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June 12, 2022 | 10:00am In-person and Facebook Live… later YouTube
If you will be with us in person, please note that our Covid Team has made an adjustment in our Covid protocols. St Louis City and St Louis County continue to document a steady rise in COVID-19 cases in our community. We are also experiencing this with church members and friends. Therefore, PUCC is moving from 'masks recommended' to 'masks strongly advised' until further notice.
Our scriptures are Psalm 8 – celebrating creation and our responsibility to it and John 16:12-15 when Jesus talks a bit more about who the Spirit is and what the Spirit does.
Our Annual Leadership Meeting will take place immediately following worship.
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Annual Meeting & Vitality Reboot
Sunday, June 12 |11:15am
This serves as the official call to the Annual Congregational Meeting: Leadership in the sanctuary immediately following worship on June 12.
Following our Annual Meeting, join us for ice cream and opportunities to volunteer your time and talents. Tables in the Gathering Space will have sign-up for volunteer positions needed right now. Other opportunities will follow later in 2023. Once you have reviewed all the great opportunities, please go to the back parking lot for an ice cream treat.
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This link lists bulletin posts, with the top one as the most recent. | | | |
Livestream worship on 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. | |
Sunday School Live and via Zoom
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Sunday School for children through 5th grade:
Meeting ID: 383 733 977
Password: 819680
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Sunday School for Youth/Teens each week:
Meeting ID: 815 6130 3581
Password: 702228
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The Mammy concludes June 21
1st & 3rd Tuesdays
1:45pm Fellowship
2:00pm Discussion
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Tuesday Evening Dialogue
June 14
Our discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass continues.
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June 19—Modern Perspectives of a Native American by Simona Charles
June 26—Electric, Gas or Hybrid? by Kent Tallyn
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AWOL Spring-Summer Schedule
Saturday, June 25
Movie Night at local theater – TBA when schedule is released.
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors
School is out, many supplies are used up, and children will be taller by the end of summer. Let’s help school children be ready for next fall. Parkway UCC is asked to provide 300 2-pocket folders for the Isaiah 58 Back-to-School event on 30 July. Underwear and socks for any ages, small children through adult sizes would be most appreciated. We are also invited to host a game, activity booth, or resource table.
Isaiah 58 serves our neighbors in the Choteau, Jefferson, Cherokee, and S. Kingshighway boundaries. As you are able, please consider donating 2-pocket folders, socks, and underwear and place in the designated box in the church lobby by 29 July. Contact Evelyn Buretta: burettaevelyn@gmail.com
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Long time Parkway UCC member, Naomi Runtz, will be included in Return to the Opera—an exhibition by The Sharp Shooters Photography Collective at the Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 Union Blvd, St. Louis. For those attending the operas, the gallery will be open during the performances.
An Opening Reception for the artists will be on SUNDAY, JULY 10 FROM 12:30 TO 3:00 P.M. Parking is behind the church.
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All the acts of kindness, justice and equity near and far.
Pride Month - https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/01/health/pride-month-explainer/index.html
Joan Biest - chemotherapy treatment #6 of 6 on June 9.
Dusty & Lindsay; Matt & Kim - expecting babies with complications.
Barbara Klages - hospitalized with blood infection and liver failure.
Sharon - struggling with many health issues (Gerry Rogers’ cousin).
All impacted by Covid-19 - individuals, families, healthcare workers; If anyone needs help getting vax/booster or if anyone vaccinated would like to be on the Care Team, please reach out to kevin@parkwayucc.org
The people of Tulsa, OK; Uvalde, TX; Buffalo, NY.
The war in Ukraine.
Racial violence in the US.
Infant and Baby Formula shortage across the US.
Palestinian – Jewish conflict.
Women’s Justice issues.
St Louis Association UCC Covenant Partner
Week ending June 12 - Missouri Mid-South Conference; mmsucc.org
Week ending June 19 - Kirkwood UCC; kirkwooducc.org
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Less than two minutes on the history of Pride Month. | Here’s another – in six minutes... | | |
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Humor
Where do goldfish go on vacation? Around the globe
Where do sheep go on vacation? The Baahamas
Why don’t oysters share their pearls? Because they’re shellfish!
What do you call a Labrador at the beach in August? A hot dog
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Ponder
For every shattered place. For every person in pain and grief. For you, from me, in sorrow and stubborn hope. Again and still and always.
BLESSING IN A TIME OF VIOLENCE
Which is to say
this blessing
is always.
Which is to say
there is no place
this blessing
does not long
to cry out
in lament,
to weep its words
in sorrow,
to scream its lines
in sacred rage.
Which is to say
there is no day
this blessing ceases
to whisper
into the ear
of the dying,
the despairing,
the terrified.
Which is to say
there is no moment
this blessing refuses
to sing itself
into the heart
of the hated
and the hateful,
the victim
and the victimizer,
with every last
ounce of hope
it has.
Which is to say
there is none
that can stop it,
none that can
halt its course,
none that will
still its cadence,
none that will
delay its rising,
none that can keep it
from springing forth
from the mouths of us
who hope,
from the hands of us
who act,
from the hearts of us
who love,
from the feet of us
who will not cease
our stubborn, aching
marching, marching
until this blessing
has spoken
its final word,
until this blessing
has breathed
its benediction
in every place,
in every tongue:
Peace.
Peace.
Peace.
~Jan RichardsonT
he Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief
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Parkway Habitat Work Day
Saturday, September 10 | 7:45am – 3:00pm
Save the date. Parkway has been assigned a work date for this year. Parkway will be allowed 4 workers for Saturday, September 10. It seems like a long time away, but hopefully the slots will be filled quickly.
Please consider donating to Habitat. Checks for our UCC Build should be made out to UCC HABITAT BUILD and sent to
Tim Weaver c/o Samuel UCC
320 N. Forsyth Blvd, Clayton 63105.
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June 2022
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month.
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We appreciate your submissions of jokes, quotes, photos, 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 | |
Important Notice: No staff member of Parkway United Church of Christ will ever reach out via email or social media to ask for financial help. If you receive an email or text request appearing to be from PUCC staff requesting financial help or information—or any suspicious message—please don’t click on any links or engage with the sender. You may want to report to your email service provider or the appropriate social media service. Also, keep your antivirus/anti-malware software up to date for protection.
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