Cavicchi Christian Education Seminar

Twelfth Annual Mary Anne & Richard Cavicchi Christian Education Seminar

Sunday afternoon, April 6, 2025, from 4:00-7:30 p.m. Main Presentation will be given by Terry Rounds from the Greater Cleveland Food Bank.

Terry Rounds from the Greater Cleveland Food Bank.

Seminar Title - A World of Scarcity: Living on a Low-Income Budget

Terry Rounds will present facts about how income, costs, and family circumstances affect low-income families.

The presentation relates how the brain reacts to scarcity and the US definition of poverty level. Terry will discuss how “the world of enough” interacts with “the world of scarcity” and factors that allow families to meet financial obligations comfortably vs. those that cause them to live in “world of scarcity.”

He will share personal stories from his work with low-income individuals and families.

  • Open to all

  • Two ways to attend:

    • In person at Rocky River UMC with a meal provided

    • On zoom with a break partway through. The zoom link will be sent in a separate email, a few days before the event.

  • When you register, please complete the form, indicate whether you will attend in person or remote.

  • You are welcome to bring someone else – please fill out a registration form for each additional person

  • Registration Deadline – Monday, March 31

For more information and questions or to plan and discuss the next seminar, write to cavicchichristianed@gmail.com


Click below for the 2024 seminar video recording, “Power, Purpose & Love: Becoming Change-makers in Our Communities” held Sunday March 3, 2024.

The seminar keynote and facilitator was Rev. Joy Fenton-Jones, Authorized Minister in the United Church of Christ, serving 2 churches in Cuyahoga Falls. Greater Cleveland Congregations gave a presentation on community relational meetings, and an interfaith panel addressed questions on creating community.

If you would like to watch videos of the seminars from previous years, click on the button below.