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Christ is risen! We celebrate Easter this year on April 4. The good news of Easter brings joyous hope for our lives, and gives us a message of hope for others! It is for this reason that our church takes a special Easter Offering, which goes entirely for missions. We have goal of... Read More →

“True fasting” is a commitment of the heart to do God’s will, which enables us to share in the wonderful things God can do among us. Read More →

Join us each Wednesday at 7:00 PM for the premiere of that week’s Lenten music program. These 10–15 minute programs feature music from our music staff and volunteers, as well as meditative scripture. These programs can be viewed on our Facebook page, our YouTube channel, or... Read More →

God raises people of out the depths of despair and out of death itself, and brings us into life. Read More →

This academic year, we began uploading video Sunday school lessons created by our very own Children’s Choir director Chelsea Alderson! Each week, a roughly 10-minute video accompanied by downloadable, print-on-demand resources will help entertain and educate your child on... Read More →

During the traditional 12 days of Christmas (Christmas Day through Epiphany), we are releasing one piano solo each day by our very own Sarah Brosvic! Tune in to our Facebook or Instagram pages for the release of a new classic Christmas song each day at noon. The video with all... Read More →

The Nolin family, long-time members of our church, have graciously given us recordings of recorder duets, trios, and quartets of timeless Christmas music, which we have assembled into a 25-minute concert. You can view the concert below or on our YouTube page. Merry Christmas! Read More →

Visit the “Our Newsletter” page to read the latest news and updates for this month! Read More →

Join our Virtual Gathering on Sunday, Nov. 8, from 11:30 to noon. Reconnect with other church members! See our new sanctuary renovations! Be inspired by our church’s calling! Connect with the Zoom meeting at this link. Read More →

God will empower us for the great spiritual struggles that we face. Read More →

This year, All Saints’ Day falls on a Sunday, November 1. During all services that day, the names of people who have been lost in the past year (November 2019–October 2020) will be read out to remember those who have ascended to heaven. Please use the form to submit names for... Read More →

The sale this year raised over $7,300 for missions! This is more than double most past sales, and we have all of you and our chair Carol Pozuc to thank! Read More →

In light of the recent tragic loss of life of people of color to police violence, Bishop Tracy Malone and the Extended Cabinet of the East Ohio Conference released this statement condemning the violence and setting forth our commitment to furthering the cause of racial justice in... Read More →

UPDATED STATEMENT – JUNE, 2021 On Pentecost, May 23, we launched the restart of regular in-person worship. As expected, our online congregation continued to be larger than the in-person one, but we had a solid start as we moved into a new phase in our congregational worship.... Read More →

This is targeted toward people who are not able to connect with our live-streamed worship. The following parameters are in keeping with guidelines set by our Bishop. Worship at 8:30 will be structured in a way to ensure the safety of all who attend in this time of pandemic. If... Read More →

Sunday, May 31 at 3:00 PM, we presented an online organ recital featuring our own organist, Dawn Filler. The 40-minute recital features music by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Messiaen, and several tunes specifically appropriate for Pentecost! Visit live.kentmethodist.org/recital to view... Read More →

Rev. Douglas Denton examines the story of Mary anointing Jesus’ feet and its message for our own acts of humility and love. Read More →

Dr. Palmer is releasing new devotionals daily titled Crisis Counsels from the Scriptures. They will be released both as a blog and an audio podcast. Click here to join our email list for daily emails of the posts. Read More →

Over the weekend in our church we took steps to throttle back most of our small group activities. This involved a careful process of working with the leaders of each group or ministry. Here are the updates: Sunday School, Children’s Choir, ZAMARingers, and youth group are... Read More →

Jesus joins fully in our human weakness and our brokenness. No matter what you are experiencing, you are not alone. Christ is with you. Read More →

In the midst of suffering, Jesus acts in compassion. We can find an answer to our own pain when we join with Jesus and turn outward in love toward others. Read More →

Photographs for an updated pictorial directory of our church members will be taken during the month of May. Please register online here for a free appointment. (Plan on setting aside one hour for family photos.) Read More →

Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord. Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands to God in heaven. So said the prophet Jeremiah in Lamentations 3:40–41. In these brief words Jeremiah outlined the path to spiritual healing and wholeness: Recognize and... Read More →

To many people, St. Patrick’s Day has to do with partying, or maybe it has to do with being (or pretending to be) Irish. But the real life of St. Patrick had to do with making a deep commitment to Jesus Christ. Patrick, kidnapped as a youth and sold into slavery in Ireland, found... Read More →

Companions in Christ is a twenty-eight week journey in spiritual formation, which guides persons to deepen their prayer life and grow in their relationship with God. This year’s class will be led by Patty Yensel and begins October 10, meeting Wednesdays from 10 am to noon. Please... Read More →

Have you ever had the experience of wrestling with something, unable to figure it out, and then someone comes up and shows you the clear answer? You think to yourself, “If only I had known that to begin with!” Humanity is constantly wrestling with the big questions of life. What... Read More →

Through Christ, God has made reconciliation happen. It is up to us accept this and act on it…be ambassadors for Christ. Read More →

With the evils that rage in today’s world, it is easy to fall into an age-old pattern—to classify human beings as the good or the bad, the righteous or the unrighteous, and to decide that the way to improve the world will be to eliminate the unrighteous. The church in the Middle... Read More →