10/12/2026
🎉 PASTOR APPRECIATION & 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! 🎉
⛪ 25 YEARS OF MINISTRY • 1 YEAR OF PASTORAL LEADERSHIP • A LIFETIME OF SERVING GOD!
Home Lighthouse Community Church invites you to join us for a very special day as we celebrate and honor Pastor Matthew Brode, First Lady Heather Brode, and their family! ❤️
This marks ONE YEAR since Pastor Matthew stepped into his role as Pastor of our church and we brought two churches together with the work he had pastored for two years across the lake. Over this past year, we have witnessed God’s hand at work through his leadership, dedication, vision, and heart for reaching souls for Jesus Christ.
But this celebration is about more than just one year! We are also recognizing 25 YEARS OF FAITHFUL MINISTRY! 🙌
For 25 years, Pastor Matthew has answered God’s calling, preached the Gospel, served others, and dedicated his life to the work of the Lord. Through the victories, challenges, sacrifices, and countless lives touched, he has continued to stand on God’s Word!
❤️ WE ALSO WANT TO HONOR THE FAMILY BEHIND THE PASTOR!
Ministry is not just a calling for the Pastor; it often becomes a sacrifice and commitment for the entire family. First Lady Heather and their children have faithfully served alongside him, giving their time, talents, love, and support to the church and its ministries.
We recognize that behind every sermon preached, every prayer prayed, and every hour spent serving others, there is a family that also gives and sacrifices. This day is for ALL of you!
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 (KJV)
“And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake.”
🎊 JOIN US FOR THIS SPECIAL CELEBRATION!
📅 Sunday, October 25, 2026
🕙 Sunday School – 10:00 AM
🕚 Morning Worship & Appreciation Service – 11:00 AM
🎤 Special Guest Minister: Bishop James Walden Jr.II
🍽️ A Special Luncheon Will Follow the Service!
📍 Home Lighthouse Community Church
1922 Oakes Drive
Akron, Ohio 44312
We invite our church family, friends, fellow ministers, former congregation members, and everyone whose life has been touched by Pastor Matthew and his family to come celebrate with us!
Let’s fill the house with love, encouragement, appreciation, and thanksgiving as we honor a family that has given so much to the work of the Lord!
🙏 We thank God for the past 25 years of ministry, celebrate this first year of pastoral leadership, and look forward with excitement to what God has planned for the years ahead!
💙💛 WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU, PASTOR MATT, FIRST LADY HEATHER, AND FAMILY!