News and Events
Category: Mission
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
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
SubZero Blue Coat Mission
What great donations for the "Blue Coat" missions! Thanks all that donated a coat, or other clothing! Diane Barnum dropped off our donations and this picture shows their
Neighbors in Need
It is that time of year again where we give our offerings to the Neighbors in Need for the month of September. Remember, two thirds of the offering is used by the U.C.C’s Justice and Witness Ministries to fund a wide array of local and national justice initiatives, advocacy efforts and direct service projects. One third of the offering supports the U.C.C.’s Council for American Indian Ministries. If you would like to donate online you can do so at
Mission Committee Needs Volunteers!
Mission Committee is in need of volunteers to help serve meals at St. Elisabeth Homeless Shelter located at 2726 Caroline Ave. near Broadway Ave. in Lorain. Mission committee serves meals the last Wednesday of each month from 4-6PM. If interested in volunteering, please contact Betty Pekare at
Block Party
Many thanks to all who helped make this year’s Block Party a success! Even the threat of a severe thunderstorm didn’t dampen our festivities! Thank you to all who donated, and all who helped, with set up and with serving! I would like to thank you all personally, but I’m not sure I saw everyone that helped…so if you did….THANK YOU! A huge shout out to Boy Scout Troop 427 for all their help. Many thanks to the committee that helped to organize this event, Kurt, Kody and Pam Beiswenger, Barb and Jim Wiley, Judy McCurdy, and Shelley Harmych. Looking forward to another great event next year! Speaking of the block party, there are leftovers! Please join us in the Fellowship Hall after church for hotdogs, beans, watermelon, chips, cookies, and whatever else! Afterwards, the remainder of the chips will be donated to Amherst High School’s Leo Club Backpack project that sends food home with needy kids for the weekend. Our September Noisy Collection will be donated to this project as well. Part of our block party was the Amherst Police Department’s Cram the Cruiser. If you peeked in either of the cruisers at the block party, you saw that they had a very successful collection, and today’s Noisy Collection will go toward that as well. We can be very proud of our
May Food Bank
The food bank is in need of your donations. They are asking for toilet tissue, bars of soap, spaghetti noodles and spaghetti sauce, peanut butter, cereal, boxes of instant potatoes, canned meat and canned vegetables, and tuna fish. These items can be donated in any of our designated bins located in the Walker lobby, the Elevator entrance and in the kitchen downstairs. St. Peter’s and the food bank appreciate your
HOUSE FIRE ON CORNELL
Many of you have already heard about the house fire on Cornell. While the family is all safe and together, the fire was devastating. Many of you have already come together to offer help. There will be a donation account set up at Chase bank. Donations can be made at any Chase bank and funds will go directly to the family. No account number will be needed. Just reference the family effected by the fire on
Clothing Ministry
Thank you so much to all who donated to the winter clothing drive. Please know that your items went directly to those who need them the most! Clothing collection for the Great Lakes Church homeless outreach and clothing pantry will continue throughout the coming year. The collection box will remain in the lobby. New and used items are acceptable, just try to keep items seasonally appropriate. If you have any questions or need to have donations picked up, please contact Diane Barnum at
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