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Weekly E-Pistle: 5th Sunday after Pentecost

6/25/2021

 
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In This Week's E-Pistle, You Will Find:

  • This Sunday's Service Notes -- "Open & Affirming" Sunday
  • Last Week's Service Video -- "Peace! Be Still!"
  • Please join us for the DUCC Annual Congregational Meeting, June 27, 11:30am
  • New Members Class: July 18
  • LGBTQ+-friendly AA meetings starting up July 2
  • Lakeshore Community Chorus Summer Concert, July 2, 7pm
  • SDFAI exhibit at the History Center
  • UCC Synod is Online this year, mark your calendars
  • Men's Group Trip to Gilmore Car Museum, July 19
  • Birthdays & Anniversaries, Prayer Requests, and Financial Stewardship​

This Sunday: "Open & Affirming" Sunday

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June is Gay Pride Month, and this Sunday, we celebrate "Open & Affirming" Sunday in the United Church of Christ. Douglas UCC is proud to be among the first churches to become recognized as an Open & Affirming church, affirming the full inclusion of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons (LGBT) in the church's life and ministry.

Pease join us this Sunday at 10 a.m., as we celebrate the spiritual gifts with which the LGBTQ community blesses our church family and our world. Message: Pastor Sal. Music: Peter Black and Jeff Spangler.


The Sunday morning service will be recorded and posted later in the day to our church's YouTube channel. 

Last Week's Service

In the gospel reading from last Sunday's lectionary, the apostles are in a boat during a storm, and they are gripped with fear. Jesus calms the storm with the words, "Peace, be still."

​Often, when we are in the storms of life and our world is being rocked, we, too, are overcome with fear. The Good News is that Jesus gives us the tools to transform our fear into faith.

​Please enjoy last Sunday's service, when we learned the path to "Fear-Less Living."
​Message: Pastor Sal. Music: Peter Black and Max Brown.
Click here to read, listen to, watch, and share last week's homily.

DUCC Annual Congregational Meeting is
this Sunday, June 27, 11:30am

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Our Annual Church Business Meeting will be held on Sunday, June 27, at 11:30 AM in the Friendship Hall and online via Zoom. Our Church Council and Financial Oversight Committee will be giving us updates, and we’ll be approving the new church budget for the upcoming fiscal year. All church members are strongly encouraged to attend. If you’ll be joining the meeting from home, please be sure to email Julie Ridl (julie@douglasucc.org) to receive the Zoom link. You can also email Julie to request a copy of the budget for review, and click below to download a copy of last year's meeting minutes, which will be approved at the start of this year's meeting.
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New Members Class: Sunday, July 18

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If you are interested in becoming a member of our church, we will be holding a New Members Class on Sunday, July 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 88 Spring Street, the house behind the church. All are welcome to attend.  (If you would like to become a member, but are unable to attend the class, please email Pastor Sal at pastor@DouglasUCC.org).

LGBTQ+ -friendly AA meetings starting up July 2 

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The regular Friday-evening AA meetings held in the Friendship Hall are starting up on July 2 at 7:30 PM. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, open and inclusive, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about their drinking problem.

Lakeshore Community Chorus
Summer Concert, July 2, 7pm 

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Lakeshore Community Chorus has prepared a lovely online concert that makes its debut July 7 at 7pm. Tune in on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/lakeshorecommunitychorus.

SDFAI exhibit at the History Center 

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Painting by Le’Ana Asher
The Saugatuck Douglas Fennville Arts Initiative is sponsoring an exhibit titled, "Art of the People: Anishinaabe Contemporary Artists," which will open on July 1st at the Saugatuck Douglas History Center. It will feature seven local artists from the Anishinaabe culture who will share sculpture, paintings, beadwork, and mixed media art work. If you are willing to serve as a docent for this exhibit that runs from July 1 through October 10, please contact Maryjo Lemanski (maryjo.lemanski@gmail.com) or Karen Clark (kbclark@iusb.edu). You will be able to select dates that work for you and should plan to attend a training on June 30 at 1pm at the Old School House. Download the letter below for more details for docents.
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​UCC Synod is Online this year: July 11-18

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The UCC's General Synod gathers July 11-18, online this year. All are welcome to attend. Our own Pastor Sal will be serving as a delegate this year.  

​Click here to review the 50 powerful workshops being offered, and to register for the event: www.generalsynod.org/

At General Synod, the church gathers to discern the Spirit’s calling in this present day. General Synod 33 will begin on July 11, 2021, with opening worship and will continue through July 18, 2021. Although General Synod convenes to conduct the business of the Church, we approach this work in a spirit of worship. In that spirit, continuing throughout Synod, we invite the entire church to join us in prayer for our gathered time together.

Each day the Rev. Janet Ross, national setting chaplain, will provide a prayer request on the UCC.org homepage. We invite you to incorporate the prayer requests into your daily prayer practices or to pray daily for General Synod as the Spirit leads. We are praying for the manifestation of God’s presence and power among us as we attend to the work of the church. We are praying for restorative times of worship and witness. We pray that every attendee will find in our offerings loving affirmations of belonging. We pray for courage. We pray for joy. We pray for wisdom. We pray for our resolutions. We pray for love. We pray for smooth technology. We pray for patience and grace.
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We simply ask that you pray for the church. Because of our faith, we know our prayers will reach God and the hearts of those who gather. 

​Men's Group Trip to Gilmore Car Museum, July 19 

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Birthdays & Anniversaries 

June 27- Stephen Lewis, 28- Jodi Berault & Chris Maitner, 29-Jodi Berault, 30-Carol Brown,
​July 2- Jane Brodt, Greg Harvath, 3- Dan Ryan

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Birthday and Anniversary cards are a great way we can continue to reach out to one another. If you wish to mail a card to one of our church members, addresses can be found in our Church Directory. If you don't have a directory, please let us know, and we will email one to you.

​Prayer Requests 

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Olive Johnson (Lin Wisehart's mom); Pat Denner; The family of Len Lynch, including Kathleen and Peter Mueller; Alice Reimard (Sarah Donovan's sister in law); John David (Pete Wehle's friend); Margaret and Dave Bazany and their daughter, Jennifer; Sarah Johnson Lock; Linda Masten (Mark Reiman's friend); Pam Carr (Debra Carr's sister); Vicki Latham (Ruth VandenBosch's cousin); Sarah Ver Meulen (Susan Fleming's Daughter); Mike VerMerris and all of Luke Burnett's family; Cole Hartman; Walt Lawrence; Shannon Connell; Dennis Konarski and the Konarski family; Mike Sneedon (Peg and Jack Donohue's friend); Pamela Chappell; Sandy Feldman;  Tim Reineck, Matt Brazys, Suzanne Cook, and Ken Cassbon (friends of Pete Wehle and Pamela Chappell); Richie Czarnowski (Mark Reiman's friend); Dale Lower; Sherri Kanten (Ruth VandenBosch's friend); Michael (a friend of Dan Mack's); Myron (Wendy Hamlin's grandson, Fred Hamilin's great-grandson); Chris Stuart (Virginia Stuart's sister-in-law); Darren Dixon (Beverly and Orie Hawkes' nephew); Mary Elizabeth Loudin (friend of Laurie VandenBeldt); Chris Robinson (Peter and Kathleen Mueller's nephew); Gregg Kirchen (Sheryll and Greg VanPortfleet's friend); Daniel Ver Meulen (Susan Fleming's son); Marcia Sullivan (Jo Cooley's friend)

​Financial Stewardship​


June 20, 2021

In-Person Attendance: 88
Viewers for June 20 Online Service Videos: 665
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Online Donations:  $3,111.47
Collection Plate:   $412.00

​Total:  $3,523.47

Thank you!! 
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Your generous giving allows us to sustain our church community and our mission of service in the world. Please consider giving online, which is easily done by texting your donation amount to
844-931-2849, or sharing through the donate buttons on 
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