Faith briefs: Free produce, Impact VBS, church dinner, guest speaker
Free produce distribution on June 14
First English Lutheran Church, 53 Park Avenue West at South Mulberry Street, holds a free produce distribution on the second Tuesday of the month April through November. The next distribution will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 14 and may start early if volunteers are ready.
The church receives more than 6,000 pounds of fresh produce for the distribution, which is open to everyone. You must bring your state ID, driver's license or proof of residence.
First English will continue to offer a drive-through distribution. Volunteers will load the produce in the back or trunk of your vehicle. Pastor Tim Hubert will be there to greet participants and offer prayers.
Questions can be directed to Jan Fisher at 419-589-2820.
Impact Church invites children to Monumental VBS
A summer kids’ event called Monumental VBS will be hosted at Impact Church, 160 Woodruff Road in Mansfield, starting this Monday through June 10. At Monumental, kids explore the sun-baked Southwestern desert as they dig into God’s great love! Kids participate in memorable Bible-learning activities, sing catchy songs, create crafts, play teamwork-building games, devour yummy treats, and experience one-of-a-kind Bible Adventures. Plus, kids will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through something called God Sightings. Each day concludes with a Canyon Closing that gets everyone involved in living what they’ve learned. Family members and friends are encouraged to join in daily for this special time at 11:30.
Kids at Monumental VBS will join a missions effort to provide school supplies for the church's Nicaragua missionaries.
Monumental is for kids from kindergarten through fifth grade and will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Please register online at Impactwc.com.
Beef and noodles dinner at Mansfield church
Ridgeway Church of God, 1380 Park Avenue East, will hold a beef and noodles dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Friday. The menu will include: Beef & noodles, green beans, desserts and drinks. The cost is a donation.
All Souls welcomes guest speaker Sunday
BELLVILLE — All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Bellville, 25 Church St., welcomes Wendy Bartlett as guest speaker at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Her presentation is titled "What Don't You Know About Thoreau?"
Bartlett graduated from the Unitarian Universalist House of Studies with dual specializations in Unitarian Universalism and Interreligious Contexts. Her areas of focus were Unitarian Universalist history and the intersection of Unitarian Universalism and Buddhism. Raised in the United Church of Christ, Wendy’s family joined the UU church when she was 13, and she’s been here ever since. She lives with her grown-up son, a cat, and a grand-cat in Fairlawn, Ohio.
For more information visit allsoulsuuohio.org.
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