Encouraging News for the Shadow Rock Community

Building Bridges of

Inclusion, Justice, and Spirituality

Tickets For Our 50th Anniversary Dinner Are Available!

There are many wonderful things about our dinner gathering Sept. 23rd. Celebrate who we are! Reconnect to each other, our vision, and our mission. Our celebration is also supporting a great community partner. One Step Beyond is catering our dinner. Read more about them below.

ANNIVERSARY DINNER TICKETS

Picture: Our friend Ineke Baker Adan celebrating our 50th from the Netherlands.

Welcome to One Step Beyond

https://www.accessibility.com/org-spotlight/nonprofit/one-step-beyond-inc

Our Mission is to provide dynamic programs

and services to individuals who have

intellectual disabilities and their families,

so they may achieve their goals and

become fully participating

members of our communities.

Our Vision is a world in which people

who have intellectual disabilities

are fully included in all areas of

our communities and are recognized

for their potential, their talents,

and their contributions to society.

THANK YOU ONE STEP BEYOND!

No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey,

you are welcome here!

This Sunday at Shadow Rock

A big mid-week HOWDY, Shadow Rock Family! Even though the Valley temperatures are still 100+, we're staying cool and feeling good on Sunday mornings. Here's what to expect this week:

9:00 am

Spiritual Formation for Adults in the Multi-purpose Room. Topic is Witness and Service. Am I more comfortable being a watcher or a partier?
Childcare is in the Blue Room, 9-11:30 am.
Spiritual Formation for Children is in the Red Room, 9-10 am.

10:15 am

Worship in the Sanctuary

11:15 am

No Sermon Reboot this Sunday because we will be in Coffee Chat for fellowship and farewell to Karen Richter. There will be cake!

Seeking Phone Volunteers

Are you looking for an exciting second career opportunity? Do you want to be of great help to the church and preschool staff? Do you want to improve your skills in communication, hospitality and door security? We have the perfect job for you. Be a phone/front desk volunteer for our church office. Currently we need to cover some Monday and Wednesday afternoons and substitutes for both morning and afternoon shifts. Contact Lois Beberniss at 602-993-0050 or at lois@shadowrockucc.org. (All kinds of human beings are welcome!)

THERE ARE MORE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE. ASK LOIS ABOUT OUR PEWBACKS.

Disaster Relief for Maui

Many of you have been asking how we can help with disaster relief for Maui. Here is a link to support the UCC relief efforts. Thank you!

https://www.ucc.org/amid-wildfires-devastation-ucc-makes-appeal-for-hawaii/

Call to Artists for Shadow Rock UCC’s Golden Celebration Art Show Opening & Sale

Shadow Rock United Church of Christ is celebrating their 50^th Anniversary with a Golden Celebration of Community Art Show & Sale. This art show will feature artists from the Southwest, and many of whom share a connection with Shadow Rock UCC and the Moon Valley area. If you are an artist and would like to participate in our art show, please use the link below for more information and to sign up.

There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHGtzMrQOb6gmApzQ5Ly_RAkm0HuF0g5jTEKJtUz5OvVUsHQ/viewform

Shadow Rock WISE Team News

The WISE Team will be focused on two things over the next few months.

Book Study of Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence About Mental Illness, Family, and Church written by Sarah Griffin Lund.
Participating in the NAMI Walk on Saturday, October 21st. For more information go to

https://namivalleyofthesun.org/get-

involved/namiwalks/

or contact our own Liz Curry at

liz.curry3@gmail.com

More Art Show Asks:

Call for Martini Glasses

Monet Davis hosted one of our most popular Pick-a-Parties. It involved martinis and a souvenir martini glass. She is asking to borrow your souvenir glass to create a sculpture for the art show in November. If you will let her borrow your glass for a short time it would be a great help. Contact Monet at davis.family@cox.net.

WHO MAKES DECISIONS AROUND HERE?

From time to time we will introduce you to members of Shadow Rock's governing board. We thank them for their service!

Peter Johnston

I started attending Shadow Rock 25 years ago in 1998.

I was born and raised in England and moved to the USA with my family, Linda and Steve, in 1982.

Chris, the true American in the family, was born in 1983. Linda and I became naturalized Americans some years later. Steve remains a “Brit”.

I am an electrical engineer and retired from corporate life in 2015 only to begin a new business life focusing on clean energy engineering consulting and energy education aimed at K-12 schools in Arizona. Although retired, I seem to be working more hours than I ever did in my pre-retirement days!

I have been one of the ushers at Shadow Rock for ?? years and was one of the original “Dancing Ushers”.

I love Shadow Rock because of its up-beat services which give me a feeling of well being when I leave the sanctuary on a Sunday morning.

Janice Shaldjian Morrison. Born in Niagara Falls, NY. Second generation Armenian American. Moved to Phx when I was 10 years old. Graduated college, got married, have 2 sons. Masters in Ed Administration. Favorite job ever is when I taught high school for ten years. Have attended Shadow Rock for almost 8 years. Became very involved in NARANON and became an advocate for people with substance use disorder. Have 3 lovely grandchildren that live in Japan with my eldest son and his wife. And I feel so grateful to be a part of Shadow Rock UCC.