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 Katy's Ponderings...
suffrage, the disenfranchised, and a missed vote
I've been blogging about the morning after every two years for as long as I've been blogging. Although the parties in power have changed back and forth a few times now, for a person whose politics rarely intersect with what is known as mainstream the feeling on the Wednesday after is always one of inside out exhaustion with a twist of nausea. Even in years where I have voted for at least one winning candidate, the morning after felt like a party I wished I'd skipped.
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NEW GROUP: Extravagant Inclusion
A new small group ministry begins called "EXTRAVAGANT INCLUSION" and focusing on our connections. This is a pilot program looking for 10 volunteers to gather from November to May.
Contact Janet Rundquist (314-307-9709 or jsrkitten@aol.com)
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YOGA CLASS
Saturdays from 8:30am-10:00am in the Still Speaking Center. Anyone is welcome; no previous experience is required. Please bring a yoga mat and small blanket,all other supplies are provided.
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Community Booth at the Advent Fair
The EUCC Quilters and Artists will have a booth at the Advent Fair to sell items they have made, for the benefit of the church's Capital Campaign. It will be an old fashioned church bazaar sort of table. Contact Gail Saxton at 314-821-7917 or acsaxtonjr@aol.com. |
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EUCC MOM'S GROUP
Friday, November 12, 9:30am
Our topic will be gratitude and thanksgiving. If you need child care please call Dee Ban ahead of time. 965-1191.
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GB RETREAT
November 13, 8am-noon
The Governing Body will gather at the Still Speaking Center for the morning to work on implementation of our Grow and Sustain initiative using the branding work offered to us by Jeff Morris (AKA Communications).
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YOUTH AT TABLE
Sunday, November 7, 4pm
Youth and their families are invited to come to the Still Speaking Center to make and eat dinner. We begin at 4pm. Friends welcome!
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CHILI, COFFEE, and COMMUNITY
Saturday, November 13th, 6 pm
Annual fall gathering combines with our popular Coffee Haus series to offer a toasty evening of music and comfort food. Bring your favorite chili, corn bread, or other side dish.
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HANGING OF THE GREENS
Saturday, November 27
You and family are invited to help with the traditional Hanging of the Greens at 9:00 a.m. Join in the fun of bringing the beauty of Christmas to our sanctuary. Cider, coffee, and doughnuts for all helpers! It will assist with planning if indicate your willingness to help by signing up on the special yellow signup sheet.
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SHARE AN ORNAMENT FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE!
Please bring an ornament - homemade or otherwise - from you or your family for EUCC's Christmas tree! Your ornament will help reflect our congregation's good wishes to all. You can place your ornament in the special Ornament Basket in the sanctuary up front by the lectern. Please bring your ornament prior to the Hanging of the Greens. Jerry Lamont will bring his artistic eye to decorating the tree.
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THANKSGIVING EDUCATION EVENT
Sunday, November 21st, 9:45am
"HUNGER IN THE VILLAGE" is an event for elementary children, teachers, and families.The "Great Sort" begins promptly at 9:45am. Note: 3-5 year olds will meet in their own classrooms. [**Due to the continued hunger in the village, please bring food to grocery cart in the Narthex or designated boxes in classrooms.]
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ADVENT FAIR
December 5th
We have lots of artists and organizations coming to offer alternative Christmas shopping choices. Help us by setting up on Saturday, making cookies, selling products for Plowsharing Crafts, minding the cookie table, or cleaning up. Free lunch if you clean up! You'll find a sign-up sheet for volunteering for the Advent Fair on the round table in the narthex.
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NEW GROUP: Contemplative Opportunity
Tending the Sacred, a small group, is now forming. This is a contemplative journey into the movement of the spirit within each of us as we support and share with others our experiences and our insights into the sacred. Contact Sue Ulmer spiralspirit@sbcglobal.net, Anne Knight anne.g.knight@sbcglobal.net or Devoree Crist dcrist@ymail.com. |
CROP Walk Kudos!
Many thanks to EUCC members and friends who supported the Metro St. Louis CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) Walk! As of October 31, we raised $1,115 to support the work of Operation Food Search and Church World Service.
Despite dreadful forecasts, the skies stayed clear in Forest Park on the afternoon of October 24, much to the relief of your intrepid and inter-generational CROP Walk team (walkers Bill Barrett, Gavin Barrett-Hayes, and Laurel Hayes; Jim Herz; Bob Risk and Ray Mulligan; Patty Pelikan; Tara and Vanessa Tetzlaff; Ken, Susan, and Zander Ulmer; and Lolly Wehrli; and table staffers Peggy Kachoulis, Gail Saxton, and Lori Winter).
Much to our surprise, we won the "St. Louis Metro CROP Hunger Walk Top Fund Raising Team" plaque. Truth be told, we didn't deserve it: 2009 was our worst fundraising year in a decade. However, Ladue Chapel couldn't win three years in a row. Church World Service regional organizer Kari Davidson's dog raised $2,000 for the walk. The dog threw in its earnings with our team because of our church's longstanding participation in the walk -- and because Kari wanted to recognize Gavin Barrett-Hayes's personal dedication (at age twelve, this was his tenth walk).
It's important to note, however, that many of you have also supported the CROP Walk for years. EUCC's CROP Walk teams have raised $17,445 over the past ten years alone. There is no data for the years prior to 2001, but EUCC's CROP participation extends back well beyond that date. You -- we -- are part of a "great cloud of witnesses" whose work, in a small way, helps to build the reign of God in the world. Thank you.
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Stillpoint Campus Ministry at Webster University
The first half of the term at Webster University went quickly. The cookies at Stillpoint's table at the beginning-of-term Involvement Fair were a draw, and a larger number of students than usual added their names to the mailing list. A weekly Tweet is now part of Stillpoint publicity. I continue to staff the Listening Post table during lunchtime on Mondays, which has been attracting staff as well as students. "Pause for (No) Thought: Meditation for Everyone," which meets on Wednesdays, has a core group of three and an ever-changing cast of drop-ins. In the past few weeks, it has been preceded by a book group discussing Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown's Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World.
Laurel Hayes, your campus minister at Webster |
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Charitable Events of Note in November
EDEN DINNER
Friday, November 12
The 2010 edition of the Celebrate Eden Seminary Dinner is set for Friday, November 12 at Kemoll's Restaurant. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact: Kathleen Thomas, Coordinator of Institutional Events at phone: 314-918-2565 or toll free 877-627-5650 fax 314-918-2626 email kthomas@eden.edu
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES TEA
Sunday, November 14
A Holiday Tea to benefit Neighborhood Houses will be held on Sunday, November 14 from 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. at Parkway UCC, 2841 N. Ballas Road, 63131. In addition to tasty sandwiches and pastries, the event includes a silent auction, music, children's crafts, and a raffle. Please RSVP by November 7 to Carmen Bumgarner (314-330-0813 or cfbum@charter.net) or to Sandy Montgomery (smontgomery@neighborhoodhouses.org).
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Adult Learning
Bible Study - Library*
Parent Group - Rm 23*
(This week: Soul Space with Susan Ulmer)
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In our Prayers
J.B. Loewenstien and Family
4657 Forest Valley Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63128 |
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Congratulations
50th Wedding Anniversary
907 Oak Terrace Ct
Lopez-Gottmoeller Family the birth of David Saul Monday, October 25th
6632 Hancock Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63139 |
Sunday Volunteers
LITURGISTS
Cheryl Palmer (8:30am)
Christine Rohlhoff (11:00am)
SHEPHERDS
Toby and Tara Mechem
USHERS
Sandy Bowe
David Faulkner
Lola and Geno Contestabile
Sean Bryant
Joe Kelly
COFFEE HOUR HOST
Susan Morgan
Melinda Love
MONEY COUNTERS
Brenda Detrick
Barb Schroeder
CRIB ROOM ASSISTANT
Gigi Hill |
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
BIRTHDAYS
10/25 Janet Rundquist 10/29 Vickie Miller 10/29 Cindy Bruns
11/2 Ethel Koeppe
11/2 Cindy Herschel
11/5 Ed Bischoff
11/6 Zander Smutz-Ulmer
11/7 Andrea Kachulis
11/7 Isaac Dodson
11/8 Amy VanMatre-Woodward 11/11 Cassie Stalling
11/12 Debbie Gregg
11/12 Emma Jenkins
11/13 Sean Bryant
11/13 Trevor Lewis
11/16 Dick Take
11/16 Eliza Joy Dreher
11/18 David Faulkner
11/18 Lily Tesch
11/20 David Miers
11/20 Marsha Dowdall
11/22 Jill Stratton
11/22 Jenny Beckman
11/23 Oscar Soell
11/28 Julianne Smutz
11/29 Steve Patterson
11/29 Ruthild Kronberg
11/30 Rosa Schnell
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November Special Offering
During November please consider making a Giving Thanks gift to the faith community at Lockwood Avenue. You will assist us extend the message of God's inclusive love. As we celebrate Thanksgiving, the Governing Body asks you to be mindful of the faith community that nurtures the values we treasure. Thanksgiving Offerings for the Other Evangelical (EUCC) will be received throughout the month of November.
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Still Speaking Devotionals
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