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The Columns - October 2022 | |
News from your LCC Leadership | |
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LCC Youth Musical News
Coming soon! Announcement for the 2023 LCC Youth Musical coming to social media next week. Parents or youth interested should follow @lcc_cyf on Instagram or check the LCC Musical Facebook page for video information. Audition information TBA. If interested in crew, please contact Lindy Warren
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Dear Lakewood Congregational Church,
As I prepare to leave my call at Trinity Lutheran Church, I want to take an opportunity to thank you for the ways in which you have supported me and shared in ministry with me. I am so grateful for the relationship between these two congregations and for the relationships I have formed with many of you over the years. Almost my entire ministry at Trinity has taken place within our nesting configuration and so it feels right to say goodbye to you as well. I have enjoyed the ways we have been able to partner together for shared worship, faith formation, and fellowship. I have valued getting to work with the staff and so many lay leaders and I consider Pastor Joanna to be one of my most trusted colleagues and dear friends. Our time together has meant a lot to me, and I will continue to hold you in my prayers.
Peace & Gratitude, Pastor Sara
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OUTREACH COMMITTEE GLOBAL MISSIONS UPDATE
After a successful two years raising over $10,000 for the Mt. Selinda Hospital of the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ), Lakewood Congregational Church will continue a third year working to raise additional funds for this important hospital in Zimbabwe near the border of Mozambique. Mt. Selinda Hospital is a hospital of the UCCZ, and it serves many marginalized communities around the area including patients from Mozambique across the border. The life-saving services provided here have been challenging due to the ongoing need for structural repairs to the buildings. Not only are the buildings aging, but also the hospital is located in an area prone to natural disasters including cyclones, earth tremors, and other natural hazards having a harsh impact on the condition of the hospital buildings.
LCC is working through the Global Ministries of the United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ to provide financial support to Mt. Selinda Hospital. We have established a goal of $10,000 to support the Mt. Selinda Hospital of the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) as they work through many challenges and try to improve their providing important medical services to a country that is one of the poorest in the world.
Money from our 2022/2023 campaign will go toward important projects of the hospital including:
- Doctors Salary Top-up program, an important program for maintaining medical staff at this hospital as the doctors employed in government hospitals earn approximately $322 a month causing many to travel overseas for higher paying jobs
- Renovations to existing buildings including the expectant mother’s shelter
- The construction of more rooms for student nurses studying at the School of Nursing and the children’s ward.
- Purchase a second vehicle for the hospital to transport patients and allow the hospital to acquire supplies and help with hospital business
Please reach out to David Sangree or Pastor Joanna if you have any questions about the campaign to raise funds to help Mount Selinda Hospital in Zimbabwe. Will you help us by making a donation? Please write a check to the church and write Zimbabwe Mount Selinda Hospital on it. The hospital will also be included in the alternative giving program at Christmas. Please use this opportunity to follow Jesus’ teaching and provide assistance to the less fortunate.
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Denison UCC (9900 Denison Ave, Cleveland) welcomes the opportunity to build beloved community between their community and Lakewood UCC, by inviting us to sit and share a meal and be in conversation with their community guests.
Denison is open for outreach from 10 am to 1 pm Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We are welcome to stop in and visit during those times and bring along donations of peanut butter, jelly or bread to help support their outreach program.
For questions or additional information please reach out to Heather Tuck-Macalla.
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Lakewood Congregational Church has been members of the Greater Cleveland Congregations for four years and has been actively working with other congregations across faith groups to speak truth to power by holding accountable the unjust systems that affect our beloved communities.
The GCC has been working at stopping juvenile bind-over, as youth as young as 14 years old, who are bound over to adult court to be tried and sentenced as adults. Check in with Heather Tuck Macall for updates on this issue.
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The Community Organizing Team would like to help members of our church connect with the larger church outside of our own church walls. One of the best ways to connect with others on faith based social justice issues is to join the Living Water Association mailing list. There are a wide variety of adult education programs and events available year-round. Register Here for more information contact Heather Tuck-Macalla | |
LCC Volunteer Opportunities | |
Fling Wide the Portals of Your Heart
Join us and fling wide the portals of your heart as a writer for the LCC-Trinity Advent devotional.
This year we need forty-one devotional writers from the first Sunday of Advent through Epiphany on January 6.
Joanellen Hurley, Charlotte Petrie, Paul Pierce, Haylee Schwenk, and Karen Wagner are the editorial team. Please email Karen if you are interested in writing, (contact emails can be found in Church Directory). She will send you your scripture plus additional information. NOTE: The deadline for submitting your devotion is Friday, October 28.
Devotionals will be available on Sunday, November 20, one week before Advent begins. You may pick up copies and share them with family over the Thanksgiving weekend. Devotionals for out-of-town members will be mailed. You may also request a devotional if you are a part of our online community by contacting the church office.
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LCC's Community Meal
We will be offering our monthly
Community Meal
Thursday, October 6
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Our September community meal was assembled and distributed on Thursday, September 1. We provided our guests with dinner of pork roast and gravy, mixed vegetables, biscuits, mixed fruit and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies made by Joanne Ritschel and Nancy Fraunfelder.
Our helpers this month for Susan Walker, Donna Leisinger, Bob Prohaska, Greg Robey and Nancy Fraunfelder and two new helpers John Kasper and Peggy Shaw. It was a bit complicated to assemble so the extra help was wonderful!
We had 23 people attend and 46 meals were taken. Our cost was $103.52.
Michael and I continue to appreciate our committee’s hard work. Michael and Peggi Mizen
Trinity's Comm(Unity) Day
Produce Distribution, Saturday, October 15, 10am-12pm
Trinity's mobile produce distribution in partnership with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank takes place every 3rd Saturday of each month May-November 2022.
To those who want to serve: Please meet us in the parking lot at 9:00am to help prepare and distribute 6,000 pounds of produce.
To those who want to receive: The distribution begins at 10am and runs through 12pm. First come, first serve. Please bring I.D. and your own bags/boxes/carts.
All are welcome to serve and receive!
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Food delivery services have changed since the onset of Covid. If you have the means to donate, two local organizations that could be donated to are the Cleveland Food Bank and the Lakewood Community Service Center.
Each first Sunday of the month is our dedicated Hunger Sunday.
There are Hunger Envelopes at the back of the Sanctuary for your donation.
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Volunteers Needed for Get-Out-The-Vote Program
Greater Cleveland Congregations (GCC), supported by Lakewood Congregational Church, is organizing a 2022 Get-Out-The-Vote program, intended to stimulate democratic engagement in historically low-voter-turnout neighborhoods.
The plan is to personally contact potential voters in targeted neighborhoods -- contacting a list of individuals via letter-writing, phoning or door-knocking.
We appreciate ANY amount of time and effort toward ANY of those activities. Volunteers will receive complete instructions and explanations.
Please contact Ron Petrie (ron@siahq.org) to participate between Labor Day and Election Day.
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Liturgy Reading
SLOTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED THRU NOVEMBER
Please use the link below to sign up to read during the service and the liturgy will be emailed to you before your Sunday.
A large print version will be left for you in the Liturgist's Mailbox in the office.
Sign Up HERE
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Sunday Greeters
SLOTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED THRU SEPTEMBER
Please join us on Sunday mornings to welcome old friends and new to worship. Scott Suttell will coordinate a schedule for you. Sign up with the link below.
Sign Up HERE
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Sound/Video Volunteers Needed for Sunday Mornings
SLOTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED THRU SEPTEMBER
We are looking for volunteers for Sunday mornings to work the LCC sound board and the video camera.
No prior knowledge needed. We will teach you everything you need to know.
Sign Up HERE
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Music Makers
THE SCHEDULE HAS BEEN UPDATED THROUGH OCTOBER
Would you like to share your music talents as a vocalist or instrumentalist in LCC’s worship service?
Please let us know what you’d be interested in sharing and whether you’d want piano or guitar accompaniment. Ben Malkevitch will reach out to you several weeks ahead of time to coordinate.”
Sign Up HERE
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LCC Meetings & Event Schedule | |
The Community Organizing Team invites you to join one of our Greater Cleveland Congregation’s partner churches, Westshore Unitarian Universalist Church, for a social action film night. If you are interested in joining us please contact Heather Macalla or meet us there. | |
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Join us at Pub Theology!
Pub Theology meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, at 7:30pm. Here is the upcoming schedule:
October 12 - Lakewood Food Truck Park
October 26 - BottleHouse
At Pub Theology we talk about all sorts of topics, often tied to current events. All ages welcome! Whether you’ve never come before, come every time, or come once before, we’d love to have you. While the “Pub" is the location, drinking alcohol is certainly not a requirement of the group. We're aware that many people at LCC value sobriety for their lives, and we are committed to celebrating and supporting that journey if it is right for you, and we'd love to have your voice as a part of these conversations!
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Reach out to Lauren Smigelski, Charlotte Petrie, or Ryan Walters if you have any questions - find us on the church directory app. And join our NEW Facebook group! Search for LCC Pub Theology and click on request to join.
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LCC Opportunity Fair
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Immediately following worship
You've heard of job fairs and college fairs...well, now you can join us in the Social Hall for an Opportunity Fair! Come learn about what all of the groups and activities at LCC do and how YOU can sign up to be a part!
In addition, we will have a Cookie Bake-Off and we need help your help to decide on a "winner." Of course, we are the real winners because...COOKIES! Each of the members of our Executive Team will be providing their best cookies. We will sample and vote on which one we like BEST! You won't want to miss it.
-Laura Germaine & Julie Warren, Chairs
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Sally Hotchkiss
Jack Sheldon
Aiden Erway
Kallie Mitchell
Molly Kenney
Brandon Erway
Shannon Katzenberger
Helen Fraunfelder
Joann Riordan
Michael Belsito
Charlotte Brown
Ann Schleckman
Cathryn Kuhn
Cory Webber
Alicia Fortenbaugh
David McDermott
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Andy & Vicki Kressler
Kadryn & Martin McPherson
Adam & Nicky Wills
Carol & Robert Richardson
Jane Hitchens-Archer &
Jack Archer
Kelly & Kris Payne
Sarah & Matthew Winters
Julie & Shawn Warren
Megan & Ted Nagel
Muriel & Tom Campbell
Jill & Scott Richardson
Hannah & Michael Belsito
Charlie Olivio &
Thomas Chesnes
Julie & Mark Hogan
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Susan Walker
Nancy Gibbs
Cindy Stockman
Deborah Szabo
Amber Kramer
Cliff Brockman
Marinika Beaver
Helen McDermott
Justin Duffey
Gene Stair
Charlotte Petrie
Nora Wills
Rachel Daso
Nate Lardi
Mikey Pentkowski
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Member News: Congratulations are in order!
- The artwork of Olive Diemert has been selected to hang in the Vern Riffe Center for Government Affairs in Columbus as part of the two-year long Ohio House of Representatives High School Student Art Exhibit. The exhibit features exemplary visual art created by high school students from across Ohio. One piece of art is selected for each of the Ohio House of Representatives' 99 districts. The exhibit is on display until June 2024 (see the piece below).
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To Julie Warren, selected as the Business Leader of the year by the Lakewood Women's Club on September 22.
- To Noah and Hannah Hamrick are expecting a baby girl in March 2023! Big sister, Kira is excited.
- To Jose Gonzalez and Rachel Smith on their wedding October 1st.
- To Morgan Hall (LCC Nursery Staff) and Kailee Flowers on their wedding.
- Congratulations to Veronica Lee, for her research paper on the migratory patterns of wading birds in southern Florida for coming in second place in the undergraduate research contest hosted by the America Statistics Association.
And Best Wishes to Sandie King as she starts her new life in New Jersey.
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How did Lakewood boys entertain themselves before the Internet?
My Brother's Secret Life shares the raucous stories of one teenager for whom the 1950’s rules and boundaries were his invitation to create mayhem.
Readers see themselves and their families in this heartwarming view of Lakewood, Ohio.
Feel free to keep one of the many copies from the LCC lobby library.
From Deb Weir
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It's hard to believe, but it's almost time for our Angel Tree program again! For those new to this program, the national organization, Prison Fellowship, organizes Angel Tree to help children connect with their incarcerated parents during the holidays.
Each year, LCC members purchase gifts for these children on behalf of their parents to help them feel close and know they are loved. The children who benefit from the program receive gifts far beyond those we purchase—they get a chance to feel that their parent is near on Christmas.
Save the date for Angel Tree Gift Selection on Sunday, November 27 and Angel Tree Gift Delivery on Saturday, December 19!
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Living Water Association News/Events | |
Chair: Bill Fraunfelder
Chair Elect: Laura Germaine
Moderator: Jan Young
Buildings and Grounds: Michael Fleenor
Diaconate: Lauren Smigelski
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Nurture and Growth Ministries: David Diemert
Outreach Ministries: Heather Tuck-Macalla
Treasurer: Laura Sangree
Asst. Treasurer: Michael Daso
Welcoming Ministries: Vicki Smigelski
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LCC’s Membership Directory is online for you to use on the go! Or at home!
Only members whose email is in the directory can have access to the information. It is available on your computer or as an app on your phone.
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Offering and Contribution Collection
Financial gifts are always welcome, our church feels the call to respond to the needs around us as they arise. Financial stability allows us to do so more effectively. So, let us give generously of our time, talent, treasure to further the work of God in our community.
You can do so in the following ways:
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Donate through our website: Give
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Fill out your 2022 Pledge Card: Online Pledge Card or Printable Pledge Card
- Writing and mailing a check to Lakewood Congregational Church, 1375 W. Clifton Blvd., Lakewood, OH 44107
- Texting STEWARD to 44-321
- Sending a gift through your bank's online bill pay
- Call the church office at (216) 221-9555 to discuss other options
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Office Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00am-3:00pm
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