Saturday, December 22, 2018

$20K @ Festival of Hope in November! & 3 evenings of Holden Prayer- in December

Join us for services
Worship Every Sunday – 10:30am
All Are Welcome!


Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018
Rev. Rich Gamble, preaching
Rev. Lauren Cannon
Pastor Yuki Schwartz, off


Music Leader: Elliot Kraber
Accompaniment: Yigit Kolat

Theme: Hope
Scripture: Luke 21:25-36
Greeter: OPEN
Reader: Danielle
Usher: Christian
Communion: Rich & Lauren
Coffee Hour Host: Elvina
Children's Ministry: Anita 

FESTIVAL OF HOPE REPORT: For our 40th annual Festival of Hope, it was truly a record-breaking year, bringing in $20,275! It's so amazing that our little church pulls off this event, invites our community to participate in a vision of love and compassion, and raises a lot of money to send out into the world to help others! We will have numbers available on Sunday for those who would like to see how specific areas did. Many thanks to all who help make this event happen each year!
– Eliza Penick

KEYSTONE VOTES: On Sunday, Nov. 25Keystone voted unanimously to support Tent City 3 in its efforts to secure a new camp location, and on Sunday, Dec. 16Keystone UCC will hold a vote on allocating $1500 to the Jubilee Justice Leadership Program, for Barb Anderson's participation in the program. See below for more information on both these votes.
 

Families:  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

Children's Ministry with Anita – program every Sunday 10:00am- 12pm. More info at http://www.keystoneseattle.org/children-youth/

Sermons Available Online: If you missed a Sunday, were ​downstairs at Sunday School, or just want to hear a sermon again, former JLP Intern, ​Hunter Paulson-Smith,​ has created an ​online audio archive​ where you can listen to them ​ or download them​. Click HERE to listen, and please share. ​Thank you, Hunter!

NEXT SUNDAY

Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018
2nd Sunday of Advent
Rev. Lauren Cannon, preaching
Pastor Yuki Schwartz
Rev. Rich Gamble
, away

Theme: Make Ready
Scripture: 
Luke 3:1-6

Music Leader: Elliot Kraber
Accompaniment: Yigit Kolat

Reader: Dan. O
Usher: Sandie
Communion: Yuki & Rita
Coffee Hour: OPEN
Children's Ministry: Anita

PICTURES, PICTURES, PICTURES:  See glimpses of recent events on our Keystone Shutterfly page:
 
Upcoming Events 

Wednesday, Dec. 5 –  Holden Prayer
First of 3 Wednesday eve services of contemplative prayer at Keystone  
Keystone UCC (Sanctuary)
7-7:30pm

Thursday, Dec. 6 – "The People vs. The Politicians"
Tickets available at brownpapertickets.com/event/3803613
@ Rainier Arts Center, 3515 S. Alaska St. Seattle
7:00-9:00pm

Friday, Dec. 7 – Wallingford Meaningful Movies
Showing: "The Music of Strangers: Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble"
@Keystone UCC (Battson Hall)
Doors open at 6:30pm; Movie begins at 7pm

Wednesday, Dec. 12 –  Holden Prayer
Second of 3 Wednesday eve services of contemplative prayer at Keystone  
Keystone UCC (Sanctuary)
7-7:30pm

Sunday, Dec. 16 –  Congregational Vote
On allocating $1500 to Jubilee Justice Leadership Program
Keystone UCC
During Coffee Hour
 
Wednesday, Dec. 19 –  Holden Prayer
Last of 3 Wednesday eve services of contemplative prayer at Keystone  
Keystone UCC (Sanctuary)
7-7:30pm

Monday, Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve Service
Keystone UCC
7:00pm

 
** See below for details on these and other events related to life in our community **
 
Holden Prayer Nights
Dec, 5, 12 & 19

Mark your calendars to enjoy December contemplative evening worship services at KeystoneUCC.
 
Holden Prayer @ Keystone
Elliot Kraber, Music Coordinator
Yigit Kolat, Accompanist
w/Rev. Rich Gamble and Rev. Lauren Cannon
 
Holden Prayer is 30-minute candlelit evening service with lots of singing, scripture and reflective time! Come as you are, for some peaceful contemplation after your day.

Wednesday, December 5, 7-7:30 PM
Wednesday, December 12, 7-7:30 PM
Wednesday, December 19, 7-7:30 PM


Holden Village is a Lutheran (and quite welcoming of all) retreat center in the Cascades that started this lovely prayer service.  Many of the hymns we sing in Sunday worship (green Gather hymnal) were written by Marty Haugen who once took a sabbatical in the Holden Village in 1986.  He composed Holden Evening Prayer  while he was there.  Its a vespers (evening) service, that is now done in many places for simple contemplative worship. About ten years ago, two Keystone year-long volunteers, Melissa and Eric, brought us this practice.

Come for some shelter in what is an all too busy season of much scurrying.  Come breathe deeply with others at Keystone for any and all of these Wednesday evenings.  Bring a friend!  All ages welcome!
For more info, contact Pastor Lauren Cannon at Keystone UCC: (206) 632-6021 or at lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org

Congregational Vote to be held, Dec. 16
RE: investment in Justice Leadership Jubilee Program

On Nov. 11, Keystone heard testimony in worship from our member and Justice Leadership Jubilee intern Barbara Anderson, who has started serving at Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness.  Barb shared a particularly moving story from her work with the organization, registering folks to vote. She recalled meeting a man without housing, whom she supported to register to vote for the first time!

A few months ago, at the start of her year with SKCCH, we shared a charge and blessing with Barb, as Keystone deepened our connection with the Justice Leadership Jubilee Program. Keystone was also fortunate to have member Jim Little serve during the first year of the Jubilee program.  His work was with the Meaningful Movies.

Read more about the Justice Leadership Jubilee program here: http://justiceleadership.org/jubilee.html

On Sunday, Dec. 2, we will announce in church that Keystone will vote on Sunday, Dec. 16, to approve our $1,500 due to participate in Jubilee Program. This will be an investment towards this year of Barb's internship, as the other partner churches are doing with their interns.

Questions? Please contact Pastor Lauren at lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org
 

 
The work continues to reunite thousands of immigrant families torn apart by our government.
 
TAKE ACTION FOR IMMIGRANTS NOW

Protect Immigrant Families
The comment period for changes to the Public Charge Rule is open until December 10, so we urge you and your communities to speak against this rule change. For more information on this issue and how it will negatively impact immigrant communities, see our web post on Public Charge. It is important that you provide a unique comment in order for it to be counted, and we have provided a template you can edit with your own stories: https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/#take-action

For more information, the Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs has translated FAQs for Seattle residents, which includes flyers.

 
Other avenues for helping asylum-seekers:

• Northwest Immigrant Rights Project:
Accepting donations to support direct legal services and pay bonds, volunteer interpreters

nwirp.org

• AIDNW (Tacoma):
Accepting supplies on wish list, volunteers, funds to purchase phone cards for people in detention

aidnw.org

• Immigrant Resources & Immediate Support (Skagit, Whatcom, Snohomish counties):
Accepting money to support Yolany Padilla and her son with food, clothing, housing and counseling

irisnw.com

• Church Council of Greater Seattle:
Coordinating volunteers to translate, accompany, house or transport asylum-seekers

thechurchcouncil.org

• Washington Immigrant Defense Network:
Accepting volunteers, funds to provide legal services for difficult cases in Washington

widenlaw.org
 

 

KEYSTONE VOTES TO SUPPORT TENT CITY 3
New home needed by Dec. 9

On Sunday, Nov. 25, Keystone met with representatives from SHARE/WHEEL's Tent City 3, to hear about their efforts towards securing a new location for their homeless encampmentWe heard about how Seattle's Encampment Ordinance is more generous to Religious Institutions than the King County Encampment Ordinance. The City Ordinance allows any land "controlled" by a religious institution to be used for an encampment. As a result, any property owner willing to lease their land for two to four months to a religious institution can help Tent City3.  As such, Keystone put it up for a vote, and unanimously approved to sponsor S/W's Tent City3 use such land, once someone leases it to them. Coverage inquiries to our insurance carrier are still awaiting answers, and the issue will be revisited if it comes back that our sponsorship of such a parcel would not be covered.

TC3 continues its search for a 9,000 square foot parcel of land, which they need to move to by Dec. 9. If you have any connections to property owners which might help them, please reach out to Scott at (206) 450-9136.  

Read more about their efforts here.
 


SPECIAL FILM EVENT:
"THE PEOPLE vs THE POLITICIANS"


Come see HEDRICK SMITH, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, present and discuss his latest film, "The People vs the Politicians." This is a story of We the People rising up against fat cats and entrenched power ... and winning!

Date: Thursday, Dec. 6
Time: 7:00 - 9:00pm
Location: Rainier Arts Center, 3515 S Alaska St, Seattle

Tickets available at brownpapertickets.com/event/3803613
Suggested donation - $6
Reception with Hedrick and a signed copy of his book - $35

Sponsored by the Meaningful Movies Project and Fix Democracy First
 


Film: THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE

(96 minutes; Morgan Neville, 2016)
Friday, Dec. 7; Doors open at 6:30pm; Movie starts at 7:00pm

Keystone UCC (downstairs in Battson Hall)

Over the past 15 years an extraordinary group of musicians has come together to celebrate the universal power of music.  The Silk Road Ensemble exemplifies music’s ability to blur international boundaries, blend disparate cultures and inspire hope for artist and audience.  The film focuses on artists as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution and provide solace in times of conflict.
 
** All events are Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation **

We help communities organize, educate, advocate & build community around social justice documentary film and conversation.
 

 

Anabell Chang - 12/3
Carolyn Sabo - 12/7
Amber Dickson - 12/11
Leo Denton- 12/22
Elvina Spoon - 12/23
 
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!

Reaching Keystone UCC Pastoral Staff & JLP Interns:


Reach us at your Keystone church office: (206) 632-6021.  This phone is also checked remotely since all staff and interns serve part-time.

Pastor Rich is available Tuesday to Thursday mornings and Friday evenings, and holds additional office times on Saturdays and Sundays.  (Monday is Sabbath.)  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 available Monday-Friday mornings (and during evening classes) and Sundays (Sabbath = Saturdays). Email to make a meeting time: lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org

Pastor Yuki is at church two Sundays a month and is available to meet by appointment. Email her at yuki.schwartz@gmail.com.
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