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This Sunday at Shadow Rock

9:00 am

• Adult Spiritual Formation and Kindlings start in the Multipurpose Room of the Education Bldg with coffee and fellowship
• Spiritual Play is in the Lime Room
• Childcare is in the Blue Room
• Sunday School for ages 9 and up in the Green Room
• Hospitality Cart with coffee and cookies in the Multipurpose Room

10:15 am

• Worship in the Sanctuary (childcare is offered in the Blue Room of the Education Bldg 10 - 11:30 am)

11:15 am

• Potluck in Smith Hall (Y'all Come!)

Global Solidarity Prayer Vigil at Shadow Rock UCC

September 29, 2024

8:00 AM

Located on the North Patio

Shadow Rock has been asked to be part of a world wide prayer vigil which is intended to give support and raise awareness.

Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank are being denied their fundamental rights to live in the land which they have called home for generations. They are being dispossessed of their homes and their land. Every day new injustices are being committed, with the approval of the Israeli government, by Jewish settlers who deny any rights to the land but their own. Christian and Muslim Palestinians are being squeezed off the land, step by step, inch by inch. This offends all people of faith and goodwill who uphold a vision of justice and equity for all people. In Israel and Palestine Jews, Christians, Muslims, and secular people are united in protesting the treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank who are losing their land and their rights as illegal Jewish settlements and outposts are multiplying and spreading.

The Kisiya family in the West Bank and the Save Al-Makhrour movement invite all people of faith and conscience to join hands on September 29th for a day of prayerful solidarity and action.

Dozens more vigils are being organized and YOU are most welcome to join thousands of people around the world who will pray and show their support for Palestinian families. Right NOW is the time for us to say no more to displacement, land theft and erasure in the West Bank.

TOGETHER WE WILL PRAY AND SAY -

1. Give the land back now for the Kisiya’s and others displaced!

2. Stop funding the JNF (Jewish National Fund) which funds settler land theft and Palestinian displacement.

3. Raise your voice for Palestinians living under threat in Al-Makhrour and beyond. Protect the cradle of faith, the birth place of Jesus and the descendants of the first Christian communities.

For more information and questions contact Pastor Ken.

October 6th Worship Service

Will Highlight Interview With Jeanne Casteen

We have a tradition of interviewing interesting community leaders who share our values and vision. October 6th during the 10:15 AM worship time we will host Jeanne Casteen. She is the Executive Director of Secular AZ.

Secular AZ is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization that protects the constitutional separation of church and state, and educates lawmakers and the public to ensure freedom of conscience for Arizonans of all faiths and of none.

Pastor Ken will interview Ms. Casteen and encourage her to share her spiritual journey and the work of Secular AZ.

JEANNE CASTEEN has a bachelor’s degree in human communication and history from the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at ASU and a master’s in education, also from ASU. Jeanne has over 11 years of experience teaching in Maricopa County’s public schools. In 2011, Jeanne completed the Emerge Arizona program and in 2012 became a school board member of the Creighton School District. She served as Board President from 2016 through 2020. In 2020, Ms. Casteen ran for Maricopa County School Superintendent, and came within 12,000 votes of winning. She has been awarded the Arizona School Public Relations Association Award for Excellence in Advocacy and Political Contributions to Education as well as the Arizona School Board Association’s All-Arizona School Board Member Award.



Our work for enhancing planned giving, new rental income, and weddings is continuing. If you have questions you can contact Cindy Gattorna and/or Pastor Ken.

Our next townhall with updates about the work of our Initiative Groups is October 13th in the Multipurpose Room after our worship service.

Looking for friends and members of Shadow Rock to represent us at Dr. Toni's installation. See details below. It is good for Shadow Rock to be represented at this covenant celebration. Pastor Ken will be out of town.

Attendance and energy at the Rachael Vindman event was excellent. Ms. Vindman encouraged us to vote and talk with people about our values and how our values can inform our voting. Thank you John Pierce for the picture.

Seniors and Friends Defending Democracy Present:

Bad Faith Screening/Project 2025

Thursday, October 3, 2024 6:00 PM

Red, Wine, and Blue/TroubleNation is working with Kyle Spencer, author of Raising Them Right, the Untold Story of America's Ultraconservative Youth Movement, one of a trio of democracy authors who have received grant funding to travel around the country this summer and fall to speak with would-be voters and volunteers about the existential stakes of the election on November 5. Events include a showing of the new documentary, Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy and a discussion

of Project 2025.

Held at :

Shadow Rock UCC Church

12861 N. 8th Ave

Phx, AZ 85029

RSVP here!



You can direct your questions to the Shadow Rock Church office by emailing or calling 602-993-0050.