Graduate Recognition
Stone Soup
Friendship Connection
APS Walk for Life
Women's Game Day
End of School Year Celebration
Missions Corner
Camp Sonshine Help
First Quarter Treasurers Update
Connections
Church App
Monthly Schedule

Calling all those that are graduating this year! Please fill out the form below so they can be recognized. For High Schoolers please let Pastor Jim know if you are attending the End of the School Year Celebration on May 21 by May 14. Recognition will be June 8

Peanut Butter Curry and Lemon Chicken Orzo. Chocolate Chip Cookies for dessert. Profits for this quarter benefit Stone Soup to cover costs for things like containers and bags. We also have some Tomato Basil and Sausage & Black Bean soups left from this month. . Order in person in the lobby the first Sunday of the month or below.

PICKUP DAY May 11!!

Join us for a Pizza dinner and meet with Brandon File from Cardinal Village on Thursday, May 15 @ 6pm in the Community Room. Cost is $7 - Sign ups in the Lobby after church Sunday, May 4th and May 11th. 

Akron Pregnancy Services Walk for Life
Join us at the Robinson House at 715 E Buchtel Ave. Akron, Ohio
Check-in begins at 9:30 a.m.

Worship begins at 10 a.m., followed by the Walk for Life, beginning and ending at the Robinson House!

Signup at Table in Lobby or Register online

All Ladies are invited to a the Game Day at a new time. 4:30 to 7:30. Bring games, snacks and friends. Meet in the community room 

Protecting Children Together: Remember Nhu Sponsorships in our Kenya Homes
We have an urgent and heartfelt opportunity to continue living out our calling to protect and care for the most vulnerable. Remember Nhu, one of our global ministry partners, recently completed an audit of their sponsorship program and discovered a several sponsors have discontinued their support, leaving a number of girls in our Kenyan homes without full sponsorship.
As a church that believes in the power of love and action, this is a chance for us to step in and make a lasting difference.

Why Sponsorship Matters
Sponsorship is the primary way Remember Nhu protects children from being sold into the sex trade. Your monthly support provides at-risk children with safe housing, education, meals, and loving care in a Remember Nhu home. Most importantly, it gives them the chance to grow up safe, happy, and free.

Three Ways You Can Help
There are three sponsorship levels, each playing a vital role in protecting a child:

• Parent Sponsor – $60/month
• Cousin Sponsor – $40/month
• Sibling Sponsor – $20/month

Whether you feel led to give a little or a lot, every sponsorship helps provide a secure future for a child in need.

Ready to Sponsor a Child?
If God is stirring your heart to take action, please reach out to Kim Williams at 330.802.1949 to learn more and begin your sponsorship journey.
Let’s continue to be the hands and feet of Jesus, bringing hope and protection to the children of Kenya.

How can I help be a part of Summer Ministry? When is it? Can I volunteer or can I donate? Those maybe some of the questions you are asking right now. For Adults- we are asking you to come along side our interns and teens as they take on some of the leadership roles during this month of ministry. 

First Donations - There will be a Donation Board outside the Sanctuary beginning Sunday, May 4 with a Bin to Collect the Donations. 

We will need help with dinners for the 3 weeks of Camp Sonshine - (14 Dinners) this will be for the teens, interns and adults helping with it. Please stay and have dinner with us the evening you pick, you can find out about all the exciting things that are happening! Click here

We will need so Adult Volunteers that will come alongside the teens and interns to help move kids from station to station. Please click here to help.

Happy Spring Living Vine Family. The first quarter of the year is already past and hopefully the rest of the year will not go 
by as quickly. You are all to be commended for your purposeful giving to the Lord. Between that and the income that is provided by our rentals, we are on course. We had to spend for some roof repair this quarter, more than usual snow expenses and laid out funds for new upgraded toilets on the lower level. Praise God for providing for our needs! Overall, our expenses are under what has been budgeted for. Let’s keep being faithful stewards of all God has entrusted to us. 

Please be in Prayer during the week of May 25-30 as the Alliance meets as a whole to set the course for the coming years by electing our next President of the Alliance Denomination.

The two men that God has placed in the election are :
Jonathan G. Schaeffer*
Stephen D. Fowler
*Majority choice nominee from the committee

Join a Rooted Group

Weekly Schedule for May 1-4                                          

Thursday      9:30am - Women's Bible Study

Saturday       9:00 am - Men's Basketball

Sunday         9:00 am - Worship Service 
                           (Sermon on the Mount)
                      9:00 am - Treasure Seekers
                      9:00 am - Classic Sunday School
                           (Thessalonians)
                      10:45 am - Worship Service
                           (Sermon on the Mount)
                      10:45 am - Treasure Seekers
                                                    

Weekly Schedule for May 5-11

Monday       7:30 pm - Young Adults     

Tuesday       6:00am - Election Day (till 8pm)
                      7:00 pm - Men's Bible Study
                      7:00 pm - Prayer Group
                                      (via Zoom)

Wednesday  7pm - Family Night (Wayfinders,
                                  Youth Group
                                Women's Bible Study)

Thursday      9:30am - Women's Bible Study

Saturday      9:00 am - Men's Basketball
                      Hispanic Church Community
                      Room All Day and Sanctuary

Sunday         9am - Worship Service 
                        (Sermon on the Mount)
                      9am - Treasure Seekers
                      9am - Classic Sunday School
                          (Thessalonians)
                      10:45 am - Worship Service
                         (Sermon on the Mount)
                      10:45 am - Treasure Seekers
                          Stone Soup Pickup 

Weekly Schedule for May 12-18

Monday       7:30 pm - Young Adults     

Tuesday       7:00 pm -  Men's Bible Study
                      7:00 pm - Prayer Group
                             (via Zoom)

Wednesday 7pm - Family Night (Wayfinders,
                                 Youth Group
                                Women's Bible Study)

Thursday     9:30am - Women's Bible Study
                     12:30pm - 50+ Friendship
                         Connection - Brandon File 

Saturday      9:00 am - Men's Basketball 
                      4:30pm - Women's Game Day                

Sunday         9:00 am - Worship Service 
                               (Sermon on the Mount)
                      9:00 am - Treasure Seekers
                      9:00 am - Classic Sunday School
                              (Thessalonians)
                      10:45 am - Worship Service
                              (Sermon on the Mount)
                      10:45 am - Treasure Seekers
                      12:30pm - LIFE Parent Meeting

Weekly Schedule for May 19-25

Monday       7:30 pm - Young Adults     

Tuesday       7:00 pm -  Men's Bible Study
                      7:00 pm - Prayer Group
                                 (via Zoom)

Wednesday 7pm - Family Night (Wayfinders,
                                 Youth Group
                                Women's Bible Study)

Thursday      9:30am - Women's Bible Study

Saturday       9:00 am - Men's Basketball

Sunday         9:00 am - Worship Service
                                   (Sermon on the Mount)
                      9:00 am - Treasure Seekers
                      9:00 am - Classic Sunday School
                                  (Thessalonians)
                      10:45 am - Worship Service
                                   (Sermon on the Mount)
                      10:45 am - Treasure Seekers

Weekly Schedule for May 26-31

Monday       Office CLOSED 
                      ALLIANCE COUNCIL 2025 Begins

Tuesday       7:00 pm -  Men's Bible Study
                      7:00 pm - Prayer Group
                               (via Zoom)

Saturday       9:00 am - Men's Basketball