Parkway United Church of Christ  E-news
October 5, 2017
 
Worship with Us this Weekend!
Join us for Traditional Worship at 9:30am and/or Informal Worship at 11:00am this Sunday when our scripture passages will be Psalm 19 and Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20    with a sermon entitled Why Laws? The Ten Commandments were given to us by the Holy as a gift...to help shape and guide our community life together. What did these rules mean then - and now?

Help us welcome Ruth Tweeten, guest organist, at 9:30am and Colleen Haviland, our guest pianist at 11:00am.



Prayer Updates
World Communion Sunday last Sunday with Marthoma!
Connie Burkhardt -recovering fromrecent cancer surgery - she was here on Sunday!
Ellie & Skip Larson - grieving/giving thanks for Shannon, their 20 year old granddaughter who died in car accident (aunt Karen Nolte).
Conrad Damsgaard - healing of broken ankle.
The Muchnicks - grieving/giving thanks for Dean, Todd's brother.
June - 2yo recovering from Kawasaki's disease at home (Svenson)
Gary - risky behaviors; seeking balance and stability (McKenzie).
Individuals/communities recovering from natural disasters.
Healing from the chaos in Las Vegas.
Peace for all ...  including in St Louis.


PUCC Staff Update:
We have said goodbye to Melissa Gausling who has served in our Nursery for several years. A kind and gentle person, we wish her the very best.
 
Barry Luedloff, who was our guest organist one Sunday in early August and has been conducting choir rehearsals on Wednesday evenings since the last week of August, will become our Interim Music Director on Monday, October 16.
We are so excited to be welcoming Barry. He is talented, faithful, fun-loving! It may just be time for you to try out the choir - a free trial! Come check it out beginning Wednesday, October 18 (Barry is on vacation during his week of transition between jobs on October 11) from 6:30-8pm in the Music Room - down the hall off the Gathering Sapce... just beyond the restrooms. Questions? Contact kevin@parkwayucc.org (314-872-9330)


Announcements
Coffee &  Conversation
Tuesday,  October 10| 2:00pm  | STL Bread Co
Located at Manchester & 270. Join us! Questions? Contact: Pastor Kevin: 314-872-9330 or kevin@parkwayucc.org.

Tuesday Evening Dialogue (TED)
2nd & 4th Tuesdays | 6:00-8:30pm | Heritage Room | Potluck & Discussion
The Tuesday Evening Dialogue (TED) welcomes YOU to join us for our informal potluck supper and book club.
 
Our current selection is the recent publication by Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber entitled Accidental Saints: Finding God in all the Wrong People. We discuss this book (and whatever else that comes up....) on Tuesday evenings, Sept 26, Oct 10, Oct 24. We start with a potluck supper, and then convene for "discussion" usually finishing by about 8:00pm. We have one copy left in the church office ($11) or download on your e-reader or visit the library! Here's just one review -
 
"Besides the fact that she is an amazing writer, my friend Nadia understands more than most that we are messed up people living in a messed up world with other messed up people...She understands that God meets our messed-up-ness with his mercy over and over and over again. I couldn't put this book down."
 
Maybe you're interested in this book but don't want to get committed long term to a book club...COME! Maybe you've never been in a book club but love to read.... COME! Maybe the idea of a PUCC potluck two evenings a month is too good to be true.... COME!
ALL WELCOME! Contact Karen Boyd with questions at  kkseib@gmail.com


Youth Night: October 11, Newspaper Night!
Wednesdays | Middle High 6-7pm | Sr High 7-8pm | Fellowship Hall
Snacks | Games | Door Prizes
What can we do with a stack of newspapers? Come and find out!  Contact Barb Kuhlmann: 314-872-9330 | barbk@parkwayucc.org


Halloween Care Packages!
Bring by Sunday, October 15 |All Morning |Sending to our college youth
Help us surprise our college students with a Halloween Care Package! We are asking for wrapped Halloween candy and $5 gift cards (Starbucks, McDonalds, Subway, etc). Please bring by Sunday October 15. All packages will go out on Wednesday, October 18. What a great way to let them know we are thinking about them!
Questions? Contact Barb Kuhlmann at barbk@parkwayucc.org .

Help us connect with PUCC collegians!
As always, we would like to send some love and treats to our collegians. Please send updated snail mail addresses to kevin@parkwayucc.org
 

Community


Jesus Has Left the Building 6
Saturday, October 21, 2017  * Grassy area left of Historic Sanctuary -then throughout the Community! * Lisa Mason lmason624@sbcglobal.net
We are shifting JHLTB to a Saturday this time - please join us for all NEW projects! 



Video of the Week
30 seconds to a good laugh!



Highlights from PUCC Council Meeting
Personnel Committee held an exit interview with Barb Raedeke and Barb expressed joy at her time at Parkway.
 
Personnel Committee is also reworking a new employee handbook outlining benefits and expectations.
 
Rev. Wimberly has been engaged to work with Parkway for 9 months to bring Vitality to the church.


Inspiration 
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. -Justice Louis Brandeis




Humor
At lunch time in the cafeteria there was a pile of apples on a tray, and the teacher put a note: Take only one, remember, God is watching. A little bit further down the line there was a pile of cookies, and a child had put a note on it: Take as many as you want, God is watching the apples