News and Events
Compassionate Care Needs Your Help!
Just a reminder that we are accepting donations for our Easter Care Bags to our homebound members. If possible, please have them here by Sunday, March 26th or the latest by April 2nd so we can start filling the bags. You can drop them off outside the church office. We will deliver the gift bags with an Easter Lily (gifted by members) after Easter. Following are some suggestions: Individual Snack Bags (pretzels, chips, etc.) Adult Coloring Books and/or pack of 24 crayons | Puzzle Books Individual Hand Sanitizers | Lip Balm Thank you! Joan Whitman Items may be dropped off in the bin in Walker Lobby marked Care
Preschool 2020/2021
Hi Everyone! We are excited for the start of Preschool. We are going to be proceeding differently this year. Please watch the reading of the Preschool Hanbook! If you have any questions, please contact the preschool at
Circle 6 Blog
Circle Six will be having an organization meeting for the 2020-21 year on September 1, 2020 at 12:30 pm at the Picnic Shelter at Beaver Creek Reservation (913 North Lake Street, Amherst, Ohio 44001— right next to the Amherst Police Department). The picnic shelter is right next to the parking lot, and there are restrooms available across the lot. We have some great ideas for the coming year, and possibly making some changes to make our organization more acceptable to more ladies! Please come, bring your own lunch and drink, and a mask! We will social distance to keep ourselves safe. Hope to see many of you there! If you need a ride, please contact Sally Readinger at (440)222-3414 and we will make arrangements to get you
Vacation Bible School
2020 VBS will be Virtual! The team at GO! Curriculum has designed a 3-day "backyard" VBS that is custom made for churches and families during the COVID19 shutdown. We have thought through every aspect of the VBS experience and made it so user friendly that any family can easily do it at home. With minimal preparation, easy to follow instructions, and a video that leads kids step-by-step through each day, BOLT VBS is the perfect quarantine-friendly solution for your church or family. After months of virtual learning, many kids are already experiencing screen-fatigue. With that in mind, BOLT has struck the perfect balance between video content and in-person games and activities. TO REGISTER: EMAIL: dir.ed@stpetersamherst.org and say you would like to participate. Please include a mailing address so we can mail you an information packet which will include the link to the parent portal. You may do this VBS at your pace and convenience. 3 days in a row, 1 day a week...however you would like. Each day is approximately 1 1/2 hours of
Worship Guidelines
Hi All, The two attached items are recommendation and guidelines from our Ohio United Church of Christ leaders. UCC Ohio Worship Update Guidelines for in person worship St Peter's leadership: Council, has not yet taken up this conversation. I offer this to you so that you are part of the conversation Council will have in May, about when and how sanctuary worship
JOIN WORSHIP USING ZOOM
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Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday service will be held at 7 PM. There will be a light dinner of soups and chili starting at 6 PM. Come join us for this little gathering before the service. You may receive ashes 8:30- 9:30AM, 12 – 1PM in the Chapel and 7 PM in the
Noisy Collection to buy Easter Dinners
Today’s and March 22 Noisy Collections will go toward buying Easter dinners for needy families in the Amherst area. In conjunction, we will again be collecting foods to complement our collection, so we can reach even more families! Foods needed are: Boxed scalloped potatoes, canned green beans, mushroom soup, french fried onions, applesauce, packaged desserts like cake mix and frosting, jello, etc. Volunteers are needed to help package the dinners on April 6 at 10
Marching Forward
The Transition Team is on a Quest and we have another great "food" event planned for you as we move forward to finalizing our data for the future Search Team. Plan to attend any one of the following QUEST GROUPS to eat (for free!) AND share your input with us right here at the church. And, of course, Pastor Arlen will be at all of the events. Wednesday, Jan 22, 12:30pm-2:30pm Lunch with Mary-K Kirsch and Kaye Koler Saturday, Jan 25, 930am - 1130am Breakfast with Christine Burman and Tom McGinnis Saturday, Jan 25, 6pm - 8pm Dinner with Janet McGinnis and Brian Schieferstein Please sign up at the back of the church (in the front entrance lobby) as soon as possible. We are looking forward to seeing all of you at a QUEST
Calling All Youth!!
Calling all youth! Vermilion UCCC is inviting youth grades 6-12 and their chaperones to an overnighter to help Denison Avenue UCC help the homeless! The overnighter will be held at Vermilion UCCC (990 State St., Vermilion, OH) from 7 pm Sat. February 22 through Sunday morning worship Feb.23. Games, activities, and presentations will focus on the issue of housing insecurity. Registration is FREE, but youth are encouraged to collect donations to benefit Denison UCC - see the flyer for more details! To learn more about Denison UCC's fight to help the homeless, click here: https://www.ucc.org/news_cleveland_church_fights_city_hall_to_offer_freezing_people_warmth_transformation_12232019 To register your church's participants, please contact the Living Water Association office at 330-940-2220, email the office at office@livingwaterone.org, or click the link in this Friday's "Streams of Connection" newsletter! Questions? Contact Vermilion UCCC at 440-967-5212 or
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