Join us for services Worship Every Sunday – 10:30 a.m.
All Are Welcome! Interactive, Online
 This Sunday, July 5, 2020
Preaching: Rev. Rich Gamble
Worship leaders: Rev. Lauren & Rev. Yuki
Text: Matthew 11:28-30
Musicians: Elliot Kraber, vocals, and Yiğit Kolat, piano/instruments
We currently meet online for interactive worship through the Zoom Meetings platform. The link to the worship service is mailed through the newsletter every Sunday morning. Want to invite someone to worship with us? Send them the Sunday newsletter cheat sheet, or invite them to subscribe to our newsletter through our web site by clicking here: http://www.keystoneseattle.org/contact.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE: Our Sundays together begin with Sunday School and Storytime with Teacher Anita at 10 a.m. Children and their families spend 20 minutes in a Zoom breakout room with Anita, then return to the main Zoom space, where worship starts with music 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 about 15 minutes 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! Or watch sermons and worship services on our YouTube page & subscribe!
Miss worship last Sunday? Every week we post video: the sermon from Pastor Rich, Pastor Lauren's guiding prayers in our Prayers of the People (but nothing shared by our people's voices- the recording is always paused for privacy), and Pastor Yuki's benediction. Use these videos as part of your practices of prayer and reflection this week. |
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 | | Prayers of the People for June 28, 2020 |
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We continue to lift our prayers: - For recovery from illness and injury, and for the health and strength of those who care for us when we are sick.
- Of gratitude and joy for this community.
- For sermons that inspire us to act boldly and with courage in these times.
- For the ability to heal from suffering, and also to be able to share the love we've received with others.
And our prayers continue to surround:- Nell and her family, in their devoted loving ongoing care for her every day.
- Sandie, for continued rest and recovery.
Holy God ... hear our prayers!These prayers are crafted to carry those shared in worship to our whole community, in the general spirit in which they were given (one pastor or leader makes note as one prays.) We also especially welcome you to send Rev. Lauren your note during the week with any prayer request, and we can incorporate it into our online worship (if you may not be up for voicing it). We are also always glad for you to add your prayers to the Zoom chat box during live worship, and we can fold them in to the spoken prayers. Contact Keystone's pastors for any pastoral concerns (contact info is below and at the bottom of this newsletter)
Prayers to include in the newsletter? Email them to Pastor Yuki (yuki.schwartz@keystoneseattle.org), Pastor Rich (keystone5019@gmail.com), &/or Pastor Lauren: lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org, or text/ call Lauren cell: 773.501.7382 |
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Keystone Applying to Become
a UCC Creation Justice Church
The Keystone Green Team has been working on our application to make Keystone an official "Creation Justice Church" of the United Church of Christ. These are churches of our denomination that connect creation and climate care with our other justice work, such as anti-racism, economic justice, housing security and other issues. They're also churches that have "greened" their spaces (as Keystone has done with our grounds and commitment to install the solar panels on our roof), and they also invite other churches and organizations to join them in taking active steps to shift the world toward climate justice. This designation proclaims to the world that Keystone is a partner with the UCC as we actively work together to change the world.
At Sunday's June 28 congregational meeting, Keystone voted to affirm and support the Green Team's work on this application. The draft of the application can be found on our Google doc here, and you can add suggestions and comments before we send the application to the UCC's National Office in Cleveland. The Green Team will work on finalizing the application at the next meeting, 6:30 p.m. July 7, on Zoom. |
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 | | From Pastor Yuki: At our Zoom worship services and studies, you might spot a new feline addition to our family hanging out in the background. My partner, Clint, and I adopted Pawlie from the Kitsap Humane Society a few weeks ago, and she likes hanging out in my office while I'm on the computer, so you'll likely be seeing a lot of her as long as we're using Zoom! Please welcome Pawlie to the family of Keystone animal friends! |
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CANCELED: Tonight's Justice Bible StudyA note from Pastor Yuki:
 My apologies, Keystone Justice Bible Studiers, I've caught a bug of some kind (pretty sure it's not Covid, just your standard summer cold so far!) and I'm pretty sure I'd be a pretty miserable teacher tonight, so I'm canceling tonight's Bible Study. This gives you a few extra weeks to read Mark's second chapter! Thanks for your understanding and patience, and I'll see you Sunday and again in our Zoom space for study in a few weeks! |
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Supporting Nell and Her Family
 Nell welcomes your prayers and messages at her CaringBridge site that her children Nathan and Teresa kindly set up for her. She is living at Nathan and Ruth's with their & Teresa's 24/7 care. All are welcome to add love day by day to this Caring Bridge site, or contact Nathan to see about a time to visit, that might also fit with home health or hospice workers times.
Send Nell messages at her CaringBridge site, and Teresa, Nathan, & Ruth lovingly read them to her. |
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The Pacific Northwest Conference's home for sharing timely news, analysis, & info on how we can be the conference is on GoogleGroups. If you'd like to become a member of the Google Group, send an email to Arlene pncucc@gmail.com. The Conference also shares news and information on its new Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/pacificnorthwestucc.
 Justice & Local Church Ministries of the United Church of Christ has partnered with Values Partnerships to offer an opening weekend on demand screening of John Lewis: Good Trouble on "Good Trouble Sunday," which is this Sunday, July 5! If you purchase your ticket through the UCC's link, $5 of each $12 ticket will return to us to support the work of Justice & Local Church Ministries. You can purchase your ticket at https://watch.eventive.org/johnlewis/play/5efa372ef8ae35005c81e98bUsing interviews and rare archival footage, John Lewis: Good Trouble chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, Porter explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. In addition to her interviews with Lewis and his family, Porter’s primarily cinéma verité film also includes interviews with political leaders, Congressional colleagues, and other people who figure prominently in his life. |
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 Glance- down- the- Calendar
CANCELED TONIGHT, Wednesday, July 1: Justice Bible Study (Pastor Yuki is taking a sick day!)
Friday, July 3-Sunday, July 5: Watch the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble. Purchase a ticket at https://watch.eventive.org/johnlewis/play/5efa372ef8ae35005c81e98b, and $5 of the $12 ticket will go to support the UCC's Justice and Local Church Ministries.
Tuesday, July 7: Keystone Green Team meeting, 6:30 p.m. on Keystone Zoom.
Wednesday, July 8: Keystone Storytelling, 6:30 p.m. on Keystone Zoom. Continuing the theme: A Small Thing That Had a Big Influence on My Life. Email Pastor Rich to sign up 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.
Scheduled storyteller for July 8: Charles Rudash.
Wednesday, July 15: Justice Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. on Keystone Zoom. 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 July 15: Mark, Chapter 2. |
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Lance - 7/17
Yuki Schwartz - 7/17
Alex Hamling- 7/26
Bri Little- 7/28
Archer Penick - 7/29
Catherine Sullivan - 7/29
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, July 8 @ Noon ***** |
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