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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Various Unitarian communities first picked up the beat. And other denominations followed. In October, two churches implemented services based on the Celebrations of Wholeness and Healing developed at Grace Church. The first was St. Paul United Church of Christ in Cincinnati. The Rev. Michelle Torigian utilized sections of the Sunday morning healing liturgy to initiate Sunday morning healing services. The second was Calvary Lutheran Church in Louisville. The priest and several others from Calvary attended the Wednesday evening Celebration of Wholeness and Healing during the summer and early fall. Calvary now holds its Sunday evening drumming and healing on the third Sunday of the month. Currently the worship committee at a Presbyterian Church in Westlake, Ohio (outside Cleveland) is considering having the Sunday morning service for its primary service worship in April.

Article written by Hawley Todd and originally published in the December Interchange from the Diocese of Southern Ohio.

This year we recycled Christmas. A whole bunch of the good folks of College Hill contributed their good, though used, Christmas trees, lights, stockings, ornaments, and decorations of all sorts and gave them to other good folks in College Hill to brighten up their Christmas.

It occurred to us as we were getting ready to help the Christ's Community food pantry with Thanksgiving baskets that folks who relied on the pantry to meet their food needs might not have enough to buy Christmas trees or decorations either. Maybe there were enough people with trees in their attics or garages or basements they might be willing to part with or replace that we could all benefit by an exchange.

Now Grace Church is very small and even if everyone donated something we wouldn't have enough stuff to advertise. But we know people. So we put the word out and lo and behold people came! They said, "Thank you for doing this," as they gave us their stuff. (Now that felt nice!)  

Then, on Saturday a week ago,  we had The Big Bodacious Give Away Christmas Day. What fun that was! Families came and hauled away trees, bags of ornaments, annoying decorations that played annoying songs, stockings, and lights galore. They ate our popcorn and cookies, drank our drinks, and wished us a Merry Christmas.

And a good time was had by all....

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Thanks to Mary McLain for this article. 

We give thanks for the life of Judith Ann King Jenne, who died Thursday afternoon. Please keep Bill and Judy in your prayers. 

Prayers for healing are asked for Judy Handy, Rev. Ernestein, Patty Rogers, The Rogers Family, Ken Lyon, Carl, Jackie, Robb Martin, Kim Martin, Melissa, Tara, Paul, The Erik Handy Family, The Darryl Handy Family, The Burlew Family, The Fantetti Family, Harry Shafer, Viola and Bill and Johnny, Lee Hardy, Christine Hicks, Debbie, Chris and Charlie, Derek, Denise, The Visbal Family, Rhonda, The Partin Family, The Sharp Family, The Marshall Family, The Bennett Family, Nadine Renee, Bob, Teresa and Kids, Jo Jo, Jared, Shirley L. Allen, Melissa, David , Theresa Buskirk Neabrey, Marrilee Atkins, Leroy, Carol Lyon, Maree White, Verene and Katrina, Tom, Gayle, Elaine Robinson, Rita Lyon, Anna Keefer, Brenda Armbruster and her family, JB, Christine Zuniga, Tonya, Shonda and her Mother, Cornell Bryant, Pastor Rita and Family, Karen and Diane, KiKi, Sonia, The Coal Miners and their family's who are being laid off, Virginia Chapel, Hurricane Sandy Victims, Bonnie Willenbrink, Kay, Our President and Our Country, Judith, Peter Hawkins, Doug Jones, Katrina Gamble, Donna, Sam Spade, Aaron Watson.

Prayers for "shut-ins," (members and friends who are often not able to attend) are asked for Nancy Hall, Janet Henthorn, Carl Relyea, Mary Jane Showers, Elizabeth Kelly, Jane Strohmeier, Naomi Koester, Elva Gscheidle, Jo Carroll, Anne Henneberg.

To add or subtract from this list, please contact the Church Office (513-541-2415, office@gracecollegehill.org) with the names of the persons to be included on this list.  If you email, please place "Prayer Request" in the subject line.  Please also indicate whether the name of the prayer recipient is to be listed in the bulletin.

Names remain on the list for about a month. Please let us know if people should be put back on the list.   

The online Grace Church Calendar lists most everything we know about that's happening at Grace Church. Here's a snapshot of a week's worth of the online calendar as of today.  If something's not listed, or if you see errors, please tell the office (office@gracecollegehill.org, 513-541-2415).