Parkway United Church of Christ
January 2020 Pulse
Listen Deeply, Build Community, Act for
Justice
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Dear Parkway Community:
Just a quick notice - there is a
text scam using
my name to request donations and gift cards
. These
do not come from me
and please
DO NOT respond
to them. I’m working with the Winston-Salem Police Department in next steps. Thanks to those of you who have reached out to me to let me know. Sorry if these messages have interrupted your holiday celebrations. Love and peace to all of you, Craig Schaub
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Celebration of Ministry
in December
Our Advent worship included beautiful music, including the joint choral presentation at Wentz Memorial for the lessons and carols service. A few huddled around a fire in the early morning of the Winter Solstice to lay down burdens in anticipation of the sun’s next cycle. Many beautiful offerings were shared in our Christmas Eve service, coordinated by Jan Sawyer.
We gave twelve top desks and twelve floor chairs for homework stations to students at Bolton Elementary who have no particular place to do homework.
We offered food and companionship at the Augsburg Overflow Shelter on Sunday, December 22.
We learned about mushroom cultivation, the struggle of the San Carlos Apache to keep their sacred site at Oak Flat and the work of 10,000 Villages. Some of us also went to visit Lewisville Permaculture Research Center on December 14.
Leaders were at work imaging positions of Digital Communications coordinator and Community Outreach Organizer during the month, while we received profoundly encouraging responses to the vision for 2020 with your pledge commitments.
Worship in January
Our
January Vespers
will be on
Wednesday, January 8, 6:15 pm
in the sanctuary. We will be in ritual with encountering difference.
Sunday, January 5:
We celebrate Epiphany with the story of the magi in Matthew 2: 1-12. The choir will sing and each worshiper will receive a star word to guide them through 2020.
Sunday, January 12: 9:45 am
Second Sunday Gathering:
Join us as we delve into the history of North Carolina politics and race as represented in our hallway display. We’ll discuss different periods of history together and patterns of progress and backlash in giving all North Carolinians rights.
Worship
at 11am
will be centered on the story of the baptism of Jesus with a ritual of the renewal of baptism. We will have harp special music. Our story is from Matthew 3: 13-17
**Plan on staying right after worship for our Informational Town Hall:
We will provide information about two different proposals for our facility. Scott Alexander from Eagle Solar and Power will walk us through a 10-year lease of a solar array for the front roof of our building. The cost of the lease would be covered by our savings in electric bills.
We will also receive a proposal from our hard-working sign team for a sign on our Silas Creek bank.
There will time for questions and discussion.
Sunday, January 19:
On this Martin Luther King Jr. weekend we explore the meaning of following in the way, reading the call of the disciples in John 1: 29-42. The choir will sing.
Sunday, January 26:
Annual Meeting Sunday
: We celebrate our ministries at Parkway as we look at the way we call one another grounded in Holy Love, reading Matthew 4: 12-23 and Isaiah 9:14.
We will have our
congregational meeting
right after worship and will elect new leaders and approve a ministry plan for 2020 at our annual meeting
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Dr. Robert Peterson with wife Trameka
and new baby Roberta
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Cindy Needham & daughter Elise
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Some of Parkways congregation enjoying the Christmas Program
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Several from Parkway graced our ears and hearts with their music, readings
and songs.
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Thank you to all who participated or helped to make this years Christmas Program a joy and success.
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A Half-Day Silent Retreat
Saturday, January 18, 2020
St. Francis Springs Retreat Center near Eden, NC
8:30 am - 1:30 pm
Sign up to join us for a half-day silent retreat on
Saturday, January 18, 8:30 am – 1:30 pm
. We’ll carpool to St. Francis Springs Retreat Center near Eden, NC. so we can begin by 9:30 a.m. St. Francis Springs is a beautiful setting with labyrinth, chapel, walking paths. Carol Penick and Craig Schaub will guide participants with an opening time of spoken prayer and suggestions of stations for reflection during the time of silence.
PLEASE CLICK BELOW TO SIGN UP TO ATTEND.
Lunch will be provided.
The cost is $30. Scholarships available.
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Saturday, January 25th at Parkway UCC Fellowship Hall
Healing Justice Film & Presentation by Valarie Glass
10 am - 12:30 pm
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Craig Plummer Wins
on Behalf of Many
At the annual American Heart Association Awards Banquet on November 13th, Craig was honored as the 4th top fundraiser for the Winston-Salem Heart and Stroke Walk, having raised $4,516. Thank you to the many PUCC donors who helped to raise money for education and research.
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New Safety Policy
PUCC recently had a safety audit and one concern that came out of it was a need to lock our front door after services begin. Our Sanctuary Guild person will now be locking the front door
15 minutes
after the service begins. There is a doorbell outside that anyone coming late can ring and a “doorbell cube” that the Sanctuary Guild person takes into the service that will light up letting her/him know that someone wants to enter. Of course the Sanctuary Guild person will let that person in (unless there is a safety concern). We will try this policy and please give me (Judy Aanstad) any feedback or concerns about it. The same system can be used for evening meetings to provide security for a group or person using the church at night.
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Thursday, Jan 2
Men's Group 12 pm
Tuesday, Jan 7
PUCC Women's Group at 11 am
Tuesday, Jan 7
TriadNow 6:30 pm
Wednesday, Jan 8
Vespers at 6:15 pm
Thursday, Jan 9
Quilters 10 am (meet each week)
Racial Awareness Group 11:30 am
Sunday, Jan 12
Informational Town hall following worship
Wednesday, Jan 15
Church Council 7 pm
Thursday, Jan 16
Community Engagement Team 1 pm
Saturday, Jan 18
Silent Retreat at St. Frances
8:30 am- 1:30 pm
Tuesday, Jan 21
Worship & Education 6:30 pm
Friday, Jan 24
Parkway supports Augsburg
Overflow Shelter
Saturday, Jan 25
Healing Justice film & presentation at Parkway 10 am - 12:30 pm
Sunday, Jan 26
C
ongregational meeting following worship
Tuesday, Jan 28
Justice Team 6:30 pm
NOTE: Watch for more meeting and event dates in the weekly announcements
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Special Note:
The Hospitality Team
could use a few more volunteers to provide treats after service.It's pretty simple and does not take a great deal of time.
Speak to Craig and Michael to learn more about assisting with this opportunity for hospitality.
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course (MBSR)
Mondays: 9-11 am at Parkway UCC in the
Fellowship Hall
January 6,13, 20, 27 February 3, 10,17,24
Eight weekly 2.5 hour classes
Taught by Dr. Mike Capriola, MD, MBSR Teacher
**Informational meeting December 30th at 6 PM**
PUCC Fellowship Hall
MBSR is a life affirming, intensive 8 week course that teaches mindfulness meditation as a tool for enhanced well being. This course, started by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn is 1979, is supported by an extensive body of clinical research regarding its use in the treatment of chronic pain, cognitive decline, stress, obesity, anxiety, and depression. MBSR has also been used by thousands around the world simply to improve their lives.
Anyone from Partway UCC that would be interested in taking this course is welcome.
The informational meeting on Dec. 30th will give an in-depth understanding of the course and it's cost.
This course is taught by Dr. Mike Capriola, MD, MBSR Teacher. Dr. Capriola is a ER Doctor with Novant. He received his MBSR training through the University of California San Diego Center for Mindfulness.
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January Men's Group Meeting
Thursday, January 2nd.
The Men’s Group provides a unique opportunity to build community and to strengthen relationships.If you have not yet come to one of the Men's Group meetings, or are not a regular attender, you are invited to join the group, which meets on the first Thursday of each month from 12-1:30pm at Parkway in the fellowship hall.
Laugh, learn, eat and enjoy a unique time of fellowship.
Please be sure to register above
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Chere Schatz
will not
be selling her hand made gift cards this month.
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Tuesday, January 7th at 11 am
We were created for relationship.
The Women's Group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Parkway. Come enjoy a simple lunch
and fellowship.
All women of Parkway are welcome.
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WENTZ NEEDS FOR 2020
Wentz Needs for January are changing. We will go back to donating 6oz cans of tuna and 12-15 oz cans of fruit 50 items of each!! for the next 6 months. We have 3 more Sundays to collect for the January food bank- This coming Sunday in Dec.29 and 2 Sundays in January (Jan 5 & 12).
Please put a reminder in your grocery list so we can meet our quota. We would love to have one or 2 others join our group in 2020. If interested please contact Carole Holt (
cholt@triad.rr.com
or 336-978-5136) and learn more about it – it requires very Little time about 3-4 times a year.
Carole Holt
336/978-5136- cell
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Climate Mobilization Film Festival Saturday, February 29
We will participate in a gathering of many different churches at Elon Community Church on February 29, 9 am – Noon. The gathering is sponsored by the Creation Justice Network of the Southern Conference UCC. Various congregations will present in 5-minutes a slide show or homemade film featuring a commitment they have made to climate justice. Parkway is on the list of presenters!
PLEASE CLICK BELOW TO SIGN UP TO ATTEND.
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UCC Mission Moments - December 29, 2019
First Sunday after Christmas
Cosmic Praise
Psalm 148
Brooks Berndt, the UCC Minister for Environmental Justice, reminds us that our first calling is to care for creation. He writes,
“In Genesis, we find that our first call as people of faith is to tend to God’s creation. In caring for this interconnected world in which we live, this call inevitably entails putting love into action for every living creature and for every economically or racially marginalized community that suffers from environmental harm. Here are some resources to assist you in discerning your call:
1) Educate Yourself: Sign-up to receive the
Pollinator
, the UCC’s Environmental Justice e-newsletter. Also, check out the UCC’s monthly Creation Justice Webinar series. Topics include energy efficiency programs for churches, how to go solar, advocacy issues, and more.
2) Learn with Others: Start a book group to read books like Jim Antal’s book
Climate Church, Climate World
. This thought-provoking book by a noted UCC leader on climate is designed for church groups and includes discussion questions.
3) Become a Creation Justice Church: A church can seek to be recognized as a congregation that has made caring for God’s creation a central part of its DNA. In six steps, a congregation can become designated by the UCC Environmental Justice Ministry as a Creation Justice Church.
4) Advocate with Your Values: Connect with the Washington-based organization Earth Ministry to learn about creation care legislative priorities. The UCC Council for Climate Justice also initiated the Creation Care Voter Pledge to encourage values-based voting. Pledges can be made online or gathered for dedication in worship.
To find a print version of the Care Voter Pledge Card, visit:
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Parkway United Church of Christ
1462 Irving Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
336-723-1395
Office:
parkwayuccofwinstonsalem@gmail.com
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