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Welcome to Beaver Church!
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Beaver UCC

We are a community of caring individuals brought together by a common bond – love!

Our congregation is composed of people from all walks of life who come together to offer healing and comfort, learning and encouragement - much like a family. We welcome all, and believe that extravagant hospitality is central to the role of our church.

At Beaver UCC, we strive to help our members grow spiritually, while at the same time understanding that everyone has their own spiritual path. Our church is a place where you can think for yourself while differing views are respected. It is our hope that through education, fellowship, and service we can, as a community, come closer to God and each other.

Since our founding over 200 years ago, Beaver Church continues seeking to offer an atmosphere of informality, spontaneity, fellowship, and fun. We hope our Church is a place where you and all will feel both welcome and comfortable.

About Our Church

Sunday School Program

Nursery
Meets: Upstairs each Sunday after the children’s moment, year round.
Main Teacher: Hayden Rauls
Ages: Infant through Pre-K
This class is for our youngest students and there will be a combination of play and some instruction depending on the ages present.

Young Learners
Meets: Upstairs each Sunday after the children’s moment, September through May, with a one month break around Christmas.
Main Teacher: Sarah Hogan
Ages: K through 4th grade
This class is for our younger learners and will be focused on instruction and lessons. Material will be taught from a children’s story type Bible. Children less comfortable with working on lessons might wish to stay in the nursery, and those that are more advanced might wish to go to the older class.

Children’s Bible Study
Meets: Upstairs each Sunday after the children’s moment, September through May, with a one month break around Christmas.
Main Teacher: Brittany King
Ages: 4th through 8th grade
This class will be a Bible and faith study where children will read scripture lessons from the Bible each week and study them. Children will also learn about Christian faith themes present in the topics and readings for the week. Readings should somewhat overlap with the readings given in the service. As children reach the point where the curriculum or discussions seem less challenging, then they are encouraged to stay in service, attend the Adult Bible Study, and seek confirmation with the Pastor when ready. During breaks, children will be asked to stay in service.

Adult Bible Study
Meets: In the fellowship hall each Sunday at 9:30 AM, September through May.
Main Teacher: Pastor Brian
Ages: Youth and Adults
This class will be a Bible and faith study each week led by Pastor Brian. Jr. High and Sr. High youth and Adults are encouraged to attend.

Services Provided by Beaver UCC

Prayer List and Card Ministry
Do you know someone who would appreciate our prayers, receiving a card from us, or having Pastor Brian visit with them? Please let us know. The Prayer List and Card Ministry will never be published on our website, although it will be included in our monthly newsletter.

Weddings
Beaver UCC offers wedding services including space rental, pre-marital counseling, and officiating for both members and non-members. Please contact the pastor for more information.

Funerals
Our church offers support in any way we can to assist those who are grieving the passing of a loved one. Funerals are generally held in the sanctuary and a meal is provided by the church afterwards.

Confirmation Classes
Confirmation classes are held each year for teenagers who wish to join the church and know more about their faith. Classes generally start in September and culminate with confirmation in May.

Counseling
The church offers pastoral counseling for members and non-members. Please see the Pastor’s Page for information on office hours.

Accessiblity
Beaver Church is wheelchair accessible with elevators. Sound reinforcement devices are available for the hard of hearing as are signers for the deaf. Please let us know if you have any special needs.

Beaver UCC Choir

Beaver Church Sings!
Music is an important component of worship at Beaver Church, one that lifts our spirits and helps us rejoice in God and with each other. Everyone is invited to participate in Beaver UCC’s choir - all you need is an appreciation of music and a desire to learn. We also encourage any and all musicians who wish to share their talents with us during worship. If you would like to join the Beaver Church Choir or provide accompanying instrumental support during a service, please contact our choir director or Pastor Brian.

Adult Choir
Beaver UCC’s Adult Choir provides music for each worship service from September through May, plus a special service on Christmas Eve. Practices are held following Sunday Worship in the church sanctuary.

Community Service and Support

Service is just as important to Beaver Church as fellowship.

Weekly contributions of food and clothing are taken to local food pantries and service organizations for those in need. Volunteers plan special activities for residents of nursing homes, while the congregation as a whole makes Christmas brighter for folks by sponsoring food and gift drives each holiday season.

Members of our congregation also support a variety of other charitable causes with time, money, and in-kind donations, including Heifer International, the Dayton Food Bank, the Salvation Army, and the Connor Puckett Fund.

The United Church of Christ

The religious heritage of the United Church of Christ (UCC) stems from the great traditions of the Protestant Reformation - Lutheran, Calvinist, and Congregational. These traditions were brought to America by Protestants fleeing persecution in Europe.

Four religious traditions, including the German Reformed, of which Beaver UCC was part, united in 1957 to become the United Church of Christ. Today, any local church or denomination is welcome to apply for membership in the UCC.

Beaver Church's services feature a combination of formal and informal worship. Our service includes communion on the first Sunday of the month, and all are welcome to participate.

Worship

Beaver Church's weekly worship service is held in our Sanctuary each Sunday at 10:30 AM. Find Beaver Church

Our 10:30 AM service is also offered on Facebook Live, YouTube, and, for those who might wish to participate outdoors, is broadcast on 96.1 FM in our front parking lot.

The weekly bulletin (downloadable) and links to each Sunday's scripture, for your reference and study, are available here as well as a link to the Sunday 10:30 AM service video for later viewing. Our on-line Calendar page also lists the current status of activities and events at our church.

Food Pantry

Our food pantry has been operational now for a little over a year. Thank you to everyone who has contributed items to make it work. The pantry is filled once a week in addition to items that some of you put in directly versus putting on the shelves in fellowship hall. If you drive by and see that it is empty, it means it has helped someone who was in need of food. Listed below are some suggestions for items that can be used for a meal either alone or with another item such as pasta and pasta sauce. When shopping you can also ask yourself what you might be looking for if you needed to come to our pantry.
Sometimes you can find some of these items on sale in the major grocery stores but in general Aldi’s, Dollar Tree and Dollar General are good places to shop as well as Sam's Club and Cosco.

  • Oatmeal
  • Cereal (low sugar)
  • Pancake mix (needs water only)
  • Milk (canned or boxed)
  • Peanut Butter
  • Crackers
  • Hearty soups such as Campbells Chunky

  • Corned beef hash
  • Canned Chili
  • Dinty More Stew or similar
  • Pasta Sauce
  • Pasta
  • Ramen noodles
  • Canned meats: tuna, chicken, salmon, ham, roast beef

Activities, Events, and News

Church News and Announcements are listed here as well as in our Beaver Church Newsletter… available here each month.

Watch Past Worship Services
Videos of each week's service are available – click here. Sermons from past years are available on The Pastor's Page™.
Closed Captioning is available on both Facebook and YouTube.

Communion During Lent
We will be having communion every Sunday during Lent as a way to help mark the significance of the season. We will therefore have communion on each Sunday from February 22nd through Easter on April 5th.

Maundy Thursday Service - April 2 - 6:00 PM
On Thursday April 2nd at 6PM we will have a Maundy Thursday service in the lower lever of the church. There will be a light meal along with the service, soup will be provided and people are encouraged to bring other simple food for the meal. Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper, and marks the last moments before Christ went to the cross. It is a solemn but meaningful service. Please join us as we journey with Christ and each other.

Easter Sunday - April 5
Easter Sunday is on April 5th this year, and below is a schedule of the day:
9:00am – Easter Breakfast
10:30am – Sunday Worship with communion, also available on Facebook and YouTube
11:45am – Easter Egg Hunt
Please note, that there will be no lunch after the service on Easter Sunday. Everyone is instead invited to come to the breakfast.

Easter Breakfast - April 5 - 9:00 AM
The Easter Breakfast will begin at 9:00 am on April 5th, Easter Sunday, and food will be served for a little more than an hour. We have put out a sign-up sheet on the card table for people to volunteer to help with the breakfast or to bring food. We will have several breakfast dishes. There is no charge, but donations are welcome.

Easter Egg Hunt - April 5 - 11:45 AM
We will be having an Easter egg hunt on April 5th after the 10:30 Easter service. The event will be held outside if the weather permits, and inside if there is bad weather. Please feel free to bring plastic eggs with treats in them in the weeks leading up to Easter. They can be left on the island in the kitchen downstairs.

Church Work Day - April 18 - 10:00 AM (rescheduled from March)
We will be having a church work day on Saturday April 18th to take care of a few things at the church. We will be going through the downstairs closets and cleaning them out and organizing them. We will also be doing some outdoor projects as well, weather permitting. We will meet at the church at 10:00 am and work until we decide to stop. Lunch will be provided by the church. Any help that you can provide is much appreciated.

Gospel of Mark Bible Study - February 17 through May 5
Starting on Tuesday February 17th we will be begin a 12-week Bible study on the Gospel according to Mark. We will be using a companion study guide that is “Gospel of Mark: A Commentary” by Francis J. Moloney SDB. Copies of the book are available on Amazon if you have not gotten one already. The Gospel of Mark is the first gospel written chronologically and much of its contents are included in all of the other gospels. This will be the start of a gospel Bible study series in which we will be going through each of the four gospels over the next 16 months. We will be studying the gospels in the following order. Mark, Matthew, John, and Luke. Each study will be 8 to 12 weeks in length. Below is the reading schedule for our Mark study. In it “SG” stands for Study Guide.
2/17: SG Ch1
2/24: SG Ch2; Mark 1:1-13
3/3: SG Ch3; Mark 1:14-3:6
3/10: SG Ch4; Mark 3:7-6:6
3/17: SG Ch5 pt1 pg.115-143; Mark 6:6-7:23
3/24: SG Ch5 pt2 pg.144-170; Mark 7:24-8:30
3/31: SG Ch6; Mark 8:31-10:52
4/7: SG Ch7 pt1 pg.215-247; Mark 11:1-12:34
4/14: SG Ch7 pt2 pg.248-274; Mark 13:1-13:37
4/21: SG Ch8 pt1 pg.275-308; Mark 14:1-14:72
4/28: SG Ch8 pt2 pg.309-338; Mark 15:1-15:47
5/5: SG Ch9 & Ch10; Mark 16:1-8

Spring Congregational Photo - May 3 - following Worship
We wanted to take a new congregational photo for the church directory and we are asking people to please come on Sunday May 3rd if you can, to be in the photo. We will take the photo on the front steps of the church immediately after the church service.

Beaver Church Food Pantry
Our outdoor food pantry is very well utilized by the community. Donations have dropped off a bit, and so we are asking people to again think of helping. We need to keep it stocked with new non-perishable food, so that we can fill it at least one time each week. If you could, please think of buying some food items and placing them on the shelves by the elevator in the Fellowship Hall. If you would prefer to place them directly in the food pantry box outside, you can do that as well. Thank you for your generosity to this program.

Kroger Card Rewards - Beaver Church Fundraiser
Beaver Church enrolled in the Kroger Community Rewards fundraiser program in 2011. Since then, the church has received several thousand dollars in rebates. These rebates are earned by members and friends who sign up for Kroger Community Rewards and select Beaver Church as the beneficiary for their Kroger purchases. This is an easy way to donate to the church.
Here’s how to do it:
1. Get a Kroger Plus card, if you don’t have one already.
2. Create a digital account using the Kroger app on your smart phone, or the kroger.com website online.
3. Link your Kroger Plus card to your digital account.
4. In the Community Rewards section, search for “Beaver United”. Click the “Enroll” button under “Beaver United Church of Christ.”
5. Once this is done, Kroger will automatically donate a small percentage of your purchases to the church, at no additional cost to you. Kroger sends a check to the church every few months. If you have trouble registering your card, see Alice Clausing after church, and she will help you set it up.

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