News from Northwest Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) August 2020

Thank you

for your

generous

donation of

50 fans for

donation to

RIC!

Room 6 (aka The Pit) Flooded again

We are putting new flooring

in the CYF room.

Joe and Robby Trent, Jacob Badgeley

and Minch Huang for moving

all the furniture.

We had many

roof shingles

replaced on the

Chapel roof.

After pictures to come.

The supply closet has

been cleaned

and organized.

Pastor Jeff Pastor Cindy August 2020 Newsletter

Northwest is a church where fellowship and connecting with each other is one of our

congregation’s strengths. The ability to share time and conversation with one another is

one of our great losses during this separation due to the pandemic. At the Administrative

Council meeting, we discussed ways in which we are individually trying to fill this “gap”

in our lives. Here are a few that were mentioned:

• Invite one couple or family over for dinner with each family bringing their meal and

beverages – and socially distancing in the yard or apart on the patio – (don’t have to

cook or clean for others!)

• Lori Beals is willing to coordinate a PicSix – where 6 people can meet at an outdoor

• location like a park along the river i.e. so please text, email or call her if you are

interested in participating!

• Start a book club where everyone reads the same book and discusses it via zoom with

one person taking responsibility to set it up and facilitate

• Ask someone to be your prayer partner and pray for each other

• Put a game app like Trickster cards on your phone/device and you can create a group

to play euchre or a variety of card games virtually

• Plan to meet a couple of people at church to do outside yard work

• Call, facetime, text or email your church friends and commit to keeping in touch

• From the newsletter list celebrate birthdays and anniversaries with a call or card of

remembrance

• NWCC softball team plays on Monday evenings – attend a game

• Sew masks for those challenged by such a task

• Plan to learn more about a particular country with another family and separately

cook a “themed” meal and share recipes

We invite each of you to share how you are coping during this pandemic time by calling or

emailing the church office with your ideas. We can post them in the newsletter for as long

as this necessary separation lasts! Blessings to all.

Ideas for Connections during COVID-Confinement

PicSix at Six on Sundays

Sign up to be part of Sunday evenings picnics of six at six(pm) with NWCC

friends. Two tables of six will be organized at the same location so that single,

couples, or families can participate. Location will be at the Grigg's Reservoir river

shelter #2. (Entrance across from Frank's Marathon, 3116 Riverside Drive) Each

person will bring their own brown bag or take out dinner and beverage. Diners

will sit with space between, and additional tables may be used if increased space is

desired. When mingling before or after eating, masks will be worn, and 6' distance

maintained. Gatherings are subject to cancellation if stay-at-home

orders are in place.

Dates will include August 2, August 9, August 15, August 22, and August 29. Addi-

tional locations may be added.

If you are interested, please contact Lori Beals,

LNBeals@yahoo.com, or 614-439-4342.

Please indicate which dates you are interested in and if you have

additional locations to suggest.

Northwest Church Softball Association 2020 Schedule

Monday, August 10, 2020 at 7:00 pm

Monday, August 17, 2020 at 8:30 pm

Monday, August 24, 2020 at 8:30 pm

Monday, August 31, 2020 at 7:00 pm

All games are played at:

Old Timer’s Baseball Field

2000 Hastings Ln, Columbus, OH 43220

In Upper Arlington behind Hastings Middle School

Our local Central Ohio CROP Hunger Walk Planning Team (representing

the Columbus, Westerville and Worthington CROP Hunger Walks) have

taken a great deal of time to deliberate about our plans for this coming fall

(on which Bruce is a member as Lead Team Captain). We have determined

that out of an abundance of caution for our participants, (that span in age

range from infant to 90 years old) our best option is to host a VIRTUAL

CROP Hunger Walk this year.

What does that exactly mean? We will still be walking - either on our own or SAFELY with our team (depending

on size, using social distancing, face masks, etc.) This should be based on of the recommendation of the Health

Department Guidelines when we get to October AND more importantly, we will still be raising funds for our most

vulnerable neighbors!

The Walk may be Virtual, but the need could not be more real:

cwsglobal.org/looking-ahead-the-long-term-cost-of-covid-19/

How should you prepare?

1) Register yourself at shorturl.at/jDHKP

2) Like us on Facebook (facebook.com/columbuscrophungerwalk) and

follow us Instagram (@columbuscrophungerwalk - instagram.com/columbuscrophungerwalk)

3) Invite people to walk with you and/or donate. Please get started NOW because the need is GREAT!

4) Connect with other CROP Hunger Walkers locally and across the country on multiple online platforms by using

the hashtags #CbusCHW and #VirtualCROPHungerWalk

Find more information on how to be successful and help our vulnerable neighbors here:

resources.crophungerwalk.org/covid-19-and-crop-hunger-walks/

VIRTUAL CROP HUNGER WALK DAY: October 11, 2020

CENTRAL OHIO CROP HUNGER WALK SEND-OFF RALLY:

Join us for our Virtual Send-off for all the Central Ohio CROP Hunger Walkers at 1pm on October 11 via our

Facebook page! We will have an invocation; words from our Event Coordinator, Ashley Montana; a brief word

about Church World Service and a special presentation from Nick Bates, Executive Director of Hunger Network in

Ohio! hungernetohio.com

WALK! Walk around your block, walk around your neighborhood, walk in a local park, or simply walk around

your living room! You can walk individually or with your team (If walking with your team, please observe proper

social distancing, mask wearing and limit the number of individuals to around 10 or whatever maximum number is

permitted by the Department of Health at that time - which may require our team to walk more than one group).

Bruce and Linda Anschutz

CROP Walk Organizers

SHARE YOUR PHOTOS! We want to see YOU and YOUR TEAMMATES! Share your photos with us by

posting them to our Facebook page (facebook.com/columbuscrophungerwalk), Facebook event, tag us on Instagram

(@columbuscrophungerwalk), use #CbusCHW or email them to columbuscrophungerwalk@gmail.com! We are

still walking together, even though we're physically apart and we want to be able to share that with our community!

Room 10 ceiling needs painted in two areas

from roof leaks

Weeding and Trimming in front of the church

Sew valances for the nursery.

Fabric will be provided.

If you are interested in tackling

one of these short-term projects

call the office for more details.

We will ensure social distancing

so that you have a safe place

to work.

Nursery cabinet

doors need

painted.

Sacristy ceiling

repaired and

cleaned

Fellowship hall chairs cleaned

Dear NWCC,

Recently, we had the chance to

catch up with our international

church partners at Centro

Shalom! It was a great

opportunity to be reminded of

how global the church of Jesus

Christ truly is. We affectionately

call The Shalom Center, "Camp

Christian South America" and

our shared ministry between

Chile and Ohio is linked by a long history of delegations, shared resources, and mostly

through ongoing prayer and continued relationship rooted in the Holy Spirit.

When we were chatting, we talked about all the similarities going on in our two ministry

contexts. Although we are in totally separate hemispheres, both our ministries have had

to alter programming, switch to virtual worship, and change many of our "traditional"

ways of being church.

In our conversation, Patricia Gomez, the Director of the Shalom Center, shared that the

most important thing we in Ohio can know is that the church in Chile is praying for us

and that they are grateful for our prayers for them.

As we all find ways to move forward in this strange season of our lives, may this be a

reminder that we are never alone, that God is caring for all of our siblings around the

world, and the church universal can be in prayer for one another as we strive to do

faithful ministry together.

Also, if you are curious about more information on the Shalom Center, please check out

this YouTube Video! Click Here (The subtitles are in English.)

Lastly - you should know(!) - when it is safe to do so, we will plan another delegation

to Chile as we have done

several times in the past,

and if you're interested in

being part of this program,

please reply to this email

and let us know and we'll be

sure to keep you updated

with future plans for our

continued relationship with

the Shalom Center!

Peace and God Bless

Christian Church in Ohio

August 2020 Newsletter

Daniel 9: 3-6 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and

petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to the LORD my God and

confessed: “Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love

with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done

wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your

commands and laws. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who

spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors, and to all the

people of the land.”

In these verses, Daniel is confessing the sin of the people of Israel who have been

made captive by Babylonia. He doesn’t pull any punches or try to make things

sound more socially acceptable. When we confess our sins, we should not

minimize their significance.

C.S. Lewis points out in one of his letters that God does not need to hear us list

our sins in order to bestow forgiveness and grace. We need to hear our sins in

order to appreciate that forgiveness and grace more fully. It helps us feel forgiven

and restored by God. Confession contributes to our being able to reconnect with

God more completely.

As a steward relationship with God, it makes sense to employ every technique

available to improve our connection with God.

Carla Nuenke

Stewardship Moderator

OPEN AND AFFIRMING SURVEY ON ITS WAY!

Soon you will receive by email or post an important survey for

the discernment of NWCC becoming an Open and Affirming

congregation in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

It will be extremely helpful for you to answer the questions on the survey and

return it to the church office by email or post as soon as possible. All survey

responses are anonymous. We want to hear from everyone. The Open and

Affirming leadership team and our Elders need to have this information to

determine the next steps in this process of discernment. Be watching for the

survey very soon, and please respond! Thank you!

.Kroger - designate NWCC to benefit from your shopping by

enrolling online using our organization number (TN874).

Ways To Give At NWCC

August 2020 Newsletter

Mobile App Donate directly through

“GivePlus App” available through

the App Store and Google Play.

1. Download “Give + app”

2. Allow access to your location

3. Select Northwest Christian

Church

Online You can give by visiting www.northwestchristian.org

And clicking the “Donate” button in the upper right hand

corner. You can also utilize the online banking function

through your personal bank.

Mail Checks can be mailed directly to the church at:

1340 Fishinger Rd.

Columbus, OH 43221

Questions:

(614) 457-6290

Dear Northwest Christian Church,

Thank you so much for your gift of $330 for a meal at

the YWCA Family Center. For the parents and kids who

come to us for emergency shelter, a healthy meal can be a

welcome comfort during a tough time.

Thank you for helping lift up these families at a vulnerable time in their lives. We

truly appreciate you joining YWCA Columbus as we work to create a strong, safe,

and stable community for us all.

Sincerely, Christie Angel, President and CEO YWCA Columbus

Dear Congregation of Northwest Christian Church,

NNEMAP Food Pantry would like to thank you for your recent gift of

$1,001.40. Your gift is gratefully acknowledged.

Your contribution helped NNEMAP Food Pantry raise over $60,000 through

the Columbus Foundation’s “Big Give” - the most we’ve ever raised through this

event! Thank you for your generous support of our mission.

Thank you for your extraordinary support!

Sean Becker, Director of Development & Marketing

8/4 Steve and Rose Hallarn

8/5 Hal and Jan Thorley

8/9 Ken and Margie Evans

8/12 Fred and Marie Stephens

8/20 Don and Vera Alexander

8/20 Jeff and Barbara Wheeler

8/24 Ted and Barbara Thomas

8/27 Kaitlin and Matthew Oyster

8/29 John and Lori Beals

8/1 Corwin Kuhn

8/5 Glenn Allen

8/7 Bill Flaws

8/8 Trey Solon

8/9 Yanitza Brongers

8/10 Cassidy Ann Badgeley

8/10 Anne Neher

8/12 James Moore

8/12 Jeanne Wright

8/14 Sue Birkhold

8/14 Tyler Kline

8/15 Elizabeth Smith

8/15 Ted Thomas

8/16 Katie Milligan

8/16 Casey Taylor

8/17 Laura Jochem

8/18 Madeline Smith

8/19 Steve Jennings

8/20 Don Guss

8/20 Eleanor Myers

8/22 Karen Smith

8/23 Alexis Garvey

8/26 Paul King

8/28 John Beals

8/30 Danielle Mason

8/31 Becca Long

We apologize if we’ve missed your birthday or

anniversary. Please contact the office so we can

update our church records Thank you!!

August Needs:

Donate Books for all ages, especially kids! Baby wipes Large Size Diapers (size 5 and 6)

Note: Other hygiene items are always low! We always need dental items, razors,

and shampoo. We can also use feminine hygiene items

PLEASE ASK FOR SOAP AND PURELL FOR OUR CLIENTS WITH THE CONCERN FOR THE CORONA VIRUS!

Northwest Christian Church — 1340 Fishinger Road, Columbus, OH 43221 Worship Hours: 8:00am and 10:30am / Summer Worship Hours (Memorial Weekend-September) 10:30am

Sunday School—Adult and Youth 9:15am (9:00am Summer) / Children’s Bible Zone (during Worship) Office Hours: 9:00am-2:30pm Monday-Friday / Phone: 614-457-6290

Website: www.northwestchristian.org

August 2020 Newsletter

Deep sympathy to Bill and Renee

Taylor on passing of Maxine

Cardosi who was our oldest

member at 99 years

young! Maxine was such an

important member of our church

family. A graveside service was

held in her honor July 27th.

Rev. Jeff Bartlett passed on

Saturday, July 25th. Please keep

Jeff's wife, Brenda, and the entire

Bartlett family in your prayers. Jeff

is also the brother of Regional

Elder Rev. Terry Bartlett and the

Uncle to Rachel Zynda and Addie

Flood, frequent attendees of our

worship service .

Prayer Concern for Rev. Larry Pigg, who entered care at

Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash on Saturday, July 25th.

Prayers for Larry's comfort and peace and the same for

son Mike and family are appreciated. Larry is a retired pastor,

who has been active in many roles through the Region and

at Camp Christian over the years including being the Chi Rho

Camp Director for 11 Summers. He has also served as

an interim minister at NWCC.