Decorative chairs to be auctioned to benefit Habitat

Decorative chairs to be auctioned to benefit Habitat
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Trinity UCC members, businesses and community members have created decorative chairs to be auctioned. The chairs will be on display until the week of July 8. The chairs will be moved from their current locations and brought to the 200th Celebration at Christmas Run Park on Sunday, July 14.

                        

Trinity United Church of Christ will kick off its bicentennial celebration with A Community Chair-ity Project and chose the Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County to be its beneficiary. The chair project theme is "Welcome there is a place for you."

“We have a history of mission in the community,” Pastor Kevan Franklin said. “Our motto is God is still speaking, we are still serving, and we wanted to do something throughout the year for this.”

Trinity UCC members, businesses and community members will create decorative chairs to be auctioned. The chairs will be on display until the week of July 8. The chairs will be moved from their current locations and brought to the 200th Celebration at Christmas Run Park on Sunday, July 14, starting with worship at 10:30 a.m.

After worship parishioners can enjoy a picnic and the auction for the chairs at 1 p.m. at the main pavilion of Christmas Run Park. The public is invited to attend the event and to bid on their favorite chairs. The proceeds will all go to Habitat’s latest build in Orrville.

“We wanted to paint positive affirmations and messages of inclusion and service, as well as working for the common good and goodwill of the community,” Franklin said about the chairs. “We had more that wanted to do this than we had imagined.”

The church is providing a Chair Trail map that can be used to find 27 area business locations housing the 31 chairs before the event. Those interested can pick up maps at the church, 150 E. North St., or at the Habitat ReStore, 6096 E. Lincoln Way.

Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County is doing this Faith Build by taking part in a $55,000 challenge grant provided by Thrivent Financial and is working to add an additional 50 percent of the grant through the donations of community churches, businesses and citizens.

“We first went to our churches and asked for volunteers to help with the build, as well as any financial help and prayers,” said Renee Collins, Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County community outreach specialist. “Trinity has been great. They have supplied volunteers, lunches for the volunteers and now the Chair-ity auction in connection with their bicentennial.”

“We wanted to benefit an agency in Wooster, and every year we work with Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County,” Franklin said. “It was important we give back during our anniversary year.”

Trinity will hold its services prior to the Chair-ity auction at the pavilion, as well as a lunch, and welcome members of the public to attend.

Trinity United Church of Christ will continue to work with Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County after the event with members of a mission group committing to work dates at the job site in July.

“The churches have all been phenomenal,” Collins said, mentioning Oak Grove Mennonite Church in Smithville built the garage for the new housing site in their parking lot before bringing it to its new space. “So many have helped. We’ve been very blessed.”

The new build started in late May and is located at 215 W. Oak St. in Orrville. The lots were donated to Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County, and the family works in the city.

Thrivent Financial is a fraternal benefit society with a mission to help Christians be wise with money and live generously. It gives its 2 million members a range of financial products and services.

Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County was established in 1986 and built its first home in 1987, eventually building 81 houses in the county. For more information visit Habitat's website at www.waynehabitat.org or its Facebook page, Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County.

Christmas Run Park is located on Park Avenue in Wooster.


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