Keystone UCC
Open and Affirming,
Justice Centered
Announcements
August 19, 2018
What’s Happening Today
Grant Davis is in town and is worshiping with us today! Welcome back, Grant!
What Happened Last Week
Welcoming Yigit and Sarah’s new baby girl! Those who were in worship on August 12 learned the wonderful news that our accompanist, Yigit Kolat, and his wife, Sarah, were expecting their baby girl to arrive soon. Keystone is preparing a gift to help them celebrate their new arrival with them. All are invited to make contributions of any size. You can drop them in the church office or offering plate (if you’re donating by check, make the check out to Keystone and put ‘baby gift’ in the memo, and if you’re donating by cash, put the cash in an envelope marked ‘baby gift.’
What’s Coming Up
Tuesday, August 21 – Community Briefing on the Future of Hotel Work in Seattle, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 911 Stewart St., Seattle. Join the Interfaith Economic Justice Coalition to hear from community members sharing visions for the future for hotel workers and threats they are facing, including automation and efficiency measures in the hospitality industry, Seattle’s affordability crisis, and local and national attacks on immigrant and women workers.
Saturday, August 25 — The Esoterics celebrate the life and musical gifts of Leonard Bernstein, 8 p.m., St. James Cathedral, 804 Ninth Ave., Seattle.
Come celebrate one of the most accomplished US musicians of the 20th century, in honor of his 100th birthday. The Esoterics will present Bernstein’s entire sacred choral oeuvre (in English, Latin, French, and Hebrew), including: Chichester Psalms, his choruses from The Lark, Missa Brevis, selections from Mass and Kaddish, Hashkiveinu, Simchu na, and Yigdal. Keystone’s music director Elliot Kraber, who has performed with The Esoterics, will perform with them.
Sunday, August 26 — Brainstorming session for the Festival of Hope, after worship during coffee hour in the Narthex.
Tuesday, August 28 — We Still Have a Dream: 55th Anniversary of the 1963 MLK March on Washington, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1634 Rev. Dr. S. McKinney Avenue (19th and Madison). Join the Faith Action Network, and local and regional social justice and interfaith organizations, for this commemoration of this historic march for jobs and freedom. More information at the event’s Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2210414912307489/?ti=icl
Friday, September 7 — Meaningful Movies Wallingford, A Plastic Ocean, 7 p.m., Keystone Congregational Church, Batson Hall. This scientific documentary tells the story of how plastics end up in our food chain. It also offers hopeful ideas for reducing single-use plastics and keeping plastic out of the environment. Heather Trim, executive director of Zero Waste Washington, will be a guest speaker.
Welcome JLP Interns! — The Justice Leadership Program begins at the end of the month as our new cohort of interns move into their new home and get oriented to Seattle. Orientation begins on August 28th, and work at their various church and placement sites on September 4. New interns will be joining two interns from last year’s program, Daniel de la Rosa and Erica N. West (known as “E”), who are returning for a second year. New interns are: Ainsley Meyer, Allison Trezona, Danielle Walker, Neepam Shah, Rachel Shinabarger, and Tanquarae McCadney. Danielle will be serving as the intern at Keystone. Some short bios of the interns will be posted on the JLP web site soon.
