Keystone UCC is grieving our loss of John Preston, January 28

Keystone, we had to let our beloved John go.  He was surrounded by love, and all your prayers.   He died among family, peacefully on Jan. 28, 2022.

Please share support at this Caring Bridge site that Barb and Grace and Pastor Rich invite you to visit.  As we reach out to one another.  

In the coming weeks, we will celebrate John. We will share more details as they become clear.


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readings for book study

Discussion study circle chapter reading schedule:  winter 2022


My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. Resmaa Menakem


All Wednesday eves 6:30-7:30 pm in zoom


Part I: Unarmed & Dismembered:


Wed. Jan. 26: Intros, Ch. 1 & 2 (up thru pg. 36.)


Wed. Feb. 9: Ch. 3, 4 & 5 (pg. 37- 86.)


Wed. Feb. 23: Ch. 6, 7, 8 & 9 (pg. 87-133.)


Part II: Remembering Ourselves:


Wed. Mar. 9: Ch. 10, 11, & 12 (pg. 137- 175.)


Wed. Mar. 23: Ch. 13, 14, 15, & 16 (pg. 177- 213.)


Wed. Apr. 13: Ch. 17 +


Part III:  Mending Our Collective Body:

18, 19, & 20 (pg. 215-259.)


Wed. Apr. 27: Ch. 21, 22, 23, 24 & Closings (pg. 261-310.)



Lauren: 773-501-7382  Lauren.cannon@keystoneseattle.org

For the zoom link, contact us here!

See other past studies here: faith formation. adult-study.

My Grandmother's Hands- winter book study circle- 2nd & 4th Wednesday eves- starts Jan. 26

Grab yourself a book, your tea, and come online for a small group conversation this winter! My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

Our study mission is always in service of fortification of our faith, to embolden our work and witness in the world, & to build and deepen community.

Winter - Early Spring 2022:

7 Wednesday evenings

(You are WELCOME to come each time you are able, and all graces if you need to miss one.)

6:30 - 7:30 pm - in Keystone zoom space - get in touch for the link here

Wed. Jan. 26

Wed. Feb. 9

Wed. Feb. 23

Wed. Mar. 9

Wed. Mar. 23

Wed. Apr. 13

Wed. Apr. 27

Contact Pastor Lauren with questions!

Wed. Jan. 12: 6:30 pm: come shape our Winter Book Study

Wed. January 12
6:00-6:25pm: Lectio Divina practice with Rev. Lauren
6:30-7:30pm: Book Study (2nd & 4th Weds.) with Rev. Lauren
Friends, come help shape our winter book study. We have been hacking down our sizable stack of desired books. Tonight we will revisit our mission & order our books. We will then begin formal discussion on Wed. Jan. 26 @ 6:30 pm.

It is possible that our reading The Story Luke Tells: Luke’s Unique Witness to the Gospel by Justo L. Gonzalez. will be a day-time additional study.

We look forward to doubling our pace through our materials this winter, as we shift up to now holding our book studies on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month. See the light brown box below for more details.

Wed. Jan. 12: Lectio Divina Practice: 6-6:30 pm

Hello, come give yourself some centering time, in a small drop in circle, that will meditate on the upcoming Sunday scripture, with a few minutes of silence, and sparse reflection. Practice is a couple Wednesday evenings per month.

Our text for Jan. 16 is John 2:1-11. Here is a prompt below from poet pastor Steve Garnaas-Holmes.

See you in the zoom space. Call or email the church for the link, or get it right here: fill in your email contact.

             Now standing there were six stone water jars 
           for the Jewish rites of purification,
           each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

                           —John 2.6


Beloved,
you change the water of my life
into the wine of your touch,
if only I taste.
What was plain becomes mystery. 
The cup of want
becomes jugs of abundance,
a lifetime.  
The jars of obligation, 
the pots of my attempts, 
my hope of being acceptable,
my rite of shame and inadequacy,
you fill with delight instead.

Beloved, I see now—
this wedding must be mine.



Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes  
Unfolding Light  
www.unfoldinglight.net

January 12, 2022
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