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Worship Every Sunday – 10:30 a.m.
All Are Welcome! Interactive, Online
This Sunday, May 17, 2020
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Preaching: Rev. Rich GambleWorship leaders: Rev. Lauren & Rev. YukiText: Matthew 5:43-48
Theme: Love Your Enemy
We are continuing to meet online for interactive worship through the Zoom Meetings platform. Pastor Yuki emails the Zoom access information (which remains the same for every worship or study meeting each week) via the newsletter every Sunday morning.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE: Our Sundays together begin with Sunday School & Storytime with Teacher Anita at 10 a.m.. Children and families spend 20 minutes in a Zoom Breakout Room with Teacher Anita, then return to for worship, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Also at 10 a.m., folks can hang out for a "bring your own coffee ☕ (half) hour" where we have some time to see each other and talk before worship. After worship, we'll also have time for connection and sharing together in Breakout Rooms.
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Happy Listening Anytime: Miss a Sermon? Down at Classroom? Audio Available Online: Click on a file for a listen HERE, and share! You can now watch sermons and worship services on our new YouTube page here.
Did you miss worship last Sunday? You can watch the sermon from Pastor Rich and also Pastor Lauren's introduction to our Prayers of the People, from our May 10, 2020, online worship service. |
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Our prayers keep going out:
We pray for ...
- for Ahmaud Arbery and his family, and that we will be able to overcome the racism affecting all of us in the world. And that we may have the courage to have a real open dialogue on racism in the spirit of love and peace.
- For family members struggling with grief.
- For mothers who are homeless, who are in detention, whose children are in detention, and who are fleeing violence and oppression.
Holy God ... hear our prayers!
We are especially encouraging each other to send Rev. Lauren a note with a prayer you might like incorporated into our online worship. If you might be comfortable with it included in our prayers, but not necessarily want to unmute yourself, and share it verbally, your prayers can be folded in with the prayers. You can also add your prayers to the Zoom chat box during worship and we will speak them aloud for you. All prayers are welcome, at any time.
Have prayers you want to include in the newsletter? Email Yuki (yuki.schwartz@keystoneseattle.org), Rich (keystone5019@gmail.com), & Lauren: lauren.cannon@Keystoneseattle.org Text/ call Lauren cell: 773.501.7382
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Keeping Our Zoom Safe from AttacksFriendly encouragement from your pastors:
You hear us thank you often. You are using new ways to connect. We are grateful. It is life-giving to hear your voices coming over the worship wires, and to 'see' many of you on video.
We ask you to keep it up. Use the links and passwords to enter our Zoom space, but this is most important: DO NOT POST THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. We were recently reminded of the need for this precaution by an incident that happened close to home. On Sunday, May 10, our friends at Plymouth UCC had a horrific invasion in their online worship service by an internet Zoom bomber, that broke in to the service, impersonating church members, and taking their identity as they were in the Zoom waiting room. Then they showed horrific violent film. Plymouth UCC is now working with police and FBI to respond; they share their news here: https://plymouthchurchseattle.org/news/list.html
Keystone does several things to keep our space sheltered from these folks who work in groups, and are organized to traumatize people in this way. The tech deacons at Plymouth did a great job to shut it down, and we would do similar actions if our space was compromised. We promise to keep you updated and know that we are continually grateful, that you keep learning the steps we can all take to be together safely.
Please reach out with any questions. We have brought on more tech deacons (so you may see that Lauren, Rich, Yuki, Dan or Elliot are right there to let you in from the waiting room as quickly as we can.)
We promise to keep you updated. Please know we are grateful, that you keep learning the steps we can all take to be together safely! For now, the best practices you can follow are:
- Use the links in the newsletter or emails from Pastors Rich, Lauren, and Yuki to enter our Zoom space;
- If you're entering with your phone or through the Zoom app, use the password and don't share that password with anyone.
- Share the good news and welcome folks to join us at Keystone online worship by forwarding our newsletters or sharing the worship link by email only (never in social media like Facebook or Instagram). Or encourage them to sign up for the Keystone newsletter.
We will be posting a video on the front page of our Keystone website, from Rich, Yuki, & Lauren, to invite new folks to email/call/ sign up for newsletter so they can readily join worship Sundays @ 10:30 a.m.
With thanks,
Pastor Lauren
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Protect Washington's Ag Workers
Washington-state organizers and faith communities, including the Pacific Northwest Conference of the UCC and the Faith Action Network, are asking Washingtonians to advocate for our state's agricultural workers, who are one of the essential workers most at risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus. Ag workers in Washington already lacked access to health care, sick leave, and worker protections, and now during the Covid-19 pandemic they're in danger because of their employers aren't giving them protective personal equipment or the ability to physically distance themselves in order to stay safe. Organizers are asking Washingtonians to call Gov. Inslee at 360.902.4111 and the state legislative hotline at 1.800.562.6000, and leave a message to ask the governor and legislature to issue an emergency proclamation to protect agricultural workers in our state. You can use the script provided by the Latino Civil Alliance to leave your message.
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Keystone Tells Stories: TONIGHT at 6:30 p.m.
Keystone's Storytelling workshop continues tonight, where we're continuing to tell stories along the theme of "A Small Thing That Made a Big Difference in My Life." Friend of Keystone and Pacific Northwest Conference of the UCC conference minister Rev. Mike Denton will share a story at tonight's session.
The storytelling space opens up at 6:15 p.m., and storytelling will start at 6:30 p.m., in the same Zoom space we use on Sunday mornings and for our other gatherings (you'll find a Zoom cheat sheet coming along with this newsletter in your email, but if you have Sunday's emailed cheat sheet you can use that too!). Come for stories and conversation about the small things that changed you in a big way! |
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Introduction to Drawdown Goes Online
 If you missed a chance to join the Drawdown Seattle Introduction to Drawdown when it met at Keystone earlier this year, you have another chance to find out more about Project Drawdown and how you help move the US toward a greener, more just economy. Drawdown Seattle will have two Introduction to Drawdown sessions online on Zoom on May 14 and May 30. You can register at the Drawdown Seattle's Meetup.com page at https://www.meetup.com/SeattleClimateChange/.
Drawdown Seattle also hosts a twice-monthly Climate Solutions Conversation, also on Zoom. The next conversation will be Sunday, May 17. You can register for these conversations at the link above. |
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The Pacific Northwest Conference has a new home for sharing news and information about goings-on in the conference: GoogleGroups. If you'd like to become a member of the Google Group, send an email to pncucc@gmail.com.
Hear More About Your Pacific NW Conference
The Pacific Northwest Conference is sharing a weekly series of conversations that will bring the work of the Conference, the successes, the challenges to you through video. Watch for these videos on the Conference's new Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/pacificnorthwestucc.
This week's video is an interview with the PNC's conference minister Rev. Mike Denton. Check it out! |
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Glance- down- the- Calendar
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday: Keystone member Charles's Seattle Social Meetup Zoom meetings, 7 p.m. Register at https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-LuZNpEwh/events/. Just come and say hi, and make a connection while we're all apart from each other.
Wednesdays, May 13 (Tonight) & May 27: Keystone Storytelling, 6:30 p.m. at Keystone's Zoom. Continuing the theme: A Small Thing That Had a Big Influence on My Life. Call or email Pastor Rich to tell a story (206.632.6021. or keystone5019@gmail.com). Learn more about storytelling here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bo3dpVb5jw
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeh4xhSA2Q
Wednesdays, May 20 and June 3: Justice Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. on Keystone Zoom. This is a new study where we'll read the Bible and start making links between our justice solidarities and our sacred stories, one Bible chapter at at time. You don't have to read in advance to join this study. Email Pastor Yuki for more info, yuki.schwartz@keystoneseattle.org. Reading for May 20: Mark 1:16-31.Thursday, May 14: Reversing Global Warming: Introduction to Drawdown interactive discussion to learn more about Project Drawdown, 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Zoom. Register at https://www.meetup.com/SeattleClimateChange/.
Sunday, May 17: Seattle Drawdown Climate Solutions Conversations, 3 p.m. on Zoom. Register at https://www.meetup.com/SeattleClimateChange/.
Tuesday, May 30: Reversing Global Warming: Introduction to Drawdown interactive discussion to learn more about Project Drawdown, 10 to 11:45 a.m. on Zoom. Register at https://www.meetup.com/SeattleClimateChange/.
Tuesday, June 2: Keystone Green Team Meeting, 6:30 p.m. on Keystone Zoom.
Sunday, June 7: Faith Action Network Puget Sound Spring Summit, 3 p.m on Zoom. Register at https://fanwa.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/register?id=183&reset=1
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| Newsletter note: After experimenting with the timing of the newsletter, we're dropping the frequency of the newsletter emails from updates on Wednesday and Saturday, to a single newsletter that will arrive in your email boxes on Wednesday afternoons. You'll still receive the Zoom cheat sheet newsletter on Sunday mornings to help you get into the service easily, plus we'll send that out whenever we have a study or event in our Zoom space. |
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Michelle Hebner - 5/5
Lauren Cannon - 5/7
Dan Smith - 5/9
Sandie Schumacher - 5/14
Barbara Anderson - 5/17
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 (even on line cheer these days!)
Please let Barbara know additions/ omissions!
Keep an eye out here for upcoming Keystone Birthdays!
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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. (Sabbath = Mondays.) 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 Friday half days (Sabbath = Saturdays). Email is a great way to line up a meeting: lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org
Pastor Yuki (they/them) 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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Give your gift to support Keystone and its many ministries, including the Sacred Heart Shelter, and the Solar Panel Fundraiser. Click the PayPal button below or send your check directly to Keystone. You can also donate through the Pacific Northwest Conference of the UCC at pncucc.org/donate.
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To submit content for inclusion, email Lauren & Yuki @keystoneseattle.org addresses above. Content must be received by Wednesdays at Noon.
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Next deadline for Newsletter announcement submissions:
to Lauren & Yuki: Wednesday, May 20 @ Noon
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