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Easter 2024 Events
Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 30 from 2:00pm -3:30pm inside the Church Easter Services Palm Sunday Sunday March 24th 10:30am Maundy Thursday Potluck Dinner/WorshipThursday March 28th at 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall Good Friday Tenebrae ServiceFriday March 29 at 7:00 PM Easter SundaySunday March 31st at 8:15am & 10:30am
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Just North Christian Childcare has Openings
Visit the JNCC website for details.
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Welcome Pastor Steve
Just North Congregational United Church of Christ is pleased to announce that Pastor Steve Van Kuiken has accepted our call to become our new settled pastor. Pastor Van Kuiken was previously the lead minister of a congregation in Pullman, WA. Before that he served churches in Nashville, Covington (KY), Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Tucson and Chicago. In…
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Immigration Justice Ministry Update
José, Susana, Miguelangel, and Mariangel, a family from Honduras seeking asylum in the United States, spent over a year housed in our church. Financial, emotional, and legal support for the family has been provided through the collaborative efforts of Just North UCC, First Unitarian Universalist, Temple Israel, the UCC denomination, as well as other organizations…
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Game Night
For Charades, contact Barbara Taylor to arrange a time. For the Elder Scrolls Online or Phantasy Star Online 2, find us on Discord at https://discord.gg/s6bajvu. For ESO, must be at least 18 y.o. or 13 y.o. with parent / guardian supervision.
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Sunday Worship Online
Join us Sundays at 10:30am for Sunday worship! Check our Facebook page for the link each week!
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Good Friday Service
Join us on our Just North Facebook page for our Good Friday Service, hosted by Pastoral Intern Rachael Miller. The subject is the last words of Jesus, and it will feature reflections by 7 congregants. The service will start at 7pm and will run about 25 minutes.
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Summer Camp!
If you’ve already purchased a summer camp for this summer, be sure to keep an eye on the CoViD-19 updates page! Summer camp plans for 2020 will be re-evaluated on April 30 and May 15 with regard to the pandemic, so stay tuned. UCC summer camps at Templed Hills are (so far) still on for…
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10:30am Service Will Stream Live on Facebook Sunday
Coronavirus Update: On-site services will be cancelled for both 8:15am and 10:30am on Sunday. Please join us on our Facebook page for streaming service at 10:30. We continue to pray for pray for each other and our leaders, for our communities, our nation, all people everywhere.
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We Are All One People: Interfaith Dinner Update
A beautiful evening March 7 when the room was filled with members of 3 faith communities (Just North UCC, Temple Israel, First Unitarian Universalist) who gathered for dinner fellowship & support of Immigrant Justice Ministries, especially our Honduran family legally seeking asylum. Rabbi Bat Ami raised a joyful song.
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Lenten Series
“Spaces” is our Lenten worship theme this year — an invitation to the congregation to reflect on the many ways that we engage with different kinds of space — emotional/spiritual/psychological/social/physical space. Our Lenten worship themes are as follows: March 1: Claiming Space The Temptation of Jesus, Mathew 4:1-11 March 8: Hallowing Space Nicodemus Comes to Jesus, John…
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Remember That You Are Dust …
Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return. These are words traditionally used to open the season of Lent. They are a reminder of our mortality and of our dependence upon God. It is God who created us, with love, from the stuff of the earth, and to the earth we will…
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We Are All One People: Interfaith Dinner and Multicultural Celebration
Tickets: $15 per person. $25 per couple/family Tickets will also be available at the door. What: Interfaith Dinner and Experience co-hosted by First Unitarian Universalist Church and Temple Israel.When: March 7, 2020 – 6:30pmWhere: Just North UCC 2040 West Henderson Road, Columbus, OH 43220 Facing death threats, an Honduran family of four was forced to…
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Blue Christmas Service & Lunch: December 25, 11 a.m. & 12 p.m.
For some, Christmas can be a time of depression, lonliness, stress, or grief. God invites us to honor our experience. Join us for a gathering in love, a time of acknowledge our pain and sorrows, a time to be in community. Come as you are. Worship begins at 11 a.m. A potluck lunch will be…
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Christmas Eve Services – 7pm and 11pm
Join us for Christmas Eve Services, December 24 at 7 p.m. or 11 p.m. The 7 p.m. service is a joyous, family-friendly event. The 11 p.m. service will be a contemplative service. We hope to see you, and may God bless you this day.
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Christmas Pageant — Sunday Dec. 8, 10:30am Service
Join our kids and their musical mentors for a lighthearted take on the nativity story during the 10:30 service on Sunday, Decmber 8
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Weds Evening Book Study: Climate Church, Climate World: How People of Faith Must Work for Change
by Jim Antal will be the book used for WEBS this fall beginning Wednesday, September 18 thru November 13 at 7:00 pm This book is written by UCC minister, Rev. Jim Antal, who has worked in the field of environmentalism for 20 years. “WHY should people of faith engage the moral challenge of climate change…
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An Updated Look at the Climate Crisis: Where We Are, What Can We Do? Who Is Impacted?
Please join us on Sunday, August 25, 2019, immediately following the 10:30 service when Just North member Mary DeLamatre will present what she learned through the Climate Reality Project Leadership Training. Childcare will be available and lunch will be provided. We do request that you RSVP to Susan Kinzer at 614-451-1835 by Wednesday August 21.…
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Save the Date!
A Summer Concert For A Cause That Crosses Every Divide! by Joyce Phelps and Leslie Kern Please be sure to SAVE THE DATE for our next Concert For A Cause: SATURDAY, AUGUST 24th. Picnic: 5-7:00 pm Concert: 7:00 pm. We are living in a time of unprecedented division and this concert will be a music-filled,…
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Honduran Family Lives At Just North UCC Awaiting Asylum
Click Here to Donate to Help Support the Family Update: The Nov 9 Concert for a Cause featuring Sally Fingerett and Sirens will raise funds to support the family. Get your tickets today! Just North has taken in a family of four from Honduras: Mom, Dad, toddler and brand-new baby seeking to make Columbus their…
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Mary Magdalene Celebration
Mary Magdalene Celebration Saturday, July 277:00 pmFellowship Hall2040 Henderson Rd, Columbus 43220 This year Dances of Universal Peace are joining us, with opportunities for us to sing and dance to beautiful music. Associate Pastor Joanna Samuelson is our worship leader. The service honoring Mary Magdalene includes We’ll have music, dance, and song interspersed. A tribute…
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Pride 2019
JustNorth will celebrate the 2019 Pride Festival downtown on Saturday! Join North Church members and continue the tradition! We love to CELEBRATE our diversity and extravagant welcome. Join us this Saturday, June 15 on High Street in Short North. Step off is at 10:30. I have pulled some pictures from over the last 10 years…
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Wednesday Evening Book Study: Grounded
Grounded: Finding God in the World. A Spiritual Revolution The headlines are clear: religion is on the decline in America as many people leave behind traditional religious practices. Diana Butler Bass, leading commentator on religion, politics, and culture, follows up her acclaimed book Christianity After Religion by arguing that what appears to be a decline…
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Climate Crisis: Where We Are, What Can We Do?
Mary DeLamatre is back from the Climate Reality Project Leadership Training she attended in Atlanta and will be sharing what she learned on Sunday, May 19, 2019, immediately following the 10:30 service in Fellowship Hall. The Climate Reality Project was started in 2006 by Al Gore just after he released his movie “An Inconvenient Truth,”…
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Family Board Games Night May 17
Games night is a week early this month (moved for Memorial Day weekend.) Join us at 6:30pm to play family board games. All ages and all kinds of games. Bring a game to share, we’ll have light snacks available.
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Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus Illuminati Choir Sunday May 19th
Referring to the Latin phrase meaning “the Enlightened Ones,” Illuminati was created to respond to the community’s expressed desire for musical performances of a sacred or spiritual nature. Its mission is to increase the Chorus’ outreach performances, particularly to religious organizations, while respecting our members’ spiritual beliefs. Illuminati performs monthly at various religious institutions and…
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Holy Week
April 14 Palm Sunday 8:15/10:30am in the Sanctuary April 18 Maundy Thursday 7:00pm in the Fellowship Hall April 19 Good Friday 7:00pm in the Sanctuary April 21 Easter 7:00/8:15/10:30am in the Sanctuary April 21 Easter Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt 9:00am in the Fellowship Hall
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Family Board Games Night Friday March 22
6:30pm Friday February 22nd Family Board Games Night Join us to play family board games. All ages and all kinds of games. Bring a game to share, we’ll have light snacks available.
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The Faces and Faiths of Sanctuary
On March 10 we hosted a public forum to share our experiences in providing Sanctuary to undocumented persons who are under threat of deportation and family separation due to our broken and unjust immigration system. We partnered with three other faith communities: Columbus Mennonite Church (hosting Edith Espinal in Sanctuary) First English Lutheran Church (housing…
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Family Board Games and Parents’ Night Out
So hard to choose! Do you stay and play, or drop the kids for a couple hours to have adult conversation over dinner? 6:30p Friday February 22nd Family Board Game Night Join us to play family board games. All ages and all kinds of games. Bring a game to share, we’ll have light snacks available.…