GOOD NEWS AND WORSHIP UPDATE

MORNING WORSHIP

Sunday, July 23, 2023 @ 11 am



Sermon - "That's God's Job"

Scripture reading - Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Rev. Brandon Davis, Pastor

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ELDER OF THE MONTH - Nancy Fennell

For Friends and Family

The family of Whitney Ashworth Dunn who died in a recent boating accident; Camilla Lyle's brother, Jeff McFee; Sue Sheffield's sister-in-law, Pauline Frye; Marty Shanks' sister, Judy Hall; Jonathan Sharp; Michelle Browning's brother, Patrick; Don Loughry; George, Jo & Nikki Rolling; Rev. Maggie Lauterer; Sue Shanks' friend Judy Klein; Sarah Suptin; Kelly Hodges.; Heather Hughes; Edna Campbell.

Prayers for others

Continue to pray for the people in Ukraine as they continue their fight against the Russian Invasion. For the people Sudan as they are caught between an armed conflict between rival factions of the military government of Sudan and continues to be an ongoing humanitarian crisis, as well as the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Prayers of the victims of flooding in Vermont and northeast U.S., Pennsylvania; and South Korea; wildfires in California and Canada; public health crisis in Peru. Prayers are needed for the refugee crisis and European migration issues in Greece. Prayers for U.S. troops and migrants seeking refuge along the southern U.S. border. And especially prayers for our nation and for strength, endurance, faith and courage for all.



CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY - https://disasterphilanthropy.org/

UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) - https://reliefweb.int/

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE - https://rescue.org

US FEMA - DECLARED DISASTERS - https://www.fema.gov/disaster/declarations

GLOBAL DISASTER ALERT & COORDINATION SYSTEM (GDACS) - https://gdacs.org

An environmental activist, retired engineer, and Ely Shoshone tribal elder, Delaine Spilsbury made headlines in 2020 for her role in a long fight against a pipeline that would drain groundwater and rivers in rural Nevada where she lives in order to supply water to Las Vegas. Spilsbury is on the board of a coalition called the Great Basin Water Network that has worked for decades to protect the regional water supply. In May, 2020, after 31 years of organizing, lobbying politicians, and tying up the water authority in legal battles, Spilsbury and the Great Basin Water Network prevailed: the court found in their favor, and the water authority declined to appeal.

"I'm a member of the native people—the Newe—who have been in this area for 10,000 years," she says. "What I would advise people facing similar struggles is: don't give up the ship. You don't take no for an answer when you know that yea is so much better." Although she and the Great Basin Water Network have won their battle for water rights for now, Spilsbury is still in the fight opposing a plan for another ill-conceived pipeline through the desert, one that would be used by a small number of residents. Spilsbury says she'll keep working to protect Newe land and water as long as she can and, she adds, "making trouble for the water hogs."   (GSN #157)

CHAMADA DIAMANTINA NATIONAL PARK, BAHIA, BRAZIL

One World Productions

(March 2016 | 3:41 min.)

The Chapada Diamantina National Park (could be translated as the Diamond Highlands) ​ is located in the center of Bahia state, at 420Km from Salvador, in a 38.000Km2 area, larger than countries like Holland, Belgium or Israel. The region became famous during the 19th century for the Diamond exploration, that lasted until 1990, when the National Park was finally founded, considered today one of the most beautiful National Parks in Brazil.

The area offers an impressive variety of ecosytems, from rain forests to “cerrado” (a typical dry land from the northwestern part of Brazil), wildlife and flora along with the countless valleys, canyons, waterfalls, limestone caves, natural pools with blue-crystal water and even a small swampland. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFQSsgjEApU

Congregational Concerns / Prayer Requests -  Please contact the church office or Sherry Bailey with information.

Flower List - The 2023 Flower List has been posted on the bulletin board in the side entry. Please sign up to sponsor flowers for our weekly worship services in honor or in memory of loved ones. 

Arrangements are $65 each. 

Liturgists - We are always looking for new people to be liturgists. Please contact the church office, if you would like to volunteer.

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