June 8: Intro, Ch.1, and Ch. 2.
(approx. Pages 1- 50, will put you a little into Ch. 3.)
If you are soaking up McGhee's stories as each chapter begins, you may already be cruising!
Perhaps some got to hear McGhee 6/7 fireside chat @ Children's Alliance!
Questions to Lauren. Zoom link is a 'Cheat Sheet' email on 6/8.
Over the months we have been having good conversations about Keystone's future. We are at a point in the conversation where more information would be helpful.
Though Lauren and Rich may be able to provide some ideas, the research work will need leadership from members of the congregation. Here is what is currently needed:
Keystone is looking for volunteer(s) to research what other churches are learning from their various responses to post-Covid worship. (Ex. sanctuary worship + zoom or FB live, video recording of worship + posting, outdoor worship, etc.)
We are also looking for volunteer(s) to research the viability and zoning for selling our corner of land & buildings to redevelop the church buildings to become low income housing, a worship space, community renters, offices, etc.
And we are looking for volunteer(s) to talk with those who would not be able to attend Keystone for worship, if we worship in the sanctuary.
Please let Lauren or Rich know if you are interested in one of these opportunities.
Other areas of research have been well underway all year and continue. For example, how Keystone/ STCC/ PreSchool/ +all our cherished renters can safely come back-in-person. If you are vaccinated, WA State and King County continue to have encouraging words. But Keystone’s process through our winter and spring Listening Sessions have especially kept an ear tuned to whom may still be vulnerable. What do you need? (Ex. how can children safely worship, with singing, with communion, with their class, with hugs at coffee hour? What are the needs of those with particularly compromised immune systems?)
We are thankful for all the participation in the Listening Sessions, held at the end of each month. Next up: this month: Wednesday June 23, 6:30 pm. Save the date- thank you!
All are welcome- (yes new folks, please feel free to drop in, and check out the conversation!) online Thursday June 10 @ 6:30 pm for Keystone’s Uprooting Racism small group. (Lectio Divina practice -6:00- 6:25 pm: a centering time- is also available beforehand - use the same zoom link).
Readings in: Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel Grab yourself a book: Part IV The Effects of History (pretty-much up thru page 242) as able.
Our zoom link for Thurs. June 10 will be the same as Keystone worship, and the Cheat Sheet will arrive Wednesday by email. Contact here if you need it!
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Also: next Quarterly meeting with Admiral UCC and West Seattle UU and more UCC churches: Mon. June 28 @ 7:00 pm (different zoom.)
Wednesday Night at Keystone
Pray, tell stories, study, change the world
Join us for mid-week fellowship. Meet up--at Keystone! All meetings are online.
Wednesday, May 19
6:00pm: Lectio Divina with Pastor Rich. 25 minute reflective scripture reading practice: Acts 2: 1-4.
6:30pm: Concerns of the World with Pastor Rich. Come let your laments rip, and come build hope as we share moments of prayers for our work and world.
Thursday, May 27
6:30pm: Listening Session Come for this hour to share your hopes as we build our vision and plan re-opening with Pastor Rich and Pastor Lauren. Same zoom link as Wednesdays and Sundays!
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You can use the “About Us” and “Contact Us” page of this website, to sign up for zoom link, or newsletters, and each Wednesday you will then receive the 'Cheat Sheet' in your email. It gives the zoom link for clicking in to that evening's events. Most gatherings occur in the same Zoom space, so you can use a previous link. Let us know if you have any questions!
Uprooting Racism
Next discussion: Thursday, June 10, 6:30 pm
Curious what Keystone members studied in January and then for the Lenten Study in February & March? Didn't get to join either of those series? (No worries, now is a stellar time to tap in. The discussions paused in April after Easter, but has resumed.) Grab a book; read through Part IV History.
There is also a way to join our ongoing year-long course: Uprooting Racism:
3 more Monday nights: Quarterly: with Keystone folks @ Zoom with Pastor Lauren & other UCC churches, including Admiral UCC & West Seattle Unitarian Universalist. Next meeting: Monday June 28 @ 7:00-8:30pm. Email Lauren for more info (Mondays are a different zoom link than our Keystone zoom gatherings link.)
All are welcome- (yes new folks, drop in!) online Wednesday May 12 @ 6:30 pm for Keystone’s Uprooting Racism small group. (Lectio Divina practice -6:00- 6:25 pm: a centering time- is also available beforehand - use the same zoom link).
Readings in: Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel Grab yourself a book: Part II and Part III (pretty-much up thru page 175) as able.
And into Part IV: The Effects of History, if you like (for June.)
Our zoom link Wed. May 12 is the same as Keystone worship, and the Cheat Sheet will arrive Wednesday by email. Contact here if you need it!
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Note: Next meeting: Tues. June 8 or Wed. June 9 or Thurs. June 10 @ 6:30 pm? Bring your preference!
Also: next Quarterly meeting with Admiral UCC and West Seattle UU and more UCC churches: Mon. June 28 @ 7:00 pm (different zoom.)
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