Mission Statement

We strive to be a welcoming, worshipping community of faith,

helping people discover and deepen their relationship with God,

growing as disciples of Christ, and reaching out in faith and loving service.

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AN OPEN AND AFFIRMING CHURCH OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

SUNDAY, April 7th

Worship for All Ages Holy Communion, Birthday & Hunger Sunday

LCC PROGRESSIVE DINNER Celebrate Spring

Saturday, April 27th 6-10 pm

Sunday, April 7th Sigma Alpha Iota

String Competition Performance 2 pm - Chapel

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Friday and Saturday, April 12 & 13, 7pm

Sunday, April 14, 3pm

Dear Church, Each year, on a blog I follow called Patheos, a question is asked at the beginning of Holy Week, which their bloggers are invited to respond to in 100 words or less. One year the question was,

“Why do you need the resurrection?” I have spent a lot of time thinking about that question, because it is ever-evolving. It hits me in a different way each year.

It was on Easter morning of my Junior Year in High School that a good friend of mine died unexpectedly in her sleep. She had Diabetes that went undiagnosed, had been losing weight over the course of several months and no one had an answer why. The phone rang after church on

Sunday morning and I heard a friend’s voice: “Jessie died.” I could only respond, “Who?” I knew someone named Jessie, but not someone whose name could possibly fit in that sentence.

It was the second major death in my life. (The first took place just about a year earlier: a close family friend’s cancer death, and I was still grieving). None of it made any sense. That Easter Sunday, many of my friends and I gathered to grieve. We didn’t know how to express our

emotions about break-ups and bad grades, let alone death. One friend punched a hole in his bedroom wall. Many friends sat silently for hours. Others made inappropriate jokes in hopes of breaking through the pain. Some of us wondered if and when we might die. Some of us drew

closer to our parents. Some drew further away. I needed the resurrection because it was my second major, tragic death in just a little over a year, and I was 16, and I needed to know that there was something beyond that.

It was also on Easter week of my Senior Year in High School that I went to Paris for the first time (the first, it would be, of many over the next five years). My heart pounded as I stood next to the

graves of artists and writers I admired— Proust, Delacroix, Caillebotte. I needed the resurrection because their influence became alive in me, even so long after their death. It was a formative trip for my relationship with art, with traveling, and with self-expression, and with God.

It was during the loooonggg Easter Vigil at St. Cronan’s Catholic Church in St. Louis (one of the churches of my heart, but a story for another time), that I felt sweet baby Evelyn go wild in my

belly for the first time. I needed the resurrection because I needed to know it was okay to bring a new baby into a broken world.

Now that I am a pastor through the telling of the death and resurrection, I look out at a sanctuary of God’s people and I am keenly aware of the dance of life and death. I grieve losses and yet rejoice at the ways in which life has been made new. I ache while you ache through all of the

difficulties and tragedies, and I celebrate the growth on the journey. This year, I will look out on the congregation at LCC and remember the congregation I looked out over just last Easter-- an entirely different one, filled with God’s people who I knew and cherished and loved in Wisconsin,

and I will think of the ways I have grown to know and cherish and love you all here so quickly and naturally.

I could go on, telling you all the different reasons that I need the resurrection, in far more than 100 words. But I want to share with you this poem by Kara Root, as she responds to the question in 100 words or less, and looks at times in her own life that she has needed the promise that life

is stronger than death. I hope it will be as meaningful to you as it has been for me.

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As I Was Saying…

I need the Resurrection

because my sister is sick

and can't afford insurance,

because I've told a weeping Haitian mom,

"No, I can't take your son home with me."

because I've been rushed off a Jerusalem street

so a robot could blow up a bag that could've blown up us.

because I've exploded

in rage

and watched their tiny faces cloud with hurt.

because evil is pervasive

and I participate.

I need the Resurrection

because it promises

that in the end

all wrongs are made right.

Death loses.

Hope triumphs.

And Life and Love

Prevail.

May the remaining days of Lent be meaningful, and may Resurrection be made known to you on

Easter Morning.

Because of Christ,

Pastor Joanna

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D As I Was Saying…continued

March saw a flurry of musical activity at LCC (as well as some early spring snow flurries), starting with an electric Mardi Gras service featuring a Dixieland band helmed by our own Dave Kasper, and a joint choral offering from LCC’s and Trinity’s choirs. Our Talent Show and Silent Auction raised over $5,000 for the Festival Arts Fund and, as importantly, moved me deeply as an act of community which, while I’ve come to expect this from our church, makes it no less remarkable. CityMusic Cleveland performed a unique, innovative program in our Sanctuary. And all the while, our music program has featured voices, bells, and instruments helping us partake in our Lenten journey.

April shows no sign of slowing down, with a Les Délices concert Saturday, April 6, another joint service with Trinity for Palm Sunday, a sacred remembrance of Maundy Thursday, and then a joyous celebration of Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday, featuring a brass ensemble. And our creative team and cast are hard at work on this year’s Youth Musical, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which runs the weekend of Palm Sunday. Our youth are embracing this classic show and they are bringing out the best in each other; reserve your tickets now to come see it!

In the midst of this whirlwind, I decided to take a slight look back into history, prompted by my programming several hymns by Fanny Crosby. If you look at the “byline” in nearly any English-language hymnal, you will find her name credited frequently as the lyricist for such old gospel favorites as “All the Way My Savior Leads Me,” “Blessed Assurance,” “I Am Thine, O Lord,” and “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior.” This is maybe not surprising, given that she wrote more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, making her one of the most prolific hymn writers in history.

More improbable still is that Crosby was blind nearly from birth and lost her father when she was six months old. These might be described as setbacks, even for someone who could trace her lineage to the Mayflower. She had a very healthy perspective on it, though, writing “It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If perfect earthly sight were offered me tomorrow, I would not accept it. I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me.” This is an amazing statement of acceptance about a challenge in life which has caused many hardship and suffering, not to mention indicative of a deep faith which fueled her writing.

I encourage you to visit online resources to learn more about Fanny Crosby’s remarkable life, but even if you do not get a chance, keep an eye out for her lyrics next time you sing them. Some might find them mawkish by modern standards, but to me they are simple, direct, and expressions of a kindred spirit we can all share in.

Thanks for reading,

Ben

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D Director of Music Ben Malkevitch

At LCC we are in the process of actively realizing our Visioning Plan. As with any dynamic organization, the needs of the church change. With that in mind, the members of the Administrative Board would like to bring to your attention the changes that are directly impacting our committee and how that impacts you.

The Administrative Board was originally created to provide a checks-and-balances system for the life of the church. According to the LCC Constitution, the Admin Board was tasked to “…hold the Executive Team accountable for the flow of ministry within the church, ensuring that all activities and staff within the church are enhancing the ministry of the church.” (Article X, Sec. 1) The needs have evolved, and though the function originally set out is an important one, there is a broadening of responsibility that is warranted at this time.

The five members of the Administrative Board – Stephanie Fries, Meghan Galloway, Brad Humphreys, Kristen Humphreys, and Cathy Spicer – have been meeting quarterly with Pastor Joanna beginning this last fall. As we have discussed more of the structure and needs of the church, at Pastor Joanna’s suggestion, we are shifting gears to become more of a Pastor-Parish Relations Committee. This is present in many UCC congregations, as well as other denominations. In essence, a PPRC works closely with the pastor concerning their relationship with the congregation and the entire work of the church. The committee is also sensitive to the opinions and concerns of the congregation concerning the pastor.

We are evolving to become a sounding board for Pastor Joanna, and we are responsible for listening to the needs and concerns of the congregation. Think of us at the “Go To Team.” All five of us are open to hearing your thoughts or concerns with regard to the life of the church. If you have questions or concerns that need to be addressed, we can seek out an answer or direct the concern to the appropriate staff member or volunteer coordinator.

One point of clarity: we currently remain a separate entity from the Executive Team. Our role is strictly to work in the capacity of keeping a pulse on the relationship between Pastor Joanna and the congregation.

If you would like to reach out to any of the Admin Board/PPRC in the future, please seek us out after Sunday worship, or feel free to text, call, or email.

Stephanie Fries: (216) 272-6723; smfries73@gmail.com

Meghan Galloway: (217) 549-4762; meghan.galloway@gmail.com

Brad Humphreys: (216) 456-5457; humphreysbt@gmail.com

Kristen Humphreys: (216) 313-3446; Kristen.humphreys@gmail.com

Cathy Spicer: (216) 272-4057; cathyspicer1897@gmail.com

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Administrative Board-Parish Relations Committee

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Children and Family Ministries Patti Komperda

WORSHIP FOR ALL AGES

April 7th will be our next Worship for All Ages, which will include our monthly Food Collection for the Hungry, Communion, and the Celebration of April Birthdays!

Every Sunday, during worship, childcare is provided in our Nursery for the youngest members of our church family (infants-4 year olds), and Activity Bags for other children are located in the back of the Sanctuary, if needed.

2018-2019 Faith Formation for Children/Youth:

This month we will be following Jesus and his disciples as they prepare for what has become known as Holy Week. Readings will be taken from the Book of John. Children of all ages will be included in the Palm Processional on Sunday, April 14th, Palm Sunday, and will partake in a Seder Meal with their Faith Formation groups. There will be no Faith Formation on Easter Sunday, April 21st, but our Easter Worship will be followed by our annual Easter Egg Hunt on the front lawn of the church (Centennial Garden for toddlers).

Our 4th/5th grade FF group has been designing notecards again this year with the intent of donating proceeds to Gigi’s Playhouse and the LCC Outreach-sponsored Well in Mozambique. On Sunday, March 31st, Kate Dailey arranged a field trip to Gigi’s Playhouse during their FF time! Thanks Kate, for the extra planning and time!

ELIZA JENNINGS WORSHIP

Thank You to the three teens and Charlie Begy and Laura Rickard for helping with our Eliza Jennings worship in March-it seemed everyone forgot to spring forward with their clocks!

Our last worship, until October, will be Sunday, April 28th

PLEASE meet in the Youth Room no later than 10:00am to organize and get on our way. Adult drivers are always needed, so stop by the Youth Room before worship and see if we have enough…or not!

Music and Faith Formation:

As you know, Music for our children has been integrated into our Faith Formation programming…we want our children to know that there are many ways we can praise the Lord and ask for help and guidance-through reading, art, dance, acting, and music…Noah Hamrick, our Children’s/Youth Music Director, will continue working with our young people to develop their music skills and love for music this year!

All FF music groups will sing for their Moms and other special women in their lives during worship on Mother’s Day, May 12th.

LCC Annual Youth Musical: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown!

Performances will be:

Friday, April 12, Saturday April 13 at 7:00pm

and Sunday, April 14 at 3:00pm

Get your ticket(s) in the West Clifton hallway after worship.

Freewill donations gladly accepted at the door before or after each performance. We have had SRO audiences the past two years, so get your ticket reservation asap!

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Children and Family Ministries Patti Komperda

Middle and High School Youth Groups:

That delicious Christopher Leo-inspired Cranberry-Pear Relish is for sale after worship each Sunday in April in the West Clifton hallway after church.

As it was on your Thanksgiving and Christmas dining tables, add it to your Easter Dinner table and relish the compliments you receive…

$8 per jar, $15 for two jars…all money collected will help defray the cost of the Youth Mission Trip.

Helping others find life in water…

This church year, the Children’s Offering each Sunday will be donated to the United Church of Christ Mozambique (UCCM), a UCC organization that helps bring clean water to areas of Mozambique through the construction of cisterns for communities in need of clean/safe drinking water. The LCC Outreach Team has committed to making this happen for these communities through our support.

(When you use these envelopes, please be sure to put your child’s name on the back so that we can add this contribution to your Family’s Pledge for the year. Also, this gives your child a chance to feel good about giving, when he/she puts the envelope in the Miracle Jar each Sunday.)

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our first ever Share the Love for Haynes fundraiser we held in February. Generous families from both LCC and Haynes donated $1,233. What an awesome outpouring of love for our beloved school! Thank you so much!

Our school year will end the 3rd week of May and we will say goodbye to our 4 year olds. It is always bitter sweet as we know how successful they will be in kindergarten but also how much we will miss them. We are so lucky to have such wonderful families. It warms my heart to work with them everyday.

Alison Yonkers, Director, 216-256-1578

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (VBS) 2019:

To Mars and Beyond: Explore Where God’s Power Can Take You…

Monday-Friday, June 10-14, 2019

9:30am-noon…

All children, ages 4-10 are welcome.

Please let Patti K know asap if you (teens and adults) would like to help in some way during this very action-packed week! Registration forms are attached to the Columns, on the LCC website, and on the table by the FF bulletin board in the West Clifton hallway. Registration forms are due by May 22nd and spots fill up quickly, so register today! Registration Form

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Children and Family Ministries / A Ministry to Serve

CONFIRMATION 2018-2019

Our 11 Confirmands continue to meet with Pastor Joanna after church.

We ALL learned a lot from Karen Wagner at the Cleveland Museum of Art on Sat-urday, March 9th. Karen showed us all of the varied ways religion/Christianity has impacted art since ancient times up to the present. Thank You, Karen!

Confirmands will meet with Patti K during their FF time on Sunday, March 31st to plan their Confirmation Banner and continue to meet with Pastor Joanna as scheduled.

Circle your calendars now for a Confirmation “Work” Day on Saturday, May 4th from 10:00am-1:00pm. (We will share lunch together after our work is completed!)

Patti Komperda

Our LCC 2018-2019 Faith Journey Scripture this year is taken from the Book of Amos 5:24, “But let justice roll down like the waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”

We know that April showers bring May flowers, so let’s find appreciation for the rainy days during this month. And let us keep those, who experience flooding due to spring thaws, in our prayers. With the raindrops and the spring thaw, let us be reminded of ways we can bring justice and righteousness into our daily lives, for not only ourselves, but for others.

LCC PRAYER CHAIN Prayer Request Cards can be found on the table in the back of the Sanctuary or you can call the church office if you, or someone you love, is in need of prayer.

If you would like to join our LCC Prayer Chain with members Chiquita Matthews, Ellen Tudron, Kathy MacDougall, Robert Wenz, Vicki Smigelski, Muriel Campbell, Nancy Gibbs, Alicia Fortenbaugh, Marinika Beaver, J. Horner, Patti Dobro, Karen Lee, Pastor Joanna, and Patti Komperda. Let Karen Lee (church office) or Pastor Joanna know if you would like to be added to the Chain or if you would like to add a prayer.

COMMUNITY CORNER Have you recently volunteered? Are you part of an event that needs volunteers or fundraising? Please contact Laura Hampton at lblesseh@bw.edu to have your information included in future additions of The Columns or the weekly bulletin.

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A Ministry to Serve A Ministry to Serve

COMMUNITY MEAL

THURSDAY, April 4th

Join us for the LCC Community Meal!

As always, we will start set-up and food preparation about 4:00pm. We'll then plate the food and be ready for service at 6:00pm. Dinner will be pork loin with sides.

We will need people to help put up tables and chairs, set tables, make coffee, tea, lemonade and food. During dinner, we will need a few folks in the kitchen to assist with refilling dishes for sec-ond helpings and afterwards we will need assistance with clean-up of the social hall and kitchen.

We generally finish up by 7:15pm or so - we welcome you for any amount of time you can join us!

If you are unable to make our community dinner but are interested in serving, Trinity is in need of help for their community meals. Their April schedule is posted below.

Thank you, Cynthia Sbertoli, cksbertoli@outlook.com

TRINITY COMMUNITY MEALS: APRIL 2019:

Monday, April 1, at 6:00 pm & Saturday, April 20, 12:00 pm

Volunteers are needed for two shifts for each meal. The first shift helps with meal prep and setting up for the meal. The second shift helps with serving the meal and cleaning-up afterwards.

TRINITY PANTRY: Our pantry distribution is Saturday, April 27, volunteers are welcome to lend a hand between 9:00 am-9:30 am to help with the bagging of goods.

To volunteer, sign-up at this link or with Pastor Sara at tlcolkwd@gmail.com

Reminder: both Trinity and St. Peter’s Episcopal will be using the LCC kitchen for their community meals—there are plenty of opportunities to serve in this mission of outreach.

The Sigma Alpha Iota Cleveland Alumnae International Music Fraternity held its 40th Annual String Scholarship Competition on March 16, 2019.

The competition was open to violin, viola, cello or bass players between 8-12 years of age. The contestants had memorized two pieces for the judges. The judges were members of The Cleveland Orchestra.

This year the Cleveland Alumnae awarded:

First Prize to Elena Ziegler, Cello

Second place to: Ethan He, Violin

Third place to: Marianne Cloutier, Violin

Honorable Mention to: Sherry Du

LCC Members are invited to this free performance of their competition pieces in the Bowers Chapel on Sunday, April 7th at 2:00 pm, followed by a cookies, snack and punch reception in the Parlor. You will not want to miss hearing these outstanding performances.

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A Ministry to Serve

The Adult Faith Formation Team In keeping with the Mission Statement of our church, hopes you will take the initiative to venture out, learn more, and come back ready to discuss with your church family the questions/thoughts/worries/and suggestions you have to the all-pervasive problem of the many injustices imposed upon marginalized people-young and old- not only in the U.S., but around our world. This year, we will extend our Sacred Conversation to include two additional groups of marginalized people as we explore Gender Identity and Prison Reform.

Our Mardi Gras Sunday worship, Lenten Gathering/Station Walk, and Taize/Labyrinth Walk were all well attended and very meaningful ways to continue preparing our hearts, minds, and bodies for the Good News! Hopefully throughout your journey, you have managed to “unburden your spirit” and “take nothing with you to hold you back from following Jesus’ lead.

Wednesdays: April 3rd and April 10th:

Lenten Book Study of The Last Week by Marcus Borg, led by Rev. Joanna in the Parlor at 7:00pm.

Maundy Thursday Service, Thursday, April 18th at 7:00pm in Bowers Chapel

Good Friday Service, Friday, April 19th at Lakewood Baptist Church at 6:30pm

Sunrise Service, Sunday, April 21st, 7:00am Lakewood Park

Easter Morning, Sunday, April 21st 9:00am Potluck Breakfast with Trinity in the Social Hall

Easter Service, Sunday, April 21st 10:00am with an Easter Egg Hunt to follow

Friend’s circle EVENTS

Friend’s Circle (LCC’s multi-generational women’s group)

Friend’s Circle will lead a Dessert/Craft Evening with the residents of Eliza Jennings Nursing Home on Tuesday, April 30th from 6:00-7:00ish

Judy Foote will guide the making of a Scrapbook page with the residents and we will also serve a dessert/coffee/tea. Details will come in an email

On Thursday, June 6th, we will volunteer at LCC’s Community Meal.

Please contact the office at 216-221-9555 or lccstaff@lcc-church.org to be added to the email list

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! LCC and Haynes collected 5 bags of food to donate in March to

Lakewood Community Services Center!

The first Sunday of the month is our food collection day. Items can be dropped off in the baskets lining the West Clifton Hallway

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In and Around LCC

Adventures in Reading

CALLING ALL READERS! Come to Adventures in Reading

(LCC book club) the 2nd Tuesday of each

month.

Tuesday, April 9th

12:30 p.m.

Westlake Porter Library

27333 Center Ridge Rd.

White

Chrysanthemum

Book: White Chrysanthemum (c) 2018 by Mary Lynn Bracht

Nancy Gibbs will lead the review and discussion of White Chrysanthemum (c) 2018, a debut novel by Mary Lynn Bracht. This story of historical fiction centers around two Korean sisters separated by World War II. Korea, 1943, Hana (age 16) has lived her entire life under Japanese occupation that denies her native language and culture. As a haenyeo, a female diver of the sea, she supports her family by diving to search for abalone and oysters. She enjoys her independence until the day Hana saves her younger sister (Emi - age 9) from a Japanese soldier and is herself captured and transported to Manchuria. There she is forced to become a “comfort woman” in a Japanese military brothel. The language is blunt. South Korea, 2011, Emi has spent more than sixty years with survivor’s guilt trying to forget the sacrifice her sister made, but she must confront the past to discover peace. Hana’s narrative covers the war years, while in Emi’s chapters it is 2011, and the elderly Emi is still looking for her sister. Growing up in Texas with a South Korean mother the author based White Chrysanthemum on true stories from her mother and her community of expat friends. It was only in 1993 that the Japanese government acknowledged the existence of comfort women - this despite the fact that the United Nations estimates that 200,000 women were forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese army.

SECOND SATURDAY

April 13th Women in our church family are invited to gather on Saturday, April 13th at 9am in the Parlor for Second Saturday; an hour of conversation, reflection and prayer. Take some time to get to know women of all ages in our church as we navigate through our spiritual journeys.

MARTHA’S TABLE

Martha’s Table is an “INreach” Team at LCC (Nurture and Growth) needs your HELP*… Many of you are familiar with Martha, the woman from the Bible who was all about serving Jesus and others great meals at her home! (Luke 10:38-42, John 11:1-44, 12:2). Our own Martha’s Table began a few years ago and has served our LCC family members many meals to help nourish the body, the mind, and the soul when life has become difficult to manage.

Jennifer Schwelik and Lisa Smith head up the Team of chefs/bakers/deliverers;

*if you are interested in being a part of this behind-the-scenes Team, email or call Jennifer or Lisa (see Church Directory.)

And, if you are in need of a meal due to an illness, death, new baby, or some other reason that prevents you from cooking a dinner, call the church office (216-221-9555).

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In and Around LCC - Member News

LCC MEMBER NEWS FROM MARCH:

Laura Rickard was recognized by the International Kwanmukan Hall of Fame for Distinguished Service for her work in therapeutic martial arts program at Summit Academy

Ian Taylor was selected to the 2019 Naval Academy Summer STEM Program. He is one of the 280 students selected out of 5,000 applications

Check out Sandy Sauder making a difference as the program creator/first tutor with the Refugee Response Tutoring Program here or at https://wishcleveland.com/changing-lives-one-conversation-at-a-time.

Noah Hamrick’s session proposal for the Gordon Institute for Music Learning International Conference on Music Learning Theory this summer was accepted. He will be presenting on “Hip Hop Recorder: Making Authentic Connections through Hip Hop and Improvisations” in Chicago.

Be sure to send your news to the office at lccstaff@lcc-church.org by the last Monday of the month.

All men are invited to the LCC Men's Group meeting, hosted by Richard Foote, on Monday, April 8th, 7:00 pm.

Plan to stay to watch the televised March Madness Men's National Championship Game at 9:00 pm, on the movie room big screen. If you have another activity that evening, come afterward! There will be soft

drinks and popcorn. Bring any other beverage you want, and we will order pizza as usual.

Richard's address is Brighton Chase Apartments, 19875 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River. Park in any empty space around the building, and turn right to find overflow lot to the west in front of CubeSmart (ignore tow signs, which are for abandoned cars only).

Call Richard's cell (216) 695-3554 if the front door isn't open. Please join us!

CENTENNIAL GARDEN PAVER BRICKS:

Orders for personalized Paver Bricks to be placed in our LCC Centennial Garden will be taken throughout the months of April and May. Explore our Garden to help you decide what to put on your brick-Do you want to celebrate a birth, wedding, accomplishment? Or, perhaps remember someone who has been dear to you…what about a favorite scripture or psalm? There are lots of ways to highlight the good news in your life…Order forms for a 4x8 ($50) and 8x8 ($100) brick can be found on the table in the back of the Sanctuary. Ask Patti K if you have any questions!

FAMILY PROMISE SPRING SHOWER

Lakewood Congregational Church has a long history of partnering with Family Promise in their mission to inspire and empower homeless families to transform their lives, become self-sufficient and fulfill their promise. For many years, we housed homeless families in our building for four weeks every year. A few years ago, they moved to a permanent site on E. 152nd Street where families in a housing crisis are provided shelter for up to 90 days along with case management services during their stay and after they move out. The agency helps over 100 homeless families each year secure independent housing and the means to sustain it.

You can help Family Promise by being a part of our Spring Shower during the month of April. We will be collecting twin sheets (new or gently used), twin blankets, new pillows, laundry baskets, laundry soap, toilet cleaner and toilet brush, multi purpose spray cleaner, 13 gallon garbage bags, paper towels and toilet paper. If you don’t have time to shop, you may also make a donation to LCC indicating it is for Family Promise and we will purchase these items for donation. Our event kicks off with a special coffee hour on April 7th! There will be a designated spot for donations in the West Clifton hallway.

If you have any questions, please contact Vicki Smigelski at vsmigelski@kksg.com or at 216-789-5020.

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Chris Kemp April 02 Oliver Basile April 02 Robert Wenz April 03 Megan Nagel April 05 Chris Fries April 06 Hope McGuan April 06 Felix Fries April 08 Virginia Baker April 11 Jan Young April 12 Marty Kennedy April 12 Celia Dorsch April 13 Missy Toms April 13 Liz Spahr April 17 Aubree Nagel April 18 Bill Langenhop April 23 Coralie Barcelona April 23 Grant Richards April 23 J.B. Bando April 25 Cindy Einhouse April 25 Joseph Garcia, Jr April 25 Jane Mechenbier April 25 Kelly Payne April 25 Jerri McGinnis April 28 Evelyn Richards April 29 Mariana Stockman April 29 Ben Einhouse April 30

April 2 Terry & Susan Walker

April 24 Stan & Margaret Shaw

April 26 Chuck & Ann Wright

2019 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

6 pm Community

Meal—Trinity Social Hall

7:30 pm Outreach Meeting—Parlor

2

3 7-8 pm Adult Faith

Formation— Book Study-Parlor

6 pm Community Meal—St. Peter’s Episcopal Social Hall

7-9:30 pm Verdi Rehearsal: Sanctuary

4 6 pm LCC Community

Meal 6:30 pm Tai Chi—Parlor 6:45 pm Handbells 8 pm Choir

5 9 pm: AA—Social

Hall

6

6 pm Rehearsal 8 pm Les Delices

Concert

7

Worship for All Ages Holy Communion

Birthday/Hunger Sunday 10 am Worship for All Ages 11 am Fellowship Hour 12 - 7:30pm: Youth Musical

Rehearsal—Social Hall

2 –4 pm SAI Violin Program: Chapel/Parlor

7:30-9:30 pm: Verdi Reh.

8

7 pm Haynes Board

Meeting: Parlor

Tech Week 6-9pm

Social Hall

9 12:30 pm Adventures in

Reading—Westlake Porter Library

7 pm Diaconate

Meeting: Parlor

Tech Week 6-9pm Social Hall

10 7—8 pm Adult Faith

Formation—Lenten Book Study-Parlor

7 pm: Marketing Meeting: Library

Tech Week 6-9pm Social Hall

11 6 pm LCC Community

Meal 6:30 pm Tai Chi—Parlor 6:45 pm Handbells 8 pm Choir Tech Week 6-9pm Social Hall

12

7 pm You’re a Good

Man, Charlie Brown

13 9 am Second Saturday–

Parlor 7 pm You’re a

Good Man, Charlie Brown

14 10 am Worship — Sanctuary 10 am Eliza Jennings 10:15 am Faith Formation 11 am Fellowship Hour—

Parlor 3 pm You’re a Good Man,

Charlie Brown 5 pm Cast Party 7-9 pm Verdi Rehearsal

15

7 pm Executive

Team—Parlor

16 6:30 pm Marketing

Meeting: Parlor

17 7-9pm Verdi Rehearsal:

Sanctuary

18

6-8pm: Trinity Dinner:

Social Hall 7 pm Service in the

Chapel 6:30pm Tai Chi—Parlor 8 pm Choir-Sanctuary

19

Haynes Closed 9 pm AA—Social

Hall

20 10-2 pm: Flower

Delivery: Sanctuary

12 pm Trinity

Community Meal—Social Hall

21 9 am Trinity Potluck

Breakfast: Social Hall 10 am Worship 10:15am Faith Formation 11 am Fellowship Hour—

Parlor 11:15am Easter Egg Hunt 7—9pm Verdi Rehearsal

22

23

24 7 pm Trinity Council

Meeting-Social Hall

25 6:30pm Tai Chi—Parlor 6:45pm: Handbells 8 pm: Choir

26 Haynes Lunch Bunch 9 pm AA—Social

Hall

27 10-12 pm Trinity

Pantry—downstairs

6 pm Progressive Dinner

28

10 am Worship with

Baptism Sanctuary 10:15 am Faith Formation 11 am Fellowship Hour–

Parlor 11:30 am Confirmation 11:30 am Giving

Presentation: Social Hall

7-9 pm Verdi Rehearsal

29 6-9 pm Verdi

Rehearsal

30

May 1

2 6 pm LCC Community

Meal

6:30 pm Tai Chi—Parlor 6:45 pm Handbells 8 pm Choir

3 9 pm AA—Social

Hall

4

10 am Confirmation Banner making

6-7:30 pm Quire

Cleveland

Lakewood Congregational Church

1375 West Clifton Boulevard

Lakewood OH 44107 STAFF: Senior Minister

Joanna D’Agostino

revjoanna@lcc-church.org

Director of Music

Ben Malkevitch

ben@lcc-church.org

Director of Children & Family Ministries

Patti Komperda pjkompe@yahoo.com

Director of Children & Youth Music

Noah Hamrick noah@lcc-church.org

Youth Ministry Leaders

Sarah & Mike Banyasz

Office Manager

Karen Lee

karen@lcc-church.org

Financial Manager

Patti Dobro

pattidobro@lcc-church.org

Childcare

Jacqueline Reasor

Building and Property

Liz Spahr

HAYNES NURSERY SCHOOL Alison Yonkers, Director

haynesnurseryschool@yahoo.com

EXECUTIVE TEAM:

Chair: Greg Wereb

Vice-Chair: Liz Spahr

Moderator: Michael Komperda

Treasurer: David Amen

Nurture and Growth Ministries:

Sue Tamilio

Welcoming Ministries:

Scott Suttell

Outreach Ministries: Laura Blesse - Hampton Diaconate: Vicki Smigelski

SUNDAY WORSHIP:

NURSERY: Sunday, 9:50 a.m. WORSHIP: Sunday, 10:00 a.m. FAITH FORMATION: 10:15 a.m.

(Children start in worship and are excused to attend classes at

Faith Formation time)

PHONE: 216-221-9555

FAX: 216-221-9088

WEBSITE: www.lcc-church.org

E-MAIL: lccstaff@lcc-church.org

CIRCLE THESE DAYS ON YOUR CALENDARS:

Easter Flower orders are due by Sunday, April 14th

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown: April 12, 13 at 7:00pm & 14 at 3:00pm

Progressive Dinner: Saturday, April 27, 6pm

Family Promise: April Showers Collection the month of April