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One of the most important things we do together as a church is celebrate milestones, accomplishments, and hard work. This includes personal celebrations like engagements (yay Marcus and Cole!) and births (welcome to the world, sweet Remy Zerka!). It also includes celebrating our shared congregational life - we do a lot of hard work together and in our community. Celebrating this work isn't to pat ourselves on the back, but is to affirm the work done, encourage us for the work ahead, and inspire others to join us. This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, a day when Christians all over the world celebrate the birth of the church. We'll be celebrating here at Edgewood, particularly by lifting up the ministries of our choirs and Sunday school teachers, and rejoicing with our graduates. Sunday we are invited to wear red in honor of all the ways the Holy Spirit moves through our church. Join us for this joyful and Spirit filled worship service!
Peace,
Pastor Liz
Interested in Church Security?
One of the ways we are good stewards to our building and our community is to ensure that Edgewood is a safe and secure place for all people. This involves being in touch with our local law enfocement to make sure we know current "best practices" for security and safety. On
Monday May 21st at 7pm, folks from Edgewood are invited to meet with Lt. Connelly from ELPD to learn more about updated practices and to answer any questions you might have.
CALENDAR
Friday, May 18
3:30 p.m. Art Committee Meeting, Conference Room
6:00 p.m. G.A. Meeting, Conference Room
6:30 p.m. A.A. Meeting, Community Room
7:00 p.m. Movie Night: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
(Rated R for violence and language.)
Saturday, May 19
9:00-Noon Outdoor Work Day: WE NEED YOU!!
PLEASE COME (Even if you can't stay for the whole time!)
If it's raining HARD, rain date is Tuesday, May 22, 6:00 p.m.
10:30-12:00 Art of Living, Chapel
1:00 p.m. Michael Schacherbauer's Memorial Service
Sunday, May 20
9:00 a.m. Adult Book Group
10:00 a.m. Intergenerational Worship Service
Strengthen the Church Offering
11:30 a.m. Pride Planning Meeting, Community Room
WE NEED YOU ON THE NEW WORSHIP GRID!
Don't forget to sign up this Sunday or check out the list of "jobs"
HERE and let me know what you are interested in doing!!
TOWN HALL MEETING, Sunday, June 3rd
What's next for Edgewood?
A Goals/Strategic Direction sub-committee has been assembled to help bring clarity to this question. With Governance Council oversight, this sub-committee will design and implement a process based on Congregation-wide input. This feedback will help in establishing short term goals, while also incorporating a plan to honor and put to best use legacy gifts, such as the gift from the estate of Betty Garland/Mariella Aikman.
To help in this endeavor, Edgewood will be holding a Town Hall Meeting on Sunday, June 3, shortly after the service. This will be an opportunity to gain insight about this process, and to address questions or concerns the congregation may have.
Edgewood is applying to be a part of a "Communities of Calling" initiative. This initiative is a five year program where selected congregations will explore their understanding and practice of vocation (our work, our call, how we live out our faith in our daily lives) as individuals and as a congregation. The initiative is open to 14 congregations across the country and comes with a grant of up to $30,000. A leadership team of Jon Ritz, Marcia Beer, and Pastor Liz has been formed to engage the application process and if selected, lead the congregation. They will share more about this initiative and engaging us all in discernment questions at the Town Hall meeting.
THE FIX IS ON!
Governance Council voted Tuesday night to follow the recommendations of The Building and Grounds and the Finance Teams to proceed with repairs to the sewer line servicing the women's bathroom. This will be a very expensive project, nearly $20,000, but a necessary one. In order to complete these repairs we will be using a significant amount of money from the Building and Grounds' "Unrestricted Reserve" funds, and the "General Endowment Spendable" funds. While Edgewood is fortunate to have these resources available to us, we will need to be diligent in restoring these funds in the future. --Marv Dunn
Bible Study
Bible study will resume at
2 p.m.
on
Monday May 14
in the conference room. Join us!
Edgewood Community Service Week:
Sun., June 24 - Sat. June 30
The Outreach Mission Team has identified community organizations that allow for volunteer opportunities that engage in service with our local community.
Participants can sign up for a day with an organization or choose multiple days or organizations
! We have strived to make Edgewood Community Service Week accessible to all abilities and ages.
Volunteer sign-ups have begun! Check out the table in the social hall today!
We will kick off Service Week with a potluck picnic after worship on
Sunday, June 24.
RACIAL JUSTICE NEWS
Saturday, May 19 at 9 AM - 4 PM
Truth Racial Healing and Transformation of Metro Lansing Work Day: Creating the Vision
Sunday, May 20 at 6 PM - 8 PM
We Are Called to Justice
Mobilizing our faith and activist communities to work together for justice.
In February, we identifed low-hanging fruit to support students and families experiencing racial bias and intimidation in schools in our region. In March, we formed small teams to challenge false narratives and test our assumptions about those low-hanging fruit before we move forward to strategy. In May, we will focus on relationship-building to ground us as we move into developing strategies and tactics for action to uproot and jettison the false belief in a hierarchy of human value in our schools. Location:
Epicenter Of Worship,
517 West Jolly Road
,
Lansing, MI 48910
Monday, May 21 - Rally
2:00 - 4:00
Poor People's Campaign - A National Call for Moral Revival
This week's theme is: Linking Systemic Racism and Poverty: Voting Rights, Ending Mass Incarceration, and Justice for Immigrants.
The May 14th launch of the
Poor People's Campaign
was a huge success here in Michigan and nationally. Deep gratitude to everyone that came to Lansing and stood strong in the streets with us.
Let's do it again and bring a friend! This Monday, May 21st,
Michigan is just one of over 30 states across the country and Washington DC heading to their state capitals on May 21st to force a serious national examination of the enmeshed evils of systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, and the war economy. Join us and the masses in standing with the folks doing nonviolent moral fusion direct action, as we show our elected leaders we will no longer allow the violence of poverty to keep poor and disenfranchised people down. It is time for a moral audit of this nation!
10:00 am
: Doors open and PPC registration and check-in begins
11:00 am: PPC orientation, overview, testimonials, song learning and rally instructions
12:30 pm: Light lunch provided, church clean up
1:30 pm: Start walking to the State Capitol steps (East lawn)
2:00 pm: Michigan Poor People's Campaign Rally
3:00 pm: Non-violent moral fusion Direct Action by trained participants only -- to be witnessed and morally reinforced by PPC Pledge Card signers and supporting Michiganders
Are you having an event, meeting, or special occasion at Edgewood? Let us know so our staff can help publicize it via social media & Edgewood's website, and reserve it on the church calendar! All you need to do is send us the (Who, What, When, Where, and brief description) of your event, meeting, or special occasion to:
publicity@edgewooducc.org
. For the Edgewood Communication Vehicle & Deadline Sheet CLICK HERE!
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