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BlueSwing Benefit Concert for SSCM Food Pantry April 5
Friday, April 5, 2019 7pm Just North UCC 2040 Henderson Rd 43220 BluesSwing will offer a concert to Benefit the SSCM food pantry. BluesSwing, as the name implies, plays blues and swing tunes from the 1930’s to the present. Each dollar raised will allow the pantry to buy $10 worth of food for families.
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Family Board Games and Parents’ Night Out
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.…
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Faith and Film Night “A Better Life” on Feb 8th, 2019 7:00pm
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…
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Photos from Saturday’s Benefit Concert
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Media Coverage of Angelica’s Return Home after Sanctuary at Just North
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…
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Mother in Sanctuary at Northwest Columbus Church Returns Home to Her Family With a Pathway to Security in the United States
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…
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Event: The Faces and Faiths of Sanctuary
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…
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Family Games and Parents’ Night Out This Friday
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…
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Dispatch: Columbus Sanctuary Churches
An article in the Columbus Dispatch today quoted local sanctuary churches (including Just North) as having a long history of social justice.
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Just North UCC is Open Today
Please decide for yourself if it is safe for you to travel. Our warmest regards to everyone who needs to stay home on this cold day.
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January Family Game Night / Parents’ Night Out
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 January 25th 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.…
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Just North Sanctuary Ministry
“North Congregational United Church of Christ stands solidly within a long-established tradition that regards commitment to social justice as a core element of the Christian’s call to think, speak and act in this world. Our decision to offer sanctuary flows from our church’s fidelity to this commitment, and its priority within our faith tradition has…
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January Faith and Film Night: Won’t You be my Neighbor?
Fri Jan 11, 7p-10p Starting out Faith and Film Night for 2019, we will be showing the critically acclaimed documentary about the life and work of Presbyterian minister Fred Rogers, who as “Mister Rogers” pioneered the use of a mass media as a tool for the spiritual development of children. Please join us on Friday,…
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First Adult Education of 2019: God in Cyberspace: The Spiritual World of Social Media
In 2019 the Evangelism Board will be making a major effort to improve and expand the church’s presence on social media. “God in Cyberspace” is a four-week course intended to support this effort through an exploration of the impact—both positive and negative—of social media in contemporary society. Web sites, blogs, and platforms such as Facebook,…
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January Wednesday Evening Book Study
“Having Nothing, Possessing Everything”Starting January 16th 7-8:30 PM Pastor Mike Mather arrived in Indianapolis thinking that he wasgoing to serve the poor. But after his church’s community lost nineyoung men to violence in a few short months, Mather came to seethat the poor didn’t need his help—he needed theirs.This is the story of how one church…
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Blue Christmas at North Church
December 25, 2018 11 am Worship12 pm Potluck Luncheon YOU ARE INVITED TO COME FOR WORSHIP OR LUNCH OR BOTH. Email questions and participation to: Pastor Eric Williams – ncpastor@midohio.twcbc.com 2040 West Henderson Road, Columbus, OH 43220 Blue Christmas at North Church provides an opportunity for people to hear not just about the baby in…
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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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