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
__________________ 
Steve Garnaas-Holmes  
Unfolding Light  
www.unfoldinglight.net

January 12, 2022
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Sunday Worship Dec. 26

Sun. Dec. 26 Worship online 10:30 AM (zoom coffee @ 10 AM!)

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Gather to enjoy more seasonal singing. Go tell it on the mountain!

Worship this and every Sunday!

Invite a friend to come join Keystone’s Rev. Rich, Rev. Lauren, Elliot, Yigit & the gathered community, for live interactive worship. We hold time to pray, connect and discuss! Music created each week by Yigit & Elliot!

(Video of Scripture Reading and Sermon can be found on sermons page of this website. Click the upper right hand corner, three lines stacked that look like a ‘hamburger’.)

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Come with your coffee to visit: beforehand (starting at 10 AM, as hosts Dave P., Charles, & Jess greets us) or afterwards (come on in about 11:20 AM, at Announcements, as Elliot /Yigit set up our 8 minute Break Out Rooms. We see how people are doing, approx. 5 people per group.)

Fri. Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Worship: 7 pm zoom

Plan to join Keystone (+ invite anyone you wish!)

Christmas Eve Worship
on Zoom
December 24
7 pm

Bring a candle, and come into the online space, say hello, before this worship: with carols, poems, prayers, lighting the Christ candle, as our scripture readings take us through the story of Christmas. 

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(Or if you are subscribed to the Keystone weekly newsletter, a Cheat Sheet will automatically arrive on 12/24 to show the usual ways to enter the Zoom space.)

Fourth Sunday of Advent -Worship Dec. 19

Sun. Dec. 19 Worship online 10:30 AM (zoom coffee @ 10 AM!)

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Advent 4:

Come online as we light the Advent love Candle and explore Mary’s song from the Gospel of Luke.

Worship this and every Sunday.

Invite a friend to come join Keystone’s Rev. Rich, Rev. Lauren, Elliot, Yigit & the gathered community, for live interactive worship. We hold time to pray, connect and discuss! Music created each week by Yigit & Elliot!

(Video of Scripture Reading and Sermon can be found on sermons page of this website. Click the upper right hand corner, three lines stacked that look like a ‘hamburger’.)

Zoom link comes out Sunday mornings in email

Email here to receive a link.

Come with your coffee to visit: beforehand (starting at 10 AM, as hosts Dave P., Charles, & Jess greets us) or afterwards (come on in about 11:20 AM, at Announcements, as Elliot /Yigit set up our 8 minute Break Out Rooms. We see how people are doing, approx. 5 people per group.)

Wed. Dec. 15: Holden Evening Prayer

Come online to sing- evening vespers.

Holden Prayer is a 20+minute candlelit reflective service we will sing together in a small community; with brief prayers and scripture.  

 

You can forward this email or invite a friend to subscribe to newsletter via our website:  click here: http://www.keystoneseattle.org/contact.  Every year we love when new or occasional folks pop in for this vesper offering.

6:30 pm Wed. Dec. 8
6:30 pm Wed. Dec. 15

Holden Village is a Lutheran retreat center in the North Cascades. Many of the hymns we sing in Sunday worship at Keystone were written by Marty Haugen who wrote it for the Holden winter community when there on sabbatical in 1986. A while back, two Keystone year-long volunteers, brought Holden Prayer to Keystone.  We will not be in the sanctuary this Advent, but we will be singing our hearts out online.  All welcome!

One of the texts on which we sing this evening is Luke 1: 39-45, (46-55)  

You are welcome to tap in with or without video, and receive this musical offering in your background.  (We are all muted as we sing out from home.)