Category: Archive
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Guest Visitor today from TASO
This morning we welcomed Fitnat Multi who is the Youth Leader from TASO (Turkish American Society of Ohio). Please join us right after church for some Turkish Tea, and a sampling of “Turkish delights” along with good conversation about the art wall images and their meanings. Fitnat can also answer questions you may have about…
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January Concert for a Cause: BREAD
Just North UCC is planning our next Concert for a Cause, and this time the proceeds will benefit B.R.E.A.D. Organization – Building Responsibility Equality And Dignity. http://www.breadcolumbus.com Our headliners, World class violinist, Arkadiy Gips, and virtuoso guitarist, Alex Gordez music, will be joined by national touring singer-songwriter, Sally Fingerett. For a taste of their artistic…
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Cancelled: November Games Night and Parents’ Night Out
We won’t be holding our family games night and parents’ night out on the fourth Friday of November to allow for Thanksgiving celebrations and travel.
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SCCM Food Pantry Benefit Concert
Thursday November 1, 8pm Admission: “pass the hat” donations where every dollar provides $8 in food aid Featuring New Basics Brass Band Columbus Soul and Salvage
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Game Night & Parents’ Night Out This Friday 26 Oct 6:30pm
Are you already tired of the cold evenings? Need a bit of a warm-up? Come on out and have some heartwarming old-fashioned fun at Game Night. Parents – bring your kids and our qualified teachers will play games with them while you go have a night out. (6:30-8:30). As always, we will have games and…
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Pumpkin Sale!
North Church will be selling pumpkins on the lawn until Halloween. Hours: 11:30am – 7:30pm daily, with extra early hours starting at 10am on Saturdays the 6th, 13th, and 20th The pumpkins come from a Navajo farm providing work for an underemployed community. Funds raised will benefit Outdoor Ministries summer camp scholarships and the ministries…
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Wednesday Evening Book Study (WEBS)
Wednesdays 7:00pm – 8:30pm beginning September 19th If the Bible isn’t a science book or an instruction manual, then what is it? What do people mean when they say the Bible is inspired? When Rachel Held Evans found herself asking these questions, she began a quest to better understand what the Bible is and how…
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Let Your Light Shine Tuesdays: Reclaiming Jesus–Civil Discourse
Reclaiming Jesus — Civil Discourse Let Your Light Shine Tuesdays 7:00pm to 8:15pm October 2: Civil Discourse in Context October 9: Tenets for Civil Disclosure October 16: BREAD Listening Session October 23: Values-Based Conversations October 30: The Complexities of Policy November 6: Sacred Space for Debate The 5-week Reclaiming Jesus Civil Discourse Curriculum is at reclaimingjesus.org
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September Faith and Film Night: Woodstock: Three Days of Peace, Music … and Love (1970)
Friday, September 14, at 7:00 pm in the Rainbow Room Faith and Film Night returns in September with the Academy Award-winning documentary on the August 1969 Woodstock concert that took place on a farm in upstate New York. An estimated 400,000 people attended the event, which ran 24 hours a day for three days. Woodstock remains…
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Adult Education: Gun Culture as a form of Idolatry
The first Adult Ed Class of the fall will be taught by Rob Grow. It is based on the book, “America and Its Guns: A Theological Expose” by Rev. James Atwood. He is a pastor and activist against gun violence. Sunday mornings 9:15am in the Sunshine Room For many years now, Christian commentators and theologians…
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Spiritual Life Group Begins
How do you experience God (or the divine)? Do you you wonder how others name and talk about their experiences of God? Are you looking for place where you can talk on a deeper level without judgement? First meeting: Tuesday, September 4th at 7:00 pm in the chapel After the first meeting, people will be…
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Ice Cream Social
Ice Cream Social Sunday, 19 August. 4-6 pm. Public and neighbors welcome! Your Board of Evangelism invites you and your friends to join us on the front lawn for ice cream and games. Come enjoy a cone or sundae and relax with your friends for a while and get recharged for the week. Rain location…
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Inaugural Concert for a Cause with Tony Arata, Eric Gnezda, and Keith Larsen
Sun., Sept. 2, 7:30 pm $20 per person, $40 per family, children under 16, free. Additional donations accepted. Here is the Facebook event to share and invite others. North Church is excited to announce a new music series – Concerts for a Cause. Hosted by North, the quarterly series will feature top-level musicians performing to raise…
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Cancelled: Family Board Games Night and Parents’ Night Out
The team will be out of town for the fourth Friday of July, so we won’t have our usual social event this month.
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Week 2: Conversations about End of Life: Ethical Issues and Practical Solutions
Wednesday, July 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Last week, nearly thirty of us gathered in the Fellowship Hall (including a few folks from the community) for the first session of our seminar, “Conversations about End of Life: Ethical Issues and Practical Solutions.” OhioHealth medical ethicist Corey Perry and our own Leslie Kern, Dawn Leach and Jean Feeney…
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BREAD Sunday
Today we are invited to a special worship service: Pastor Eric will preach a sermon that encourages us to follow Jesus in caring for our neighbors. Mark Cortez will share his enthusiasm for the justice work of BREAD in a mission moment. Rob and Clarissa, lead organizers of BREAD, will worship with us and…
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Johnny Steiner in Concert Aug 4 and 5 at Otterbein
Our friend and erstwhile music minister Johnny Steiner will be will perform at his college alma mater, Otterbein University. The concert is called LOVE SCENES, and will feature a program from the Great American Songbook and golden age of pop music examining different aspects of romantic love. “Love, love, love. It’s explored in 97% of…
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Mary Magdalene Celebration 2018
Mary Magdalene Celebration Saturday, July 21, 2018 7:00 pm Fellowship Hall Mark your calendars! The Mary Magdalene Celebration will be held in Fellowship Hall Saturday, July 21st at 7 pm. The 45-minute contemplative service consists mostly of music, with the lighting of candles, a dance offering, Holy Communion, and Anointing included. The service will be followed with light…
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Benefit Concert for Children at the Border
North Church hosted a benefit concert Sunday for children at the border, check out this news coverage! The concert raised more than $9600 for RAICES; we learned that that’s almost enough to pay the costs of posting bond for two Moms who have been separated from their children! Photos thanks to Jay Yutzey
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The Concert for Children at the Border
July 1st, 3pm-5pm Music that makes a difference – top Columbus songwriters present The Concert for Children at the Border. The event, hosted by North Congregational Church, is raising funds for Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), providing legal counsel for children incarcerated by Homeland Security on the border with Mexico.…
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“Just North” T-Shirts
Get your Just North t shirts! New members, here they are! Kids have grown! Maybe it is time for a fresh replacement. Joining the North Church band? order a turquoise t shirt. T shirts are ordered approximately every two years because we have a minimum order. While we usually order a couple extra, do not…
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Seminar Series: Conversations About End of Life, Ethical Issues and Practical Solutions
The Caring Ministry Team of North Church invites you to participate in a free three-session seminar that will help you consider the ethical and legal issues surrounding end of life care. Wednesdays July 11, 18, 25 at 7 PM – 9 PM North Congregational UCC 2040 W. Henderson Rd. Columbus, OH 43220 CHILDCARE PROVIDED UPON…
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Summer Book Club for Grades 3 – 7
Book club for this summer for grades 3-7 will meet on June 17, July 15, and August 5. The book selected by Dee Fuerst and Susan Yutzey is The Wolf Keepers by Elise Broach. Parents will be notified by e-mail within the week.
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SAVE THE DATE Sanctuary as Resistance: Uniting Communities through Sanctuary
Tuesday, June 5th, 5-8pm at the Columbus Mennonite Church The Columbus Sanctuary Collective invites organizers, faith communities, activists, faith leaders, organizations and individuals to a convening around the growing sanctuary movement in Ohio. Learning from our experience with Solidarity with Edith Espinal, we will gather to share what we have learned and how to continue…
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Summer Book Club for Grades 3 – 7
Book club for this summer for grades 3-7 will meet on June 17, July 15, and August 5. The book selected by Dee Fuerst and Susan Yutzey is The Wolf Keepers by Elise Broach. Parents will be notified by e-mail within the week.
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Late notice: Parents’ Night Out and Family Board Game Night
Bring your kids, parents, friends and games! We will provide games and light snacks. For Parents’ Night Out, leave your kids with Sunday School teachers at 6:30, and pick them up by 8:30. They will have entertainment and light snacks while you’re out. Free, and open to all!
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Family Game Night & Parents’ Night Out Friday April 27th 6:30pm
Bring your kids, parents, friends and games! We will provide games and light snacks. For Parents’ Night Out, leave your kids with Sunday School teachers at 6:30, and pick them up by 8:30. They will have entertainment and light snacks while you’re out. Free, and open to all!
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North Church Men’s Retreat
Saturday and Sunday May 5-6Join us for fellowship, spirituality, and some light exposure to nature! TheNorth Men will be helping to prepare the summer camp campus for 2017.
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Spring Wednesday Evening Book Study: Interrupting Silence
Wednesday April 11th 7:00pm WEBS Studying Interrupting Silence: God’s Command to Speak Out by Walter Bruggeman
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Parents’ Night Out and Family Game Night
Come out and play for our inter-generational family board games night, or take a couple hours for couplehood with pure parents night out! Free Family Board Games Night 6:30pm Friday April 27th. Bring a game to share our play ours with us. Light snacks will be served. Free Parents’ Night Out 6:30pm -8:30pm Friday April…