Praise. Grow. Serve.
Ying, HCC’s very talented Director of Music, will be performing as part of The Quarantine Concerts presented by Piano Cleveland this week, Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. you can access by visiting Piano Cleveland’s website https://www.pianocleveland.org/the-quarantine-concerts/. You can also tune in by visiting Piano Cleveland’s Facebook page .
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The Unity in our Community campaign served over 100 families on April 15.
This collaborative effort, brought to you by Shaker Heights congregations, neighborhood associations & residents, will continue in May. For the last two weeks of April, food needs will be met by the Shaker Community Hunger Center located at 20120 Lomond Blvd.
Here are some pictures from the April Food Drive
Due to coronavirus (COVID-19) shelter-in-place requirements, the Cleveland Ecumenical Institute for Religious Studies (CEIRS) has collaborated with the Northeast Ohio School of Ministry to participate in their ONLINE spring course offering this season!
SIGNPOSTS: APPROACHING FICTION
AND POETRY RECREATIVELY
Instructor: Steven Geitgey
Dates: Tuesdays, April 21, 28; May 5, 12, 19, 26; June 2, 9
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Cost to audit Course: $65.00
Location: Online via Zoom video conferencing
Course Description: One of the values of reading is its ability to entertain us and to provide us with opportunities for recreation. But it can be recreative at a deeper level when our reading is open to the significance of fiction and poetry as signposts to the issues, resonances, and life-meanings we grapple with and search for as people of faith.
This course will consider short stories and poetry as important catalysts for personal reflection and formation, as well as useful resources for those accompanying others’ formation. We will be enjoying and discussing stories from noted authors including Sarah Orne Jewett, Isak Dinesen, Leo Tolstoy, Charles Chesnutt, and Mary Wilkins Freeman, with accompanying passages from mystical and spiritual writers spanning the 2000 years of Christian history.
Learn more and register online here: https://ceirs.org
Hey, Shaker! We’re creating Unity in our Community by coordinating a community-wide food drive! How can you help? Drop off a donation on Thursday, April 9th from 3-6 PM at Heights Christian Church OR Christ Episcopal Church**.
Suggested donations: Non-perishable foods & hygiene items.
See link for most requested items: https://hungernetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Most-Needed-Items-Sheet.pdf
Cash donations & $50 gift cards for Heinen’s, Giant Eagle or Dave’s will also be accepted.
This is a collaborative effort, brought to you by Shaker Heights Churches & Neighborhood Associations.To sign up to help go here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084ba4a62ba6fc1-unity
Residents In Need: The first distribution event will take place at Heights Christian Church on April 15th from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Additional distribution events will take place at The Shaker Food Pantry on April 22nd, 24th, 27th & 29th from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Location address: 20120 Lomond Blvd.
Contact for more information:Heights Presbyterian Church
Pastor Mark Robertson
markr@heightspres.org
Christ Episcopal Church
Dawn Lynne Dengler
sexton@cometochristchurch.org
**Entrance & Drop Off Locations:
Heights Christian Church – Use Winslow Road entrance
Christ Episcopal Church – Use South side entrance by medical building (red door, down the stairs)
HCC members and friends,
As a matter of care and safety, we have moved to holding our worship services online for the foreseeable future. Please go to our Sunday worship page (heightscc.org/worship) to find information on how to join us.
During the StayAtHome order, we offer a StoryTime for children via Zoom each Tuesday at 3:00 pm. If you would like to join us, please email Kate Gillooly at Kate@HeightsCC.org for the link. We will catch up, read stories, and pray together.
Join us for an exploration of the Fourth Gospel (the Gospel according to John) on Tuesday afternoons Feb. 11 – March 17 at 1:00 pm at 3-19 Coffee (Lee Road and Van Aken Blvd.). Come learn and share together! All are welcome!
The first Little Free Pantry on the east side of Cleveland is open at HCC. Think Little Free Library but with food. The motto is “Take what you need, leave what you can.” It is located behind the church on Winslow Road near the playground.
We have 4′ x 12′ plots available for the 2018 growing season. Suggested contribution is $30, which covers your plot and water. Check it out on Daleford Road between Van Aken and Winslow. Registration is available online or by calling the church office (216-561-4800). Know someone who might be interested? Be sure to spread the word.