Dear Alki UCC,
This Sunday we gather as a faith community to look back on the last fiscal year. When I consider these last months, what rises to the top of my mind is how we turned toward one another last November.
We were witnesses to one another’s anxiety in the days leading up to the election, the shock and dismay after seeing the results, and in the bracing for change that we knew was coming. Some of us gathered in the church parlor on election day to sing, pray, listen and reflect on sacred text, and light candles. Even more of us gathered on Zoom the day after the election to check in with each other. Many remarked that you “just needed to see each other’s faces.”
It has not been an easy year, Church. And yet, we have stuck together through it all. We’ve turned toward each other, not away. I think of the Bible Study sessions, meetings, coffee hour conversations and other gatherings where we took time to recount the day’s news, encouraging each other when despair was a viable option, and to instead seek the good that is ours to do.
The fears we had last November about the changes coming in our country have largely come to pass, and then some. One of you said to me lately, “I don’t recognize my country anymore.” And yet, you all continue to turn toward one another. You know that isolation can lead to cynicism and complacency.
Compassion grows in community. You are a compassionate people, Alki UCC. Let’s stick together, do the good that is ours to do, and celebrate having come this far by faith.
In hope,
Pastor Emily
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To schedule time with Pastor Emily, check out this handy online form.
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Worship this Sunday, June 29 at 10:00 am
Annual Meeting of the Congregation
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Let's Do This Together!
Our yearly event to celebrate the end of our fiscal year and launch a new chapter for Alki UCC will be integrated with Sunday's morning worship service.
Whether or not you are a member of Alki UCC, please join us for a gathering that is both spiritual nourishing and an expression of our congregational polity (church governance).
All members who attend the meeting, either in person or virtually, are eligible to vote.
Voting online is accessible through YouTube's chat function, which is enabled for those subscribed to the Alki UCC YouTube channel.
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 Thanks to all of you who prayerfully considered your financial commitment to the future of Alki UCC.
If you missed this past Sunday's pledge offering and/or you are still interested in pledging, please do so online.
We will review pledge results and the final budget this Sunday during our Congregational meeting! — Shannon P for the Stewardship team
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Stewardship Sunday Scenes
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Thanks to all who use our narthex Sustainable Cubbies
Sustainable Stewards Cubbie Corner (SSCC)
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Please drop off your wiped down clean, crumb free,
totally dry items in the Cubbies
at the northwest corner of the Narthex.
The following categories are accepted in the cubbies weekly:
Batteries, household size batteries • Bread Tags • Contact lens packaging • Electronic cords, chargers, adapters • Laptops • Light bulbs, household socket bulbs • Loose plastic caps (the small caps on soups, milk, beverages) • Metal Bottle Caps • Multi Layer Plastic Film • Plastic Film • Portable devices, cell phones, tablets • Prescription Pill Bottles and caps • Reusable egg cartons-dozen eggs only, plastic or cardboard • Rubber Bands • Twist Ties • Wine corks
Questions? Find a Sustainable Steward: Aly H, Ann P, Cinda S, Joe A, Julia C, Lisa G, Nancy H, Marilynn M,
Thank you for being a sustainable steward,
— Outreach/Social Justice team
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Ever-present God, we give you thanks.
We give you gratitude for the relationships in our lives and our community of faith.
We pray for all those who grieve.
Comfort the hearts of all who grieve and hold them close.
We pray for all those who are ill, hurting or have a concern on their hearts.
We pray for Vicky S' friend Sue; Julia C's cousin Scott M, facing a critical health challenge; our Peruvian immigrant friends and for all who seek peace and safety in our country; for Sandy J's cousin Barbara; Dan K facing various health issues; Rev. Joan C; Cinda's mother Jackie S; Julia C's friend Jessie T and family, Amy Y's mother Corlene; Sue's B's friends Mary and Louise; and Nick L.
We pray for our wider world.
We pray for all the people and places in our world affected by war. We ask for wisdom for decision-makers and strength for justice-seekers. We pray for victims of violence, for refugees and asylum-seekers. We pray for all who are hungry, desperate, and in need of support.
In all of these things, we trust that you are with us. In all of these things, we ask for you to strengthen us. Help us to see you in those around us. Help us to love as you love. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Sunday Worship Livestream
Resumes Next Week, June 29
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The Sunday worship Livestream video appears at 10:00 am every week at the top of the page. Sunday Worship recordings
are accessed at the same link.
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Worship this Sunday,
June 29
at 10:00 am
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Worship/
Annual Meeting of the Congregation
Rev. Emily
Tanis-Likkel
Liturgist
Emily H
Scripture
Psalm 16
Daniel Self
Music Director
Music Highlights
There’s a Spirit of Love
in This Place
Mark A. Miller
What The World
Needs Now
Burt Bacharach/
Hal David
#617, Unite and Join
Your Cheerful Song
#451, Be Now My Vision
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Sunday Worship Livestreamed on YouTube
The Sunday worship Live Stream video appears at 10:00 am every week at the top of the page.
Please "subscribe" to the Alki UCC channel
in order to participate
in the live chat.
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Archive Room
Work Party
Monday,
June 30
at 10:00 am
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All are welcome to join in for our first get-together
Monday, June 30
at 10:00 am.
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The fascinating and precious Alki UCC archives currently stored on the third floor need to be sorted, organized and moved SOON. No experience is needed. Just a desire to protect Alki UCC's storied past.
Please contact Julia P to join in this fun work or if you have questions.
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Alki UCC Tuesday and Sunday
Zoom Bible Study on Summer Hiatus
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Sessions resume in September.
Stay tuned!
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Alki Community Choir Open Rehearsals
Sundays:11:30 am
to 1:00 pm
Music Director Daniel Self invites you to share in the joy of music-making!
No previous music or singing experience required. All are welcome, no matter where you are on your musical journey.
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For secure, online giving through Give Lively, click the button, OR, send your check, made out to "Alki UCC," to: 6115 SW Hinds, Seattle, WA 98116
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6115 SW Hinds
Seattle, WA 98116
206/935-2661;
Church news/calendar updates at alkiucc.org.
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