Author: @JustNorth

Join our kids and their musical mentors for a lighthearted take on the nativity story during the 10:30 service on Sunday, Decmber 8

by Jim Antal will be the book used for WEBS this fall beginning Wednesday, September 18 thru November 13 at 7:00 pm This book is written by UCC minister, Rev. Jim Antal, who has worked in the field of environmentalism for 20 years. “WHY should people of faith engage the moral challenge of climate change…

Please join us on Sunday, August 25, 2019, immediately following the 10:30 service when Just North member Mary DeLamatre will present what she learned through the Climate Reality Project Leadership Training. Childcare will be available and lunch will be provided. We do request that you RSVP to Susan Kinzer at 614-451-1835 by Wednesday August 21.…

A Summer Concert For A Cause That Crosses Every Divide! by Joyce Phelps and Leslie Kern Please be sure to SAVE THE DATE for our next Concert For A Cause: SATURDAY, AUGUST 24th. Picnic: 5-7:00 pm Concert: 7:00 pm. We are living in a time of unprecedented division and this concert will be a music-filled,…

Click Here to Donate to Help Support the Family Update: The Nov 9 Concert for a Cause featuring Sally Fingerett and Sirens will raise funds to support the family. Get your tickets today! Just North has taken in a family of four from Honduras: Mom, Dad, toddler and brand-new baby seeking to make Columbus their…

Mary Magdalene Celebration Saturday, July 277:00 pmFellowship Hall2040 Henderson Rd, Columbus 43220 This year Dances of Universal Peace are joining us, with opportunities for us to sing and dance to beautiful music. Associate Pastor Joanna Samuelson is our worship leader. The service honoring Mary Magdalene includes We’ll have music, dance, and song interspersed. A tribute…

JustNorth will celebrate the 2019 Pride Festival downtown on Saturday! Join North Church members and continue the tradition! We love to CELEBRATE our diversity and extravagant welcome. Join us this Saturday, June 15 on High Street in Short North. Step off is at 10:30. I have pulled some pictures from over the last 10 years…

Grounded: Finding God in the World. A Spiritual Revolution The headlines are clear: religion is on the decline in America as many people leave behind traditional religious practices. Diana Butler Bass, leading commentator on religion, politics, and culture, follows up her acclaimed book Christianity After Religion by arguing that what appears to be a decline…

Mary DeLamatre is back from the Climate Reality Project Leadership Training she attended in Atlanta and will be sharing what she learned on Sunday, May 19, 2019, immediately following the 10:30 service in Fellowship Hall. The Climate Reality Project was started in 2006 by Al Gore just after he released his movie “An Inconvenient Truth,”…

Games night is a week early this month (moved for Memorial Day weekend.) Join us at 6:30pm to play family board games. All ages and all kinds of games. Bring a game to share, we’ll have light snacks available.

Referring to the Latin phrase meaning “the Enlightened Ones,” Illuminati was created to respond to the community’s expressed desire for musical performances of a sacred or spiritual nature. Its mission is to increase the Chorus’ outreach performances, particularly to religious organizations, while respecting our members’ spiritual beliefs. Illuminati performs monthly at various religious institutions and…

April 14 Palm Sunday 8:15/10:30am in the Sanctuary April 18 Maundy Thursday 7:00pm in the Fellowship Hall April 19 Good Friday 7:00pm in the Sanctuary April 21 Easter 7:00/8:15/10:30am in the Sanctuary April 21 Easter Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt 9:00am in the Fellowship Hall

6:30pm Friday February 22nd Family Board Games Night Join us to play family board games. All ages and all kinds of games. Bring a game to share, we’ll have light snacks available.

On March 10 we hosted a public forum to share our experiences  in providing Sanctuary to undocumented persons who are under threat of deportation and family separation due to our broken and unjust immigration system. We partnered with three other faith communities: Columbus Mennonite Church (hosting Edith Espinal in Sanctuary) First English Lutheran Church (housing…

So hard to choose! Do you stay and play, or drop the kids for a couple hours to have adult conversation over dinner? 6:30p Friday February 22nd Family Board Game Night Join us to play family board games. All ages and all kinds of games. Bring a game to share, we’ll have light snacks available.…

February’s Faith and Film offering is “A Better Life” (2011), directed by Chris Weitz, who also directed the critically acclaimed film “About a Boy.”  Its main character, Carlos (played by Demian Bichir) is an undocumented Mexican immigrant who works as a gardener tending the lawns of Los Angeles residents who are rich, especially from his point of…

Woman becomes first person in Ohio sanctuary church history to win legal relief from ICE ABC channel 6 Church celebrates first woman in Ohio to leave sanctuary as a legal resident NBC channel 4 Columbus church celebrates after mother claiming sanctuary there allowed to stay in US CBS channel 10 For the first time in…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT Michelle Nealy, mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org, (202)735-7123 Dan Clark, dclark@faithinpubliclife.org, (614)648-3663 Columbus, OH — On Sunday, January 27th at 1 p.m.,the pastor and congregation of Just North United Church of Christ will be joined by community leaders and the legal team for Angelica who earlier this week received a stay…

March 10th, 2019 3-5 PMJust North United Church of ChristAddress: 2040 West Henderson Road 43221 This will be a conversation of the heart. It will begin with the generous sharing by “Jennie and Choco” of their 15 year journey toward documented status for Choco. It is an astonishing narrative of human resilience, faith, determination and…

Join the fun! Bring your games, your euchre cards, and a smile because Game Night is back after a 2-month hiatus! And the Board of Evangelism is once again offering child care from 6:30 to 8:30 for parents who want to have a quiet dinner alone. Light snacks will be provided or bring your own…

An article in the Columbus Dispatch today quoted local sanctuary churches (including Just North) as having a long history of social justice.