Staying Connected to Your Church Community

STAYING CONNECTED TO YOUR CHURCH COMMUNITY

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Meet our new Interim Senior Ministers, Rev. Jill and Rev. Rick Edens!

Join us on Sunday, September 12th for worship at 10:00 am masked/ in person or via Livestream. (More details regarding worship guidelines and attendance capacities will be shared in the week ahead!)

Following worship, meet us (after 11:00 am) outside on the church lawn and enjoy an ice cream truck surprise and receive a backpack/work bag/device blessing!

Take a self guided tour of our third floor Church School classrooms, Nursery and Youth Room -- enjoy our new brightly decorated spaces!

CREATE & EXPLORE & WONDER & SERVE

Our Nursery Garden!

Our Children's Chapel!

Our Pre-K Room!

Our 3rd floor Message!

SUNDAY WORSHIP

LINK to live-stream worship

Printed Order of Worship

TUESDAY MEDITATION

Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am, we meditate on God's Word and Joy from Habakkuk 3:18-19.

WEDNESDAY PRAYER

Tune into Facebook at noon or at 6:00pm on Wednesdays for 5-15 minutes of reflection and prayer.

A Good Word:

Thoughts on Racial Justice

“As people of faith and followers of Jesus, filled with love, we seek a just world for all.”

Racial Justice Working Group

Mission Statement

“No daylight to separate us. Only kinship. Inching ourselves closer to creating a community of kinship such that God might recognize it. Soon we imagine, with God, this circle of compassion. Then we imagine no one standing outside of that circle, moving ourselves closer to the margins so that the margins themselves will be erased. We stand there with those whose dignity has been denied. We locate ourselves with the poor and the powerless and the voiceless. At the edges, we join the easily despised and the readily left out. We stand with the demonized so that the demonizing will stop. We situate ourselves right next to the disposable so that the day will come when we stop throwing people away.” ~ Father Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.

Reflection Question: Where are you in the circle of compassion? Are you on the outside waiting or are you on the inside moving towards the edge -- so that no daylight separates you from all of God’s creation?

Comments and Questions? Please email us at hillsrjwg@gmail.com.

LINK to Administrator

LINK to calendar

Church Calendar Updates

The church is closed on Monday, September 6 in observance of Labor Day. Please submit your 2021 and 2022 calendar events to be put on the church calendar.

Chancel Flower Memorials

If you wish to contribute to the weekly chancel flowers “In Honor of” or “In Memory of” a loved one, please contact Susan MacDonald in the church office. Your gift will be noted in the order of worship. Any amount of donation is welcome. Following the service, chancel flowers are delivered to members of the congregation who need our love and support, or are celebrating a particular joy, so if your wish is to bring home some of the chancel bouquet, please let a Deacon or one of the Ministers know.

Hills Church Weekly Calendar

THURSDAY

Staff Meeting (Parsonage)

New Beginnings (Virtual)

FRIDAY

AA Meeting (Board Room)

SATURDAY

Youth Bake Cookies (Kitchen)

SUNDAY

Worship Service (Sanctuary)

Fellowship (Church Lawn)

Youth Serving Outdoor Church (meet at church)

Boy Scouts (Assembly Room)

AA Meeting (Board Room)

MONDAY - Labor Day holiday

Food Pantry (Pantry Room)

TUESDAY

Morning Meditation (Zoom)

Food Pantry (Pantry Room)

Deacon's Meeting (Zoom)

Stewards Support Board (Zoom)

Handbells Rehearsal (Bell Room)

WEDNESDAY - Nursery School teachers return

Noonday Prayers (Facebook)

THURSDAY - Nursery School parent orientation

Staff Meeting

New Beginnings (Virtual)

Nursery School Parent Orientation

Chancel Choir (Sanctuary)

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