Greetings Friends of Keystone United Church of Christ
5019 Keystone Place North
Seattle, WA 98103
206-632-6021
KEY Connections _ _ _ _ “We as Keystone commit to share the alternative vision of what the world can be...”
Come- see how we love! Worship every Sunday at 10:30 A.M.
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Lauren Cannon
Associate Pastor
206-632-6021
Festival of Hope report back from November 17-18, 2012:
With full hearts of gratitude today we celebrated all the ways that each and everyone contributed to make our 34th annual Festival of Hope a huge success. Marilyn reported that we were able to raise: $12,345 for anti-poverty work!!! Congratulations and thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone for all the spirited work!! As Keystone UCC will now give proceeds to non-profit organizations, we praise God for your many hands and hearts that allow us to respond!
Check out the pictures folks have posted from our Festival weekend at Keystone UCC page... Go to:
There you can ‘like’, ‘share’, and spread the good news...!
Here is another dose of congrats for building an alternative giving fair. Watch this short video to get further in to approaching our coming season, in the right mind (or incase you are still bewildered or hungover from Black Friday)- watch this Advent Conspiracy:
Coming Up This Week:
Worship Sunday December 2, at 10:30 AM: First Sunday in Advent
Take a look in advance at our scripture text:
Gospel of Luke: 21: 25-36
Greeter: Sandie S.
Reader: Rich V.
Usher: Sandie S.
Preacher: Rich G.
Music: Elliot K. and Kate F.
Coffee Hour: Fasoldts
Advent candle lighting.
Key Dates:
Tuesday November 27: Next Book Study begins: We will be reading Richard Rohr’s “The Naked Now” and discussing on Tuesday nights from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. All welcome! For books and more info for this first class, contact Joyce and Scott Hedges: sjhedges60@hotmail.com
Wednesday November 28: mid-week Christian education & formation at Keystone: Next unit of Justice Leadership Class is three Wednesdays through December 5. Come check out this unit focusing on community organizing and advocacy, informed from our faith. Potluck is 6:30 pm; class is 7-8:30 pm; downstairs in Battson Hall. All welcome- with our UCC Young Adult Service Community (YASC) justice interns, members and friends of Keystone UCC, and those from other UCC churches.
This second unit of our Justice Leaders class opens as Jasmine Marwaha of Unite-Here Local 8 joins us to share inspired stories of ways that faithful folks can make a difference in labor campaigns to help support low wage hospitality workers in Seattle and build a stronger movement for those at work in our city’s hotels. Her own organizing work is inspired by her faith as a Sikh.
Friday November 30: Weekly Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies at Keystone UCC: 7 pm: Harvest of Empire: The untold Story of Latinos in America. More details: www.meaningfulmovies.org
Saturday December 1: Chloe's choir has a winter concert coming up
All Through the Night
Pacifica Choirs
3:00 PM
Maple Leaf Lutheran Church
10005 32nd Ave NE
Seattle WA 98125
$15 adults and seniors and $8 under 18.
Wednesday December 5: Justice Leaders Class, 6:30 pm potluck, 7-8:30 pm class. Come hear from dynamic teacher, writer, & advocate Nancy Amidei, formerly of the University of Washington, School for Social Work, on ‘Why We Advocate!’ (see below)
Thursday December 6: Holden Evening Prayer 7:00- 7:30 pm in the Keystone sanctuary.
Monday December 10: Human Rights Day action to support fair jobs for Port Workers- save the date (see below.)
Tuesday December 11: Holden Evening Prayer 7:00- 7:30 pm in the Keystone sanctuary.
Wednesday December 12: Justice Leaders Class, 6:30 pm potluck, 7-8:30 pm class. Come for this hands on “Advocacy 101 Training” from dynamic teacher, writer, & advocate Nancy Amidei, formerly of the University of Washington, School for Social Work! (see below.)
Thursday December 13: HEaring on Coal Export: 4-7 Pm at Washington Convention Center. See Rich Voget (below).
Wednesday December 19 and next Wednesdays... No Justice Leaders class - we break for Christmas and Epiphany and resume February 20.
Thursday December 20: Holden Evening Prayer 7:00- 7:30 pm in the sanctuary.
Monday December 24: Christmas Eve Service 7:00 pm, sanctuary.
Saturday January 5: Next bi-monthly rotation - cooking food for folks at Sacred Heart shelter- save the date!
Announcements:
Lauren’s Maternity leave:
Almost 39 weeks now, Lauren and Mike are soon to start some family leave! Lauren will be away from Keystone, and from leading the UCC Young Adult Service Community approximately from December 1 for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany seasons and return around February 15, after Ash Wednesday as we begin Lent.
Thank you for all the ways everyone is stepping up:
We celebrate the spirit of discipleship we see popping up everywhere, with our recent staff transitions at Keystone. Thank you all who have already been so willing to identify ways you are led to help out.
YASC:
One part of our coverage of our UCC justice intern program, while Lauren is away, is that our colleague, Rev. Greg Turk, pastor of All Pilgrims Christian Church, will be serving as Spiritual Sojourner with our justice interns for their weekly Friday reflection group for our Young Adult Service Community of UCC
December- mid February:
Bible Study Resources:
The weekly Bible Study is taking a pause this winter, and looking to resume in spring. Check out these weekly on line resources to support your own devotional study or personal routines. Each follows the lectionary texts that inform our worship each week.
You can sign up to receive a daily devotional from our UCC writers group in your in-box.
Or order an Advent Devotional for 2012: from UCC:
And at “Seasons of the Spirit” go to: "Spirit Sightings" each week:
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Coal Export: you can help prevent coal trains blowing through our region: come testify; and come write a letter:
Thank you to everyone who signed postcards at the Festival of Hope to make your concerns known about potential impacts of coal export. Rich V. brought dozens and dozens of thoughtful messages to Earth Ministry-- adding to voices calling for the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct detailed environmental impact study before decisions can be made about coal trains.
Letters to the editor are also needed regarding the proposed export trains through our state. (see www.earthministry.org or contact Keystone UCC member: Rich Voget: rvoget@w-link.net)
In the last few weeks, over 3,000 people turned out to hearings in their communities to oppose Big Coal's plan to put a dirty coal export terminal at Cherry Point.
The movement is growing large. The Army Corps of Engineers has postponed Seattle's Cherry Point Hearing until December 13 so that it can be moved to a venue with more space -- the Washington State Convention Center!
WHO: Friends, Family, Neighbors, the Sierra Club, Earth Ministry, and YOU!
WHAT: Coal Exports Public Hearing
WHEN: Thursday, December 13, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Washington State Convention Center, Ballroom 6F, 800 Convention Place, Seattle, WA 98101 (Map)
Questions: Contact Robin Everett, who spoke at our Meaningful Movies this summer on this: robin.everett@sierraclub.org
And Jessie Dye: jessie@earthministry.org
Come join with hundreds of people of faith. Wear RED to show how we have been called forth in spirit to protect Washington's clean air, water, and way of life.
Make Every Job a Good Job at SeaTac Airport:
Join people of faith on December 10 to mark Human Rights Day: in a witness to support workers at Seatac and the Port of Seattle. Keystone is part of an interfaith group, walking alongside workers in this struggle for good jobs that pay more than $9 and hour. Come November 28 to plan the December 10 event with workers (below), and learn more from workers on each third Thursday of the month- for lunch meetings.
Hello Faith Allies,
Thank you for the support you have been giving to airport workers these past couple of months! Last Saturday, airport workers gathered to discuss the plans of December 10th, which is Humans Rights Day. Our message will be that worker rights are human rights. Now workers want to involve more faith leaders in the discussion and make a concrete plan of action. Please feel free to invite and bring members of your community who would be interested in supporting the airport campaign. Details about location and meeting topics are below.
What: December 10th Planning Meeting with Airport Workers
When: Wednesday, November 28th
Where: Teamsters Hall, 14675 Interurban Avenue South, Tukwila, WA
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
The focus of this meeting is to discuss and concretely plan actions for the week of December 10th to support airport workers fight for justice on the job. Workers from each airport group will be present and the goal is to leave the meeting with a solid plan around the actions of December 10th. Please let me know if you and your faith community will be joining airport workers next Wednesday. Sincerely, Claudia
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Justice Leaders Class: Nancy Amidei coming to teach December 5 and 12 at Keystone:
Here is more to help us learn about Nancy Amidei, who is coming to teach:
From 1992-2008, Nancy Amidei was on the faculty of the University of Washington School of Social Work.
Today she continues to direct the Civic Engagement Project, which works with non-profit organizations throughout the country. CEP offers advocacy training, speeches, workshops, and resource materials, for work at federal, state, or local levels.
A writer, teacher, and advocate, Ms. Amidei has been involved in social policy from both inside and outside government. She is a former Director of the Food Research and Action Center (a national anti-hunger group). She also served in the Carter Administration as a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the federal Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now DHHS), and in the early 70’s she was on the Staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. For many years she wrote a weekly email bulletin that described the Washington State legislative process. Focused chiefly on health, human services, and civil rights issues, POLICY WATCH helped readers understand what happens as a legislative Session unfolds.
Among her writings are: a guide to policy advocacy called, “So You Want To Make A Difference;” and a Play called, “How Ms. Bill Became A Law.”
During the 1980s she wrote a weekly column that appeared in newspapers around the country, and did commentaries for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”
Activities include co-authorship of a Legislative Simulation, co-authorship of a curriculum for an annual 3-day Advocacy Camp, and service on a variety of national and local non-profit agency boards.
Nancy teaches at our Wednesday night class at Keystone on December 5 and 12, 2012.
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The 21st Annual Pacific Northwest Conference United Church of Christ Men's Retreat will be held at Pilgrim Firs Conference Center on February 1 - 3, 2013 with the option for a Day of Silence beginning on January 31. The program for this retreat is in two parts. On Friday night Chief Roy Wilson will share with us the spirituality of the Medicine Wheel. Then on Saturday, the Three Interfaith Amigos (Rev. Don MacKenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon, and Sheik Jamal Rahman) will share their message and reflections on what it means to be a man in today's interfaith society. Registration information will be coming out soon... Submitted by Rick Russell, member of the men's retreat planning committee and Prospect Congregational United Church of Christ: myrtos@comcast.net
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Hey PNCUCC Youth Leaders and Advocates!!!
Midwinter Registration for Pilgrim Firs is online now!!! Visit www.pilgrimfirs.org Encourage your youth to register early! Prices go up after December 17th.
If you have any questions at all please ask Kristen Almgren and Tara Barber- we are co-directing and we are happy to answer questions!!
Please spread the word to EVERYONE! We want as many people coming as possible!!
From Kristen Almgren: kristen.almgren@gmail.com
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Next Keystone UCC Newsletter submissions for December can be sent to:
Blessings! ~Lauren
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