Trunk-or-Treat
This Saturday!
Join the fun this Saturday when Parish Life hosts the 6th annual Trunk-or-Treat in the church parking lot. There will be bounce houses, carnival games, a food truck, treats, and more!
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Holly Day Bazaar
We are thrilled to host our 34th Holly Day Bazaar on Saturday, November 4, but we need many volunteers to help make it a success. Please sign up below to help or bake. We also need donations for our children's Secret Santa shop and our raffle baskets. See the flyers in the narthex for more info.
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All Saints' Sunday
On October 29, we will celebrate All Saints' Sunday at Westerville Community United Church of Christ. If you have lost someone dear to you within the last year, we would like to honor them during a special part of our worship service.
If you wish for us to lift up your loved one by sharing their name and photo and lighting a candle in their memory, please email Debbie Kellogg by October 24. Be sure to provide your loved one's name as you'd like it to appear in the bulletin and include a photograph we can share during the service. If you would like to drop a photo at church or in the mail, we will digitize it and return it to you. We look forward to remembering the saints who have gone before us.
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Blood Drive - October 19
The Mission Board is sponsoring a blood drive from noon until 6:00 pm on October 19. Click here to set up a donation time.
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Local Mission Project
October 26, 27, 28
Each year, our Local Mission team leaders reach out into our community to help those in need of home repairs they otherwise couldn't afford.
This year, we will be helping at St. Paul UCC church in Merion Village, near German Village. The small congregation is working on bringing in new members while faithfully serving their diverse community and could use some help sprucing up their church.
If you would like to help one or more days, please click here.
Questions: Contact Rick Dickinson or Phil Mallott
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Thanksgiving Blessings
We are supporting this food drive to provide our in-need neighbors in the Westerville School District with a bountiful Thanksgiving meal. Bags, with a list of needed items are in the Narthex. Please bring them to church by November 6. Financial donations will help provide fresh components of the meal.
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Period Products Drive
Women on a Mission is supporting Westerville North High School's Young Feminist's period product drive and is asking for donations of feminine hygiene products. Please put donations in the Blessing Bag donation box in the Narthex.
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Wednesday Noon
Book Study
The group will read and discuss the book Freeing Jesus by Diana Butler Bass. The author answers the most common question she is asked: How can you still be a Christian? She shares how she experiences Jesus and invites us into conversation about our faith. Join us at noon on Wednesdays in Rooms 106-107.
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Wednesday Evenings
The Wednesday night theme, "I Love to Tell the Story: Why This Church is Important to Me," will foster great story-sharing! Join us to listen to personal stories about why the vote to become an “Open and Affirming” congregation is so important for our members and their families. We’ll meet in room 100 from 6:30—7 pm. The October 18 presenter is Matt Whitt. Questions? Contact Pastor Sigrid
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Men's Gathering
October 26
All men are invited to this month's gathering on October 26 from 6:00 - 8:00. Gathering time will be at 6 pm with dinner at 6:30 followed by our speaker, Don Jakeway, a long-time Board Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He will share stories of his many friendships developed with players and coaches over the years. Please bring your own beverage of choice. Please sign up here or in the Narthex.
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Dinner Dance
November 10
Mark your calendar for WCUCC's annual Dinner Dance on Friday, November 10, from 7 - 11 pm at the Clintonville Woman's Club. In honor of the church's 40th anniversary, the theme is Dance the Decades Away! Sign up ends November 4.
Have pictures from previous Dinner Dances? Share them with Katrina Cook.
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Sign Up for This Year's Christmas Pageant by October 22
This year's Christmas pageant is an original work by our own Scott Bantum, and all youth in grades 1 - 12 are invited to join in the fun! A Seussical, Scroogical, Magical Christmas will be performed on Saturday, December 9, at 7 pm. Rehearsals will be on Sundays after church, with additional Monday evening (6-7 pm) rehearsals for larger roles. The parent/actor kickoff meeting is on October 29 after worship. Questions? Contact director Scott Bantum.
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Middle and High School Halloween Party!
This week, our Youth Group will have our Halloween Movie Night and Costume Party on Sunday from 5-7 p.m.! Come in whatever costume you want and have some food and fun with us!
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3rd - 5th Grade Youth Group Night!
Our quarterly Youth Group Gathering for our 3rd - 5th grade kids will be on Friday, November 3, from 6-7:30 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall! Bring your kids for food and fun! They can wear comfortable clothes to play in, and they are welcome to bring friends in those grades, too!
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Questions? Contact Trey. Check out the full calendar for the semester below. | |
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The Heartland Conference’s first Creation Care and Environmental Justice Retreat was a big success! The event was held on Saturday, October 14, at the Templed Hills Camp and Retreat Center in Bellville. Forty-eight pastoral and lay members from 14 churches around the conference were in attendance, including David Long-Higgins, Conference Minister; Rev. Brooks Berndt, National UCC Minister for Environmental Justice; and the keynote speaker, Rev. Michael Howard, Minister of Faith in Action at the Living Water Association of the Heartland Conference.
Lynda Huey and Hank Stonerook represented WCUCC at the event. The retreat included several workshops on a variety of topics, resources to start or expand church green teams, inspirational music, and an outdoor worship service. This was the first in-person event held by the Creation Care team, which was formed in 2019.
There are opportunities to participate in environmental activities at WCUCC, at the conference level, and with the national office of the UCC.
This is a great way to meet folks in the UCC and share experiences with environmental and other matters of the church. The UCC is so much more than our local congregation at WCUCC. I encourage you to explore opportunities to connect and become inspired in greater church activities!
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There's still time to submit a photo for the church directory. You can schedule a session at:
- October 24-28---Grove City UMC, 2684 Columbus St., Grove City
- November 1---St. Mark's UMC, 5200 Sullivant Ave., Columbus
- November 2-4---Grove City UMC, 2684 Columbus St., Grove City
To make an appointment at an alternate location, just call Universal Church Directories at 419-522-5011. Tell them that you are from Westerville Community United Church of Christ and that our church code is oh2675.
Or email a photo to [email protected] by October 31.
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