Weekly E-Pistle: Second Sunday after Pentecost

6/12/2020

In This Week's E-Pistle You'll Find:

Proclaiming the Kin-dom of God is near: This Sunday's Service Notes
Last Sunday's Service Video
New Member Class Announcement, June 18 at 6pm
Black Lives Matter March on Sunday at 2pm
Pride Care-a-Van Photo Gallery
Pride Celebration Garden honoring Carl and Larry's Legacy
Announcing Online Congregational Meeting, Sunday, June 28
Zoom Round-Up!
Peter Black's Concert for the Congregation: Summer Songbook
Birthdays & Anniversaries, Prayer List, and Financial Stewardship

In this Sunday's gospel message, Jesus sends the apostles out into the world to teach and to heal. He says, "Go out and proclaim the Good News that the Kin-dom of Heaven is near!"
Since the murder of George Floyd, millions of people around the world have gone out and taken to the streets to teach, to heal, and to proclaim that "Black Lives Matter." During this Sunday's online video worship service, we will explore what it means to put our faith into action. Message: Pastor Sal. Music: Peter Black and Nancy Plantinga.

Tune in on Sunday at 10 AM via our Facebook page, YouTube channel, or here on our website.

Watch Last Sunday's Service:

At last Sunday's service, we explored how the doctrine of the Trinity can help us during this time of uncertainty and unrest. We also shared all of your Pentecost photos in a beautiful slideshow set to Pamela Chappell's original song, "One." If you missed it, you can watch it here.

We officially welcome new members to our church twice a year: once in the Spring and once in the Fall. We were unable to hold our Spring New Members class in person due to the coronavirus, but Pastor Sal will be holding the class online via Zoom on June 18 at 6 PM. If you are interested in becoming a member of our church, please email Pastor Sal to register for the class. This class is also open to current church members who'd like a "refresher" course.

March at 2pm Sunday

This Sunday at 2 PM, a march in solidarity with the Black community to speak out against racism and end police violence. March is from Beery Field in Douglas to Coghlin Park in Saugatuck. Please wear masks and try to maintain as much social distancing as possible.

Photos of Douglas Community Pride:

Due to the coronavirus, this year's Community Pride was a "Care-a-Van" car parade through the streets of Douglas and Saugatuck. Thank you to all our church members who organized and took part in the event, and thanks to our congregant, Mark Reiman, for the wonderful photos.

The new “Pride Celebration Garden” being installed next to the Saugatuck/Douglas library is dedicated to our Douglas UCC church members, Carl Jennings and Larry Gammons.

June 28, 11:30am
Congregational Meeting on Zoom

Please watch your email for an invitation to join us for our annual Congregational Meeting via Zoom on June 28 at 11:30a.m. We will hear from Pastor Sal and our leadership teams, who will give a state-of-the-church update. And we will vote on changes to our Church Constitution and approve our Budget. If you would like to study the constitution and budget in advance of the meeting, write to us at OnlineChurch@douglasucc.org for copies. And here is a copy of the minutes from the 2019 meeting:

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Heard at Friendship Hall

A full house in our Zoom Friendship Hall this past Sunday, with our hearts and minds full of the country's marchers and messages. Pam Chappell and Pete Wehle reported on the march in South Haven (photo above), and Dan Mack on one of the recent marches in Holland. Sarah Swift, Bev Hawkes, Stan Greene, and Star Huggett all have reading and resource lists if you're feeling housebound and looking for ways to enter this worldwide movement. Download this list below. Star's list is also available at this link. We are riding a very tall arc that bends toward justice. By learning how to walk it and support our brothers and sisters, there is hope ahead!

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By request! Listen and enjoy as our Director of Music, Peter Black, performs 1 hour of beautiful dinner/cocktail piano music from his "Summer Songbook."

Whoa! Now We Can Give by Text!

When you're moved to make a donation to DUCC, or when you need to make or adjust repeated payments, you can now manage your giving directly from your phone by Text-to-Give. Start using Text-to-Give by texting your donation amount ($5, $20, etc) to 844-931-2849. The first time you use it, you will be asked to register. Once you have made your first donation, you may wish to save the contact number in your phone's address book, to make managing your donations super easy. Thanks for your generosity to the church!

Birthdays & Anniversaries

June 15- Kathy Austin, Austin Belschner, Ash Middleton, 16- Marcy Weston, Marjorie Rieman

Birthday and Anniversary cards are a great way we can continue to reach out to one another during this time. 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.

Prayers

Jeff Spangler; Myron Freund; Jack Ridl; Freddy Bell (Wendy Hamlin's grandson, Fred Hamilin's great-grandson); Terry Stough (Catz Dienes' son); Bob Donohue (Jack and Peg Donohue's brother); The family of Jim Lemons; Philip Raywood; Ted Sommer; Molly Gaspar (Mike Valdez' sister); Phyllis Wallis (Kathy Austin's mother); Kristen Molitor (Ann Hopkins' daughter); John Willming; Drew Carter; Ferman Sims (father of Duce Sims); Howard McLauchlan (brother-in-law of Dale and Ted); Jeff Cooley (Jo Cooley's brother); Marcia Sullivan (Jo Cooley's friend), Len Lynch (Kathleen Mueller's brother); Curtis Coffin (Marty Coffin's brother).

Prayers for the residents of mid-Michigan, recovering from flooding. Prayers for all of our Covid-19 pandemic first responders, and for the researchers and scientists working on effective tests and treatments for Covid-19. Prayers for all in the military and their families; all who are homeless or addicted or abused or neglected or rejected or hungry; The UCC; the Grand West Association; our Church Council; our Stephen Ministers; our church committees; our communities, our schools, our nation and our planet.

To add or remove a name from the Prayer List, please email us.

Financial Stewardship

June 7
Attendance for Online Services: 490
Weekly Online Giving: $4,822.01
Thank you!!

Your generous giving allows us to sustain our church community and our mission of service. Please consider giving online, which is easily done by clicking ONLINE GIVING.

Or you may send checks by mail to:
Douglas Congregational United Church of Christ
56 Wall Street, PO Box 519
Douglas, MI 49406