Thurs. July 15 @ 6 pm: Lectio Divina Practice

Mid week centering time. All welcome- small gathering- prayerful practice in zoom. Come for a deep breath and perhaps a help for your spirit. This gathering is a chance to crack open the scripture for the Sunday coming up; it is a meditative, spacious practice. No prep or experience necessary. Come anytime you can use a boost. This practice trusts that a community of listeners can illuminate the text in fresh ways amidst the concerns on our hearts. Zoom cheat sheet comes by email each week.

*After July 15, this practice moves back to Wednesday eves at 6 pm.

Sun. July 18 children & families 10 AM in person at church playground

  • Sunday, July 18, 2021

  • 10:00 AM 11:30 AM

  • with Teacher Anita & Pastor Lauren

Families come play from 10 AM on! Casual in person Children’s church time outside with Anita. Story & art under the canopy, back playground, and back bathroom open. Starting at 10 AM, and for the duration of the usual zoom church time (10:30-11:30 AM online) come relax and let the kids catch up! (Parents/caregivers coffee caucus with Lauren, and/or zoom into sermon from the outside front bench or the church grounds, or drop off.) Help test run our summery outside church school mode!

Prayers of the People, week of July 4, week of June 27

~ We Pray in Community ~
~Prayers listed here include, in general terms, some of what was lifted aloud  online in worship Sundays June 27 and July 4~  
~Please add your love, as you pray each name, concern, or joy- and reach out to one another!~
(Prayers are listed approx. two weeks, unless you prefer otherwise.)

  • Rita, letting in the love, amidst so many new challenges.

  • Our hearts to be moved as those with no home to escape the heat.

  • John, patience on this long road to diagnosis so treatment can begin. Barb, to let our hope continually buoy yours.

  • Sandie, broken shoulder and arm, from a fall, at new place. For swelling to go down, so treatment and rehab can begin.

  • Gus for the love of music to reach you amidst the heat.

  • For action on Climate change, may this heat dome, move us to deeply and faithfully engage the work.

  • For our friends at Northshore UCC, and Pastor Dave for restful break.

  • For the realm of God built on interdependence.

  • To dare to dream a better world, free of violence and injustice.

  • For safe travels for Margaret, for Connie & Rich V with Connie’s mother and siblings.

  • For a radically different way of organizing our lives and community.

  • For a world organized not on oppressive misguided purity lines but for benefit of ALL.

  • That ALL may know their sacred worth, God Loves us all.

  • That when we enter the struggle, we becomes part of God’s good news.

Holy God, in your mercy ... hear our prayers!

Continue to send your prayers to Lauren & Rich and as you wish, we can include them in Sunday worship online or Wednesday gatherings online or this weekly Newsletter.

Pastoral concerns: Pastor Rich (keystone5019@gmail.com), & Pastor Lauren:  lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org, or text/ call Lauren:  773.501.7382.

Wed. July 28: we get to Picnic in the Park again!

5-6:30 pm

Thanks to the lovely group who came out on June 30! Gather for our next bit of in-person catch up, new friends and old! Our spot is fully accessible by ramp: through the arch in the northwest corner of park. Street parking near there (along with the Farmers Market crowd.)

Picnic in the Park: 5-6:30 pm. Informal social time in Wallingford’s Meridian Park, across 50th from Keystone Church. Same spot near playground, but a bit to the north west corner, up from the stone arch at 50th & Meridian, there are some trees off the circle mound near arch. BYO picnic snack, blanket or folding chair! The Wallingford Farmers Market is each Wednesday afternoon/eve, incase you want to grab your dinner, produce or treats there! Text/call/email Lauren for directions, questions: 773-501-7382.

Washington adopted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention masking guideline.

(For people who are not vaccinated (like our children), bring your mask if you need it even outdoors, and we appreciate and respect everyone’s choices, and come with extra loving spirits!)

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