Save the date: Wednesday, 12/6, at 6:30 pm, at Alki UCC.
The Immigrant Welcoming Congregation Core Groups of Alki UCC and Fauntleroy UCC are co-presenting the documentary "Which Way Home" in Anderson Hall at Alki UCC. The evening includes Admiral Theater popcorn and a facilitated discussion. More info soon--but get the date on your calendar. It's the first of several events we hope to offer as we learn more about what it really means to be an Immigrant Welcoming Church.
Come learn with Admiral Church, one of West Seattle’s UCC congregations, the history of colonization of this city and its impacts on the land, water, and people of the Inside Passage.
Dear friends,
Thank you, Carolyn and Bill, for leading Sunday School last Sunday! Thanks for talking with the kids about how love and anger actually go together sometimes.
We hope to see the kids again this Sunday at 9:30. BUT, we’ll only see you if you remember to turn your clocks forward. (Yes, already.) We’ll have two more amazing teachers: Sarah Finney and Lisa Corbin. This week we’ll be talking about…love, again! Lent is a time of preparing ourselves for Easter by paying close attention to how Jesus is living and loving so we can follow Jesus’ example. In the Bible, there are stories of Jesus healing people, feeding people, loving people, standing up for people who were not being loved, teaching people about God, praying for people, praying for himself, giving of himself….Jesus showed love in so, so many ways so we would know what love means, how to be a part of it, how to share it. To get the Sunday School link, go to the weekly Highlights or contact the church office.
See the attachment for one way your family could share love with others this coming week. It’s a list of canned and shelf stable foods that are needed at the Welcome Table in White Center. We support this gathering by preparing meals for about 100-150 people at least once a month. Those that come to the Welcome Table Saturday meal are homeless or living on the edge financially. Besides a meal, people can share fellowship, take home some groceries, personal items, clothing, COVID masks—things that might make their week a little easier and stretch their resources farther. Consider how this service project might stretch your heart and enrich your Lenten journey.
I look forward to seeing the kids this Sunday at 9:30 in ZOOM Sunday School!
Rev. Karyn Frazier
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March 25 Topic:
.Fourth Thursdays from 3-4pm
Free Lecture and Q&A with Deep Thinkers
What is Finished?
The Possibility of an Anti-Institutional Church
As we reflect on the seven last sayings of Christ one of the central statements is found in John 19:30 "When he had received the drink, Jesus said, 'It is finished.' With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." If we look at this text simply we can ascertain that Jesus is referring to his suffering, the brutality of the cross is now over, his earthly struggle to reconcile us to God has ended and new life is springing anew.
However, we are wrestling with that exactly is new? What exactly ended and what were we welcomed into in this new era that Christ was welcoming us toward? What if Jesus was saying institutionalized religion is finished? Sects and Denominations are finished? Or labels like "Jews" and ultimately our invested term "Christian" were finished? We will explore the possibilities of what he might have been encouraging us toward that maybe we aren't quite finished maintaining.
This week in our new pop-up ZOOM Sunday School, kids will be wondering about John 2: 13-22. What does love look like when it needs to be peaceful? What does love look like when it needs to be powerful? Can love and anger go together? Another dream team is teaching this Sunday at 9:30: Bill Zoellner and Carolyn Tucker. ZOOM Sunday School starts at 9:30 and is 30 minutes of friendship and faithful wondering. We’re done in time for worship at 10AM. To get the link, go to the weekly Highlights or contact the church office.
