Meaningful Movies, Community Prayers, January DrawDown & More!

Join us for services Worship Every Sunday – 10:30 a.m. All Are Welcome! This Sunday, January 5, 2020 Preaching: Rev. Rich preaching Worship leader: Rev. Lauren (Rev. Yuki off) Text:  Jeremiah 31:7-14  Music Leader:  Elliot Kraber Accompaniment: Yigit Kolat Children's Ministry:  Anita Featherston Reader: Eliza Usher: John Coffee Hour Host:  Jim Theme: Hope NEXT WEEK Sunday, Jan. 12:  10:30 a.m. worship Preaching: Rev. Lauren Worship leader: Rev. Yuki (Rev. Rich off) Music Leader: Elliot Kraber Accompaniment: Yigit Kolat Children's Ministry: Anita Featherston Reader: Dan S. Usher: Betty Coffee Hour: Elvina   Families: Every Week:  Children start the morning in worship for opening hymns,  taking in the voices of community, and welcome.  Once the scripture is read, teacher Anita will lead children down to the classroom for the sermon time, where they will do a craft, hear a Bible story, and engage in creative play.  All ages spend the time together.  Anita will usher children back up to sanctuary for Communion, where they join us for closing hymn! *Also find the basket of Activity pages & books on the welcome table every week! This all-ages children/youth faith formation with Anita = Class every Sunday 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. More info at http://www.keystoneseattle.org/children-youth/ ~ ~ ~ Happy Listening Anytime:  Miss a Sermon?  Down at Classroom? Audio Available Online: Click on a file for a listen HERE, and share!  "We hold you in our love ..."   Prayers of support and love with Sandie Schumacher as she recovers from recent health struggles. Continue to send warm thoughts and fortifying encouragement: Anne Marie Jehle is extending grateful thanks for all the Keystone support and cheer from so many friends as she heads home Jan. 2. May our prayers add love to this family time.  Prayers of strength and endurance with Nell Townley as ​she and her family ​will begin to pack up her home after the holidays, for Nell's move January 10-11 to a new place to live in S. Everett.  ​In the meantime, connecting is still most welcome; if you wish to mail a card, ​call, ​or stop by for a brief visit: Nell Townley @ Northaven 531 NE 112th St. #503 Seattle, WA 98125 Meaningful Movies in Wallingford: Chasing Coral 7 p.m. at Keystone Release Year: 2019 Running Time: 93 minutes Directors: Jeff Orlowski Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called “coral bleaching” – a sign of mass coral death – has been accelerating around the world. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on an ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world. “Chasing Coral” took more than three years to shoot and is the result of 500+ hours of underwater footage, coral bleaching submissions from volunteers in 30 countries, and support from more than 500 people in various locations around the world. The film taps into the collective will and wisdom of an ad man, a self-proclaimed coral nerd, top-notch camera designers, and renowned marine biologists as they invent the first time-lapse camera to record bleaching events as they happen. Unfortunately, the effort is anything but simple, and the team doggedly battles technical malfunctions and the force of nature in pursuit of their golden fleece: documenting the indisputable and tragic transformation below the waves. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for snacks and conversation. Film starts at 7 p.m. After the film, please join us for a community discussion. ** 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. Play Uses Nativity Story to Focus on Homelessness, Refugees, Migration, Borders Gift of Grace Lutheran Church invites Keystone members, friends and family to attend the play, "Lantern Rock, or The Many Angels of Mama Droplet: A Spoken and Sung Performance by Edward Mast," at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 5, 2020, at Gift of Grace Lutheran Church, 40th and Meridian in Wallingford. Edward Mast serves with Gift of Grace's Pastor Jami Fecher on the Community Advisory Committee for Northlake Nicklesville Tiny House Village, and has dedicated his life to advocating for and standing in solidarity with vulnerable people. His plays intend to spark conversation about (usually) uncomfortable topics. LANTERN ROCK or THE MANY ANGELS OF MAMA DROPLET is a play for singers and actors using elements of the traditional Christmas Nativity story to create a space for concern and reflection on the global and local crisis of refugees, migrations, homelessness and weaponized borders. Traditional songs are fitted with new lyrics to alternate with spoken narrative, telling a story of the search for home and refuge in lethally dangerous times. The performance features the talents of Meg Savlov, Miriam Blau, Ruth McRee, Straton Spyropoulos, Rich Hawkins, and Jeff Carter, with visual design by Lisa Bade. It will be followed by a conversation with some people involved locally in the ongoing crises.  The performance and discussion will be over by 4:00pm. This is a free community event but donations will be accepted.  SAVE THE DATE for our Feb. 5th Learning and Fellowship Wednesday night supper workshop, 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Battson Hall. Topic to be announced soon.  But for the month of January ...  Instead of our usual Wednesday night supper workshop in January, Keystone is encouraging folks to join up with Communities Rising for the month and attend the Drawdown workshops, which will be held 3 Tuesday nights in the month of January. Drawdown.org features 100 well-researched solutions to climate change. Participants are invited to consider implementing these solutions with  family and local community - i.e. a "middle-out" approach, as a complement to a "bottom-up" approach (individual action) and to a "top-down" approach (national political action). You may recall that Communities Rising, which meets at Keystone, held an "Introduction to Drawdown" event earlier this month to explore these ideas with the newly established Drawdown Seattle group (DrawdownSeattle.org). Issue areas that Drawdown focuses on speak to your own interest for stopping climate change and include: Built Environment Electricity Generation Food Land Use Materials & Waste Oceans Transportation Women & Girls Drawdown workshops will be held on Tuesday nights on Jan. 7th, 14th, 21st, and also on Feb. 25th, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. You can register for these workshops here.  Spaces are limited, but you can still get on the waiting list. You can also read more about Drawdown Seattle in this article from the Seattle Times or check out the book (seek link below) and start talking about what you're learning with Keystone folks. PS- Props!  The Seattle Times article highlights organizer Kathy Dawson (JLP Jubilee alum).  The Drawdown series at Keystone is with thanks to the work of support organizer, our own Jim Little (JLP Jubilee alum.) And ... prep for our Climate Change Lenten Study In March 2020, our Lenten study with our pastors will help us deepen our climate action as a faith community (some will have been part of Drawdown in January & February; and some not. Drawdown is NOT a pre-requisite for the study. ALL welcome!) Tentative dates for the study are Wednesday nights, March 11, 18, and 25th. Here are a couple prompts for winter reading: Have you looked at:  Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything" and/or "On Fire: the Burning Case for a Green New Deal."  Some background study. Read Drawdown & come to the Drawdown workshops (see above), to build community in which we can implement these solutions. (see below). Join Christian, Allie, Lauren, Yuki, Elliot & more at the Jan. 23 People's Echo song events @All Pilgrims on Cap Hill, for learning songs we can lead at future demonstrations. The event is 6-8 p.m.  Also Feb. 13 as well. Want satisfaction of working in a small group & making a BIG impact?  Help host a kick off meeting with Lauren & Christian as UCC + local church groups come together @ Keystone to learn about the Sierra Club steps for securing clean energy across our public school systems.  (Can you start in Jan. & Feb.?)  Make your donation to our solar panels for our roof (see more below)! Every bit helps make a lasting boost toward aligning our community's values, for years to come! Solar Power to the People You may have noticed we now have a white metal roof over the sanctuary (yay!)  So we turn to part two of our roof plans -- raising funds for our solar panels. Christian has created this poster to explain and track our fund-raising efforts. We'll color in the thermometer as we go, to show how much closer we are to our goal. Keep watch in the church narthex (lobby), and let folks know about this work of environmental stewardship that Keystone is taking up.  Outreach to Raise Solar Funds Christian, Eliza and the Keystone Green Team folks are at work, setting up an online donation system.  We are already receiving electronic gifts from Meaningful Movies folks.  Please invite your contacts to donate to the solar installation.  Within a few short years, we will be giving energy into the grid. We are asking for participation from our many good groups and people of our extended community of neighbors, renters and visitors.  We have started making visits to users of the building, giving a quick intro at their group, to share the news they can donate to the solar panels.  Maybe you want to be on a team to meet with Taiwanese UCC, or Wallingford Co-op PreSchool, or Seattle Labor Chorus, or Seattle Peace Chorus, and more?  Let us know.  And thank you -- spread the word!   Glance- down- the- Calendar Fri. Jan. 3: Meaningful Movies Wallingford: "Chasing Coral", 7 p.m. Sun. Jan. 5: Play: Lantern Rock or The Many Angels of Mama Droplet, 2 p.m. @Gift of Grace Lutheran Church Tues. Jan. 7: Drawdown workshop, 6-8:30 p.m. @Keystone Tues. Jan. 14: Drawdown workshop, 6-8:30 p.m. @Keystone Tues. Jan. 21: Drawdown workshop, 6-8:30 p.m. @Keystone Thurs. Jan. 23: People's Echo song workshop @All Prilgrims in Cap Hill, 6-8 p.m. Wed. Feb. 5: Learning and Fellowship Supper Workshop @Keystone, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Save these Dates: Wednesday evenings in March: 11, 18, 25: Lenten Study at Keystone with Rev. Rich, Rev. Lauren, & Rev. Yuki. (tentative hold March 4.)   Keystone Upcoming Events with our Pacific Northwest UCC Conference 29th UCC Men's Retreat will be held at Pilgrim Firs Camp and Conference Center. (more) Annual Meeting 2020 will be April 24-26 at Westminster Congregational UCC in Spokane. (more)  Keystone delegates & pastors attend each year.  UCC's National Youth Event in 2020 will take place at Purdue University in Indiana. (more)     Pierre - 1/1 Lisa - 1/6 Yigit - 1/9 Nell - 1/20 Dick - 1/22 James - 1/23 Anita - 1/24 Dan O. - 1/31 Here's wishing them each the happiest of birthdays, from all of us at Keystone UCC!  On the last Sunday of the month- we shall have cake at coffee hour Please let Barb know additions/ omissions!    Keep an eye out here for upcoming Keystone Birthdays! Reaching Keystone UCC Pastoral Staff: Reach us at your Keystone church office: (206) 632-6021.  This phone is also checked remotely since all staff 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 keystone5019@gmail.com Pastor Lauren is on Sunday thru Thursday (Sabbath = Friday & Saturdays). Email is a great way to line up a meeting time: lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org  Pastor Yuki is at church two Sundays a month and is available to meet by appointment (Sabbath = Fridays). Email them at yuki.schwartz@keystoneseattle.org. 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