Shadow Rock the Week E-news

05 MARCH 2025

Look at all the activities for Sunday and join us. Also, study the themes for the Sundays in Lent and see what interests you. Thanks for your support of all we do!

All this and more in this week's Rock the Week!

Building Bridges of

Inclusion, Justice, and Spirituality

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

you are welcome here!

This Sunday at Shadow Rock

9:00 am

Childcare is in the Blue Room
Spiritual Play is on hiatus March 9, 16, and 23 to accommodate Spring Break for our families.
Sunday School for ages 9 and up in the Green Room
Adult Spiritual Formation and Kindlings in the Multipurpose Room. We continue our exploration of Shadow Rock Theology. This Sunday we explore the beauty and challenge of language.
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

There will be Sermon Reboot after worship. All are welcome!

PLEASE HELP US CREATE OUR BUDGET!

Indicate your financial support to Shadow Rock! Please, link and fill out this quick form at the bottom of this note. If you have any questions, contact Heidi by phone (Shadow Rock #602 993-0050) or email (heidi@ShadowRockUCC.org).

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This series is an invitation to navigate the polarities in our lives with more faith, intention, and openness to be transformed. Each weekly sub-theme explores two supposed binaries, like “faith & works” or “rest & growth,” or “grief & hope.” We often consider these ideas to be opposing. However, as we explore these concepts within the wisdom of our tradition, we find nuance and complexity. We find that these dichotomies are false. We might begin to see a full spectrum instead of black and white. We might find that God is present in between. And so, this season, we invite you to look beyond black and white binaries and easy answers.

We encourage you to notice the dichotomies that define our lives, but also imagine where God might be meeting us beyond the categories we create. This theme may resonate with anyone who is in discernment or trying to find their way through an undefined space. It will speak to anyone who feels as if they are living in a divided world. It is for those who seek a spiritual life that engages with complexity instead of avoiding it. This Lent, we're trusting that God shows up in shades of gray, rainbow hues, and everywhere in between.

(From Sanctified Art Worship Resource)

March 5, 2 PM, Ash Wednesday Service with St. Teresa's Ecumenical Catholic Communion in the Chapel located in the Education Building at Shadow Rock Campus.

March 9, First Sunday in Lent

Everything In Between Stranger and Neighbor with an intentional nod to our Immigration Justice Ministries.

March 16, Second Sunday in Lent

Everything In Between Faith and Works

March 23, Third Sunday in Lent

Everything In Between Rest and Growth

March 30, Fourth Sunday in Lent

Everything In Between Lost and Found

April 6, Fifth Sunday in Lent

Everything In Between Righteousness and Mercy

April 13, Sixth Sunday in Lent and Palm Sunday

Everything In Between Shouting and Silence

April 20, Easter Sunday

Everything In Between Grief and Hope

Future Food and Fellowship Opportunities for Your Calendar

Anyone who might be interested in helping by bringing something, set up, or clean up, please give Liz Curry a call or email her. Remember we are a nut-free campus.

March 9 Coffee Chat
April 20-Easter breakfast managed by SR Board
May 18 Coffee Chat
June 29 Potluck Send off to Sabbath

Shadow Rock Theology Weekend is coming and it is a big deal!

Friends,

I want to extend to you a personal invitation to participate in Shadow Rock Theology: A Theology For Our Times, May 16 - 18, 2025.

Theology For Our Times is an event to explore and delve deeper into Shadow Rock’s unique theological history and identity. The event shares some foundational theological ideas and helps participants discern their relationship to such ideas. We hope that the event raises questions about participants' spiritual journeys and helps them find companions for their journeys. The event brings the symbols of the Cross and the Wedgeblade together, encouraging the question, “How can we be in the right relationship with history?”

The event will use presentations, small group and large group discussions, individual meditation time, music, art, and videos to aid the process of discovery.

Families are welcome, and child care will be provided.

The event is at Chapel Rock Camp and Retreat Center in Prescott, AZ, the weekend of May 16-18. The weekend costs $206 per adult (includes linen service and meals). If you can afford this expense that is a great help, but the importance of this event and the invitation to you is such that scholarships are available.

I am sending this invitation to you as I consider the future of our church and its place in the world. I am working to create multiple carriers of our theological DNA, and I hope you will be a part of it.

Please contact me with your questions.

Pastor Ken

SPIRITUAL PLAY HAPPENINGS!

YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR SPIRITUAL PLAY PROGRAM?

Details in the brochure. Ask for one in the church office.

WHAT IS NEXT FOR OUR SPIRITUAL PLAY KIDS?

Reserve your spot for Wander & Wonder today!

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLScx8f_iPoeTO3UKr9ufKMR_vU6GTszi2kZWSq-2KhsS91h30A/viewform

You are loved!

Danielle Heckel

Lead Wonder Wizard

Spiritual Play

Immigration Justice Work Is Happening!

February 25th a few Shadow Rockers accompanied a woman to her Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) check-in. The woman's attorney was very concerned she would be detained and deported despite her family's unique needs. We are glad to report she was allowed to finish her appointment and return home.

Feel free to ask Pastor Ken about our important and quiet work.