North Cluster brainstorms ways to connect

At their most recent meeting members of the North Cluster of churches came up with the following ideas for events and activities that might be shared to increase trust within the presbytery and to improve communication.

• pulpit exchanges, choir exchanges

• share seasonal special events such as Wednesday evening worship/Bible studies during Lent or Advent, special services like Longest Night, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, special Taize worship

• churches' volunteering together

• blood drive

• IHN (Interfaith Hospitality Network)

• One-Way Farm

• VIFCC (Valley Interfaith Food and Clothing Center)

• Whiz Kids

• visit each other's churches

• enable smaller churches to carry out projects with help from larger churches

• sharing Prayer Shawl ministry

• improve communication by posting information on the presbytery website

• aid mission programs of larger churches

• choirs of multiple churches get-together or "battle of the choirs/sing-off/clash of the choirs"

• support international students at the University of Cincinnati

• churches together providing dinner for the homeless in a community

• volunteering together at Meals on Wheels, Llanfair Retirement Community, etc.

• ministry to military families

• multiple churches gather to promote/start parish nurse program