Lakeview United Church of Christ

05/19/2026

Our 5th Sunday mission in the month of May is Sweet Cheeks!

CHANGING THE BOTTOM LINE FOR FAMILIES IN NEED
Traditional government assistance programs like SNAP and WIC don’t cover the cost of diapers. Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank, which is now a program of St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati, has been providing diapers to local families in need since 2015.
In 2025, Sweet Cheeks had the following impact:
· 2,271,603 diapers distributed
· 3,786 children served per month
· 46 distribution partners in their network
· 800,783 diapers donated to SCDB

Lakeview UCC has been supporting Sweet Cheeks from the beginning with an annual diaper drive and collection. This year’s diaper drive and collection will be May 31st.
How can you help?
· Donate diapers of any size.
· Sizes 4, 5, and 6 as well as pull-ups are especially needed.
· Loose diapers are welcome, as long as they are in a zipped bag.
· Don’t want to buy diapers? Our collection that day will also support Sweet Cheeks!

Let’s join Sweet Cheeks in their mission: We believe every person deserves access to essential items like diapers and period products. When neighbors in need don't have access to these items, they miss out on school, work, and struggle to pay their bills.

Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank, a program of St. Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati, partners with local nonprofits and healthcare providers to provide free diapers to families in need, while also raising awareness of the basic health need for diapers. 

05/17/2026

Due to technical difficulties, there will be no online worship service upload available today (5/17/2026). We apologize for the inconvenience.

04/30/2026

Strengthen the Church and United Church Homes are our Missions for the month of May.

This year’s theme for the Strengthen the Church (STC) Offering is “Sent Forth in Love.” As members we have a shared commitment to cooperatively build up the UCC. Conferences and the national setting equally share the gifts given by members and friends through their local congregations. The funds raised support leadership development, new churches, youth ministry, and innovation in existing congregations. We are working together to build the church to come, preserving our future. By your generosity to this offering, you build up the Body of Christ. As God calls our congregations to be the church in new ways, your generosity will plant new churches, awaken new ideas in existing churches and develop the spiritual life in our youth and young adults.

Our 2nd Mission is United Church Homes, UCH began its mission at a time of ethnic discrimination, poverty, and pandemic. Over the years, people and situations have changed, but the mission has remained the same: to provide quality and affordable housing and healthcare options for older adults. Today, United Church Homes is a leading provider of healthcare and senior living services with a mission to transform aging by building a culture of community, wholeness, and peace for those they serve. In Dayton, UCH is currently fundraising for construction of the Longfellow Commons Community, which will convert a historical school and the rest of a city block into a place for members of the LGBTQ community and allies to call home and a safe place for them to belong in the community of others. Brimming with amenities like a theater, bodega, lounge, speakeasy, inspiration studio and fitness room, the community won’t be shy about its abundance of life lived here.

Discover community living in Dayton, Ohio.

04/04/2026

Join us at 10:15am as Easter Sunday finds us rejoicing in the Risen Christ!
Pastor Ruth will share her message on The Gift of New Life and we will look forward to special music from both the handbell and chancel choirs.

We hope you will join us as we gather for a memorable time of music, prayer, and worship!

04/04/2026

Childhood Food Solutions is Lakeview’s mission for the
month for April. This small local program provides food for
hungry children in the Roll Hill neighborhood and sur-
rounding neighborhoods of Cincinnati on weekends, holidays
and summer breaks, when school nutrition programs are
typically not available.

Lakeview’s donations this month will help the program to
purchase, pack and deliver food boxes and sacks to needy families identified by school personnel. In our current political climate, with major cuts in safety-net programs, your financial assistance for this private sector program is needed more than ever.

During the school year children receive their sacks at school. During the summer, we work with neighborhood groups to get our sacks into the apartment buildings and homes.

03/15/2026

We are experiencing technical difficulties with the upload of today's worship service. We will email the service link as soon as the issue is resolved. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

03/03/2026

The March mission is One Great Hour of Sharing, in which we join with Christians in seven other denominations to support relief services wherever and whenever disaster strikes in the U.S.A. and abroad, and also to provide long-term, sustainable development assistance, refugee resettlement, and social services. Tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes ravaged communities worldwide, leaving behind devastation and extreme stress. Drought, violence and COVID wreaked havoc in communities, often leaving people without food and resources for themselves and their family. The UCC responds to disasters such as these through our One Great Hour of Sharing offering. Programs and grants help communities launch long-term recovery fol-lowing such disasters.

A portion of our OGHS offering also goes to refugee relief and resettlement across the world. As an example of our gifts at work, several UCC churches are actively hosting or supporting refugee families, often in coordination with churches of other denominations. Countless other churches have collected supplies and funds toward this effort. Tool kits and online training sessions are available through the UCC for churches supporting refugee families, all because of offerings to One Great Hour of Sharing.

OGHS will continue to help other poor communities find and develop new sources of food and clean water, and improve health standards. Efforts to empower women and families to become more self-sufficient are also supported through this mission. See the United Church of Christ website (search One Great Hour of Sharing) for more information on this and other ways OGHS helps those in need, and for statistics on how efficiently collected money is used. Specifically, look at the FAQs under OGHS.

02/01/2026

Caracole is our February Mission of the Month.

Caracole is an organization located in Cincinnati that provides education, testing, housing and supportive services to individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS. In addition to the opportunity to provide monetary support to this agency through mission giving in February, we also have the opportunity to donate much needed supplies for individuals and families served by Caracole.
Most needed donations:
*Shampoo and hair care products for all types of hair, incl. natural texture, kinky/coily hair.++
*Body wash ++
*Deodorant ++
*Razors and shaving cream++
*Tissues
*Laundry detergent
*Full or queen size sheet sets+
*Blankets+

++ Personal care items most needed in unscented or gender- neutral scents.
+ New or gently used items, please.

During the month of February, you are invited to bring your donations of these items to church and place them in front of the altar. Questions? See Linda Overholt

01/24/2026

NO WORSHIP SERVICES – Sunday, January 25, 2026.

Given the winter storm in the forecast, council and staff have made the difficult decision to cancel worship service for Sunday, January 25th.

Your safety is our priority! Stay warm and safe, and look out for one another.

01/11/2026

The online service for January 11, 2026 is now available on our Vimeo page. All registered users will find the link in today's Lakeview email.