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This Sunday
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MARCH 1, 2015 (LENT 2)  10:30 am in the Sanctuary
Join us this Sunday as we continue along the Lnten trail with a focus on our ministries with the incarcerated in Santa Cruz County. Peace United has a lively network of such ministries (the Prophets of Hope); on March 1, these lay ministers will lead us in worship! At the heart of our service will be stories told by a mother and daughter who've been part of our witness, and will share their perspective on the challenges they've faced.
Leading this week are the members of Peace United's Chancel Choir, with Beverly Brook and the Prophets of Hope!
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Lent @ Peace
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PRACTICING FAITH TOGETHER 
Lent invites us on journeys of discovery, struggle and even risk-taking. We turn to God in new ways, deliberate ways, trusting her grace along the way. Click here to see a whole range of special offerings, classes and services for the six-season of Lent.
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This Month in the Wider Community
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FEBRUARY/MARCH
Friday, 3/6 - "An Evening of Dreams": Celebration-Fundraiser for the UCSC Dreamweavers with Jose Antonio Vargas and UCSC Dreamweavers sharing stories. Support our amazing UCSC students and their work on campus and in the community!
Gathering of Christians, Jews and Muslims for study, sharing and community-building; with Rabbi Paula Marcus, Father Cyprian Consiglio, Imam Houcine Ahmed. Join the conversation around shared witness and conversation among 'peoples of the books.'
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This Month @ Peace United
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FEBRUARY/MARCH
Thursday 2/26 - Doing the Camino
de Santiago in Spain? - 6 to 7:30 pm in the Lounge - Stoney Brook is offering an orientation to help you plan, pack and prepare for spiritual/physical success! He completed the Camino in 2014 at age 70; you can do it too! Reservations required at [email protected] (or 831-346-6465). Trainings will be held Saturdays, March 7, 14 and 21 from 8 to 11 am.
Saturday, 2/28 - All Church Workday.
9 am to 1 pm - We're getting things ready for our new Associate Minister (organizing the CE building, painting in the office, maybe even some sewing). We'll have food, fun, fellowship together...Sign up in church (at a table) this week...Or just come!
Sundays, 3/1 and 3/8 - Your Advanced Directive.
Have you completed your advanced directive? Do you need help getting started? Workshops are being held on both Sundays, from 12:30 to 2 pm, in the Fellowship Hall. Sponsored by Peace United and Chadeish Yameinu Jewish Renewal Community.
Wednesday, 3/4 - Sacred Circle Dance.
7 - 9 in the Sanctuary:Dances range from lively to meditative, each being taught before we dance it. Beginners welcome, no partners needed, all welcome!
Saturday, 3/14 - Cinematic Salon.
3:30 - 5 pm in the Library: Lively, spirit-filled conversations around contemporary films. This month's selections are "McFarland USA" and "Still Alice." All are welcome, goodies provided!
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Lori Rivera's: "No One is Alone"
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A FANTASTIC FUNDRAISER FOR SEMINARY!
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Building the Kin-Dom
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WINGS TRAINING 
Wings is building a new ministry team right here at Peace: we'll become a compassionate circle supporting families in transition at the Rebele Family Shelter! A training is planned for Saturday, March 14 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm here at Peace. Interested? To register, email Peggy Benedum at [email protected]. Lunch is provided!
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Making Peace Your Home?
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SPRING INQUIRERS' CLASS
For information, call the church office at 426-2010.
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ESCRIP helps Jail Ministry
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHILE YOU SHOP! 
Peace United is part of escrip.com--a program that returns a percentage of your purchases to the church when you shop with enrolled merchants. Use your loyalty card or debit/credit cards when shopping, and the percentage is sent directly to us, all of it supporting our jail, justice and juvenile hall ministries. Some participating merchants are: Safeway, Home Depot, Amazon, Macy's, Expedia, Priceline, Gilda's, Pleasure Pizza and Gabriella's Cafe. It's simple to enroll! Go to escrip.com/howitworks
and sign up with Peace United Church of Christ! Questions: Contact Stoney Brook at
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FUNdraising Parties Coming Soon!
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THIS WINTER/SPRING
Sunday, 4/19 - Sunset Dinner, 6:30 to 9:30 pm at the Comeskys' home in Santa Cruz - Enjoy French Bistro food as you watch the sunset over the Pacific. Dinner includes appetizers, cassoulet with duck confit, Tarte Tatin, and other goodies. (Donation $70, only ONE ticket remaining)
For information on buying tickets, call the church office at 426-2010.
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Have You Visited Us?
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If you have, your visit matters to us. It's often strange to visit a church for the first time: to see new faces, hear old words spoken in new ways. We appreciate your trust, and we eagerly await the chance to see you again.
When you return, there will likely be a name-tag with your name on it, a chance for us to greet you more personally. Always, your questions and your curiosity thrill us. Return with these, return with your whole selves...
And know that you are God's blessing.
Every day.
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Who We Are...
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We're an
congregation of the United Church of Christ--which means we take diversity seriously and we welcome all God's children as full and beloved members of our community.
We're part of
COPA (which stands for Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action)--and in that way we work in solidarity with peoples of many traditions, bringing justice and decency to public life on the Central Coast.
We're decidedly CHRISTIAN, and in the most inclusive, generous way possible. We believe that--at its core--the gospel is a call to compassion. And that's what we try to be about every day, every week.
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Contact Us
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Peace United Church of Christ
900 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831 426-2010
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This Month's
Still Speaking
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Click here to see our monthly newsletter, "The Still Speaking Journal" of events and ideas!
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Taize Fridays in Lent
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 During Lent, our Taize Team leads a weekly service of prayer and song every Friday evening at 8 pm. This is a quiet, contemplative hour of peace, with repetitive chanting in the tradition of the Taize community in France. All are welcome! |
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Pray for One Another
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We invite one another to hold our friends and many others in prayer, inviting God's light to shine upon those in need...
Terry Kelly
Lou Hildebrandt
The Page Family
The Rogoff Family
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Making Connections
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Follow these links to learn more about our connections to the wider church and world... |
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This Week's Reading
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When despair for the world
grows in me
and I wake in the night
at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be
I go and lie down
where the wood drake
rests in his beauty
on the water,
and the great heron feeds.
I come into the
peace of wild things
who do not tax
their lives with forethought
of grief.
I come into
the presence of still water.
And I feel above me
the day-blind stars
waiting with their light.
For the time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Wendell Berry
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