work party- August 23 & kick off celebration September 23! + more events

Join us for services Worship Every Sunday- 10:30 AM All Welcome! Sunday Aug. 10:   Lauren Cannon preaching (Rich Gamble is off) Matthew 14:22-33 Read more on the text here- (scroll to bottom) Reader: Nick Usher:  John Greeters:  Smith Family Coffee hour host:  Christian and Michelle Pick up new Photo Directories! Professional Nursery Care (0-2 year olds) downstairs with Anita, 10:00 AM - 12 PM. PreSchool/Kinder (3-5 year olds) during sermon time- activities & play with Anita in PreSchool classroom. Pick up Children's Activity pages & crayons on the welcome table every week as you come in to worship (based on the scripture.)  There are two types: younger children & older children. *Children with parent/caregiver are always welcome to move about the sanctuary & welcome area during any part of worship, or to rove to classrooms downstairs / upstairs, or enjoy the playground out back! --- Walking on the Water: Matthew 14:22-33   Immediately [Jesus] made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land, for the wind was against them. And early in the morning he came walking towards them on the lake. But when the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, "Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid." Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came towards Jesus. But when he noticed the strong wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" When they got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshipped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."

Prayers for our community: Rita- after Sally's passing and strength as she settles her affairs. Sandy- after surgery. MaryBeth- seeking work. And joys re: Julia's happiness at new place at Fred Lind Manor, and for the good car & repairs, after losing car from an accident. Erv & Peg Faulann- as Erv recovers this August in Michigan from double knee surgery.

*** SAVE THE DATE *** Saturday August 23 Work Party: Join fellow Keystone members and friends from two of our partner churches to ready the Capitol Hill apartment for next year's UCC justice interns!  Always an exciting endeavor full of elbow grease and poor jokes, we need help touching up paint, sprucing up spaces, hanging curtains, and possibly ...  <-- More fun w/moving couches! How many Justice Leadership Program supporters does it take to get a couch through a small doorway? Date: Saturday, Aug. 23 Time: 10 AM - 2 PM Location: All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E (Capitol Hill) http://justiceleadership.org/

Upcoming "Justice Leadership Program" events- mark your calendar! Last week we celebrated the commitments of Karin, Margie, and Briana as we said farewell to them and closed our second year of JLP, which is a core ministry of Keystone, one of the founders. And this week we are underway preparing to soon welcome our new crew! Interns move in by Labor Day September 1, and then have a week of orientation in CA with our national UCC, and our new Spiritual Sojourner in Seattle- Sam Rennebohm.  Then they have a week of orientation with us in Seattle, including an event "Launching the Service Journey" that we help put on for 60+ other new volunteers arriving to Seattle! Please mark these dates- to help ready the Cap Hill apartment in August & to help cook a dish for welcoming our new team & supporters- in September at Keystone! Questions- contact: Lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org August 23- Work Party- 10-2 September 7- 10:30 AM- our first Sunday to introduce our new intern- and covenant for our year ahead September 23- Kick off Celebration Supper- at Keystone UCC- PM And all are also invited to an evening at our JLP partner church where the interns live: September 21- Night Song- at All Pilgrims Christian Church- 7 PM

Sacred Heart Shelter- save the date October 4 is our next Saturday to cook and serve at the shelter for families that we support. Thank you to each and every one who made our August 3 dinner a success! Keystone offers the meal on the first Saturday of every other month- mark your calendars- thank you!

October 26: Ordination service for Lauren Cannon & installation service at Keystone UCC- save the date! Sunday- 5:30 PM Mark the calendars- it is official- we get to worship Sunday morning AND night for one very special Sunday in our life together!  Friends and family from far and wide will join us to celebrate Lauren's call to ordained ministry (and position here already underway since we called her to Keystone UCC April 2012!) We will worship and holler at 5:30 PM, and then we will feast and cheer- in the Narthex and spill up into the Learning Center.   Bring a dish to help host our reception (or all hands appreciated with some set up or clean up or anything you would like to offer.)

Keystone GREEN TEAM August is planning time for our fall events and efforts Our GREENING DOCUMENT has been updated, thanks to everyone's work the last months!  Check it out through our website here (click the link at bottom of the Keystone site.) You will see our Cookbook has been updated and more  environmental justice resources have been added. In June and July, members met after church.  The Greening Document captures the goals we all laid out.  Later in July, Jim L. hosted Rich V., Lauren, and Earth Ministry's Jessica, for further collaboration, as we consulted with Earth Ministry. The three Work Groups developed and prioritized plans in these areas: • Personal Sustainability • Church Sustainability * Advocacy Take a look to see if one of these calls to you to step in- we always welcome more! Then email a member listed below for more information. Jim Little   littlejamesw@mac.com Rich Voget   rvoget@w-link.net Lauren Cannon    lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org

Can you bring an extra toiletry or supply to church this week? Keystone member Barbara Anderson faithfully volunteers weekly at Mary's Place, helping offer shelter, support & services to women and children in Seattle who are experiencing homelessness.  Mary's Place currently needs the following items: Deodorant, shampoo and conditioner, toothpaste, snacks like cup of noodles (for evenings), bar soap and underwear, sizes 5 - 9.  This is the time of year when the donations are few and far between.  Place your items in the box under the coat rack in the narthex outside the sanctuary at church, and Barb will help get them to folks. To learn more about volunteering: email Barb at: gepreston@msn.com Thank you!

As faith leaders in Seattle we want to learn more about why youth are concerned about a new jail to be built. Join Pastor Lauren and our alum UCC justice intern, Jenn Hagedorn, to find out more: When: Tuesday, August 26th from 9 am to Noon Where: YUIR Meeting Room (Faith Action Network building-- behind Bethany Church) Feel free to call or email with any questions and please R.S.V.P. to jenniferlin44@gmail.com or 206.265.2834 by August 19th. We have begun to offer public support to the No New Youth Jail Campaign. As we move forward in this movement, we know that we are strongest when we stand together. This unity comes not only from the collective vision of a system that invests in the futures of all our young people, but in a collective understanding of the type of organizing that it will take to get us there. The Spirit is moving within the youth of color who are calling for justice.  Faith leaders and religious communities have a critical role to play. Please join with European Dissent, EPIC (End the Prison Industrial Complex) and YUIR (Youth Undoing Institutional Racism) to learn about the way that anti-racist principles and youth-led organizing have brought us to this point and how faith leaders working within predominately White congregations are being asked to support this work.

August 29:  11 AM:  blessings for totem pole Our friends at Earth Ministry, where our UCC justice intern served, invite all of us to: Blessings for the Journey at St. Mark's Cathedral 1245 Tenth Ave E Protecting the land, the water, the people... from fossil fuels. Jessica (LVC intern and our contact as Outreach Coordinator) writes: The Lummi Nation House of Tears Carvers has created another healing totem pole that they are taking on a journey across the country to raise awareness about the issue of fossil fuel extraction, transportation, and exportation. As you know, these projects affect all communities along their path and harm the most vulnerable among us. Coal export is especially detrimental for the Lummi as it threatens their ancient village site and treaty protected fishing waters. We will gather at 11:00am outside of St. Mark’s Cathedral on Capitol Hill in Seattle to bless the totem pole and stand in solidarity with the Lummi and all afflicted by the injustice of these unsustainable projects.   Jessica Zimmerle Earth Ministry | Outreach Coordinator Phone: (206) 632-2426 | Web: www.earthministry.org Office: 6512 23rd Ave. NW | Suite 317 | Seattle, WA 98117

Inspiring each other to GREEN:  sharing resources:   From: Rich Voget <rvoget@w-link.net> To: Keystone UCC <keystone5019@yahoo.com>  Subject: Home Energy Audits Having a home energy audit performed and then doing the recommendations is a smart way to save money on your heating bills and help fight climate change by reducing your carbon footprint. For information about home energy audits, first go to this webpage to select what  type of fuel you use to heat your home.  Then you will be told which energy auditors to contact http://www.communitypowerworks.org/ Or you can download a do it yourself guide to performing your own energy audit here: http://www.seattle.gov/light/printdocs/DoItYourselfHome.PDF Check Your Appliances   Seattle City Light has worked with the Seattle Public Library to make checking your appliances' energy usage as easy as checking out a book. Take a Kill-a-watt energy monitor home to learn how much energy appliances use and track down where your energy vampires are lurking. Then unplug the appliances or plug them in to a smart power strip Kill A Watt Model P4400 (Equipment - 2008? )   "The Kill a watt power meter can tell you the actual electrical consumption of small to medium electrical devices in your home. It will also help you discover the hidden or 'phantom' loads that are surprisingly common when electrical devices are turned off."

Pick up your new Keystone UCC Photo Directories this Sunday! Barb will have the box of Directories to continue passing out- if you did not get one last week-be sure to take yours home this week, or grab one at the church office anytime!  Thank you Barb! Or contact Barb: gepreston@msn.com

Summer Sunday School every week- Children's Christian Education Bring the kids to church in summer!  Spirit does not pause at Keystone for summer! Anita Featherston offers a learning time each week in the downstairs classroom for our 3-5 year olds, during the sermon & prayers. Reading the Bible story of the morning is the basis (with the weekly activity pages that follow the text in the worship service.)  The time also includes a craft or dramatic play. Info for families: When do my children head to Sunday School? Families begin in worship together.  After the scripture is read at the pulpit, the children are invited to head downstairs for about 30 minutes: 10:45- Children return about 11:15 to the sanctuary before Communion (you are welcome to go assist their return where needed.) Thanks to all for helping visitors learn: Sunday School for 3-5's is every week during the middle of worship service & Professional Nursery care- open every Sunday 10 AM - Noon!

Every Friday =  a film + discussion with guest speakers + neighbors 7:00 - 9:30 PM   7pm, Battson Hall (downstairs), Keystone UCC see upcoming films:  www.meaningfulmovies.org Meaningful Movies pause for August.  Mark September 5 as the first fall Friday- 7:00 to 9:30 PM. Every Friday except August- held downstairs at Keystone UCC- FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted.

Invitation from one of our many kindred groups that has enjoyed use of the Keystone UCC space:   Exploring the Buddhist Path with Venerable Dr. Pannavati August 8 & 9, 2014 “It is not enough to sit on our zafus. These times call for compassionate action to be an integral part of our practice.”   -  Venerable Pannavati. The weekend with Venerable Dr. Pannavati will explore the fundamentals of the Buddhist path, starting Friday evening and continuing through Saturday. To Study Buddhism is to Study Oneself  Friday, August 8, 7 pm to 9 pm       We have within us, qualities which empower us to recognize and accept personal responsibility for our thoughts and behaviors; to exercise choices based on internal strengths, rather than perceived weaknesses; and to create happy, productive lives. Training and practice is offered as an antidote for learned helplessness!    Stepping into Freedom   Saturday, August 9,  9 am - 12 Noon Because we have different temperaments, the Buddha devised different modes of training, reflection and areas of emphasis for his disciples. We’re not all working on the same things at the same times. A good starting point is to know our temperament, its strengths and its weaknesses. From there, we will begin to give attention to what should be cultivated and abandon what should not. In this way, effort is beneficial, on-point and we realize the joy that comes with results. This will be an experiential retreat working with the 5 training for purifying the mind. None of these techniques rely on anyone or anything outside of ourselves for development and mastery. Purifying the Mind  Saturday, August 9, 2 pm - 4 pm The 8 winds of conditioned life are: praise and blame, loss and gain, pleasure and pain, fame and shame. We will inevitably encounter all of these conditions. Whether they cause us to lose our inner peace or stability is determined not by the events, but our understanding of conditionality and mind training.   This retreat will give instructions and practice on how to become steady and "radiant." When thoughts are stilled, we move beyond our limited conception of reality. Register now! "Like Us" on Facebook

Please share widely & help spread the word- we seek one more young adult for next year!  We have 4 placed, now 5th is in final confirmation- and this would be our 6th placement for next year! Seattle Justice Leadership Program/United Church of Christ Seeks Young Adult Intern for Justice Organizing Position! Position available for young adult (age 21-35) to work with UNITE HERE in Seattle, September 2, 2014 - August 2, 2015. Please share! UNITE HERE is a progressive labor union, fighting for dignity, living wages and affordable health care for low wage hospitality workers. UNITE HERE boasts a diverse membership of  largely Latino and Asian immigrants and African Americans, with a majority being women.  Justice Leadership Program Intern will work 32 hours/week with Unite Here Local 8 leaders, members, community organizations and elected leaders to move campaigns forward. S/he will also participate with other young adults in faith-based service and leadership development:  Serve with a United Church of Christ congregation (5 hours/week) Live in a simple intentional community in Seattle’s lively Capitol Hill neighborhood  Grow through mentoring, vocational exploration, and reflection on faith and social justice in the context of progressive Christianity. Interns do not need to be members of the UCC or other religious community, but must be willing to participate in spiritual reflection and the life and worship of a faith community.  Interns receive a monthly living stipend of $445, health insurance, and housing. Interested? Please contact Elizabeth Dickinson: jlp.elizabeth@gmail.comor 206.320.0432 Visit our website: justiceleadership.org The Justice Leadership Program is part of the United Church of Christ (UCC) Young Adult Service Communities, and is supported by both the UCC nationally and the Pacific Northwest Conference.

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