Youngstown UMC Collaborative

01/02/2024

New year, same energy: comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

10/12/2023

09/23/2023

This morning the brings us to for a half day of centering through prayer/meditation, yoga, and taking time to be in nature. So grateful for this gem right in Liberty Township.

09/10/2023

Our campus is honored to be the site of the Youngstown installment of "When I Was in Prison," the sixth of a series of sculptures by Timothy Schmalz depicting Jesus' injunctions in Matthew 25.

Youngstown is now the fourth city worldwide (after Rome, Cleveland, and Detroit) to have the full installment, and our sculptures have the distinction of being the closest to one another physically - all six are placed within a mile of one another.

Yesterday's concert and dedication, in honor of Ken L. Schafer, was a lovely and blessed time. So grateful to everyone who came out!

08/16/2023

Back to school blessings at both campuses this Sunday! Students and school faculty/staff, bring your backpack or messenger bag, whatever you carry, to receive a blessing for the coming school year.

Church Hill - we'll pray following the Children's Moment
Trinity - we'll pray following the Lord's Prayer

08/04/2023

Today, the mission field is right here at CHUM! It's our August distribution, a long and compassionate partnership between several faith communities to share love through feeding our neighbors' bodies and spirits. Blessed are the hands the give and the hands that receive.

08/03/2023

For much of our lives, we split most of our time between two places: home, the first place; and work/school, the second place. Many of us also have a “third place,” defined by Emily Torres as “a familiar public spot where you regularly connect with others known and unknown, over a shared interest or activity” (emphasis mine). Third places share certain characteristics, gleaned from the work of Ray Oldenburg and compiled here in a handy list from…...

For much of our lives, we split most of our time between two places: home, the first place; and work/school, the second place. Many of us also have a “third place,” defined by Emily Torres as “a fa…

08/03/2023

Farther afield today! Working with Rev. to create some good trouble.

07/29/2023

pastors are appointed not only to their communities but also to the wider Kin(g)dom connection. Today, that looks like presiding at the funeral of one of God's saints from , a sister in Christ and true eshet chayil (woman of valor).

What a blessing to celebrate this amazing woman's life with her lovely family.