Agape' MCC This Week's News and Updates August 25, 2020

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Scheduled Events

Upcoming Events Parking Lot Breakfast this Sunday, August 30! This Sunday is the fifth Sunday of the month, Communion Breakfast Sunday. We will gather in the MCC parking lot starting at 10:00AM to share Communion (breakfast) together. We will broadcast as we normally do on Facebook Live from the parking lot at our usual 10:30 starting time for those who want to participate from their homes. Scroll to the end of this Update to see the guidelines for this Community Gathering. Wednesday Zoom Wednesday, August 26th, 6:30 p.m. Spirit Cafe' Back to School Edition! Bring your favorite, your funniest, or your most mortifying school stories to share on this week's community connection call on Zoom. It's always good to hear your voices and see your faces!   You can view the event on the Agape' Facebook page. Click here Wednesday Zoom Meet Up Enter the meeting using ID: 816-8960-6902

Community Corner

Together we can ensure that communities receive the resources needed to prosper. Please encourage your friends and family to respond to the #2020Census. Respond today at 2020census.gov. #ShapeYourFuture

MCC Resources

Lord Jesus, you are the vine and we are the branches. Help us to understand what this means for our lives. We are constantly striving to gain or fix something or to look and be a certain way. Help us to make sure that we stay connected to you and that the works we do are actually the ones that we have been assigned to do. If we could just step into those works and lose some of those complexities of our lives that are best left with you anyway. Lord Jesus have mercy. Holy Spirit, fill us and guide us. Grant us that peace that passes all our understanding. In Jesus` beautiful and mighty name. Amen. PRAYER SUBMITTED BY  FRANKA STRIETZEL Basisgemeinde MCC Hamburg, Germany and MCC North London, UK

MCC Connect This Week

MCC Toronto (Ontario, Canada) invites you to a 15 minute time of reflection on Facebook Live each Wednesday at noon EDT / 11AM CST. Rev. Jeff Rock and Rev. Deana Dudley share inspiring reflections, scriptures and prayers to support us through these difficult times. MCC Toronto Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MCCToronto/

From Pike's Peak MCC: Online Exercise Sessions Pike's Peak MCC: Online Exercise Sessions, Every Mon, Wed, Fri at 8:30 a.m. MDT / 9:30AM CST and Available on YouTube Any Time. Join Diane for live exercise three days a week, or open her prerecorded 47-minute exercise session on YouTube any time at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foU8X7pW6dQ For the live class, use this link for every occurrence: https://zoom.us/j/356607657 Or open the Zoom app and enter this meeting ID: 356 607 657.

BILINGUAL PRAISE SERVICE Thursdays at 7PM EDT / 6PM CST Join Rev. Stanley from Joy MCC, Orlando, Florida, USA for Alabanza via Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/827025531#success

Democracy, Values and the 2020 Election North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light and the North Carolina Council of Churches are hosting an eight-week forum series detailing the important issues facing us this election beginning on August 12th. These events will highlight our multi-issue faith voter reflection guide – Democracy, Values & the 2020 Election: A Reflection Guide for Faith Communities – in addition to featuring expert speakers, and educating attendees on policy/the reality of voting during a pandemic. Register for individual weeks at https://www.ncchurches.org/programs/ncipl/upcoming-events/ Voting Our Values Forum Sessions - weekly on Wednesdays 12-1PM EDT / 11-1PM CST --August 12 Creation Care & Climate Justice  --August 19 Moral Health Policies  --August 26 An Economy of Inclusion  --September 02 Loving Our Immigrant Neighbors  --September 09 Democracy & Voter Rights  --September 16 Restorative & Racial Justice --September 23 LGBTQ+ Rights  --September 30 We’re All in This Together/Global Common Good & Peace

Agape' Worship - August 30, 2020

Community Communion Breakfast Join us in the Agape' parking lot for our 5th Sunday Communion Breakfast. We will begin gathering at 10:00AM and ask that you observe the following guidelines: 1) Please leave one parking space in between the cars. 2) Please wear your mask if you leave your parking spot to go visiting. 3) Please practice 6' social distancing...no hugging! 4) Please bring your own chair(s) and please keep them in your parking space. 5) Bring your favorite breakfast food for our time of communion or we will provide you a personal communion kit upon request. We will include a Time of Offering during our gathering for anyone who would like to give their gifts in person; Cassy will be asking you for your quarters. Gifts through Zelle or Simple Give are welcome and appreciated! We fully expect this to be a wonderful time of gathering. We hope, if WiFi cooperates, to visit all the cars and allow everyone an opportunity to say hi to our Facebook Community. See you live and in person from the Agape' MCC Parking Lot Sunday!!!

Sherri Spann, 08/05 Lisa O'Grady, 08/10 Ashleigh Wolfer-Stephens, 08/17 Tammy Broaddus, 08/19 Carrie Wynn, 08/28 Barbara Brittain, 08/31

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