. Together we provided 20 backpacks of food for the students previously served each week by the Calvary Mission backpack program. Additionally, we distributed 100+ bags of food, bread, and misc. items to children as they boarded the bus and to children/families picking up their children each week for 3 weeks. During food distribution, church members also talked with parents and neighbors in the community to learn what they would like to see in the neighborhood since Calvary closed.
Crossroads UMC leaders arranged for the Akron/ Canton food bank to start providing a pop-up pantry monthly on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. The first community pantry was March 18.
To continue supporting the work of Calvary Mission, churches and community members can send contributions to Canton for all People- earmarking the funds for the Gibbs neighborhood. Funding will be needed to purchase food items - it costs about $4 for a weekend bag with 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 3 dinners, and some snacks. Which totals about $600 per week. Click here to support this work financially.
We need volunteers each Friday at 2pm at Crossroads UMC until school is out in May to pack 150+ bags of food and each Friday from 3:15-4pm at Gibbs Elementary to distribute the food. We encourage you to come. See the neighborhood, meet the beautiful people who live and work there, and be a part of the conversation of the rebirth of mission and ministry in the Gibbs community.
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You're invited!
Taggarts Ice Cream restaurant on Fulton will be holding an all-day fundraiser Tuesday, April 19. A portion of the day's proceeds will benefit Faith Kitchen. Bring some friends and have lunch or dinner and a famous Bittner!
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Easter Lily Sign Ups
The notebook to sign up for Easter Lilies is on the Gathering Area Welcome Center if you wish to order for Easter Sunday. The cost is $10.00. Orders will be taken until Sunday, April 3. You could also call Sandy Snyder to place your order at 330 806-9338.
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Explore some great resources for your spiritual journey!
Amplify Media is a video library with 1,000's 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 has a special section just for kids!
Follow these instructions to access your free account. Questions? Contact Kathy Schmucker, Spiritual Formation Director.
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Opportunities to Serve this Spring and Summer
There is a saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” This congregation is a village for many children and youth! We are longing to be able to offer our many programs, but need volunteers. We also respect and understand people's health concerns. There are many opportunities to serve:
- 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 Wednesday nights, and Sunday evenings
- Adult Group Facilitators and Coordinators
- Summer Story Time with FFLC Students
- VBS and Camp Read-A-Lot
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. If interested, contact Kathy Schmucker, Matt Kluchar, or Pastor Jake.
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Come in and check out some of the the new books we have in the library!
We are also missing some library books. Please check your bookshelves, tables and desks to see if you have any books on this list. They may have been taken out before before or during COVID.
Check out the books and resources available in the library to nurture your spiritual journey!
Type a topic in the search bar to see available resources.
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Saturday, March 26
8am-9am Men's Life Study (Beyesly's)
10am-12pm Faith Kitchen at Crystal Park
Sunday, March 27
8:30am-9:30am Traditional Worship - Live Stream (Sanctuary)
8:30am-12pm Nursery Care & Preschool Sunday School (Room 18)
9:30am-11am Sunday School Activities all ages (Gathering Area)
9:45am-10:45am Into the Deep Sunday School (Conference Room)
11am-12pm Modern Worship - Live Stream (Sanctuary)
12:30pm-2pm Good Friday Drama Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
3pm-6pm Cub Scout Pack Meeting (FLC)
6pm-7pm Youth Group (Youth Room)
6:30pm-7:30pm Bible Year Discussion and Reflection (Zoom)
Monday, March 28
6:30pm-8pm "Luke" Bible Study (Parlor)
Tuesday, March 29
9am-12pm Library Story Time (Robinson Hall)
9:30am-11am Celebration Bell Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
2:30pm-3:30pm Women's Emmaus Accountability (Zoom)
6pm-9pm Boy Scouts (Robinson Hall)
6:30pm-8pm "What the Bible says about the Cross" Study (Zoom)
Wednesday, March 30
9am-10:30am "Making Sense of the Bible" (Zoom)
5pm-5:45pm Sing Along (Room 8)
5:45pm-6:30pm Wednesday Night Dinner (Robinson Hall)
6:30pm-7:30pm Wonder Kids (Chapel/Room 6)
6:30pm-7:30pm Wednesday Night Youth (Youth Room)
6:30pm-7:30pm "The Conversation" (Parlor)
6:30pm-7:30pm After Dinner Lent Table Talk (Room 5)
6:30pm-8pm Little Wonder Kids (Nursery)
7:30pm-8:30pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
Thursday, March 31
1pm-2:30pm Prayer Shawl Ministry (Parlor)
6pm-7:30pm Communications/Marketing Meeting (Conference Room)
6:15pm-8:45pm Stephen Ministry Training (Parlor)
7pm-8pm Book Discussion "Stranger in the Lifeboat" (Chapel)
7pm-8pm Visio Divina Lent Art Study (Zoom)
Friday, April 1
1pm-2pm Theology for Our Times (Zoom)
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