PINE STREET POST
March 17, 2023
A Weekly Newsletter from Pine Street Church in Boulder, CO
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A Word from Andrew... Happy St. Patrick's Day, Seeking, and Reimagining Church Strategic Plan Vote (this Sunday)...
Beloved Friends,
Today is Saint Patrick’s Day, and I celebrate his legend and legacy as one of the patron saints of Ireland (along with Saint Brigid and Saint Columba).
Born in Britain, Patrick was sold into slavery and taken away to Ireland where he worked as a slave shepherd.
Eventually his journey took him back home to Britain, before he followed his vision to return to Ireland as a spiritual shepherd who spent the rest of his life preaching good news and establishing churches and monasteries. He modeled a way of progressive evangelism in his time that serve as inspiration for our time.
One of the lasting impressions Patrick made relates to his ability to adapt Christ’s gospel to changing cultural realities and norms. Rather than fear the culture and heritage and religious traditions of the Irish, he became a bridge-builder by combining “tradition and innovation,” and helped make Christianity more accessible to the people of Ireland.
I am grateful to have made a pilgrimage to Ireland last year with several of our fellow Pine-heads (see photo of our group at one of the great high Celtic crosses at Monasterboice). It continues to be a formative experience for me both as a leader and as a pilgrim on the Christ journey.
In that spirit, we as a church are also making a pilgrimage of trust with God as we “cross a threshold” this coming Sunday. We will have a Spirit-driven opportunity to embrace the future by voting on our Reimagining Church strategic plan. (You will have chance to do this in-person or via email—another communication tomorrow will be solely devoted to give a few more details about how to vote if you are not able to be present Sunday.)
These are exciting and Spirit-filled times for our church. Let’s make this pilgrimage together as we keep seeking to fulfill Christ’s call to “build a love-centered community of spiritually transforming people who embrace everyone, inspire life, and create more for our neighbors and future generations.”
I look forward to seeing many of you on Sunday!
With heart,
Andrew
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CONGREGATIONAL MEETING - THIS SUNDAY after worship
This is an exciting time for the life and journey of our wonderful Pine Street Church!
Please plan to attend a brief congregational meeting and vote in the sanctuary immediately following our Sunday morning worship gathering this Sunday, March 19th.
And as you review the plan, imagine and feel how the Spirit is moving you to be part of it!
Click the image below to download the plan document.
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Heart for Missions Team Supply Drive
Working TGTHR, we can end youth homelessness, in Boulder and beyond.
Now until Palm Sunday, we are hosting a supply drive for The Source, one of the TGTHR homes here in Boulder.
The staff from The Source have given us a list of some much-needed items. Our campaign drive involves the purchase of new bedspreads, towels, dishes and laundry baskets.
A sign up list, along with all the details of this Lenten project is located in the Art Gallery.
This multi-week focus will also provide learning opportunities about TGTHR and an opportunity to meet one of the staff in our Sunday morning worship gathering on March 19th (who regularly walks the streets and riverbanks offering outreach to youth).
TGTHR we can make a difference in the lives of our youth, empowering young people and building a stronger Boulder!
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INVITATION TO SUNDAY HOSPITALITY TEAM
Sign up to “Bring on the Coffee…”
Coffee and tea, along with a warm smile can be the start to a great Good Morning Greet!
We need YOU to be part of this hospitality ministry by volunteering to set up our coffee and tea station on Sunday mornings. (A light snack for the group can also help us hang out and visit a bit longer after the worship service.)
And no coffee hour is done until clean up is complete 😉.
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Good Friday Musical Meditation
Friday April 7th, at 7pm, we are grateful to offer the 8th expression of this meaningful tradition of a hybrid concert/worship service, where the musicians of Pine Street Church perform an entire album chosen from the “secular” ranks. The experience is framed with narration that considers the music and lyrics through a lens of the story of the season, the Passiontide.
This year’s album is My Morning Jacket's "The Waterfall”. NPR's Meredith Ochs had the following to write about the 7th studio release of the band's 2015 album:
The title of the new My Morning Jacket album, The Waterfall, is a metaphor for life beating you down. That's what frontman Jim James told Rolling Stone magazine. But in a gentler sense, the music itself is kind of like a waterfall — cascading notes, opaque layers of sound, and rippling arrangements that can bend or break the verse-chorus structure of traditional rock songs.
There's an appealing inscrutability to the music of My Morning Jacket that continues on The Waterfall. The band has always plied decades' worth of rock, country, soul and jammy psychedelia without being any one of those things. And even though James' enigmatic vocals have wound their way through seven albums with My Morning Jacket, the things he can do with his voice grow increasingly remarkable. In "Believe (Nobody Knows)," he tucks words into unexpected points, toying with his phrasing in a way that adds weight to the overarching philosophy of his lyrics.
Beneath My Morning Jacket's musical strata is a deeply ingrained spirituality, and on The Waterfall, it's directed toward the natural world. But even as he ponders the inevitability of nature, James points to the things we can control — the direction our lives will go, and maybe even our own happiness. After all, a waterfall can beat you down if you're standing right under it, but take a few steps back and it just might prove inspirational.
Please plan on joining us and inviting all of your friends, family and neighbors to this unique signature event of the Pine Street Church Music Program. Friday April 7th at 7:00pm.
This event is free and open to all. Any donations will go towards Pine Street Church's Off Broadway Preschool scholarship fund. Valuing and cultivating Curiosity, Creativity, and Compassion, Pine Street Church's Off Broadway Preschool is an arts and music focused preschool whose mission is to provide excellent creativity focused education for preschool aged children.
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HOLY WEEK 2023
We are only one month away from Holy Week, which begins with Palm Sunday, on April 2nd, through Easter on April 9th.
Please mark your calendars for this year's Holy Week events and services listed below. More details and specifics to follow. Please mark your calendars!
4/2 @ 10am - Palm Sunday Outdoor Ecumenical service and parade on Pine St.
4/2 @ 10:30am - Joint meal with All Souls Church on the front lawn of PSC.
4/6 @ 5:30pm - Maundy Thursday Taizé Service with Organ
4/6 @ 6pm - Maundy Thursday Community Meal with All Souls Church
4/7 @ 7pm - Good Friday Musical Meditation
4/9 @ 10am - Easter Sunday Joint Celebration Service with All Souls Church
4/9 @ 11am - Children's Easter Egg Hunt
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Art Brunch
with
Waverly Matthews
IImmoral AND Moronic?! - The Liberal & Conservative Mind - Part II
In this presentation, we will continue to explore whether our political perspective is something freely chosen based on our values, pre-determined based on our upbringing and neurological wiring, or a combination of all of these factors. We will also explore the moral dimensions of our political choices and whether we would benefit by intentionally placing ourselves in the “others” shoes, so to speak.
My goal in choosing this topic is to create a greater sense of understanding of our own and others’ political views. In doing so, perhaps our own political ideologies will be challenged and even modified. If time permits, we will also examine whether political polarization is indeed, as news commentators argue, widening, and if so, what might be causing such political tribalism.
This presentation promises to be provocative and elicit lively discussion. Hope to see you Sunday.
Please join me virtually this Sunday, Feb.26th, at 9:00 AM MST via THIS ZOOM LINK or at 11:15 AM MST IN-PERSON in the Salon Room at Pine Street Church in Boulder, CO (1237 Pine Street). If you would like to invite a friend, please let me know your friend’s email, and I will send them the invite directly. |
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Volunteer Opportunity!
Help Provide Meals for Boulder Youth
Partnership with TGTHR and Chase House
Pine Street Church has been providing monthly meals for the youth at Chase House, part of TGTHR, a non-profit dedicated to ending youth homelessness.
This small group home is located in Boulder and there is a monthly opportunity for YOU to help plan, create and deliver a meal to the youth.
If you are interested in participating in this project, contact Debbie at: Setlock7@MSN.com
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Oasis, Women's Book Study Group
Special Lenten Book Study
Thursday, February 23 thru April 6
Newcomers, or women wanting to join only for this Lenten study, are welcome to join on Thursdays from 1:30 - 3:00 PM by Zoom. Please purchase your own copy of the book. Contact Mary Beth Mankin, mbmankin545@gmail.com, with any questions or to receive the Zoom link.
Contact Mary Beth Mankin, mbmankin545@gmail.com, for more information or to request the Zoom link.
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Men's Fellowship Group
The Men's Fellowship Group has a new meeting schedule. Beginning immediately they will meet in person for Breakfast at the Parkway Cafe on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 a.m. They will also hold a monthly Zoom gathering at 9:00 a.m.on the third Tuesday of each month. Please contact Bill Mankin for more information on how to join these meetings: mankin@ucar.edu
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Sunday Morning Greeters Needed
Showing hospitality takes a team. And we need a few more players on our hospitality team for Sunday mornings! Can you help?
We're looking to fill out our online signup form for being a greeter on Sunday mornings. It's both easy and important! And even more so, FUN!
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Chuckles of the Week
There is nary a time in our lives where at least a little humor couldn't improve our day. Come to this section each week for a little laughter that will come in various forms.
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The Pinehead Portal
Check it out, and register today, HERE. There's a church directory, updates from the PSC Leadership Council and much more. Email admin@pinestreetchurch.net if you have any trouble registering and gaining access.
CLICK HERE for the most up to date version of the Church Directory (Sept 2022).
You can also find Strategic Planning documents and updates in the Pinehead Portal.
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God's desire for us is our wholeness; the Hebrew Scriptures call this shalom. This wholeness incorporates our physical, mental, emotional, and relational being.
*Please note: If you wish to include a prayer need on this Community Care list---or another specific pastoral care need for which you would like prayer, please email Pastor Andrew: Andrew@PineStreetChurch.net
PSC's Nurture and Prayer Team also stands by for prayer support. To share your prayer concerns, needs, or celebrations, contact Rev. Carol Simpson at: pastorcms@cs.com
Pine Street Church's love and sympathy is extended to the family of Neva Huffaker, who died on March 2nd. A Celebration of Life service will be held in the PSC sanctuary on Saturday, March 25th at 4pm. A dinner reception will follow, and all are invited.
Community Care List
Please use this list today and throughout the week, praying with special intention for:
- All victims and families of mass shootings throughout our country
- All those affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
- Peace in Brazil
- All impacted by the Marshall fire of more than one year ago, December 30, 2021
- Our planned financial commitments to 2023 PSC mission and ministry
- Ongoing war in Ukraine
- PSC strategic planning team
- Victims, families, teachers, and children and all who are impacted by gun violence.
- PSC strategic planning team and process
- The people of Ukraine
- BOCO fire victims and our Boulder community
- Out Boulder County and all those in our LGBTQ+ community
- PSC's Off Broadway Preschool
- Those in our Boulder community who suffer from food insecurity and hunger and who are experiencing homelessness
- All who celebrate joys and those who are distressed in mind, body, or spirit, and members of our spiritual family including:
Short term
Becky Gruber
Christine Dowd (David's Mother In-Law, undergoing chemo for lung cancer)
Jane Laughlin
Eliana Walker (Enzio, Effie, and Emi)
Family of Jean Evans (All Souls' pastor Will Forsythe's mother-in-law, who recently passed away)
Rev. Vern Daugherty (Andrew's father)
David Stowell (father-in-law of Nancy Jacobs' daughter, who died on March 2nd)
Joel Medley (Carol and Mike Simpson's loved one)
Jon Blauw
Dan Torpy
Nicole Barabas (Frasier Wellness Center--cancer diagnosis)
Johanna Smith
Carter Edgerley (son of PSC bookkeeper Michele Edgerley)
Lizzie Parker (Susan Anderson's Daughter, still in remission)
Long term
Susan and Julie Gray (Jane Gray's sister & niece are both battling cancer)
Vondell Martin
Alicia Andersen
Andrew Daugherty
Butch & Kathy Stanko (Friends of Polly McDonald)
Jo Judd
Kerry Hassler
International Ministries Global Servants
Lance & Christina Muteyo, Pieter & Nora Kalkman, Ketly and Vital Pierre
*Please notify the church office (303-442-6530) or David@PineStreetChurch.net if there are people who should be added to or removed from our community care list.
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In Case You Missed It:
Sunday Worship, March 5, 2023
(Click Here to "watch and listen" to past worship gatherings)
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