What is Highlighted in this Touchstone?
- Dive-In Movie, Barbecue and Swimming at Weltmans
- El Capitan All Church Camp - Oct. 14-16 - Resources for responding to violence and racism from your pastors
- Soles4Souls Shoe drive thank you
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Saturday August 6th Swimming and Movie Night at Weltmans!!
Click here for a flyer. Bob Rinck and Marlene Pomeroy are working on a Clam and lobster backyard bake. We need folks to RSVP for the lobster and be prepared to pay up to $10 for a sizable lobster tail. We will purchase and cook it for you!!! Clams are on us!! RSVP to Marlene at [email protected]
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El Capitan All Church Camp - Last few weeks to reserve your spot
Oct. 14-16!
Our Membership Ministry has selected the weekend of October 14-16th for our All Church Camp!! So far we have about 25 people signed up to go and we still have cabins and tents set aside for us. You must call directly and reserve your spot and pay for one night now. The second night must be paid as you arrive in October. So, check your calendar, grab a friend or two and plan to join us!!! We are just above the heated pool and a short walk to the store and a hike to the beautiful beach. The more the merrier! The phone number is 1-866-352-2729 and ask for the block reserved for the First Congregational Church of Pasadena. There are 8 bunk cabins set aside ($501 per cabin with private bath and shower and kitchenette for the entire weekend or $125.25 per person if you split four ways), 4 tent cabins with access to a public bathroom nearby ($347 per weekend with either two doubles or one queen bed at $173.50 per person for the weekend), or 3 creekside cabins with queen beds if you want to splurge for $589 for the weekend. We have until August to reserve the cabins and tents we want.
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Responding to violence and racism as a community of faith
Your pastors and other church leaders have started to have conversations about how we as a faith community can address the violence of the past several weeks in our nation. We began by facilitating a listening session after worship on July 10th, where 15 persons shared their experiences and their concerns. We have listed a few resources below and invite our community to send in links and resources that can help guide us in deciding what actions we can take to witness to our concern, our commitment to justice and practice of compassion as a community. On Sunday July 31st we are offering another gathering after worship where we look and see how our gifts and values match up with opportunities to act for justice and compassion in our community.
- Revs. Andy Schwiebert, Marlene Pomeroy and Jake Pomeroy.
Adult book list:
The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates White Like Me - Tim Wise
Faith-based organization to eradicate mass criminalization of people of color:
http://www.livefreeusa.org/ Faith-based resource on justice: http://day1.org/7399-on_scripture_how_long_oh_lord_praying_without_ceasing_for_justice_luke_11113_by_onleilove_alston
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Soles4Souls
We collected 110 pairs of shoes for Soles4Souls this year! Woo-hoo!!!!Some of these shoes were really nice! But where do they go? Some shoes will be given to people who need shoes to wear, some will be used to set up 2nd hand shoe stores and create sustainable jobs for people in underdeveloped countries, and the really beat up shoes will be repurposed to be used in rice paddies.
Thank you all for your support of Soles4Souls!
Sonnet Apple
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