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Join UCI and Uptown Partners Business Association for the first Showcase in the Circle. It's the perfect opportunity to get to know the businesses and non-profits from University Circle and the surrounding neighborhoods in one place and at one time.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Two high-profile Cleveland clerics are calling on the Vatican to stop Bishop Richard Lennon from what they see as his destruction of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese by a sweeping, reckless closing of churches, mostly in the inner city.The Rev. Robert Begin, a Catholic priest, and the Rev. Kenneth Chalker, a Methodist minister, have sent letters to Archbishop Pietro Sambi in Washington, D.C., who represents the Vatican in the United States.
A mini-course in the proper operation of our video camera is scheduled after the service, Sunday, October 10. Following a short session in the Yoder Room, participants will move to the camera for some hands-on practice. PLUS, you'll experience our brand-new headset system that puts a helpful voice in your ear for a little behind-the-scenes direction, just like the professionals!
All current and interested operators are encouraged to attend this session to experience the additional equipment and learn about exciting future plans. High school and college youth are encouraged to be a part of this technoteam as well.
Sign up for the brief training session by emailing Heather Howard (hhowardATchurchinthecircle) in the church office or stopping at the office window following worship. Contact Phillip Long or Roger Shulte for more information. Then…Tilt, Pan, Zoom, Frame, Focus!
This boot camp will prove to be very valuable to all attendees. The six-week session is free and open to the public (ages 18 and up) and will be held every Friday at 6pm beginning October 1 and ending November 5, at Windermere Living Hope UMC. If you have any questions and/or for registration, contact: Linda Pursley 216-319-4841 or Crystal Williams 216-323-9003.
Windermere-Living Hope United Methodist Church
14035 Euclid Avenue; East Cleveland, OH 44112
Our Goal:
• To gain financial confidence through education
Purpose:
• To enhance and develop a clear understanding to money matters
• Reduce Financial illiteracy by breaking negative cycles
• Assist in development of financial acumen by changing attitudes about financial empowerment
• Provides mechanisms to replicate its efforts across other communities
Help with:
• Budgeting techniques
• Money management
• Debt reduction
• Establishment of credit
• Building assets
Topics:
• Baby steps
• Buddy system
• Envelope system
• Basic quickie budget
• Budgeting
• Accountability
• Financial snapshot
• Insurance
• Real estate (buying or renting)
SEPTEMBER
9/26: Dr. Chalker's Study Class, 9:30-10:30am, Yoder Room
College-Age Study Group, 9:30-10:30am, upstairs classroom next to Chapel
Liturgical Dance rehearsals for youth 9:30am, Great Hall
Singing Children begin rehearsals, 9:30-10:30am, 2nd floor music room
Gospel Choir rehearsal, 10am, Chapel/Sanctuary
Worship at 11am
Sunday School for children, 11am, lower level
Confirmation Program, 11am, upstairs classroom
Liturgical Dance rehearsal for adults, 12:30pm, Sanctuary
9/28 Staff Meeting, 10:30am, Reception Room
9/30 Showcase in the Circle, 4:30-7pm, Botanical Gardens
9/30 Chancel Ringers (Bell) rehearsal, 6-7:15pm
9/30 Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7:15-9pm
OCTOBER
10/3 World Communion Sunday, worship at 11am
10/3 Gospel Choir rehearsal, 10am, Chapel
10/3 Liturgical Dance rehearsals, 9:30am for youth, 12:30pm for adults, Great Hall
10/3 Willow School Tutors meeting, 12:30pm, Yoder Room, everyone welcome
10/6 Trustee Meeting, 6pm, Reception Room
The tech center will be built in phases. The first phase is a five-story, 100,000-square-foot office building at Chester Avenue and Stokes Boulevard. A second 100,000-square-foot building, on the library property would be built to the south. Mr. Ferchill told council that he has plans for a third building, but to accomplish that would require moving an Illuminating Co. substation at East 105th Street and Chester.
Photo Credit: Oliver E. Seikel of Judson Manor
In his own words - "We just happened to be walking on Euclid when we saw the steeple "haloed" by the smoke trails from the Blue Angels. I snapped a couple of quick photos with my iPhone."
9/11: Kickoff Day for a new program year
Women's Sabbath, 9:30-10:30
College-Age Study Group, 9:30-10:30
Dr. Chalker's Study Class, 9:30-10:30, Yoder Room
Gospel Choir rehearsal, 9:30, Chapel/Sanctuary
Worship returns to 11am; children join families in worship
Gourmet Hot Dog Extravaganza following worship, Great Hall
9/14 Staff Meeting, 7-9pm, Reception Room
9/15 New Members Social Event, 7-9pm, Park Lane Villa
9/16 Chancel Ringers (Bell) rehearsal, 6-7:15pm
9/16 Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7:15-9pm
9/19 Gospel Choir rehearsal, 9:30am, Chapel
9/19 Confirmation Program orientation, following worship in Great Hall
9/19 New Member Luncheon, following worship in Reception Room
9/19 UMW Executive Committee, following worship in Yoder Room
9/21 Finance Committee meeting, 6-7:30, Reception Room
It is our pleasure to welcome Rev. Donna Hughes-Hargraves to our church family this morning. Donna has been an ordained United Methodist Minister for 16 years and recently completed her first year as the Executive Director of United Protestant Campus Ministries of Cleveland (UPCaM). Prior to coming to Cleveland, she served churches in Iowa for seven years and in the Dakotas for ten years. During her stay in the Dakotas, Rev. Hughes-Hargraves served rural churches and was a campus minister in Rapid City, South Dakota. As campus minister, she enjoyed taking students on international mission trips and involving the university in opportunities for community volunteering.
It's safe to say that Donna's career before entering the seminary was not typical of a United Methodist clergyperson. She received a bachelor's degree in Animal Health Management and a Master's degree in Horse Science. She worked at Texas A&M in student affairs while a part-time senior high youth director.
Pastor Donna shares that her most life-changing experience occurred in 1988-89 when she taught English in China. In her words, "that year gave me the courage to try anything" and a "big-time travel bug". She has taken six international work-mission trips with college students, visited every state but Alaska and Hawaii and, in addition to China, has visited South India, Russia, Lithuania, England, France, Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Mexico, Belize, Egypt, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Guatemala.
The desert southwest is the place of her birth and youth and she misses living in that part of the world. Her kids are two cats, Keyana and Rueben, and a dog named Rufus. She loves reading mysteries, watching movies of any kind, traveling the world (of course), participating in and teaching yoga, eating weird and interesting foods, and dreaming of owning a horse once again.
The weeks of summer have flown by and life in our new church has been full of changes and challenges. Here are just a few:
• This week the chairs in the Yoder Room (where Dr. Chalker conducts his Sunday morning class) were replaced with chairs stored at our E. 30th building. They are smaller and lighter weight, making the rearranging of the room for meetings much easier on staff and volunteers. The previous Yoder Room chairs were sold to a hotel liquidating company.
• This coming week some of the pews in the sanctuary will be removed along with two that have been in the hallway across from the office. A few months ago the Trustees approved the removal of certain pews to improve wheelchair access and create more room on the front, left side of the sanctuary as well as in the very back. The delay in removing the pews was the result of making a concerted effort to find an affordable, climate-controlled warehouse in which to store the pews once they were removed.
• Work is underway on the gymnasium. Exterior stonework is being sealed to stop an active leak that has caused damage to the walls. Asbestos was discovered in the gymnasium flooring and abatement of this material will begin as soon as the leaks are repaired and the new flooring is ready to be installed. We anticipate the asbestos removal and tear out of the existing floor to begin within the next 2-3 weeks.
• All wrought iron railings on the steps of the church were becoming unstable and they have now been re-set to ensure greater safety.
• Window work has also been scheduled to repair damaged Plexiglas and stained glass on windows in one section of the building.
• At the E. 30th building, the Campus International School opened in August with 120 children in grades K-2 and more on a waiting list. Improvements totaling more than $150,000 have been made in the classroom portion of the building and a sprinkler system will also be installed before January 2011.
• Former part-time staff member Julia Bingman resigned in June. Effective September 1, a part-time Young Adult Coordinator named Lauren Green was hired. (This change is budget neutral.) You will soon have the opportunity meet Lauren when she is introduced during the worship hour.
• Everyone is anxiously awaiting the new pictoral membership directory. This project is being produced completely in-house except for the printing. Combining and cleaning up our two membership data bases and locating the most affordable and flexible directory publishing software simply took longer than we anticipated and we regret the delay. Our hope is that they will be ready for you by the end of this month. Pictures will also be available for you to purchase at that time.
9/5: Last Summer Worship at 10am, children join families in worship
9/6 Labor Day - church office closed
9/8 Trustee Meeting, 6-7:30pm, Reception Room
9/9 Chancel Ringers (Bell) rehearsal, 6-7:15pm
9/9 Chancel Choir rehearsal, 7:15-9pm
9/9 Parents of Murdered Children support group meeting, 6-8pm, Yoder Room
9/9 Shelter Ministry at Women's/Children's Shelter, 6:30-8pm
9/12 Kickoff Day for new program year
9/12 Women's Sabbath, 9:30-10:30
9/12 College-Age Study Group, 9:30-10:30
9/12 Worship returns to 11am, children join families in worship
9/12 Gourmet Hot Dog Extravaganza following worship
