Parkway United Church of Christ  E-news
February 16, 2018
 
Note Date Change:
The Nathan Rauscher Quartet 
Fri, Feb 16 | 9:00pm | $10
The Kinda Blue Club, 6101 Idaho Ave, St. Louis
The Kinda Blue Club is a small house that has been renovated to accommodate small music ensembles in a comfortable, living room-like atmosphere. The event is family friendly, and guests are invited to bring their owns snacks and drinks. I recommend bringing warm clothes, as the house can be a bit chilly in the winter.
 
I'm always grateful for the opportunity to work with my band--these are dear friends, and the players I call first because they are so unbelievably skilled, attentive, and fun to work with. We'll be programming standards from the American Songbook, bebop, and original music.

 
 
Worship with Us this Sunday!
 
Join us on Sunday for Traditional Worship at 9:30am and/or Informal Worship at 11:00am  where our scripture lessons will be Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; Mark 1:9-15  with a sermon entitled From Lovers to Fools with Our Eyes. We see the rainbow after the flood. We see the dove descending as Jesus comes up out of the water at his baptism. We see the wild animals and the angels with Jesus in the wilderness for 40 days. What do you see then and there? Now and here?

We will light our Lenten Candles and hear about our Second Mile Lent Offering.


Inclement Weather Policy
If we need to cancel church on a Sunday morning due to wintry weather, we will communicate with you in a variety of ways:
  • Church wide email
  • Facebook/Twitter post
  • KSDK.com listing
  • Voicemail at church
Judgment whether to come to church rests with the individual. If you feel it is unsafe to drive, please don't risk it. Stay safe. Stay home.


 
 
Prayer List Updates
The season of Lent.
April & Jameson Tallyn and big sister Evelyn - expecting twins!   
Carol Clifford and family as they grieve/give thanks for her mother.
Memorial Service this Friday afternoon in Creighton, Missouri.
Andrea Barnes - just back from Jeff City where she spoke with legislators about MO Statute of Limitations on child sex abuse.
Pattie Herpel - healing at home after recent hospitalization.
Pam Walker - back to work today after a few days in the hospital.
Ron Wilbois - strengthening at Mason Pointe Rehab Center.
Cherie Stolze - healing from surgery after a broken ankle.
Cassie Rosenberger's father moved to Rehab Ctr in St Louis.
Polly Rutherford - preparing for back surgery on March 2.
Wallace Family - baby & mother need healing (Mason Ridge School).
The families grieving and aching in Florida after yesterday's tragedy.
St Louis Association UCC Covenant Partner of the Week:  Christ UCC in Maplewood



 
Announcements

Sing with us on Sunday, February 25th at noonish!
The Core Music Project Team has been at work for many moons-whistling while we work...meandering through melodies, humming harmonies, looking at lyrics, mindful of memories, daring to dream. Please join us for a light lunch and lots of singing on Sunday, February 25th at noon. We will share some of our process and progress with you. We're eager to share this with you and to hear your voice!

Open &Affirming: Living Openly - A Public & Visible Church
Gateway ONA's Seventh Annual Convocation
Saturday, Mar 3 | 9:00am-4:00pm (registration 8:00am) | Parkway UCC
Come be in conversation with others, learn what it means to be Open and Affirming and how to fully express extravagant welcome to all God's children. New workshops and new leaders this year! Registration forms with more info...

Human Trafficking in Our Area
We would like to invite you to join St. Charles Outreach Coalition against Human Trafficking (SCCAT)
on Thursday February 15, 2018 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Trinity Church located at 3515 Shackelford Road., Florissant, MO 63031 to learn about human trafficking in our area especially in North County.
 
During the event, we will hear from the St. Louis County Police Department (Human Trafficking Task Force). We also are honored to have Chief Belmar of the St. Louis County Police Department joining us for the opening session. This organization will discuss their important work responding to human trafficking and the support available for victims and their families in the Greater St. Louis Area and beyond.
 
This is a Free Event; thus, your RSVP will help our event organizers to provide a better service for you during the event. For RSVP, please email
stltrinitychurch@gmail.com Or contact 314.838.8820 or register from the link below:
 
 
This event was primarily scheduled on January to observe the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day that is every year on January 11. However, because of some unavoidable circumstances in weather situation, we canceled it and rescheduling our event on February 15th, 2018. National Human Trafficking Awareness Day's observance was started in 2011 by Presidential Proclamation of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The anniversary of this proclamation became known as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Currently, many countries in the world including the USA are the source, transit and destination country for trafficked children, women, and men. These people can be of foreign nationalities or the citizens of the USA, but they are all subjected to injustices of human trafficking, including sex trafficking, forced labor, involuntary servitude, forced marriage and debt bondage. Many mass campaigns are organized to observe National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. This helps raise public awareness of the crime of human trafficking and helps protect some vulnerable members of our community.

We hope you/everyone is available and comfortable to participate in this new schedule on Thursday February 15, 2018 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pmat Trinity Church located at 3515 Shackelford Road., Florissant, MO 63031.


 


Further reading...


Inspiration 
The unexamined life is not worth living. ~Socrates
 
Humor
Your Facebook friends are praying that you will give up social media for Lent.

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