Worship With Us
Join us for live stream worship this Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent, at 9:55am (or watch it later as a recording) on Facebook Live – you don’t need a Facebook account to be able to watch! [We will send a detailed message about this soon.]

We continue our Lenten conversation about IDENTITY. As we make our way to Holy Week and Easter, we are looking at Jesus’ identity… he had a solid sense of self… by listening to his ‘I AM’ statements. We will also pay attention to some of the people he meets along his way. What can we learn about ourselves and our identity by paying attention to Jesus and the people who are part of his mission and ministry? How can we become more aligned with Jesus’ words and ways? We hear him saying, “I am the life” this Sunday as he deepens his relationship with siblings Mary, Martha and Lazarus. Read John 11:1-45 in preparation for worship. It is an intense story about life and love. We will also be sharing Psalm 23.

After you receive a separate detailed email about our live streaming worship service, tell a friend, family member, neighbor or stranger to join us too!
Important Updates Regarding COVID-19
We are trying to keep you posted - as things evolve - about precautions we are taking to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and communicate ways to stay connected to each other. Building usage, livestream worship, meeting cancellations, ZOOM meetings, care and support - this is the place to get this rapidly changing information.
2nd Lenten Discussion in a ZOOM Meeting
We will not meet in person on Tuesday night, but WILL meet online via ZOOM.

Topic: 2nd Discussion of the book "Me and White Supremacy"
Time: Mar 24, 2020 07:00 to 8:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Click the button to the left to join the Zoom Meeting from your computer (you can join even if your computer does not have a camera).

One tap mobile to join the video conference from your phone:
+13126266799,,5057214679# US (Chicago)

To join by voice conference call only (you will have to enter the meeting id below).
1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

Meeting ID: 505 721 4679
Sign-up for Lenten Devotions

Sign up to receive our daily devotion for Lent via email if you don’t already receive them - reflection on a scripture verse, hymn, quote, prayer, poem, relationship, book, film, challenge, success, experience of nature or anything else that has helped form , confirm or reform a piece of your identity.

Many of these were written by PUCCers… Please keep submitting some to [email protected]
Announcements

Baby Bundle Packs
Collection: March 15-29
An interactive project we are doing on Maundy Thursday is assembling Baby Bundle Packs for Missouri Festival of Sharing . To donate, all items must be new and must be newborn to 6-month sized items. Items needed: receiving blankets, sleepers, 3 pack of onesies, sweater or sweatshirt for warmth, disposable diapers. Thank you for helping with this worthwhile project!

Parkway Going to MoVal!
Sat, Aug 22 | 10:00am - 5:00pm
Arrange to carpool from here or meet us at our Missouri Mid-South Conference’s Camp MoVal in Union, MO (about an hour from here) for a Vesper Service and then we’ll have fun boating, swimming, hiking and archery. This is a flexible schedule and you can do as little or as much as you want. Please let the Yakels know if you’re coming [email protected].

Easter Egg Candy
April 5 deadline
In addition to our community Easter egg hunt on April 4, Parkway’s children are looking forward to the annual church Easter egg hunt on Sunday, April 12 after the Easter Worship service. Donations of individually wrapped candy will be gratefully accepted in the Gathering Space until Palm Sunday, April 5. Thanks for supporting a beloved tradition. Questions? Contact Barb Kuhlmann at [email protected] .
Prayer List Updates
Mike Mason Family - grieving/giving thanks for his mother, Margaret.
Mike Mohl - several broken ribs after fall; multiple myeloma struggles.
Bill and Pat Klein - healing after ear surgery; home from hospital.
Dwight and Charlotte Smith - rehab ctr after his days in the hospital.
Lisa Mason - in the middle of radiation treatments..
The Coronavirus… if anyone needs groceries, medicine and/or other support, please reach out to [email protected] ; 314-330-0629
[If you’d like to be on the Spring Care Team 2020 , please say so.
We will put together an email list and let you know how this will unfold.]

St Louis Assn UCC Covenant Partner
Week ending March 22 - Faith UCC , Little Rock, AR; faithucclr.org
Week ending March 29 - First Congregational UCC , Bonne Terre; fcuccbonneterre.org
Video
Kevin Bacon will make you chuckle, think and stay home
Humor
Spring Cleaning has been cancelled. The dust bunnies apparently got rid of the cleaning fairy.
Inspiration
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.
 ~Algernon Charles Swinburne

Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s Party!’
~Robin Williams

Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is.
 ~Jessica Harrelson

In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.
~ Mark Twain

Spring is when you feel like whistling, even with a shoe full of slush.
~ Doug Larson

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
~Margaret Atwood

Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.
~John Muir

The first blooms of spring always make my heart sing.
~S. Brown

The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.
~Gertrude S. Wister

I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright.
~Millard Kaufman

Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.
~ Bishop Reginald Heber

If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.
~Audra Foveo

The promise of spring’s arrival is enough to get anyone through the bitter winter!
~Jen Selinsky
Fellowship Treats
Please c onsider providing treats for Sunday morning Fellowship Time as old friends, new friends and first time visitors build and sustain relationships…
Sunday Morning Flowers
Beautify the sanctuary even more by signing up for flowers or plants some Sunday…
Holy Week to Easter
 Our theme for Lent has been around Identity . Our prayer at the Lenten Candles since Ash Wednesday has been: Holy One, we are on this Lenten journey with Jesus because we want to watch him and listen to him—so that we might become more like him. Jesus has a solid sense of who he is. He tells us that he is the bread, door, vine, life, light, way, shepherd. He interacts with people in expected and unexpected ways—and they all learn and grow with the interaction. Send your Spirit to lead us, guide us and light the way to ourselves, one another, and the Holy. Amen.

Palm Sunday April 5 | 9:55am
We wave our palms and welcome Jesus into the City. Our Gospel Lesson, Matthew 21:1-11, tells the story of Jesus sending two of the disciples into the city to retrieve the donkey for him to ride on. What does Jesus ask us to do? How do we live how he suggests? Who are we because of him? Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth and the life.”
We will celebrate the sacrament of communion at our open table.

Monday Prayer April 6 | 8-10pm
Come by the Prayer Corner in the sanctuary anytime in the evening between 8-10pm to pray w/Kevin about your unique Holy Week intentions, cares, joys.

Tuesday Prayer April 7 | 7:00-9:00am
Another opportunity for morning people from 7-9am in the Prayer Corner.

Wednesday Labyrinth April 8 | 3:00pm
A labyrinth is a patterned path, most often circular in form, used as a walking meditation or spiritual practice. A labyrinth’s walkway is arranged in such a way that the participant moves back and forth across the circular form through a series of curves, ending at the labyrinths’ heart or center.
We will meet in the Gathering Space at church, talk a bit about labyrinths and then head over to the Mercy Center on Bopp Road to walk their outdoor labyrinth. We learn a lot about ourselves through the twists and turns we take.

Maundy Thursday April 9 | 10am
We participate in a simple service of prayers, scripture, brief conversation about Jesus saying “I am the Good Shepherd” and find nurture and encouragement in Psalm 23 and the sacrament of communion at our open table . How are we both sheep and shepherd in our lives? We will tidy the sanctuary pews for Easter weekend and enjoy a light breakfast following the service. RSVP Harold Cobb [email protected] 314965-4147.

Maundy Thursday April 9 | 6:00pm
We begin with a potluck supper enjoying conversation and food around the tables in the Fellowship Hall. Following a short vesper service, we experience Jesus’ mandate as it is written in the Gospels, “Do you love me? Feed my lambs; tend my sheep” through several interactive service opportunities. We are people of generosity and care. This evening is for all ages. More information is on the sign-up poster in the Gathering Space.

Good Friday noon in the Historic Sanctuary
Revisit the intensity of the day in a way that tries to calm and comfort us as we feel the embrace of the Holy even now. We sing, hear scripture and observe some silence. Who is Jesus on Good Friday? Who are we at times like this?

Good Friday 7:00pm |New Sanctuary
On Good Friday we continue to hear from some of the people who interacted with Jesus during his final days on earth. Plan to be part of this service of lessons and songs of reflections as we continue to think about Jesus’ identity and our own. This experience will really connect you with the thoughts and inner dialogue of some of those who were a part of this as it first unfolded.

36 Hour Prayer Vigil - in your home or wherever you are!
Hour after hour, a PUCCer will be in prayer as we watch and wait together these 36 hours from the close of the Good Friday Evening Service until the sun comes up on Easter morning in the cemetery. Jesus often goes off to a quiet place to focus, breathe and pray. It’s our time to reflect on all that is unfolding inside of us and all around us. Sign-ups online and in the Gathering Space begin at the end of March.

Easter Sunday Sunrise 6:00am | cemetery behind the Historic Sanctuary
We will begin in the dark—around the “New Fire.” We will remember the retreat into darkness that the disciples took…then, as the sun comes up, we will reorient ourselves and feel the warmth and grace slowly coming over us and rising in us. We share communion and recommit ourselves to being Christ-like in what we think, say and do.

Easter Sunday 9:55am in the New Sanctuary
We made it! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! We rewind a bit and figure out how we ended up here. We will celebrate the resurrection and the Holy’s love and life that never end! Who are we now? What does the future look like as we go into it with a refreshed sense of who we are as Christians for this new day?
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2841 N Ballas Road,
St. Louis, MO 63131

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