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Saving for higher education during our current market conditions might not be top of mind for parents these days.  

Deep plunges one day, up a little the next, then back down again…what’s a parent to do? With so many questions regarding investing and saving for higher education, Ohio’s 529 Plan and BlackRock are hosting a free webinar to help families understand the importance of staying the course when the road becomes rocky.  

During this webinar, representatives from BlackRock will explain why you need to stay focused on your goals, discuss investment strategies and behaviors for volatile markets, and address why it is important to continue to save for your child’s future higher education.  

The webinar is free, but all attendees are asked to register.

Peter Michael Marino  continues the run of his wildly popular “Show Up, Kids! Online LIVE!” with interactive performances on Fridays and Saturdays from May 15-30 at 4 pm EST. Kids from all over the world will feel like they’re a part of this groundbreaking interactive live event as they hear their names, offer story suggestions, and are called on to help Pete put on a real live show.

This interactive, semi-improvised, family show for kids 3-10 years old puts a wildly comedic twist on the traditional kids’ show. When the main attraction doesn’t show up, Pete enlists the help of the kids to help create a story by providing prompts and controlling everything from plot to props, characters to costumes, and settings to sound in a one-of-a-kind, 50-minute laughfest.

The United Church of Christ Mission Priority Board is raising funds for its partners with a virtual book fair.

In the wake of COVID-19, its annual fundraising concert was cancelled while the financial need of its mission partners dramatically increased. In this time of uncertainty, the group knew it needed another way to raise critical funds.

“Bound By Love: Books on a Mission” was created in cooperation with local bookseller, Inscribed
Books. The book choices illustrate themes of caring, compassion, inclusion, and hope.

The virtual book fair offers both a way to help and an
opportunity to connect for those who are sheltering in place. Sending a book
with an encouraging message to a child in your life or a child in our community
is a way to show you care. In addition, each book purchase supports local
non-profits and a local business.

 

From now
through June 30, 2020, books can be sent to family, friends, or children’s literacy
partners. $25 includes book, shipping, and an optional personalized message
label.

 

Proceeds from this virtual book fair benefit direct
service hunger and homelessness ministries, inter-faith advocacy and youth
efforts, and UCC service providers.

 

The Rev. Dan Weyand-Geise, who serves as chairperson of
the Mission Priority Board says, “Not being able to gather in person takes a
toll on all of us. We (MPB) are finding creative ways to minister to our
congregations and our communities, as well as offering support to all in settings
of serving the public. The economic impact on our mission partners will be felt
in tangible ways as they struggle to meet their budgets and carry out their
care throughout Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati.  Financial gifts are needed.”

 

Inscribed Books owner Tish Gayle who often partners with
non-profits for fund-raising efforts says this is especially timely in our
current climate: “There are so many benefits of reading books. This virtual
book fair helps children and families get new books that they can read
together, provides critical funding to non-profits and supports the work I do
as a local indie bookseller.”

 

For more than 40 years, the UCC Mission Priority Board
has mobilized United Church of Christ congregations to support local mission
partners in the Greater Metropolitan Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area.

 

Benefitting
partners include: Churches Active in Northside (CAIN), Festival Of Faiths, The
Heartbeat of the City (Christ Community and Feast of Love Ministries), IHN
Interfaith Hospitality Network, Kids 4 Peace, Metropolitan Area Religious
Coalition of Cincinnati (MARCC), Truth and Destiny UCC, Washington UCC.
Literacy Partners include: WordPlay and Read Ready Covington.

Peter Michael Marino  continues the run of his wildly popular “Show Up, Kids! Online LIVE!” with interactive performances on Fridays and Saturdays from May 15-30 at 4 pm EST. Kids from all over the world will feel like they’re a part of this groundbreaking interactive live event as they hear their names, offer story suggestions, and are called on to help Pete put on a real live show.

This interactive, semi-improvised, family show for kids 3-10 years old puts a wildly comedic twist on the traditional kids’ show. When the main attraction doesn’t show up, Pete enlists the help of the kids to help create a story by providing prompts and controlling everything from plot to props, characters to costumes, and settings to sound in a one-of-a-kind, 50-minute laughfest.