Messiah Midweek Update

June 10, 2020

Messiah Lutheran Church

Auburn, WA

"And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8b

Messiah Watch Party: 13th by Ava Duvernay

Join us on Sunday, June 14th at 6:00 pm for a watch party and discussion of the Oscar-nominated documentary 13th by Ava Duvernay (A Wrinkle in Time, Selma). 13th, which refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, explores the history of race and the criminal justice system in the United States. We will watch the film together over Zoom (link coming soon) and then move into a discussion. If you can’t join us for the watch party but would like to join the discussion, you can watch the film ahead of time on Netflix or Youtube.

“The fact that the United States is 5% of the world’s population, just 5% of the whole world. Think of 100, we’re just five of that, but we have 25% of the world’s prisoners. One-fourth live in the land of the free? That’s nuts, and we’re not talking about it nearly enough.” - Ava Duvernay

ZOOM CODE: 5653381590

PASSWORD: goat

Schedule:

6:00pm Watch 13th

7:45pm Discussion

New Keys

In order to ensure a safe environment in our building, Messiah has re-keyed the outside doors to the church. At this point, staff, Wednesday Foodbank, and community meals have keys to access the building. In order to comply with health and insurance regulations, the building is not yet open for general use. Please watch for further details on accessing the building.

Weekly Storytime with Savannah and Traci!!

Continuing this week, Traci and Savannah are going to be hosting a Weekly Storytime over Zoom every Monday at 3:30pm and Wednesday at 6:30pm. As with previous Storytimes, Traci and I will pick out a story to share and all are welcome to join and listen in. We hope to see you there!

In addition, if any of your kiddos are interested in having separate Zoom check-in's with me or Traci, let us know! We miss all of you and would love to catch up with how your families are doing!

Service Adventure Week!

Join us July 20-23 for a Service Adventure Week! Each day we will focus on different ways to serve in our homes, our communities, our world, and as part of creation! In addition to service opportunities, we will also have daily team activities and adventures to celebrate being in community with each other. More information to come as we learn more about changing health guidelines, but mark your calendars and register today by emailing Savannah or Traci!

Worship Bulletins

The worship bulletins that are sent out electronically on Saturday are printable from your home computers. When you receive the email, open it and press "ctrl p" on your keyboard and it will print.

On Thursday afternoons, we will place pre-printed bulletins in the Messiah Lending Library (the box pictured in this article). It is located on H street outside the kitchen. Please feel free to stop by and pick one up if you do not have a computer or printer at home.

Please contact Tia Monsen if you have any questions.

Arcadia Virtual Grand Opening

Tuesday, June 16 @ 11:00 am

Last year, the Y and Nexus Youth and Families joined forces with government officials and private funders to expand our collective investment in young people and families across our region.

To address the critical housing shortages and behavioral health services for youth and young adults facing homelessness, we broke ground on Arcadia, a state-of-the-art facility in Auburn, and the first of its kind in South King County.

Arcadia will provide permanent, supportive housing for 15 young adults, emergency shelter for 12 more, a drop-in youth center and behavioral health programming — all to build resiliency for young people ages 12-24.

Help us welcome young people and Y staff to their new Arcadia home and discover how a community is designing solutions together to end homelessness.

Join us online June 16 at 11:00 am for a virtual ribbon-cutting event, a tour of Arcadia, stories from young people, and virtual panel discussions, followed by a Q&A with some of the members of our public and private coalition.

Click HERE to register.