Sunday Worship

September 25 

"Faith and Economics"

Guest Preacher: Will Fenton-Jones

Scripture: Deuteronomy 15:7-11

and Luke 18:18-25

In-Person: 8:30 Traditional, 10:30 Modern

Livestream Link for 8:30am 

Livestream Link for 10:30am

Watch via Facebook Live

• Traditional Worship Bulletin
• Modern Worship Bulletin
• Children's Interactive Worship Bulletin
• Worship Engagement and Devotion
• Sunday School Home Activities
• Prayer List: Sept. 22
• Digital Labyrinth
• Tithes & Offerings

One Question Survey for this Sunday...

Consider this definition from Britannica: "Economics - A science concerned with the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought."

Based on Britannica's definition of economics above, to what extent was/is Jesus concerned about economics? A lot, some, not much, not at all?

click to share your answer 

Find out the results of the survey in worship tomorrow

Sunday School Opportunities

• Sunday School activities for all ages 9:30-10:30am, in the Gathering Area & Chapel. Stay as long as you would like after first service or come early to second service.
• Nursery Care and Preschool Sunday School (up to age 5), during both worship services in Room 18.
• Adult Sunday School opportunities can be found on the church calendar and website.

Worship at Crystal Park UMC:

Traditional Worship at 11 a.m. | 2219 Mahoning Rd NE, Canton, 44705

"Relying on God" with Rev. Paul White

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Safe Sanctuary Orientation & Renewal

Monday October 3 at 7:00pm via Zoom

If it has been a year since you last attended and/or you are interested in serving with children, youth and vulnerable adults please be sure to attend. Please contact Kathy Schmucker or a member of the Safe Sanctuary ministry group to participate. 

Library Book Giveaway

Now through October 3

Gently loved books available for donations to

support new library resources.

Churchwide Visioning Summit

Saturday, October 15, 8:45 am - 12:00 pm

In the Family Life Center

All are encouraged to participate and to be prayerfully engaged in this important event as we discern God's vision for Faith United in the next 5 to 10 years. Some of the many goals for consideration include: 

• Upgrading our 40+ year old organ
• Remodeling the basement
• Equipping the Family Life Center with live-streaming capability allowing its use for modern worship
• Expanding the church building increasing our ministry capacity
• Many creative ideas for reaching new people, younger people, and a more diverse people with the good news of Jesus.  

Trunk or Treat

October 30, 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm

In the church parking lot

Join us for Trunk or Treat at Faith United!

Let's bless our church neighborhood! Contact Rebekah Heskett or Kathy Schmucker if you would like to decorate your trunk and/or pass out treats.

We are also looking for donations of mums, cornstalks, hay, pumpkins to decorate.

Items can be donated or borrowed.

Weekly Wednesday Night

Dinner Worship

An evening of fun, food, faith and fellowship resumes Wednesdays 5:45-6:30pm!

Leave the cooking to us and enjoy a great meal and mid-week worship!

Groups for adults, youth and kids follow worship. Childcare where little ones learn about God is available during adult groups on Wednesday evenings.

Prayerfully consider how you can be involved on Wednesday Nights! Many of these could be once a month or once a quarter. 

• Good at organizing? Serve as a Wednesday Dinner coordinator to help coordinate meal planning.
• Love to cook? Share your skills by cooking a meal, side dish or dessert.
• Coordinate with a local restaurant to provide a meal.
• Help bake prepared meals. Ingredients and supplies can be reimbursed from Spiritual Formation budget.
• Want to showcase your ministry team or group? Provide a meal, side dish and/or dessert and you and your group will be highlighted during Wednesday Dinner Worship to help others learn about your ministry and get involved.
• Share your musical gifts by being song leader. 
• Assist with Little Wonders Childcare, Wednesday Wonder Elementary Kids, and Wednesday Youth.
• Coordinate a program for adults

Adult Connect Groups

Get connected at Faith United, Fall groups are now forming! Contact Kathy Schmucker for information on starting, or participating in, an adult group.

• Not In It To Win It, Men's Life Study, 8am, Sept 24, Kim Reynolds, Beyesly's
• The Vanishing Conscience, 9:45-10:45am, Sundays, Bob Snyder
• Called - Tuesday Women's Group, 6:30pm, Sue Bell & Sue Schillings, Parlor
• The Book of Luke - Monday Bible study, 6:30pm, Ron Luikart, Parlor/Zoom
• The Chosen - Wednesday Women's Group, 9am, Linda Reynolds
• Faith 101 - Wednesdays, 6:30pm, Parlor/Zoom
• Bible Year Monthly Discussion and Reflection, 6:30pm, Sept. 25, Zoom
• Book Discussion Group - Wish You Were Here, 7pm, Sept 29, Jan Baker
• Common Ground - Mom's Group, 9:45-10:25am, Sundays, Rebekah Heskett and Bethany Sedziol, Nursery
• Prayer Shawl Ministry, Thursdays, 1:00pm, Mike Flechtner, Parlor
• Theology for Our Times, Fridays, 1:00pm, Tom Strauch, Zoom
• Sewing for Missions, 6:30pm, Oct 5, Sue Bell
• After Dinner Table Talk, Wednesdays at 6:30pm
• Second Wind, October 11, 1pm, Coordinator Joanne Fox, Spooky Species presented by Stark Parks. $2/person for refreshments. Church bus pickups:  Danbury 12:35 p.m., Waterford 12:45 p.m. Contact Betsy Douce by October 9th, with your reservation (330.418.3392 or BetsyDouce@yahoo.com).

Treasure Church-wide Worship and Study Series

Begins the week of October 3

Treasure, written by UMC pastor Jacob Armstrong invites us all to explore Jesus’ radical message about our treasure and our hearts from the Sermon on the Mount. Grab a copy of the Treasure Devotional at the Book Resource Table and participate in one of the following groups:

Click here or scan for more details about all the group opportunities and programs happening at Faith United. 

Faith and Environment Weekly

Update & Correction of 8-6-2022 Climate Change Legislation article:

Working together, breakthrough legislation will slow Global Warming

Recently, Congress passed into law the Inflation Reduction Bill, 80% of which funds Climate Change action. The bill invests $369 billion in energy and climate change programs, with the goal of reducing US carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. The bill is intended to ensure that our country invests in the energy security and the climate change solutions we need. This is the “most significant action on climate and clean energy we've ever taken."

But this law is only one step on a long road toward a healthy and sustainable environment. We humans have already pushed our planet off its usual rhythm; spring comes earlier and summers are hotter, storms and floods are more common and more dangerous, farm soil is drier, and rainfall is unreliable. Already, too many hurricanes and record-high temperatures have taken the lives of too many of our neighbors; too many wildfires, too many droughts, and too many floods. We have already destroyed too many coral reefs, too many glaciers, and too many 2000-year-old Sequoias.

Clearly, we each need to do our part to nurture our environment, but many of us resist efforts to heal our ecosystems. We were lucky this time; this bill passed by a single vote. So, we must reach out to citizens who are not aware of climate consequences; we can teach them about climate change and remind them of the life-or-death stakes for our precious planet.

Over the last several decades, scientists in many fields have developed a mountain of knowledge on how our intricate world-wide ecosystems can recover and how we humans can, together, survive and thrive. But until those plans are enacted, we will continue to suffer the death throes of our environment. This time we won one small victory; we need many more. 

The Takeaway: Climate Change legislation is just one step. Tell your friends and call your representatives about how important this is to you. 

The views of this, and other F&E articles, do not necessarily reflect the views of the congregation, nor every member of the F&E group. Intent & Responsibility Statement

Edited by Tom Strauch on behalf of the Faith & Environment Ministry Group. Text your comments to Tom Strauch at 330 283-9883

Sunday School activities are in the Gathering Area and Chapel weekly between worship services.

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 which has special videos for kids! Follow these steps to register or contact Kathy Schmucker.

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. 

Sing-along choir for preschool and elementary students begins each Wednesday at 5:00pm. Contact Sandy Wallace (pianoplayer@sandywallace.us) for details.

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/Preschool Sunday School (birth-age 5) during worship (room 18)

2022-2023 Children/Youth Emergency and Permission Form.

For the safety of our children and youth, our Safe Sanctuary Policy asks that parents/guardians complete an emergency form for children (birth through high school graduation) participating in church activities each year. Designate the activities your child has permission to participate in so you only need to complete one form for the year.

Fall Ministries Volunteers

Let’s show families that kids matter at Faith United!

Check out all the opportunities to serve. Prayerfully consider how God is calling you to make a difference by helping make our children’s ministries a great experience for kids and families in our congregation and community!

• Sunday School teachers and helpers (Sunday A.M.)
• Wednesday Wonder Kids (Wednesday P.M.)
• Wednesday Night Faith Connections meal team
• Nursery and Childcare (Sunday A.M. and Wednesday P.M.)
• Adult Group Facilitators and Coordinators
• Library Story Time with FFLC Students

Kids need our church. Kids need Jesus! Kids need You!

For more information contact Kathy Schmucker or Sandy Vaughn.

2022-2023 Children/Youth Emergency and Permission Form.

For the safety of our children and youth, our Safe Sanctuary Policy asks that parents/guardians complete an emergency form for children (birth through high school graduation) participating in church activities each year. Designate the activities your child has permission to participate in so you only need to complete one form for the year.

Contact Matt Kluchar for other Middle/High School youth events and details.

In order to best serve our congregation, having up-to-date contact information is vital. 

For much of our congregation we have missing phone numbers, old emails, and even previous addresses. This does not help us connect with you on events, group studies, children/youth activities and more.

Please fill this form out for you and your household. Your information will be shared with our church office, and updated to our church database, Realm. 

While we would like to have all questions answered, we recognize your decision to decline to share on some questions. If you have questions, or need a paper version of this form, please contact Amanda Englehart in the church office. 

In Memory

Bob Yoder, 83, passed away September 4, 2022. 

There will be no calling hours or funeral per his wishes.

Read his obituary here.

Ruth Anstine, 90, passed away September 6, 2022. 

Ruth's funeral is planned for October 15 at East Nimisillen Church of the Brethren in Hartville.

Read her obituary here. 

Community Christmas

Once again, we will be adopting families from A Community Christmas.

There will be a table in the gallery where you can pick up adoption family information. 

Since we have not done this for a few years, it would help immensely for those who already know they want a family, to call Nancy King (330-639-8571) and let her know. This will help her to know how many families to order and what sizes, and have some to spare.

Faith United is searching for Part-Time Child Care Providers - flexible hours on an as- needed basis. For more information and an application email kschmucker@faithumchurch.org 

or visit our website. 

Faith Friends Learning Center has two part-time teaching assistant positions available. Email Grace Berry at: gberry@faithumchurch.org

Stop into the library for your Fall reading. 

Come in and check out some of the the new books and resources we have available in the library to nurture your spiritual journey!

• Visit the Library Webpage -Click the link to open the online system.
• Or Download the app, Librista, on your mobile device.
• Email the library if you need help getting set up.

Type a topic in the search bar to see available resources.

News from Paraguay

Because there is no postal service in Paraguay, our communication comes sporadically, when someone hand-delivers mail to the ministry office in Tennessee. The current school year began in February at New Horizon School, but we just received our first correspondence.

 Students are now in the second semester, having just returned from their winter break. From the student letters as well as ministry reports, the students are doing well. Many students, however, do have deficits in learning because they had no access to the online lessons provided during the COVID shutdown. To solve this problem, the school established a tutoring program, funded with monetary gifts from a variety of sources. 

When mothers came to pick their children up from the tutoring session, they often shared their needs and the hard situations in their family. The school began two discipleship classes for the mothers. These classes are staffed by volunteers, including some psychology students. The school continues to provide excellent education experiences while they help child and adults grow closer to Christ.

We will be collecting money for the 2023 school year until the end of January. You may give by check, with Pennies for Paraguay on the memo line. There are also collection buckets in the gathering area and in the east hallway. Thank you for contributing to this ministry for 21 years! 

September 20 - October 3 Library Book Giveaway (Gathering Area)

Saturday, September 24

8am-9am Men's Life Study at Beyesly's

10am-12pm Faith Kitchen at Crystal Park

Sunday, September 25

8:30am-9:30am Traditional Worship - Live Stream (Sanctuary)

8:30am-9:30am Nursery Care & Preschool Sunday School (Room 18)

9:30am-10:30am Sunday School Activities (Gathering Area & Chapel)

9:45am-10:25am Confirmation Class (Robinson Hall)

9:45am-10:45am Mom's Group (Nursery Room 18)

9:45am-10:45am The Vanishing Conscience (Conference Room)

10:30am-11:30am Modern Worship - Live Stream (Sanctuary)

10:30am-11:30am Nursery Care & Preschool Sunday School (Room 18)

3pm-5pm Pack Meeting (Pavilion)

6:30pm-7:30pm Bible Year Discussion & Reflection (Zoom)

Monday, September 26

6:30pm-8pm Book of Luke Study (Parlor)

Tuesday, September 27

9am-11am FFLC Library Time (Chapel)

9:30am-11am Celebration Bells (Sanctuary)

2:30pm-3:30pm Women's Emmaus Accountability (Zoom)

6:30pm-8pm "Called" Women's Study (Parlor)

6:30pm-8pm Stewardship Team (Room 8)

7pm-8pm SPRC (Conference Room)

7pm-9pm Boy Scouts (Robinson Hall or Pavilion)

Wednesday, September 28

9am-11am "Chosen" Study (Parlor/Zoom)

5pm-5:45pm Sing Along Kids Choir (Room 8)

5:45pm-6:30pm Wednesday Dinner Worship (Robinson Hall)

6:30pm-7:30pm Faith 101 (Parlor/Zoom)

6:30pm-7:30pm Little Wonders Child Care (Nursery)

6:30pm-7:30pm Wonder Kids (Chapel/Room 6)

6:30pm-7:30pm After Dinner Table Talk

7:30pm-8:30pm Chancel Choir (Sanctuary)

Thursday, September 29

8am-12pm FFLC Picture Day (Robinson Hall)

1pm-2:30pm Prayer Shawl Ministry (Parlor)

6pm-9pm Canal DS/SPRC Consultations (Chapel)

6:30pm-8pm Stewardship Team (Conference Room) 

7pm-8pm Book Discussion "Wish You Were Here" Parlor

Friday, September 30

8am-12pm FFLC Picture Day (Robinson Hall)

1pm-2pm Theology for Our Times (Zoom)

Calendar Snapshot - View more at myfaithunited.org/calendar