Canton for All People

Good Palm Sunday Morning!

If you have come to this Canton For All People page looking for our normal Crossroads United Methodist 'Crossroads Online' video, please be aware that Crossroads now has its own page and our videos (and everything else about our church) are being posted over there now.

So please go to our new page and like and follow us there to see this morning's video and all of our videos going forward.

We will address the issue of our four-year archive of these videos living on this current page in the near future, but please know that our older videos will also be available for you to watch here on this page.

Thank you!

--Christopher Dazey
Crossroads United Methodist Church
Organist, Video Producer and Director of Publications

https://facebook.com/CantonCrossroads

Crossroads United Methodist Church Church

Hello everyone at Crossroads United Methodist Church and Canton For All People!

If you missed our previous announcement, Crossroads now has its own separate page where we will be posting our weekly videos and information related to the church and its ongoing activities.

We will also post some historical photos from our vast archives. Some interesting photos of our sanctuary and a McKinley Bible class from 1919 have already been posted. If you haven't seen them, go take a look!

This week's regular Crossroads Online video will premiere just as it always does at 10:00 am over on our new page or on our YouTube channel.

Next week is a busy week at Crossroads, with Palm Sunday, an Easter Egg hunt, Maundy Thursday dinner/service at Harmont and a shared Good Friday service at St Paul's Episcopal Church just down the street. This service will feature a combined choir from our two churches, and it will be preceded at 6:30 pm by a procession of the cross from here at Crossroads over to St Paul's.

We hope to see all of you for these services and activities, and of course for the celebration of Easter on March 31.

--Christopher Dazey
Crossroads United Methodist Church
Organist, Video Producer & Director of Publications

If you haven't already, please like and follow our new page at:

https://facebook.com/CantonCrossroads

Crossroads United Methodist Church Church

Community Easter Egg Hunt this Sunday! 🥚✨Children and families are invited to join Canton for All People and our partners at Crossroads United Methodist Church for the annual egg hunt at King Park!

No registration required. We can’t wait to see you there!
📍King Park: 6th Street and, High Ave NW, Canton, OH.

Our newly acquired Gibbs building was used for so much good over the years. As a staple of the neighborhood, it served as a food pantry, a hot meal site, a safe space for children to go after school, a community garden, a summer learning space, and more.

Do you live in the Gibbs neighborhood? Were you someone who benefited from Canton Calvary Mission’s programs in the community? How would you like to see the building used in the next 5 years, 10 years, and beyond? We want to hear YOUR DREAMS. 🌈💙

Neighbors, elected officials, and community partners are invited to join us on Friday, March 22 from 5:30-7:00PM for a Dream Session. The evening will include dinner, a time of prayer, and a community discussion.

⭐️ Dinner is free and the event is open to all. Please register so we have a food count. Register at: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx...

Hello everyone at Crossroads United Methodist Church and Canton For All People!

You are all invited to like and follow our brand new page for Crossroads United Methodist Church.

Over the coming weeks, we will continue to post information about the church and our latest weekly videos both here on this page you're reading now and also on our new Crossroads page. After that, our videos and all our latest news and updates will be posted solely to our new page.

If you missed our Crossroads Online video from this past Sunday morning, it is now posted on our new page.

We also have future plans to update our website so that you can more easily access our four years of video archives which will still live here on this Canton For All People page. Our videos feature Pastor Don's and Pastor Mike's sermons as well as music from myself, Beth Polen, Mike, Don and others going back to 2020. We also have a YouTube channel which contains most of these videos.

Our new Crossroads page will allow us to do some more interesting things, such as post pictures from our vast archives. In fact, there is a great picture from June, 1919 of a very well-attended men's Bible class that you can go look at in our photo albums right now.

We will keep you posted on what's happening for Holy Week and Easter on both of these pages.

Thanks for your patience and understanding during this transitional time, and please go like and follow our new page today!

--Christopher Dazey
Organist, Video Producer and Director of Publications
Crossroads United Methodist Church

https://www.facebook.com/CantonCrossroads

Crossroads United Methodist Church Church

Kyle Stone, Stark County Prosectuting Attorney, and Christian Turner, Director of Public Relations and Community Initiatives, shop at Sommers Discount Market in SE Canton on opening day. 📷✨

To celebrate the first full week of the SE Grocery Store being officially open we are doing a little giveaway! 🎉 Enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card for Sommers Discount Market by sending us your , taken anytime opening day through Saturday, March 23rd. Photo submissions should include a store selfie (or direct photo) of you, you and your bestie, you and your family, or a picture of your grocery cart at the Sommers Discount Market check out. 🍋🫑🥖

Text your name and store photos to our team at 330-858-7898 and you will be entered into the giveaway. A winner will be drawn at random and notified on Monday, March 25.

We apologize, due to a misunderstanding our Crossroads Online video for this morning was mistakingly deleted from our page. Please go to YouTube and see our video there this week (and any week in the future that you want to).

Over the coming weeks, we will activate a new and seperate Crossroads-only page where our videos and Crossroads-specific news will be posted. When that happens, we will post information about it here to direct you to that new page.

But in the meantime, **we will continue** to post our Crossroads news and videos on this page (they will not be deleted again) until we announce otherwise.

Thank you for your patience and your understanding during this transition!

--Christopher Dazey, Crossroads United Methodist Church Organist, Video Producer and Director of Publications

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Let’s dream big, adventurous, transformative, contagious, and bold dreams TOGETHER. 💭🎉 Join us at the newly acquired Canton for All People building in the Gibbs neighborhood this Friday, March 22, for a DREAM SESSION.✨

Formerly home to the much-loved Canton Calvary Mission, we hope to renovate the building and reopen the space as a community center, with dreams of it being home to a high quality Early Learning Center and preschool, a hot-meal ministry, school-age youth programming, and neighborhood-focused community events.

The Dream Session will be Friday, March 22 from 5:30-7:00PM. Neighbors, elected officials, and community partners are invited to join us for dinner, the chance to gather to pray over the spaces, and to share hopes, dreams, and aspirations of the community.

⭐️ Dinner is free and the event is open to all. Please register so we have a food count. Register at: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=MknoU8LhfEyhelKEKjJ2MZEMQD8MmBJIohX5twZePOVUMTIySElDMVFQMFRMR0pVOUtQQ1hPSU5CUC4u

Happy Pi Day! 🥧✨ We met the Canton for All People staff (missing a few) for lunch at favorite local spot, Kennedy's Bar-B-Que, on 7th Street NW near the park. We celebrated with yummy bbq, sides, and of course, PIE. 😍 The company was pretty awesome too.

📷: Kelly Klein Photography

You already know. 🔥 Today has been one for the books. We can’t thank our community enough for showing up and showing out for the grand opening of the new SOUTHEAST GROCERY STORE, Sommers Discount Market, located in the Canton for All People building on Gonder.

If you haven’t gotten a chance to stop by yet today the store is open until 5:00pm! Go there and get some good grub. We’re talking fresh vegetables, deli meats, bulk foods, milk, butter, eggs, and so much more! 🎉

📷: Kelly Klein Photography

We couldn’t be happier to introduce you to the ✨brand new✨ Sommers Discount Market located in the Canton for All People building on Gonder Ave (Southeast Canton).

The Grand Opening is tomorrow, March 12, and the official ribbon cutting will be held on Saturday, April 6.✂️

⏱️Hours of Operation: Monday-Saturday from 10:00-5:00
📍Location: 1318 Gonder Ave SE, Canton

In so many ways, this store is a dream come true. Come on out and stock up! 🍏

📷: Kelly Klein Photography

We’ve spent years dreaming, building, and planning for a Canton that truly is for ALL people. Access to healthy food through an affordable grocery store located in the Southeast has always been part of that dream. 🍅🥕

Like a child on Christmas Eve, we can’t wait for you to see and experience the new Sommers Discount Market opening in the Canton for All People building on Gonder TOMORROW. 🎉 (Next to where the old Allen Elementary School used to be.)

Stocked with fresh vegetables, cupboard stables, spices, made-to-order sandwiches, and more, we hope that this community market provides not only options for families but also nourishment for the community. Sneak peek pics of the Marketplace coming this evening! 📷

You’re Invited! 💙 Tour Canton for All People’s first new constriction home in downtown Canton! Stop by TODAY between 3:00-5:30pm for a tour of a modern city home.

This newly-completed home has plenty of natural light, is energy efficient, comes with high quality finishes, and is priced affordably to support working families. Canton for All People is building 10 more new homes in 2024. 🎉 Contact us to see how we can build a custom home to suit your family’s needs.

🔧 Special shoutout to our local contractors, the C4AP building team, and our tremendous partners at Hartville Hardware and Project REBUILD Inc. for their investment and support in this project.

📍1104 9th St. NW Canton, OH. 44703

Tomorrow! 🔑 Interested in purchasing a Canton for All People home? Join us for a homebuyer workshop hosted by Saprina Allen from Premier Bank.

⏱️ Dinner will be served at 5:30 and the workshop will begin at 6:00. Childcare is available. Registration is requested.
📝 Additional workshops will be available on credit counseling and finances to start your home buying process off right.

For full details and to register visit us at cantonforallpeople.org/homebuyer-workshop-march-7th-2024.

We're excited to invite you to an open house to tour Canton for All People's first new constriction home in downtown Canton. Feel free to stop by March 7th between 3pm-5:30pm at 1104 9th St. NW Canton, for a tour of a modern city home. This home has plenty of natural light, is energy efficient, has high quality finishes, breathing room for the whole family, and is priced affordably to support working families. Canton for All People is building 10 more new homes in 2024 and you can contact us to see how we can build a custom home to suit your family’s needs. A huge thank you to our local contractors, the C4AP building team, and our tremendous partners at Hartville Hardware and Project REBUILD Inc..

If you're new to the homeownership world, we also invite you to join us for our homebuyer workshop hosted by Premier Bank that same day! Registration and details can be found on our website, https://cantonforallpeople.org/homebuyer-workshop-march-7th-2024/.

Join us for a homebuyer workshop March 7th from 5:30pm-7:30pm located at 120 Cleveland Ave. SW Canton. Learn about opportunities to have a new home constructed for you or about rehabilitation projects that may suit your family needs. We will have dinner beginning at 5:30pm and a homebuyer class with Ms. Saprina Allen from Premier Bank beginning at 6pm. Childcare is available. You can also sign up for credit counseling and financial workshops to start your home buying process off right. Register through the QR code or our the website below and let us know if you are coming, and we look forward to seeing you!

https://cantonforallpeople.org/homebuyer-workshop-march-7th-2024/

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Southeast Market Plaza opens with My Community Health clinic, grocery store coming soon Southeast Market Plaza at 1318 Gonder Ave. SE in Canton has opened with the area's first health clinic. A grocery store is slated to open in March.

We are excited to bring another great home for sale to the community. 1116 9th St. NW has been completely remodeled and includes new air conditioning, heating, siding, kitchen, two full bathrooms, newly paved driveway, a two car garage, and tons of other great upgrades. Down payment assistance is available through the City of Canton and Premier Bank and we would love to help you with that process. You can see more photos on our website: https://cantonforallpeople.org/homes-for-sale/.

This home was renovated in partnership with the City of Canton through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Reach out to us for your showing and next steps consultation at 330-455-0153.

Yesterday there was an accident at 6th and Shorb where a car was pushed into the Shorb Market; thankfully no one was hurt and we will be open at 11am today.

A huge thanks to all of the volunteers and staff who helped people involved in the accident, neighborhood residents who came and helped us clean-up, other community members who just came by to make sure everyone was alright, and our city's first responders. We will be open today during our normal hours so feel free to stop by and get produce and groceries as normal. If anyone has a creative artistic ideas for our temporary plywood windows stop in and let Carrie know!

Here's a small snapshot of the community work Canton for All People has been investing in this past year. Houses that were previously vacant are finding new life and new families that will once again make them a home. A big thanks to the Greater Shorb Neighborhood for your support and encouragement and all of our partners who help make this happen each day.

Canton for All People in partnership with the United Way of Greater Stark County is starting its second round of its Ring Doorbell Program for the Shorb Neighborhood. Residents who qualify can receive a free doorbell and help installing the device. To learn more and apply for a Doorbell, visit:

https://cantonforallpeople.org/neighborhood-ring-doorbell-program/

We continue to push for change and rehouse as many residents as possible but HUD needs to release the vouchers it has promised residents for months and further pursuit of justice towards the ownership of Victory Square must continue. Tenants continue to face inhuman conditions, and it is incumbent upon our community and its leaders to never tolerate the existence of this kind of evil.

The tenants of Victory Square have been tremendously courageous in spite of the circumstances and their leadership has been remarkable. In the midst of these challenges we have seen neighbors look out for each other, prioritizing the exit of young mothers, children, and older residents despite their own hardships. These acts of care and love have been a light in the mess of this situation. Change must come now for these residents, and all residents who endure similar conditions in other buildings that remain unseen by the broader community.

Charita Goshay: Conditions at Victory Square Apartments qualify as criminal Columnist Charita Goshay writes that the conditions at Victory Square Apartments in Canton only add to the tenants' struggles.

Thanks to Walsh University for the volunteers today who helped at our fresh market and with housing rehab.

As we get closer to the opening of the SE Market Plaza, there are new job opportunities available at both My Community Health Center and Sommers Discount Market. To join the My Community Health Center team visit:

https://mycomhc.org/Home/Employment

To apply to work at Sommers Discount Market in SE Canton you can apply today at:

https://www.sommersmarket.com/join-our-team/

You can also visit our webpage to stay up to date on this initiative:

https://cantonforallpeople.org/community-development/southeast-community-market-and-health-center/

Due to unforeseen circumstance the Free Store will not be open today. Our Fresh Market Stores are open.

Now Scheduling at our New Gonder Location!
1318 Gonder Ave. Unit 1, Canton OH 44707

Call today to make your appointment!
330-639-1071

Be sure to come out and meet great folks from My Community Health Center at the Edward Peel Coleman Community Center tomorrow from 10am-12pm. Breakfast will be provided and it is a great opportunity to meet with some of the providers and staff of the new health center coming to Gonder Ave. SE. We hope to see you there!