PUCC eNews 4/14/22

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Maundy Thursday Worship at 7pm in the Sanctuary (Facebook Live).

Jesus and the disciples gather for Passover. Jesus washes the disciples’ feet and shares communion for the first time. They go out to the garden after dinner. He is betrayed and arrested there. We will extinguish our final Lenten candles.

Good Friday Prayer Service at noon in the Historic Sanctuary (Facebook Live).

We will take time for silence, scripture, organ and prayer on this emotional day.

Good Friday Worship at 7pm in the Sanctuary (Facebook Live). Listen to parts of Jesus’ trial which leads to darkness and the crucifixion. What does this mean for us today?

36 Hour Prayer Vigil from 7pm Friday through Easter morning at 7am

Please sign up to pray for one specific hour in your home. There are several spots remaining. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0d4ca4ac23ab9-annual

Easter Sunrise Service at 6:15am in our Elm Lawn Cemetery just behind the Historic Sanctuary (Facebook Live). We will go to the tomb with the women to discover the unexpected and unbelievable. Where will we go after that?

Easter Morning Worship in the Sanctuary at 10am (Facebook Live) Alleluia! We will flower the cross and all of our Lenten candles will blaze again. We will figure out where our Lenten theme goes next – "Jesus does. How about you?"

Bulletin

This link lists bulletin posts, with the top one as the most recent. All Holy Week bulletins are uploaded.

PUCC Facebook page

Livestream worship on Sundays. Look under videos for previous livestreamed services.

YouTube Worship Service Playlist

All our worship service videos in one place!

Mid~Week Meditation Playlist

All Mid~Week Meditations that have been recorded on YouTube.

Financial Contributions

2022 pledge

Sunday School Live and via Zoom

Sunday School for children through 5^th grade:

Meeting ID: 383 733 977

Password: 819680

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Sunday School for Youth/Teens each week:

Meeting ID: 815 6130 3581

Password: 702228

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Easter Egg Hunt following the worship service.

Following Sunday worship we will enjoy an Easter Egg Hunt with the children. We ask parents to pick up their children in Fellowship Hall and go with them on the hunt. There will be appropriate eggs for toddlers in a separate area from the older children. We will wait to start the hunt until parents are with their children. Happy Easter everyone!

April 19

1st & 3rd Tuesdays

1:45 Fellowship

2:00pm book discussion

via ZOOM

Please join TAD as we continue discussing Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City.

Tuesday Evening Dialogue

April 26

2nd & 4th Tuesdays

6:00pm Potluck

7:00pm Book discussion

Heritage Room in person!

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Earth Day Every Day: How to Get Involved This Earth Day

Earth Day is coming Friday, April 22, and this year’s theme is Invest in Our Planet. Regardless of how you choose to invest, there’s never been a more important time to celebrate this holiday. As humans run short on time to curb climate change and prevent catastrophic calamity, it’s important for everyone to take serious, bold actions toward a sustainable future.

https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2022/

Fortunately, there are many ways to get involved, whether you join a local event, host something on your own, or simply celebrate at home.

Contact Polly Rutherford: [email protected]

Just Released!

AWOL Spring-Summer Schedule

AWOL Spring/Summer Schedule

Prayer List Updates

All the acts of kindness, justice and equity near and far.

Our Lenten and Holy Week Journey.

Pat & Janet Prendergast - his recent scan indicates he is cancer-free.

Emma Ross - accepted into the Vet School at Mizzou.

Ian Mason - new wknd meteorologist KNOP (NBC) N. Platte, Nebraska.

Gladys Sims and family as Russ’ Memorial Service is this Saturday at noon - Old Barn Inn in St. Albans. All are invited to attend.

Family/friends of Conrad Damsgaard – grieving/giving thanks… Visitation 2pm; Memorial Svc 3pm and a meal next Sunday, April 24 here at PUCC.

Jane Winter and Family as they grieve and give thanks for Don.

Dan & Kim, Ben/Henry/Davis Weas - Dan’s cancer treatments.

Joan Biest - in the midst of chemotherapy treatments.

Sharon Eissler - struggling with several health concerns (Rogers).

Jerry - breathing & heart issues (Stacy Weathers’ uncle).

Lynda Ruby - living with cancer (Lindner).

All impacted by Covid-19 - individuals, families, healthcare workers; If anyone needs help getting vax/booster or if anyone vaccinated would like to be on the Care Team, please reach out to [email protected]

The war in Ukraine.

The people of Sacramento and Brooklyn - after recent gun violence.

St Louis Association UCC Covenant Partner

Week ending April 17 - First Congregational UCC, Memphis; firstcongo.com

Week ending April 24 - Grace UCC, St Louis; graceuccstl.org

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Three minutes of Palm Sunday

Humor

What's the best way to make Easter easier? Put an "i" where the "t" is.

What is the Easter Bunny’s favorite kind of music? Hip Hop

Where does the Easter Bunny eat breakfast? IHOP

Intertwine Interfaith Iftar Dinner 2022

Saturday, April 23 | 7:15-8:45pm | Congregation Shaare Emeth

As the Holy Month of Ramadan is upon us, Congregation Shaare Emeth, Parkway United Church of Christ and the Turkish American Society of Missouri invite you to attend our Intertwine Interfaith Iftar Dinner. We are so excited that this will be our very first large in-person gathering since the pandemic physically distanced us.

Iftar Dinners bring individuals from different religious and cultural communities together to learn about the significance of the month of Ramadan in Islam, engage in friendly table conversation, and break fast with an Iftar dinner. All faiths are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Iftar is the name for a community dinner held daily after sunset to mark the end of a day of fasting. Ramadan, the ninth month in the Muslim calendar, is a special time for the Muslim community. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims worldwide fast from dawn to sunset to achieve greater self-discipline, self-purification, and compassion for those less fortunate.

We hope you can join us at Shaare Emeth.

Please RSVP by April 17, 2022 using this link...

https://congregationshaareemeth.shulcloud.com/form/intertwine-interfaith-iftardinner

This is a free event but a $10.00 donation per person is appreciated to cover the cost of food.

Ramadan Mubarak!

We appreciate your submissions of jokes, quotes, photos, 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: [email protected]

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