On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Epiphany United Methodist Church will have their first Blessing of the Bikes.

Epiphany United Methodist Church is sponsoring a great 6 week workshop for blended families. It starts February 23rd, so contact Meg King at kingmeg@cinci.rr.com to find out more.
Here is more info on the workshop!

The Loveland Initiative
In the spirit of service, congregation and community, The Loveland Initiative invites you to the 14th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Sunday, January 15th from 6-9pm at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Parish Life Center on S. Lebanon Road.
The Celebration
Each year, TLI hosts this pot-luck dinner with speakers and musical expression exhorting Rev. Dr. King’s words of inspiration “Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” This year guests will hear from the Reverends McCraney, Eilert and Melton from, …

The New Year brings the start of new habits and promises to change our old behaviors. We promise to lose weight, we won’t waste as much time goofing off, and we want that new job! There are as many resolutions as there are people! There is one change that just might change your life and help you follow through with all the other life changes you have on your list.

The Loveland Inter Faith Effort (L.I.F.E.) Food Pantry would like to remind all those backyard gardeners, that the food pantry, located at 101 S. Lebanon Road (Prince of Peace Lutheran Church) is accepting your extra produce. If you have too many zucchini, they will take them. Too many tomatoes, they will take them! Produce can be dropped off during pantry hours; Wednesdays 10 am until 1 pm – Thursdays 4 pm until 7 pm – Saturdays 10 am until 1 pm. Questions: 513-583-8222, or email lifefoodpantry@yahoo.com.
L.I.F.E.’s Mission …

Each year, The Loveland Initiative is the proud host of the only community-wide Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in Loveland. This year, the event will be even more special as for the first time it will be held at their home.
Building on the theme—“Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King Jr.—the event will feature several local spiritual speakers, including the Reverends McCraney, Ramsey and McQuad from, respectively New Friendship Baptist Church, Northstar: a Community of Grace and Loveland …

In this time of Thanksgiving as the Christian Church moves into Advent and on to the celebration of the Birth of Christ, two Loveland Churches have something very exciting to celebrate.
The Season of Advent has historically marked the beginning of the church year in the Western church. It starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. I don’t know that it was planned, but it is interesting to note that as the new year begins, a new life starts for these two churches. Grace Church and Northstar Community Church had been …