Worship with us!
Join us for a pre-recorded YouTube Worship experience this Sunday at 10am – or participate later. We will light our second Advent candle, the candle of Peace. It’s our annual Lessons & Carols service with readings about the prophecies, birth story and purposes of Jesus shared by eight PUCC readers and several singers. We will also celebrate the sacrament of communion at our open table. Please prepare some bread/crackers and wine/juice/grapes.

It's a Give-A-Meal Sunday too – whenever we gather at the communion table we remember people who are hungry. Please consider dropping some non-perishable food items and/or toiletries here at church or to other food pantries. Most needed items include: jelly; pasta sauce; dinner ‘helpers’; pasta; dry potatoes/beans/rice; condiments; snacks; body wash; laundry detergent; hand or bar soap; shampoo/conditioner.
All our worship service videos in one place!
Livestream worship on designated Sundays. Look under videos for previous livestreamed services.
All Mid~Week Meditations that have been recorded on YouTube.
Order of worship, announcements, prayer list, birthdays and anniversaries.
We continue to receive your gifts for 2nd Mile Advent – an opportunity to stretch our hope, peace, joy and love across the area and the wider church. All gifts are shared evenly among the three mission partners in January. Please clearly mark your financial gift ‘2nd Mile Advent’. You may want to honor someone in your life with a 2nd Mile Gift – perhaps that person who is hard to buy for and/or who doesn’t have any real needs right now. We are grateful for your generosity.
 
Circle of Concern is guided by some lofty ideals. Each day, as they feed families from the food pantry, share financial assistance, distribute school supplies, Thanksgiving turkeys or holiday gifts, they are led by commitment to their Vision, Mission and Values.
Mission: Circle of Concern feeds the hungry and provides assistance to low-income families living in west St. Louis County.
Vision: Improving every life in the community by reducing hunger and poverty
Values:
  • integrity in all they do;
  • respecting the innate worth of every Circle stakeholder, including clients, volunteers, donors, staff and community partners, and striving to reflect that respect in every interaction.
  • collaborating with many partners that the work of Circle is successfully accomplished;
  • being responsible stewards of the time stakeholders donate, the talents they share and the funds they invest;
  • committing to excellence which ensures the highest quality services for clients today and the resources to sustain them in the future.
 
Emmaus Homes knows that adults with disabilities want to be independent.
In order to do that, they need a home and a community that embraces their unique abilities.
The problem is it’s hard to live without support, which makes EH clients feel frustrated, excluded, and powerless. EH believes everyone deserves the resources needed to live independently.
EH understands it’s tough to manage life alone, which is why for 125 years, as a faith-based organization, they have provided high-quality service caring for the whole person for their whole life – including the  individual’s spiritual life.
 
The Christmas Fund has been caring for active and retired clergy and lay employees of the United Church of Christ for over 100 years, providing emergency grants, supplementation of small annuities and health premiums, and Christmas “Thank You” gift checks each December to our lower-income retirees.
Over the past nine months, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergency financial needs of many who serve the church have increased dramatically.
In such a time as this, the need for the Christmas Fund is more urgent than ever.
Sunday School
Sunday School for children through 5th grade:

Meeting ID: 383 733 977
Password: 819680
Sunday School for Youth/Teens each week:

Meeting ID: 815 6130 3581
Password: 702228
Tuesday Evening Dialogue 12/12

2nd & 4th Tuesdays | 7:00pm | via Zoom

Please join us for a special TED Zoom session to share one of your favorite children’s books.
Speaker Series: My Time as a Country Lawyer

Phil Smith, Politician and Country Lawyer
Sunday, December 13 | 11:15am
YouTube connection details TBA
Prayer List Updates
Advent - our journey to Christmas!
Charlotte Smith and Family - grieving/giving thanks for Dwight.
Charlotte Smith, 3337 Lake Bend Dr, Valley Park, MO 63088.
Dwight L. Smith, Jr. passed away December 1, 2020 at the age of 92.
Beloved husband of 67 years to Charlotte (Gerlach); loving father of Dwight III (Jill) Smith and Dwain (Lori) Smith and brother of Donald (Pat) Smith.
Dwight will be missed by his four grandchildren, Sean Smith, Corey (Milly) Smith, Dwain Jr. (Sarah) Smith, and Chelsea (Stephen) Gonzalez and his three great grand children Dominic and Autumn Smith and Sloane Gonzalez.
Dwight and Charlotte traveled extensively to 37 countries and to all 50 states following his retirement from AMEREN UE.
Services: A private graveside service for the family will celebrate Dwight’s life. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Elm Lawn Memorial Cemetery, 2841 N. Ballas Rd., St. Louis, MO 63131 are appreciated. Friends may sign the family’s online guestbook at Schrader.com.
Polster-Roeslers; Monica - dealing with Covid-19.
The Grundys - grieving and giving thanks for Christopher’s father.
Justin Williamson - intensive care at St. Luke's Hospital (Svenson).
Tommy Kurz 14 yr old - brain surgery on Dec 7 to alleviate seizures. 
Carolyn & Hank Kraichley - serious health challenges (McKenzie).
Healthcare workers, homeless and many others at risk right now.
Physical Distancing… if anyone needs groceries, medicine and/or other support, please reach out to kevin@parkwayucc.org; 314-330-0629
People who are struggling with their mental health.
People who aren’t feeling safe at home but are remaining there.
Individuals in all levels of leadership as they make decisions today.
Healing of relationships between the public and the police.
Those affected by natural disasters - yesterday/today/tomorrow.

St Louis Assn UCC Covenant Partner
Week ending December 6 - St. Martin UCC, High Ridge; stmartinucc-hr.com
Week ending December 13 - Ivy Chapel UCC, Chesterfield; ivychapel.org


New addresses for Kevin & Rosanna Hogarty
6563 McDonald Ave Unit 109
Gig Harbor WA 98335-2107
Video
This speaks to the place we are in now … and leads us to a new hope.
Humor
What do you call a cross between a Christmas tree and an iPad?
A pineapple.
Inspiration
An Advent prayer by Magdalena I. Garcia
inspired by Mark 13 and the call to keep watch.

Two orchids sit on my kitchen table
and I’m keeping watch over their life,
encouraging them to be patient,
to extend their roots,
to grow new leaves,
to wait for the blooms,
to trust the process.
Two orchids sit on my kitchen table
and they are keeping watch over my life,
encouraging me to be patient,
to extend my roots,
to grow new leaves,
to wait for the blooms,
to trust the process.
God of Advent, you who never tire
of keeping watch over our lives,
teach us to honor your image in us
by looking after each other
and protecting your creation,
so that the whole world can see
glimmers of your light
and live with holy expectation.
Alzheimer’s Walk Recap
The results of the St. Louis Walk to End Alzheimer’s have been tabulated. The St. Louis Walk was the 4th largest in the country. In this year of COVID and the walk in neighborhoods, Parkway’s contribution was $1,670.00. Thank you, Parkway. Donations are still accepted on the website: http://act.alz.org/site/TR?team_id=619694&pg=team&fr_id=13574 or by checks made payable to: Alzheimer’s Association. Send them to me so I can submit them with a donation form to be credited to the PUCC team. They must be received by Dec. 31, 2020. Thanks to all who donated, walked in our small group of 6, and supported the Walk To End Alzheimer’s.
~Joyce Ruiz, Faith Outreach Ambassador and Team Captain.

We appreciate your submissions of jokes, quotes, videos, weekly opportunities, Mid~Week Meditation ideas, scriptures that are important to you, hymn/song suggestions, poetry, etc We would love to hear from you kevin@parkwayucc.org
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2841 N Ballas Road,
St. Louis, MO 63131

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