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Join us for services
Worship Every Sunday – 10:30am
All Are Welcome!
Sunday, May 22, 2016 Rev. Rich Gamble, preaching
Rev. Lauren CannonTheme: Realm of God
Scripture: Luke 6:20-26
Greeter: OPEN
Reader: Nick
Usher: Margaret
Coffee Hour Host: Margaret
Sunday School: Anita
SAVE THE DATE: Please mark Sunday, June 12, for a Noon Coffee Hour to shower the Smith family with new baby cheer!
Dan and Lisa Smith, big sister Paisley, and big brother Caleb, are preparing for the new Smith baby (little "Guppy" right now) to arrive late June! Come help their Keystone community pour some love on them!
Feel free to help create our table of blessings by placing a token of love in the Narthex that morning. Wishes, wisdom, books, cards, gifts, gift cards, gently used gear, or anything you are inspired to share with the Smiths. We rejoice with them, as their call to family deepens and grows!
Families: Sunday Worship: Pick up Children's Activity pages & crayons on the welcome table every week as you come in to worship (based on the scripture of the day.) There are two types: younger children & older children. Children of any age are always part of worship & welcome!
• Childcare with Anita, open every Sunday 10:00am- 12pm
• Sunday School (multi-age) downstairs, during sermon & prayers time: approximately 10:45-11:15am. (Help younger children to class after the scripture is read; and then pick them up to return for start of communion)
NOTE: Children with parent/caregiver are always welcome to move between the Sanctuary & Narthex (welcome area) during any part of worship, to head to classrooms, or enjoy the playground out back!
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Upcoming Events:
Saturday, May 21 – Racial Justice as a Spiritual Imperative workshop
@ Trinity Episcopal Church, 609 8th Ave., Seattle
8:00am-12:30pm
Saturday, May 28 – Seattle Labor Chorus performs at Northwest Folklife Festival
@ Cornish Playhouse 305 Harrison Street, in Seattle Center
7:00-9:30pm
Tuesday, May 24 – The Food Challenge: How we eat and the Link to Climate Change
@ University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave NE, Seattle
7:00pm
Sunday, June 12 – Smith Family Baby Shower
@ Keystone UCC
During Coffee Hour
** See below for details on these and other events related to life in our community ** |
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Lauren and Connie join Racial Justice Workshop
– May 21 @ Trinity Episcopal Church
Keystone UCC will be sending member Connie Voget and Pastor Lauren to the next piece of work, Racial Justice as a Spiritual Imperative workshop on Saturday, May 21, from 8am-12:30pm at Trinity Episcopal Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle. Organized by the Church Council of Greater Seattle, this will be a next level of study alongside congregations from all around Seattle. Contact Connie V., Lauren C., and Rich V. to become involved as Keystone enters its next stages of integrating our commitments, callings, and ministries, in our ongoing life together.
Invitation fro 350Seattle
The Food Challenge:
How we eat and the Link to Climate Change
– May 24 @ University Unitarian Church
Come hear a talk by Lynn Fitz-Hugh of 350Seattle.org explaining the new food and climate campaign, Tuesday, May 24, 7:00pm, at University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave NE, Seattle. Globally Food production causes about 1/3 of GHG emissions; in the US 9%. There are things we can do about food related Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Come learn about 350Seattle’s food challenge:
- Eating locally vs. the 1,300 miles from field to table.
- Eating food that is not bathed in fossil fuel based fertilizers and pesticides
- Eating less meat is eating less GHG’s.
- Wasting less food – 40% of all food produced in the US is wasted.
- Changing the policies that keep our industrial agriculture system churning out GHG.
- Working for food justice.
In September, 350Seattle will be coordinating a campaign on Food and Climate, which will be a food challenge for congregations. They will be focusing on four areas that all have carbon implications: eating locally, eating organic, eating less meat and wasting less food. They will be encouraging people to find the right choice that works for them to reduce their carbon footprint and also understand the policy changes needed to reduce our collective agricultural foot print. Once the campaign launches, this May 24 talk will be available for church's adult ed, religious ed or Social justice hour. Interested parties are encouraged to preview the talk on May 24, to understand the food challenge which they we will be encouraging Congregations to try to do.
Updates on merger talks
The Keystone leadership team met with University Baptist Church leaders on Tuesday, May 10 for the first of several meetings, regarding a possible merger of the two churches. The first meeting focused on the questions, what are the most important aspect of our respective churches, and what impact had our churches made in our lives. Conversation was both lively and deep, and the meeting as whole was a wonderful step in better understanding each churches backgrounds and values. The next merger meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 24. If you have any questions or comments to share with our leadership team, feel free to contact them at the following email addresses: Rev. Rich Gamble, keystone5019@yahoo.comRev. Lauren Cannon, laurenccannon@gmail.comJohn Preston, gepreston@msn.comMarilyn Wall, mariwa@comcast.netLisa Smith, lisarsmith@live.comEliza Pennick, eliza.penick@heifer.org |
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Performing at Northwest Folklife Festival
Saturday, May 28
7:10-9:30pm
Save Saturday evening, May 28 at the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle for the Labor Stage, 7:10 to 9:30 p.m. at the Cornish Playhouse (formerly known as the Intiman). This year the show will host a group new to Folklife — the Resisters (or Re-Sisters, a chamber vocal group of women from Vancouver BC) who inform with music and stories particularly about working-class women. They pay special attention to aboriginal women in Canada, an often forgotten group in that country. The longest segment of the show will be a narrative on the decades-long American struggles for labor justice. Featured in the narrative in speaking roles are Al (Alexandra) Bradbury and Francisca Garcia, while the Seattle Labor Chorus will provide musical soundbites. Singer-songwriter Bradbury will also perform some of her own material, and the Labor Chorus will be spotlighted in its own set. The Labor Stage will close with Citizens’ Band from Olympia, who have delighted Northwest audiences for years with their sharp-witted political commentary in song.
** Keystone Members Kate Speltz, Lisa Smith and Paisley will be singing in this performance! |
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| In case you missed it ... |
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It is with great joy that we share the news that Nick and Hannah Lott-Havey welcomed their new baby boy into this world, Tuesday, April 26 at 10:05pm - right on his due date! Oliver Ian Lott-Havey came in at 8 lbs. 3 oz. and 19 inches, and is now home with mom and dad, and doing well. Our congratulations and love go out to Nick, Hannah and baby Oliver!
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** NOW RECRUITING INTERNS FOR 2016/17 **
Greetings, We need your help to spread the word -- Applications for the Justice Leadership Program are still being accepted on a rolling basis. Please consider the program yourself or think about young adults (ages 21-35) you know who may be interested in a transformational year of justice work in Seattle. We are excited to announce that the Justice Leadership Program has received a grant from the National UCC Office of Stewardship and Philanthropy in partnership with Environmental Ministries of the UCC to fund two environmental justice positions for the upcoming year: Earth Ministries and 350.org. Positions for work in housing/homelessness, worker's rights, legislative/policy work, economic justice, and other areas are still open as well. For more information, contact myself or Elizabeth Dickinson ( jlp.elizabeth@gmail.com) or visit our website.
In faith,
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Justice Leadership Jubilee is a program for adults who want to integrate faith and justice work into their lives in a meaningful way.
Are you looking for the path to re-ignite your faith?
Do you long to deepen your spiritual self through social justice work?
Do you wonder…how do we create sustainable systemic change?
We are looking for adults who are in a transition point in their lives who are seeking an experience of transformation -- maybe you're retiring, maybe children have recently moved out of the house, maybe you're experiencing a lot of change in your work/life balance. That is the time to make intentional choices for your future, and the future of generations to come!
This will be the inaugural year of the program and we are seeking people who are interested in being a part of the formative year of Justice Leadership Jubilee. Please prayerfully consider the program and contact us with any questions or comments!
For more information, please read these flyers:
Initial Proposal: Justice Leadership Jubilee
Justice Leadership Jubilee Flyer
Contact Jenn Hagedorn at justiceleadershipjubilee@gmail.com or 206.265.2834 for more information. |
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Rev. Lauren Cannon - 5/7
Michelle Hebner - 5/5
Dan Smith - 5/9
Sandie Schumacher - 5/14
Barbara Anderson - 5/17
Aaron Crosetto - 5/21
Here's wishing each of them the happiest of birthdays, from all of us at Keystone UCC!
Keep an eye out here for upcoming Keystone Birthdays!
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Pastoral Care & Keystone UCC Hours:
Rich and Lauren can be reached at the Keystone office: (206) 632-6021. This phone is also checked remotely since both Rich and Lauren serve half-time.
Mondays: the church office is closed. Mondays are the day that Rich and Lauren take Sabbath. So while there are several groups that meet throughout the day and evening at Keystone, it may take a day for someone to get back to you, if you call on a Monday.
Pastor Rich is available Tuesday to Thursday mornings and Friday evenings, and holds additional office times on Saturdays and Sundays. Not all of these times will Rich be in the church office. If you want to see him, it is best to make an appointment. Email him at rich.gamble@keystoneseattle.org
Pastor Lauren is @ Keystone on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays, as well as Sundays. Wednesday office times. And as she is often out and about for meetings and visits, just email Lauren to make an appointment on any of those days at lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org |
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