Don Barker

Dorris Benson

Collins Family

Jeff Davis

Kaye Davis

Liming Family

Pennington Family

*Please call the church with any prayer requests or pastoral care needs

December Mission Challenge

For the month of December, we are collecting diapers for OPEN M. Packs can be opened or unopened. There is a drop box outside the main doors or they can be left on the table in the Gathering Area.

Christmas Schedule

Children's Musical - Sunday, December 18 at 9:00 am 11:00 am with a bake sale and breakfast in between services

Longest Night Service - Wednesday, December 21 at 7:00 pm

Christmas Eve Services: Saturday, December 24 at 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm

Christmas Day Service: Sunday, December 25

Celebrating Jen's Graduation

Please celebrate that Jennifer Dyer has finished her coursework for her degree. We will more formally recognize Jen and her hard work over many years this May when she officially graduates.

Permanent Endowment

The Permanent Endowment Committee has met and decided on the following distributions:

*Church - $2,200 for the Sound System

*OPEN M - $2,500 for food for children

*Athletes in Action - $2,752 for a mission trip to Italy

Acme CashBack

Acme CashBack has begun! Receipts dated August 4th and later through December are eligible for CashBack. Please put receipts in the bin on the wall by the Welcome Center. 

Continued Support for the Liming Family

Thank you so much for the love and support everyone has shown! We know so many want to continue to help the Liming family; we are continuing to collect for the Love Offering - please put "Liming Family" in the memo line.

Common Threads

Common Threads Closet is a non-denominational non-profit that distributes clothing, shoes, and small household items to those in need and in a setting that they can choose the items that they want and need. There is a box in the coat room to collect any items you wish to go to this organization.

December 12 "The Connector"

Haven of Rest December Needs (click here)

Java & Jesus (J & J) – Sundays 11 am – Room 8

Come for a time of fellowship to dive a little deeper into the scriptures and themes that will be used for Sunday worship. Grow deeper in your faith and build lasting relationships. No preparation needed. Join us in Room 8 in the basement Sunday mornings at 11 am.

Contact: Jo Quandt (330)714-6303 with questions or for more information.

Wired Word Adult Sunday School - Sundays 11 am - Room 4

We use Wired Word, which discusses a different topic each week; it starts with something in the news and then relates it to scripture with discussion questions. You are welcome to join without any preparation and drop in intermittently when we meet at 11:00 am after worship. Contact Renee Williams or Samantha Gunkelman with any questions.

Contact: Samantha Gunkelman and Renee Williams

TUESDAY’S WITH BILL – 9:30 am – Conference Room

Come and join us on Tuesday mornings for our weekly bible study. We will explore the upcoming Sunday’s scripture. If you are not a bible expert, fear not. If you hope to be a bible expert after being a part of the class, you may not be! But if you are looking to see how the Scripture teaches us to live more fully into the life that God has given us, then please come! We meet at 9:30 am in the Conference Room! (Last Tuesday of the month we go to the Akron Canton Food Bank - let Bill know if you'd like to join also)

Contact: Rev. Bill Liming

Children's Bulletins are available on the tables in the back of the sanctuary for kids ages 3+ and 7+.

Check out the Children's Ministry Website for updates here

Sunday School and Children's Church lessons can be found on the church's YouTube Page. Each week Cyndi will be recording new and interactive lessons that your child can listen to from home!

There will be no youth group this week. We are attending the Christmas musical and pancake breakfast.

Youth Christmas Movie Day

As has become our tradition we will again have a Christmas movie day on December 28th starting at 10:00 am. There will be popcorn, hot chocolate and possibly a movie themed snack. This is a fun event to break up the Christmas break.

Game Night

Get it on your calendars early. All youth are invited to a Youth game night Sunday January 8th from 6-7:30 pm. Please bring your favorite snack to share. We will have board games, card games as well as the gym open for basketball to play. Bring a friend and I'll see you there! 

The Preschool will be closed for our Winter Break from

 Friday, December 16^th through January 3^rd.

 We will return to school Wednesday, January 4^th 2023!

January Preschool Newsletter (click here)

Preschool December Newsletter (click here)



January Snack and Activity Calendar (click here)

December Snack and Activity Calendar (click here)

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday

8:30 am - 2:30 pm