News from Special Olympics, Missouri

As you may have heard, our headquarters got hit by the tornado in Jefferson City and we had to cancel our State Summer Games. So we have decided we are going to put something on for our athletes here in the STL Metro area. We are asking for volunteers in order for this to happen! We will have games such as Bocce, cornhole, kickball, and bubble soccer with a free lunch for all of our athletes and coaches. The event is Saturday, June 1 ^st  at Lafayette High school from 11-2. But we are asking volunteers to arrive at 9 and stay to about 3 for set up and tear down. If you are interested, you can sign up using the link provided here! If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out.

 

https://somo.volunteerhub.com/lp/stlmetro/

 

Thanks,

Dillen Mayfield   St. Louis Metro Area Program Coordinator | Special Olympics Missouri

2945 S Brentwood Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63144

P: 314.961.7755 | F: 314.961.0660

www.somo.org  |  [email protected]

Worship With Us

Tuesday Evening Dialogue (TED)

2nd & 4th Tuesdays | 6:00-8:30pm Potluck & Discussion

TED will be discussing Evicted on three nights: June 11 and 25 and July 9. Our readings suggestions will correspond to the three parts of the book. 

Our UCC invites us to an All-Church Read!

General Synod is June 21-25 in Milwaukee. Lay leaders and clergy from across the denomination get together to discern the work of the church, delight in one another’s company and BE the church…

www.synod2019.org/en/uccsynod2019

Keynote Speaker Matthew Desmond, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City , will transform our understanding of eviction as a root cause of poverty.*

During the summer, PUCC will offer a few opportunities to talk about Evicted and imagine what we might do about this crisis—because stable housing is St Louis’ problem as well. Purchase the book from your preferred retailer.

What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? ~ Micah 6:8

Prayer List Updates

PUCC Adult Mission Trip had a good experience in Shannondale, MO … Tom and Kris McKenzie, Marsha Peek, Gerry and Mike Rogers.

Brian Sableman - graduated from SLU Law School.

Emily Oehler - graduated from UMKC Dental School.

Corbin Schmelig - received respiratory therapy degree from Mizzou.

ALL GRADS , their educators and families!

Our Muslim sister and brothers this Ramadan .

Bill/Kathy Hilgeman - his chemotherapy begins on June 3.

Linda Tossing - preparing for lower back surgery June 11.

Greg Schmelig and Dad as they prepare for kidney transplant June 11.

Mike Yang - receiving final round of chemotherapy for brain tumor.

Ellie Svenson - healing at home after car accident -- fractured sternum.

Ruth Murray - healing at Surrey Place after recent fall and hip surgery.

Schatz Family - continuing to grieve and give thanks for Dave’s father.

Brenda - hip surgery May 30 (Brad Lyons’ mother).

Marianne - breast cancer surgery on June 4 (sister of Marilyn McDougall).

Eileen - recent diagnosis of breast cancer (Susan Thomson’s sister).

Jan & Art Rothman - healing after her hip surgery (Lisa Duke’s mom).

Martha - receiving treatment for leukemia (sister of Mary Lynn Dario).

Phyllis - recovering from a stroke (Dario).

St Louis Assn UCC Covenant Partner

Week ending June 2 - Unleashing Potential (formerly Neighborhood Houses), St Louis; upstl.org

Week ending June 9 - our Missouri Mid-South Conference

United Church of Christ ; mmsucc.org

Ruth Murray is at Surrey Place - 14701 Olive Blvd, Room D-26-2;

Chesterfield, MO 63017; 314-542-3300…. Ruth offers her deep gratitude for all of the prayers, cards, phone calls, visits, flowers and gifts she has humbly received. She is so appreciative of the lovingkindness of her siblings in our faith family at Parkway UCC.

Dear Parkway : My heartfelt thanks to all for the prayers and cards I received during my lung surgery and recovery. I’ve always tried to send a lot of cards and now realize how much they mean to the recipient. Also, I realized that the JHLTB9 card writers sent 3 cards.

Sincerely, Naomi & Joe Runtz 

Please consider signing up to read scripture this spring or summer.

Threat by Mary Luti

Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. - Revelation 3:20 (NRSV)

Jesus was always standing at people's doors, ready to eat. Whenever he got invited to a meal, he went. He didn't care who the host was or who else was on the guest list.

But some people disapproved. "He's eating with tax collectors and sinners!"

His critics weren't the first or last to discourage indiscriminate dining. Not the first or last to demand obedience to the age-old law of non-engagement. If you want to keep your own kind safe, pure, and clear about their place in the world, be careful who you eat with.

Because you might catch their cooties. They might learn your name. They might tell you stories. You might like their stories. You might start wondering what all the fuss is about. And what begins as "Please pass the ketchup" becomes "May I have one of your fries?" and before you know it, everybody's having sex and babies. There's a reason some of the nastiest violence of the civil rights era was unleashed on people integrating lunch counters.

When Christ says, "I'll come in and eat with you," it sounds like a tender pledge. But it's more threat than promise. A threat of barrier-breaking intimacy. A threat to share fries and marry outside the family. A threat to blow up every kind of caste and distinction.

If you eat with him, you might come down with something. Who knows where it will end?

Prayer: I hear you knocking, dear dangerous Christ. Come in. Break bread. Tell me stories. Unprotect me, taint me, share my fries.

[Mary Luti is a long time seminary educator and pastor, author of Teresa of Avila’s Way and numerous articles, and founding member of The Daughters of Abraham, a national network of interfaith women’s book groups.]

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