By Brett Hetherington* Every Thursday and Saturday for three hours at Barberton Lakeview United Methodist Church (Canal District) a constant flow of people moves through the church building receiving aid for a variety of needs through the efforts of a dedicated group of church and community volunteers. This ecumenical outreach began a decade ago with [...]
Category: Community Engagement
Creating Sanctuary Through Building Community
By Brett Hetherington* The building at the corner of W. 44th and Bridge Avenue in what has come to be known as the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland has had several names in its 140 years. Today it is known as the Harbor and Bridge Community Center, and the people who work in it are [...]
Needing, Reading and Heeding the Words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 60 Years Later
By Rick Wolcott* “I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their ‘thus saith the Lord’ far beyond the boundaries of their home towns, and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus [...]