Worship with us this Sunday!
Join us for Worship at 10am this Sunday, January 24 on Facebook Live…or watch it later. Last week we heard God calling Samuel—did you hear your name too? This week we will experience Jesus calling the disciples—John 1:43-51 and Mark 1:14-20—and each of us.
Our music includes: I Want Jesus to Walk with Me; Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God; Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore; You Are Mine; Here I Am, Lord; Come and Follow; I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me; In the Midst of New Dimensions; Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise
Livestream worship on designated Sundays. Look under videos for previous livestreamed services.
All our worship service videos in one place!
All Mid~Week Meditations that have been recorded on YouTube.
Order of worship, announcements, prayer list, birthdays and anniversaries.
Sunday School
Sunday School for children through 5th grade:

Meeting ID: 383 733 977
Password: 81968
Sunday School for Youth/Teens each week:

Meeting ID: 815 6130 3581
Password: 702228
Parkway Speaker Series/Adult Education
Budget Forum Q & A
Sunday, January 24 | 11:15am | via ZOOM

It’s that time of year again!

Our annual Budget Meeting will be held via Zoom on Sunday, January 31 after worship.

There will be a Budget Forum on Zoom at 11:15am this Sunday, January 24.

Please review the documents (linked below) prior to the Budget Forum. This is your chance to ask questions and get some clarification of the 2021 budget, prior to the annual meeting.

All are welcomed and encouraged to attend!
 
Video: 
 
Join by phone: 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 848 9858 1439
Passcode: 256973
AWOL (Adventurous Women Out Late)
Komen Virtual Trivia Night
Sat, Jan 30 | 7:00-10:00pm Online details to be sent to participants

Join Cassie Rosenberger’s team for a fun Virtual Trivia Night with your PUCC friends! Contact Carmen Bumgarner for more info: cfbum@charter.net
Tuesday Evening Dialogue: This I Believe (1/26)

2nd & 4th Tuesdays | 7:00pm via Zoom
Prayer List Updates
All the acts of kindness that are happening near and far!
The momentum toward justice and equity.
The Inauguration and peaceful transfer of power.
Nate and Dawn Jones Goldstein - healing from Covid-19.
Jim & Polly Winkelmann - he is home healing after a stroke. Encouragement welcome! 1504 Wolf Trail Rd; Wildwood, MO 63021; 314-610-3348 (Jim’s cell).
Audrey and John Nourse - as she finds healing and strength.
Marilyn McDougal’s sister - strength/courage for what lies ahead. 
Jean Mueller’s 96 year old aunt is in the hospital with pneumonia and Covid. Jean’s son continues his slow recovery from Covid at home.
Healthcare workers, homeless and many others at risk right now.
Physical Distancing… if anyone needs groceries, medicine and/or other support, please reach out to kevin@parkwayucc.org; 314-330-0629
People who are struggling with their mental health.
People who aren’t feeling safe at home but are remaining there.
Individuals in all levels of leadership as they make decisions today.
Healing of relationships between the public and the police.
Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen.
Our Democracy.
Pres Biden, VP Harris, Congress, all local, national, world leaders.


St Louis Assn UCC Covenant Partner
Week ending January 24 - Every Child’s Hope; everychildshope.org
ECH founded in 1858 by our UCC foremothers and forefathers as an orphanage for immigrant children who lost their parents in cholera outbreaks. As the needs of St. Louis children and families have evolved over the past century and a half, ECH’s services and programs have adapted to meet those ever-changing needs.
Week ending January 31 - Church of the Master UCC, Florissant;
cotm-ucc.org
Ponder
The Hill We Climb
by Amanda Gorman

Mr. President, Dr. Biden, Madam Vice President, Mr. Emhoff, Americans and the world,

When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, a sea we must wade. We braved the belly of the beast.
We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is, isn't always justice.

And yet the dawn is hours before we knew it, somehow we do it, somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken but simply unfinished.
We, the successors of a country and a time, where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president, only to find herself reciting for one.

And yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine, but that doesn't mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect. We are striving to forge our union with purpose, to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man.

And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us but what stands before us. We close the divide, because we know to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside.

We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true, that even as we grieved, we grew. That even as we hurt, we hoped. That even as we tired, we tried. That we’ll forever be tied together, victorious, not because we will never again know defeat, but because we will never again sow division.

Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid.

If we’re to live up to our own time, then victory won't lighten the blade, but in all the bridges we've made, that is the promise to glade, the hill we climb if only we dare, it's because being American is more than a pride we inherit. It's the past we stepped into and how we repair it.

We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy.

And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated. In this truth, in this faith, we trust. For while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us.

This is the era of just redemption. We feared at its inception. We did not feel prepared to be the heirs of such a terrifying hour, but within it we found the power to author a new chapter, to offer hope and laughter to ourselves.

So, while once we asked, “how could we possibly prevail over catastrophe?”, now we assert, “how could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?”

We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be, a country that is bruised but whole, benevolent but bold, fierce and free. We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation.

Because we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation. Our blunders become their burdens. But one thing is certain. If we merge mercy with might and might with right, then love becomes our legacy, and change, our children's birth right.

So let us leave behind a country better than one we were left with, every breath from my bronze-pounded chest, we will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one. We will rise through the gold-limbed hills of the west, we will rise from the windswept northeast where our forefathers first realized revolution. We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the Midwestern states. We will rise from the sun-baked South.

We will rebuild, reconcile, and recover, in every known nook of our nation, in every corner called our country, our people diverse and beautiful, will emerge battered and beautiful. When day comes, we step out of the shade, aflame and unafraid.

The new dawn blooms as we free it for there is always light if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it.

Experience her delivering it at the Capitol - https://youtu.be/lI1c-Lbd4Bw
Check out other poems for Inauguration Day…

Humor
What’s an ig?
A snow house without a loo!
What time is it when little white flakes fall past the classroom window?
Snow and Tell.
What is a mountain’s favorite type of candy?
Snow caps.
Inauguration Fanfares, in honor of Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
In a coast to coast celebration, Classical Movements has created the Hope & Harmony Ensemble of 14 brass and percussion musicians, in partnership with some of the finest orchestras in the country and conducted by Marin Alsop.
(Be on the lookout for the Arch!)
Faith leaders give moral guidance in this moment of division and white supremacist violence.
Support Circle of Concern from Home
Many of you are doing more shopping on Amazon as you are staying home so much these days/weeks/months. You can automatically donate a small amount with each purchase by using AMAZON SMILE when you shop. Just go to your Amazon account and sign up for AMAZON SMILE. Select CIRCLE OF CONCERN, Valley Park, MO. as your charity. Spread the word to your friends and neighbors! Questions? Contact Peggy Sieber pjsieber@yahoo.com
Have you registered for the Covid-19 vaccine?

To pre-register if you live in St Louis County, click this link:

If you live in a different county, you will want to connect with your county’s health department.

The St Louis County Health Department will follow-up with you when you are eligible to receive the vaccine according to the tiers established by the state, and when there are available appointments. Please know that they are working as quickly as they can to accommodate all who register.
An important message regarding COVID-19 vaccinations
from our interfaith partners in St Louis – some of the rabbis.
Month of Grace + Prayer
February 21 through March 21

Month of Grace + Prayer co-hosted by Dayspring Baptist Church and Parkway United Church of Christ. All meetings virtual (Zoom). Any adult is welcome to participate

We appreciate your submissions of jokes, quotes, videos, weekly opportunities, Mid~Week Meditation ideas, scriptures that are important to you, hymn/song suggestions, poetry, etc We would love to hear from you kevin@parkwayucc.org
Visit our social media for a mix of pix and to see what other PUCCers would like you to attend/experience/ponder/pray about with them.
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St. Louis, MO 63131

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