More options this year, including a You Are Loved shirt already tie-dyed!
On sale through Wednesday, May 8
Tie-dye on Sunday, May 26 between 11 - 12 pm
Join the Lord of Life tradition of showing your Pride in a colorful tie-dye t-shirt! Don't miss out on theYou Are Loved shirt for Pride.
We will provide all the supplies to tie-dye at church including awesome guidance on how to do it. It’s fun and easy. We would love it if you could tie-dye your own unique shirt but if you are unable to attend, this year you can order a pre-done one.
In addition, we have two other options. You can order a Lord of Life Ohio shirt and Love > Hate shirt. Shirts are a soft fabric like the Black Thrivent shirts.
Angie Seiller,
June 17 - 20
It takes a village to make our amazing week of VBS happen. Can you help? We need all available hands and hearts to help before, during, and after! Volunteers from junior high to senior citizens are welcome! No teaching is required! Childcare is available during VBS for the young children of volunteers.
Do you have a special spot in your heart for our kiddos in middle school? We are looking for some caring adults to help with our leaders in training(LiT) program. LiT helps our middle schoolers make the jump from VBS participant to helper. If this sounds like you, be in touch with Angie.
Volunteers: Sign up on the bulletin board or sign up online!
Register VBS Students online now!
We can’t wait to begin this under sea experience with you!
Angie Seiller,
Topic: Through Our Eyes, A Queer Youth Perspective
Tuesday, May 21, 6 - 7:30 pm
Robinson-Schwenn Building, 221 High St, Hamilton
Join with us for an evening of conversation about issues our queer teens face. The conversation is led by the Hamilton Pride Committee, along with a panel of local teens. If you have a queer teen in your life or are looking to understand and support our local teens, this conversation is for you.
4th Tuesday of the month, May 28, 5 - 7 pm
Hosted at Faith UMC, Cox Road
Food donations needed!
Come prepare and serve a hot meal to neighbors who need one. All you need are willing hands and a willing heart; volunteers of all ages and abilities can participate. No sign-up or RSVP is needed.
What is Stepping Forward? It's a ministry of the Faith Alliance, providing a weekly community meal and enrichment opportunity that equips low-income families with the skills, knowledge, and nourishment they need to take the next step forward in life. Hosted at Faith Community Methodist Church, West Chester, Lord of Life takes our turn on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
Food donations are also needed. They can be dropped off at the church on Sunday mornings or during office hours. If you have perishables and cannot drop them off during office hours, please be in touch with the church office (
Kathy Calihan
Hamilton Pride March & Festival
Saturday, June 1
Sign up www.tinyurl.com/2024LOLHamiltonPride
Cincinnati Pride Parade, Saturday, June 22
Service of Healing and Affirmation
a joint service of the affirming congregations of Hamilton Pride
Wednesday, June 12, 7 pm, hosted at Lord of Life
Why Pride? It is because lives depend on it. “Just one rainbow flag on a teacher’s desk or an example of a thriving, queer adult that I could look up to, could have changed the years of fear and absence of trust that consumed my life,” is how one gay man described his journey to come out. Imagine if those awful years were replaced by hundreds of examples of people living life to the fullest in a Pride parade or festival or especially by a community of faith that shows affirming love.
Is this a big step for you? You are welcome to stop by and experience the march and festival without signing up. Or come to the service or watch online as we heal, affirm, and learn together with other church neighbors.
Are you all in for spreading God’s affirming love and care? Sign up to join us at any or all of these events. March alongside our LOL community and other local churches. Volunteer in our booth at the Hamilton Festival. We need helpers at our tie-dye event as well as water donations.
Angie Seiller, Director of Faith Formation,
Final week! Drop off shoes by Sunday, May 5 at noon!
Lord of Life is partnering with other Faith Alliance members to collect new and gently used shoes for students of all ages. So whether you call them gym shoes, sneakers, trainers, or Chucks, search your closets or grab some at the store and drop them in the blue bins in the Gathering Space or on the porch.
Summer Worship Schedule Begins This Sunday
May 26 - September 8
8 am - indoors
10 am - outdoors, weather permitting
both worship services on site and online
Summer is almost here and so is our summer worship schedule! With our learning hour on summer vacation, we are moving our second service to 10 am to allow our tech team time to set up outdoors. Outdoor worship will begin on May 26, weather permitting. Grab a blanket, grab a friend, and join us in the summer sunshine. Online worship is also always available.
3rd Thursday of the month
May 16, noon
Quatman Cafe, Mason
Are you looking for an opportunity for food and fellowship? Join us for a monthly lunch as often as your availability permits.
RSVP to Tad Metzger,
Help us provide fresh produce to local food pantries. Garden knowledge is not necessary, training is provided, and learn by doing. Enjoy being outside in fellowship with others to work in the garden as physical abilities allow. We work in the garden primarily on Tuesday mornings especially once produce is ready to pick to align with the pantry hours. However, as weather impacts our plans, we schedule other days and times to keep up with activities. Communications are through regular emails and texts to keep everyone current with weather impacts. We avoid working in the heat, cold, rain, or mud. Attend as you are able.
Dennis Reynolds,
Are you concerned about Lord of Life’s impact on the environment or interested in our building’s energy efficiency? If so, we need you to be a part of our Green Team. Lord of Life is forming a team to explore ways that we can be more energy efficient and to make recommendations for improvements that would minimize effects on the environment.
We are teaming up with Faith Communities Go Green. Faith Communities Go Green also offers working groups on various topics. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about environmental issues and to help in our efforts to care for God’s creation. If interested, please contact Lisa Bohorfoush.
Lisa Bohorfoush,
Join the Yarn Benders
A New Knitting and Stitching Group
2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month, 7 - 8:30 pm
Next meeting Tuesday, April 23
in the New Space
Yarn Benders is a group for people who enjoy needlecraft or want to learn! Experienced needlecrafters and the yarn-curious are welcome! Come as often as your schedule permits. Your project can be knitting, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, embroidery, or anything else you enjoy.
NEW KNITTERS: We will teach you how to knit! Your first project will be a hat or scarf. Bring size 8 needles and a skein of worsted-weight yarn.
EXPERIENCED KNITTERS: Bring your own project or you are welcome to join with us in making baby hats for Hopple Street Health Clinic. We will have patterns available for both knitting and crocheting baby hats.
If you plan to knit a baby hat, bring your size 5 & 6 double-pointed needles and a skein of DK yarn.
If you plan to crochet a baby hat, bring a size 4.0 mm (G) crochet hook and a skein of DK yarn.
Grab a project, grab a friend, and we'll see you at Lord of Life to bend some yarn!
Barb Mackey & Susan Cramer,
Our office administrator Cara Hasselbeck is stepping away from her desk to focus on special projects. If you would like to work in a flexible environment with a great group of people, review the job description and contact Pastor Lowell.
Pastor Lowell Michelson,
4th Monday of the month, 6:30 pm
Meet in the Fellowship Hall
Not meeting in April
Join our Property Ministry Area Coordinator (MAC), Tom Barth, and the rest of his team as they tackle small projects to keep our building in good shape. There's a variety of tasks, many involve no specialized skills.
Tom Barth,
1st and 3rd Mondays, 10 am, in the Fellowship Hall
The quilting ministry creates beautiful blankets for local charities and baptismal blankets for our little ones. We always welcome additional hands to help cut, sew, and knot quilts! Bring your own scissors and needle, all other supplies are furnished. If you want to learn more or are ready to jump in, come and be part of this creating ministry.
Ann Popoff,
Are you interested in learning more about what’s in the Bible but don’t know where to begin? Join a Bible Study! Newcomers are welcome at any time during the year, and all of our studies emphasize learning together - no special knowledge or skills needed to get started!
Men’s Bible Study
3rd Mondays, 7 pm, Off Site
Year-end celebration on May 20
George Bryans,
Couples’ Bible Study
1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 6 pm
in the New Space
Revelation
Lois Hills,
Women in the Marketplace
Tuesdays, 7 pm
in the Lighthouse Room
Twelve Women of the Bible
Michelle Swinney,
Women at the Well
1st Monday of the month, 7 pm
in the Lighthouse Room
Finding I Am
Cindy Clay,
Wednesday Morning Bible Study
10 am, in the New Space
After God's Heart, Life Lessons from King David
Pastor Lowell Michelson,
Quench Online Bible Study
2nd Monday of the month, 7 - 8:15 pm
on Zoom
Pastor Laura Applegate,
Alcoholics Anonymous
7:30 pm Sundays, in the Fellowship Hall
child care available
8 pm Thursdays, in the Fellowship Hall
Al-Anon
7:30 pm Sundays, in the Library
child care available
Offering on site and online meetings! Contact the administrator for the login details.
All Addictions Big Book Step Study Group
7 pm Mondays, in the Library
All are welcome to the All Addictions Big Book Step Study Group. We are a group of men and women dedicated to studying and practicing the 12 steps of recovery as laid out in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Big Book Step Study meetings work by providing clear-cut directions on how to recover from any addiction. The terms all addiction and practicing and studying the steps as they are laid out in the Big Book is what differentiates this from the Sunday night Alanon meeting. Join us.
Thank you for your continued generosity. Your financial contributions are vital to support the ongoing work of our community. You can continue to donate through several options.
You can choose the amount and to which ministry you would like to give, as well as specify the frequency of your donation (one time, weekly, monthly).
Our staff continues to check the mailbox daily, and you are welcome to mail in your offering. If you would like offering envelopes, contact Cara (
Stephen Ministers provide one-on-one Christ-centered caring. A few examples of struggles that a Stephen Minister can walk alongside you through are: grief, divorce, illness, job loss, loss of a home, military deployment, loneliness, or spiritual crisis.
If you would like more information about receiving care for yourself or a loved one, please let us know.
If you would like to explore being a care giver, please contact us.
Ava Fiebig, Cindy Campbell
Do you have a little one in your life? Sign up for Splash! This ministry welcomes newborns to the congregation by sending Splash mailings each month. These mailings are filled with ideas to help you support your baby and toddler as they grow spiritually. The pages include ideas for faith-filled play, songs, worship, meals and prayer. Contact the church office to add a family to the Splash mailing.
Cara Hasselbeck
Sundays, 9:30 am
Final day of class for children and youth is May 12
Final day of class for adults is May 19
Youth Sunday School
Such exciting times at Lord of Life! Our youth ministry is rooted in God’s love for all of us and growing together. We have a passion for our children to know the power and peace that a life grounded in the teachings of Jesus can bring our families. Our community is filled with fun and joy too.
Kindergarten-5th Grade: Our younger kids begin in the Sanctuary for worship. Children will join in activities in the Fellowship Hall after the Children’s Message and return to worship at Holy Communion.
6th-8th Grade: Meets in the New Space weekly with days off for time spent in worship or other special days, including retreats, church visits, and service projects.
9th-12th Grade: Meets in the Lighthouse Room with days off for time spent in worship or other special days.
Register Your Kiddos for Youth Ministry
Please sign up your child(ren) for youth programming for the upcoming year. Even if you are not sure of your plans, this will help keep you connected, as well as, check the box for permissions should you be able to connect at a later date.
Nursery News
Our nursery is staffed on Sunday mornings during the 9:30 am education and worship hour and during 11 am worship if needed. Little ones are welcome to join the nursery at any time. Many opt to stay in worship through the Children’s Message. Nursery staff will bring them up for the Holy Communion moment.
Adult Sunday School
Our adult Sunday School meets in the Church Library. Led by Pastor Ed Williams, they choose a book of the Bible to study If you're looking for other adult learning options, check out our Bible studies; there's something for everyone!
We encourage you to share prayers of gratitude and celebration as well as requests for healing, the grieving, and those who protect and serve. Prayers for healing will be included in the Prayers of the Church each Sunday. To make a prayer request you can email us at