Worship Sunday, May 22
The Deeply Formed Life
Week 4: "In God's Image"
Preacher: Rev. Jake Heskett
In-Person: 8:30 Traditional, 11:00 Modern
We will celebrate and recognize our Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 High School and College Graduates at our 11am service. If you have not yet contacted Kathy Schmucker or Matt Kluchar, please do so.
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Sunday School Hour for All Ages 9:30-11am
- Sunday School activities in the Gathering Area. Stay as long as you like after first service or even come early to the second service. You do not have to participate the entire time.
- Deeply Formed Life Practices in the Parlor.
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Worship at Crystal Park UMC:
Traditional Worship at 11 a.m. | 2219 Mahoning Rd NE, Canton, 44705
Preacher: Mayor Stephan Wilder
Sermon: "Life Behind the Badge and Connective Relationships"
Scripture: Selections from Matthew, John and Romans
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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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Safe Sanctuary Orientation & Renewal
May 24 at 7:00pm or June 1, at 3:00pm both 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 attend. Additional dates will be available before VBS week. Contact Kathy Schmucker or a Safe Sanctuary ministry group member to participate.
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Faith United is hiring for the following position(s):
Part-time Child Care Providers: Flexible Hours
Help spread the news by sharing this announcement with friends and contacts
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Casting a Vision for Faith United
Where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years? Many of us have been asked this question and have paused to consider the answer. Our answers differ as students, recent graduates, new hires, newlyweds, parents, retirees, and more.
Where do you see God calling you as an individual, and collectively as a member of the Faith United body, to do and be in the next 5 to 10 years?
We are starting the conversation. The 2022 Visioning Team was created to begin prayerfully discerning God's direction in supporting and sustaining Faith United's vision and ministry through 2023 and beyond. We will work to assess the goals, needs, resources, and process.es to fulfill our vision.
We ask you to join us in the next months as we share our diverse thoughts, grow spiritually, and transform and inspire lives. Pay attention to and acknowledge the Holy Spirit's work in and through us as we learn to be true disciples of Christ as Savior and Lord and align ourselves with God's will.
The Visioning Team will be commissioned on May 22 during both services.
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Adult Connect Groups
Get connected at Faith United, Spring and Summer groups are now forming! Contact Kathy Schmucker for information on starting, or participating in, an adult group.
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The Promise of the Holy Spirit, Men's Life Study, 8am, June 4, Kim Reynolds, Beyesly's Restaurant/Zoom
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Tuesday Women's Group, 1pm, June 7, Sue Bell and Sue Schillings, Lunch, devotions, walk at Price Park. Bring a sack lunch.
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Bible Year Monthly Discussion and Reflection, 6:30pm, May 29, Zoom
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Book of Luke, Monday Night 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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The Deeply Formed Life Practices, Sundays in May, 9:45am, Parlor
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Prayer Shawl Ministry, Thursdays, 1:00pm, Mike Flechtner, Parlor
The Conversation Continues. Loving your neighbor is action-oriented discipleship! Faith United’s Love Your Neighbor planning team will be coordinating experiences throughout the summer to continue conversations to guide us to build deep understanding and design intentional actions that move us toward bringing about positive change in our community. All are welcome to participate. Contact Mike Howard, Teresa Purses, Pastor Jake, or Kathy Schmucker for more information.
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Click here or scan for more details about all the group opportunities and programs happening at Faith United.
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Wednesday Night Dinner Worship Meal Coordinator
While Wednesday Dinner Worship takes a break for the summer, we are preparing for fall! We are seeking someone who loves to cook and enjoys fellowshipping with others to serve as our Wednesday Night Meal Coordinator. Please prayerfully consider preparing one meal or more a month. Bonus is you get to work with our amazing Wednesday Night Dinner Worship meal team.
Check out John Hartzell’s Faith Story from May 8th to learn more. Contact Kathy Schmucker or John Hartzell for more information!
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The May/June 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
1st large-scale offshore wind undertaking in the U.S
In May of 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior approved construction of a wind facility several miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The project marks the first large-scale offshore wind undertaking in the U.S. Large offshore turbines can produce five times the power of an average onshore turbine, and the 62 turbines will power more than 400,000 homes and businesses. President Biden promised a 1,000-fold increase in offshore wind energy production in the U.S. by 2030; approving the ambitious Vineyard Wind project marks the first big step. Construction began in November, with expectations that the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind farm will be producing electricity by 2023.
Hitting the 2030 goal will create approximately 80,000 jobs in the U.S. and offset 86 million tons of carbon dioxide. “Transitioning to a clean-energy future is going to be crucial,” according to Amanda Lefton, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
Studies of Rhode Island’s small Block Island Wind Farm indicate that during the noisy pile-driving phase of construction, the abundance of winter flounder decreased, but fish and birds have adapted to their new environments and that mussels, sea stars, and anemones began covering the submerged turbines almost immediately. Future studies will add data on marine life impact and likely inform industry approaches. Learn More Here
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Sunday School activities are in the Gathering Area weekly 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 & Preschool Sunday School (birth-age 5) during worship in room 18.
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Our annual Butterfly Raising Project has begun! A few caterpillars are still available for pick up this Sunday, May 22 if you are interested. Contact Kathy Schmucker.
Children and families have the opportunity to witness firsthand the miracle of one of God’s most amazing creations, the life cycle of a butterfly. This is an exciting, educational and spiritually enriching experience for children and families.
Families get to take home caterpillars, watch them develop into a chrysalis, and emerge into a butterfly. This is an amazing and breathtaking experience. The care for the caterpillars is very minimal and the butterflies should be released when we are finished. We will release them at Faith United on Pentecost Sunday, June 5 between worship services at 10:15am.
We could use some more containers for the butterflies. Please bring in empty, clean large pretzel or animal cracker containers if you have any.
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Register now for Monumental VBS
June 20-24, 9am – 12pm
At Monumental VBS, kids will explore the vastness of God’s power and the depth of God’s love for each of them. Join us for a week full of faith discoveries, memorable music, and epic adventures that help kids encounter God’s power and love as we celebrate God’s greatness!
Faith United's Vacation Bible School Adventure is for:
- Preschool children ages 4 and up
- Elementary students entering Kindergarten through 4th grade
- Students entering 5th and 6th grade will join Adventure VBS
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VBS Celebration Sunday will be June 26 at 8:30am and 11:00am
Pre-register by June 17 and receive a Free Monumental VBS Music CD (one per family) as a special gift! Click here to register or use the QR code.
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Let's show families that kids matter at Faith United and make this the best summer ever for kids in our congregation and community!
Plans are underway to prepare for in-person VBS and Camp Read-A-Lot. To make these summer ministries a great experience, we need you! Please prayerfully consider how God is calling you to be involved 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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Registration open!
July 13, 20, & 27, 6:00 – 7:30pm
Join us for our in-person summer literacy program. Students entering grades K-3 are invited to participate in some fun summer activities designed to keep their reading skills sharp. They will read great stories and even get some books to take home and keep for their own. Dramatic play, games, art, and service projects will provide opportunities for the children to build their vocabularies and expand their comprehension. We’ll also work on sight words, fluency, letters, and sounds.
The program is free and will be led by teachers and trained literacy volunteers.
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We need you to make Camp Read-A-Lot possible! Please prayerfully consider how you can be involved in this summer’s literacy program to make this the best Camp Read-A-Lot ever for kids and families in our community!
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East Ohio Conference Summer Camp Registration
There is still time to register. Scholarships are available!
Every summer has a story! We want 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. Visit our Summer Camp Page, contact Kathy Schmucker and Matt Kluchar, or grab a camp brochure with scholarship applications from the information board in the Gathering Area to learn more.
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There will be no Sunday school May 29 because of Memorial Day weekend.
We are planning an end-of-the-school-year youth lock in for June 10 at 6pm to June 11 at 10am at the church. We will have movies, games, food, and possibly sleep. Please rsvp to Matt if you plan to attend.
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Crystal Park Cooperative Parish
Upcoming Preachers
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June 5
Rev. Steve Stultz Costello
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A Message from The Endowment Team:
We would like to thank Brian Sheetz from The East Ohio Conference Foundation and all those who attended the Endowment Presentation at Faith Church on April 24th. A lot of valuable information was shared as it relates to legacy gifting to Faith United. For those who signed up, but couldn't attend, follow up information will be sent to you. Should anyone else be interested in receiving material, please contact Greg Brokaw.
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View the presentation above in case you missed it. |
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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. 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 Sunday A.M. and Wednesday P.M.
- Youth Wednesday P.M. and Sunday P.M.
- 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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Visit our Church Library!
The library will be closed Tuesday, May 31.
Come in and check out some of the the new books and resources we have available in the library to nurture your spiritual journey!
Type a topic in the search bar to see available resources.
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Cokesbury is a great resource to purchase Bibles, devotionals, gifts & more! The church receives credit & a rebate from your purchases when you use this link to order.
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Order gift cards year round! Part of each order benefits the Youth Mission Fund. Check out available cards and contact Matt Kluchar to order.
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Sunday, May 22
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 Deeply Formed Life Practices (Parlor/Zoom)
9:45am-10:45am Middle/High School Sunday School (Youth Room)
11am-12pm Modern Worship & Graduate Recognition-Live Stream (Sanctuary)
12:30pm-2:30pm Program Staff Meeting (Conference Room)
Monday, May 23
6:30pm-8pm Luke Bible Study (Parlor)
Tuesday, May 24
2:30pm-3:30pm Women's Emmaus Accountability (Zoom)
6pm-9pm Boy Scouts Court of Honor (Robinson Hall)
7pm-8pm Safe Sanctuary Orientation (Zoom)
7pm-8pm SPRC (Conference Room)
Wednesday, May 25
6:00pm-7:30pm Staff Family Picnic (Pavilion)
7:30pm-8:30pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
Thursday, May 26
1pm-2:30pm Prayer Shawl Ministry (Parlor)
6:15pm-8:45pm Stephen Ministry Training (West Parlor)
6:30pm-8:30pm Visioning Team Meeting (Robinson Hall)
Friday, May 27
11am-12pm FFLC Year End Picnic (Pavilion)
1pm-2pm Theology for Our Times (Zoom)
Saturday, May 28
10am-12pm Faith Kitchen at Crystal Park
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