Vigil with Christian Church in Renton; FAN gathering today; Solar panels for church roof; & Come Worship!

Join us for services Worship Every Sunday – 10:30am All Are Welcome!   Sunday, June 23, 2019 Second Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 7 Rev. Lauren Cannon, preaching Pastor Yuki Schwartz Rev. Rich Gamble, on vacation Theme: Lighten the load Scripture: Luke 8: 26-39 Music Leader: Elliot Kraber Accompaniment: Michael Bennett (Yigit Kolat traveling) Reader: Lisa Smith Usher: Mary Jeppesen Communion: Yuki & Lauren Communion Steward: Jim Coffee Hour: Sandie Children's Ministry (9:30am - 12:30pm): Anita SAFE TRAVELS TO LAUREN: We will send Lauren off next week, with wishes for renewing sabbatical time with family.  Along with precious visits to DC and New England, Lauren plans for deep reading, Ashtanga yoga and Spanish classes.  Lauren will return to Keystone on August 19. 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, JLP Intern, ​Danielle Walker, maintains and updates our ​online audio archive​ where you can listen to or download past sermons. Click HERE to listen, and please share. ​Thank you, Danielle! NEXT WEEK Sunday, June 30, 2019 Third Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 8 Rev. Rich, preaching (off: Rev. Lauren & Pastor Yuki)  Music Leader: Elliot Kraber Accompaniment: Michael Bennett (Yigit Kolat traveling) Reader: Christian Usher: Elvina Communion: Barb & Rich Coffee: Elvina Birthdays celebration:  Barb & Elvina Children's Ministry (9:30am - 12:30pm): Anita Upcoming Events  Friday, June 21 – Support Vigil for Vandalized Renton Church @ 15509 116th Ave SE, Renton, WA 98058 6:30pm Sunday, June 30 – Seattle Pride Parade Contact Rev. Lauren if you'd like to attend and represent Keystone @ 4th& Union (starting location) 11:00am Friday, July 5 – Wallingford Meaningful Movies: Unlocking the Cage @ Keystone UCC Doors Open at 6:30pm; Movie Starts at 7pm   ** See below for details on these and other events related to life in our community ** For Caleb Smith: who graduated from Hamilton International Middle School yesterday!  He'll be a 9th grader at Lincoln High School when it re-opens this fall. TONIGHT in RENTON Support Vigil For UCC of Renton Join Pastor Lauren TONIGHT, June 21 at 6:30pm, at United Christian Church in Renton, 15509 116th Ave SE, Renton, WA 98058 to bring support to one of our sister UCC churches that's suffered vandalism this week, to a display they put up for Pride month. It was a line of doors in the church yard sharing "God's Doors are Open to All".   We know and love the pastor and members who were trying a new thing for their neighborhood.  All are welcome - we will briefly gather with them and neighbors who are not letting this fill them with fear. HUGE VICTORY -- FIGHT'S NOT OVER!! US House approves anti-Pebble amendment; would protect Bristol Bay This week saw a huge victory for wild salmon and Alaska, as the U.S. House of Representatives passed amendment 90, the “Huffman Amendment,” to the Energy and Water Appropriations Act. The Huffman Amendment would prevent the Army Corps from finalizing the permits for the proposed Pebble Mine in the federal fiscal year 2020. This is a great step in the right direction, and the House of Representatives is clearly listening to the thousands of us who took the time to contact them last week. So thank you! There are 10 days left to officially comment on the Army Corp’s fatally flawed DEIS for Pebble, so we need to make sure that as many of us as possible continue to speak up on Pebble Mine. The amendment is attached to a spending bill which has now cleared the House, but the Senate usually writes its own version of the bill, and the anti-Pebble amendment is unlikely to be brought up in the Republican-controlled Senate. Sign the online letter here Thanks so much to Keystone Member, Connie Voget for bringing this to our attention, and for enabling us to speak up!   More information on the threat to Bristol Bay: The peril of mining the pristine headwaters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-peril-of-mining-the-pristine-headwaters-of-alaskas-bristol-bay/ Businesses for Bristol Bay issue a plea from Seattle: suspend permitting on Pebble Mine https://www.knkx.org/post/businesses-bristol-bay-issue-plea-seattle-suspend-permitting-pebble-mine Seattle City Council asks feds to stop permitting on copper mine in Alaska https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-city-council-asks-feds-to-stop-permitting-on-copper-mine-in-alaska/862756654   Faith Action Network: Puget Sound Spring Summit                                                           Date: Sunday, June 23 Time: 2-4:00pm Location: Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102 Join people in your area to share opportunities for advocacy and strategize for the upcoming year. Areas of focus include economic justice, housing and homelessness, healthcare, immigration, criminal justice, the environment, and more. The event is free, but please register here: https://fanwa.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/info?id=158&reset=1 You are FAN’s best ambassadors! Please download and share this flyer in your faith community, weekly bulletins, at your workplace, with neighbors, and anywhere you meet people who care about social justice in your area. This is the time of year we look forward to hearing your concerns and ideas! Thanks! The FAN Staff     Calendar-at-a-Glance Keystone Worship, Vacation & Sabbatical Schedule June 9-25: Rich vacation Alaska June 9: JLP intern Danielle Walker preaching June 16: Yuki preaching June 23: Lauren preaching June 30: Rich preaching June 28 1-August 19: Lauren takes her 5 weeks sabbatical time away, plus vacation.  And as she will have a regularly-scheduled day off on Sunday June 30, we will do a sabbatical send off wish on Sunday June 23! Other Important Dates July 14: Closing our JLP year with Danielle July 21: JLP year-end celebration. July 28: Last Sunday for JLP interns at their UCC churches. Film: UNLOCKING THE CAGE (91 minutes; Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker, 2016) Friday, July 5; Doors open at 6:30pm; Movie starts at 7:00pm @ Keystone UCC (downstairs in Battson Hall) “Unlocking the Cage” follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise as he tries to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans.  Arguing that cognitively complex animals such as chimpanzees, whales, dolphins and elephants deserve to be treated as sentient, self-aware and autonomous beings, Steve and his legal team are making history by fighting to transform a chimpanzee from a “thing” with no rights to a “person” with limited legal protections.  Currently he is advocating for elephants’ rights. If you would like to download and post the flyer for the event, click here: Flyer for Unlocking Special Guests: Steven Wise, founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, which has a mission to secure fundamental rights for nonhuman animals through litigation, legislation and education. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UnlockingTheCageFilm   ** 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.     Rich Voget - 6/5 John Preston - 6/14 Rev. Jerry Chang - 6/25   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. Click here for: Justice Leadership Program- UCC LIKE Keystone UCC on Facebook