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Join us for services
Worship Every Sunday – 10:30am
All Are Welcome!
This Sunday, November 24, 2019
Rev. Rich preaching
Worship leader: Rev. Lauren
(Rev. Yuki away presenting @ American Academy of Religion)
Theme: Realm of God
Text: Luke 17:20-21
The Coming of the Kingdom
20 Once Jesus[a] was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among[b] you.”
Music Leader: Elliot Kraber
Accompaniment: Yigit Kolat
Children's Ministry: Anita
Reader: John
Usher: Jo
(our worship does not include Communion; as we move out to host the Festival, deli soups & bakery, to break bread with all visitors!)
Coffee Hour Host: at the Festival!
Families: Children start the morning in worship for opening hymns & taking in the voices of community @ welcome. Once the scripture is read, teacher Anita will lead children down to classroom for the sermon time: a craft, Bible story, & creative play. All ages together. Anita will usher children back up to sanctuary @ Communion- & they join you for closing hymn!*Also find the basket of Activity pages & books on the welcome table every week!This Children's class with Anita = programming every Sunday 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. More info at http://www.keystoneseattle.org/children-youth/Miss a Sermon? Down at Classroom? Audio Available Online: Feel free anytime to click on an audio file for a listen HERE, and share!
NEXT WEEK
Sunday, Dec. 1: 10:30 AM worship
Preaching: Rev. Yuki
Worship Leaders: Rev. Lauren & Rev. Rich
We begin the season of Advent
Lighting the Advent Candles
Lectionary scriptures: here
Music Leader: Elliot Kraber
Accompaniment: Yigit Kolat
Children's Ministry: Anita
Reader: Amber
Usher: Dan O.
Communion: Lauren, Rich, Yuki
Coffee Hour: open
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Church Wednesday evenings!
in December!
Dec. 4- prophetic social media workshop
Dec. 11- Holden Prayer
Dec. 18- Holden Prayer |
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Want to know more about how to use social media programs like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram to share your values, or to let folks know how to advocate for the things they care about? Join us as Yuki takes us through a "Social Media 101" mini-workshop to answer any question you have and to help you start thinking of how to use your digital platforms to do good in the world.
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Friends- Take this Challenge for our 41st Festival of Hope!
Invite 5 friends!
See you this Saturday Nov. 23: 10-4
& this Sunday Nov. 24: 12-3
This year we have had just about every surprise we need:
from street closures, construction, detours, delayed mailing, and roofing trucks, on site...
So! Thank you- keep spreading the word!
Our AMAZING tireless teams of Festival workers, have everything prepared!!
Come & Enjoy & Contribute to the greater good! |
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Roof replacement is underway!
And solar campaign has begun- you can now invite friends of Keystone to contribute! |
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Two additional commitments coming out of the Climate Strike, Keystone is starting to lead building support amidst our UCCnetwork of churches and PTSA networks to make school districts 100% clean energy, following a successful process from CA & Sierra Club.
We are also participating in the monthly People's Song Echo (all ages!) at All Pilgrims on Cap Hill. Next dates: Dec. 18, Jan. 23.... Talk to Christian
townsdin@gmail.com & Lauren: lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org |
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Advent Begins December 1
tap in to a Devotional tool here:
https://www.ptstulsa.edu/news-events/advent-2019/
This fall, Yuki has been teaching a class on Theology and Social Justice at the school where she got her Mdiv degree, Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, and was asked to contribute to an Advent Devotional the school publishes for its students, supporters, and friends. Yuki has shared the link to the devotional - If you are looking for a way to prayerfully and thoughtfully enter the Advent season, may the words of these thoughtful and prayerful people be a partner in your journey.
Yuki's is December 10. & some others also fit our Keystone ethos. |
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Many of us intentionally support those who have particular challenges to employment in Seattle. Come learn about ways you can help even more. A group from Keystone is heading to this Dec. 1 showing & discussion @ 3 pm:
Contact Lauren to join! lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org
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Background:
Lin Hagedorn, a PNC-UCC Justice Jubilee graduate and member of Northshore UCC, Woodinville, is organizing Undoing Institutional Racism training in the Greater Seattle area east of Lake Washington. While aimed at east of Lake Washington faith community members, this training is open to anyone.
Undoing Institutional Racism (UIR) training is the gold standard for understanding racism in America and stepping into work for its dismantling. The Justice Witness Ministries Dismantling Racism Team commits to each other to take this two-day training each year. The December 7th appetizer event at East Shore Unitarian, South Bellevue just off I-90 is free and designed for people considering taking the two-day full training in 2020. I strongly urge you to take advantage of this opportunity and to help spread the word using the attached flyer. Thanks.
Steve Clagett, Chair
Justice & Witness Ministries Committee and its Dismantling Racism Team
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Come out to Celebrate & Cheer our own
Keystone folks in action!
This Week! Elliot Kraber is in a show! Elliot Kraber <kraber.e@gmail.com>
Monday December 2: Lisa Rivera Smith is sworn in to her post
on the Seattle School District! Lisa Smith <lisarsmith@live.com>
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Wednesday nights @ church:
fellowship & learning continues:
Thank you to every seen and unseen Work Party to prep Festival of Hope!
Our November Wednesday church supper was the family friendly early eve. Nov. 20th work crew. Here we are just sitting around...
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December 6 in Wallingford!
Check out all the upcoming in films in each neighborhood listing!
** 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. |
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Congratulations Rev. Jerry & STCC,
as we continue partnering @ Keystone!
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Glance- down- the- Calendar
November:
Nov 23: Festival of Hope: 10- 4
Nov. 24: Festival of Hope: 12-3
December:
Wed. Dec. 4- Prophetic Social media class with Rev Yuki. 5:30-7 pm
Thur. Dec. 5- Communities Rising (7-9 p.m.; doors open 6:30 p.m.)
Wed. Dec. 11- Holden Prayer 7 pm
Wed. Dec 18- Holden Prayer 7 pm
Tues. Dec 24- Christmas Eve worship 7 pm
Church metal roof installation- begins November 11, weather permitting!
And Keystone Green Team folks are hard at work, setting up the systems to invite the many good groups and people of our extended community of neighbors & renters & visitors to donate to our installation of solar, as our metal roof goes up! We are starting to visit groups and users of the building, to invite participation, to help donate. Spread the word- donate through our online donations-- thank you team & Christian!
Thursday December 5 @ Noon: submissions: next deadline for Newsletter announcements: to Lauren & Yuki
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HOLDEN PRAYER @ KEYSTONE
Elliot Kraber, Music Coordinator
Yigit Kolat, Accompanist
w/Rev. Rich Gamble, Rev. Lauren Cannon, Rev. Yuki Schwartz
Mark your calendars to enjoy December contemplative evening worship services at Keystone UCC.
Holden Prayer is 20-minute candlelit evening service with lots of singing, reflective time, a couple seasonal scriptures, and we exit in silence. Come as you are, for some peaceful contemplation after your day. Bring a friend- all welcome!
Wednesday, December 11, 7-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 18, 7-7:30 p.m.
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. A while back, two Keystone year-long young adult volunteers, Melissa and Eric, brought us this practice.
Come breathe deeply with others at Keystone for one or both of these Wednesday evenings.
AND ...
Following Holden Prayer, Seattle Dances of Universal Peace invite all upstairs to Wednesday Dances, 7:30 pm in the Learning Center.
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Tuesday Dec. 24- Christmas Eve worship
7 p.m. @ Keystone
Come share this beloved candlelight hour celebrating the Christmas story with poems, and carols, as we worship the coming of the light of Christ.
Children join families in the pews. We close with candlelit silent night.
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Thursday, 5 Dec, 7P
Our Next Communities Rising Event
An Introduction To Drawdown
The website Drawdown.org provides 100 well-researched solutions to climate change. Let's consider implementing these solutions with our 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). Come to our next Communities Rising event to explore these ideas with the newly established Drawdown Seattle group (DrawdownSeattle.org).
This participatory "Introduction To Project Drawdown" involves you with solutions to reverse global warming that encompass the energy we use, the food we eat and the cities we live in. Each of us can explore the vital role we can play in this movement to reverse global warming.
5019 Keystone Place North (Keystone Church).
The dates to follow will be at Keystone, in Learning Center:
Tuesday, 7Jan
Tuesday, 14Jan
Tuesday, 21Jan
Tuesday, 28 Jan
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Fun this November with Children's Ministry: continuing-- making trees "for what are you thankful?"
Also check out these two new books in the Church School Library! You can help your child enjoy them from the Basket as you pick up a Worship Bulletin.
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Christian - 11/13
Abby- 11/17
&
Will- 11/28
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!
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Wells of Hope: aiding Children of Prisoners in Uganda
Friends, from time to time, Keystone can help amplify a passion of one of our members, as an extension of our commitments, love and justice-work. Many of you know Margaret does some fund raising for this organization in Uganda at Festival of Hope. She says," if you’d Ike to give directly or share the link with others, see site here. & Feel free to talk to me or ask questions. Come visit at my booth at Festival of Hope! Thanks! Margaret"
We... still need help to take care of the children's feeding, medical, teacher's salaries, transport to take these children to their families for the long holidays, among others. the donation link .
https://mailchi.mp/7d0f3838c122/wells-of-hope-ministries-year-end-campaign-1610273?e=e6c5695d8d
Wells of Hope is a non-profit making Christian Non-Government Organisation and a community based organization(CBO) registered in Uganda .We are driven by compassion and motivated by passion to serve the needs of prisoners and their families with key attention being given to children of prisoners. Children of prisoners are at the heart of what we do as catalysts of change and conduits of hope to the least in the community Visit www.wellsofhope.org
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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. (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 her at yuki.schwartz@keystoneseattle.org. |
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