Posts by Parkway
Walk To End Alzheimer’s Recap 2021
The results of the St. Louis Walk to End Alzheimer’s have been tabulated. The St. Louis Walk was the 5th largest in the country raising a total of $1,074,511. In this second year of COVID and the walk in our neighborhood Parkway’s contribution was $2,355.00, Thank you Parkway. Thanks to all who donated, walked in…
Read MoreChristmas Gifts for ECH Family
We are adopting a family of four from Every Child’s Hope (ECH) this Christmas. ECH https://everychildshope.org/ has a long history in St Louis (see below) This family consists of a single mom and her three sons. She is out of work right now. Gift cards would be helpful to Aldi, Schnucks, Walmart, Dollar General etc.…
Read MorePUCC Christmas Caroling!
Fa-la-la-la-la Come Christmas Caroling with us! There are a few options to choose from: Wednesday, December 15 from 9-11:45am; Saturday, December 18 from 9-11:45am or 1:30-3:30pm and Friday, December 24 from 10am-12pm. Santa hats, jingle bells and holiday attire welcomed! December 15 and December 18 mornings will start at church. We will visit church members…
Read MoreTuesday Evening Dialogue 12/14
2nd & 4th Tuesdays | 6:45pm Fellowship | 7:00pm book discussion| via ZOOM Please join us Tuesday December 14 at 7 pm to discuss the book Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott. We will be discussing the last three chapters. We will also be choosing our next TED book to start in January. Everyone…
Read MoreJoin Us for TAD, Tuesday Afternoon Dialogue
We welcome you to join the discussion of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, a novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. What would happen if you had the opportunity to go back and change all the decisions you made in your life? On December 14 pages 201-288. Discussion starts at…
Read MoreCelebration of Nativity Scenes
Our Second Annual Celebration of Nativity Scenes will take place December 14-21. It’s a great deal less complicated than last year! Drop off any nativity scene(s) that you would like to share with other PUCCers on Sunday or Monday, December 12-13 on the tables in the Gathering Space. We will display them all around the…
Read More12/12 – The Fall of County Executive Steve Stenger – As I Saw It by Winston Calvert
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room In April of 2019, Steve Stenger, the then St. Louis County Executive, was convicted of public corruption, resigned, and subsequently was sentenced to federal prison following an FBI probe. Winston Calvert, a senior member of the current St. Louis County Executive’s office, observed the downfall of Stenger as…
Read MoreNovember 2021 Alzheimer’s News
A new study suggests a popular herb could help prevent Alzheimer’s Disease – Basil. The new study published in “Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience” reveals that fenchol, a naturally occurring compound found in basil, may have a protective effect against Alzheimer’s Disease. Fenchol was found to increase FFAR2 signaling, thus reducing levels of amyloid-beta, a protein…
Read MorePUCC Covid Team update
The PUCC COVID Team met Wednesday, October 27 to review our status and consider future changes. We noted two positive developments: community transmission is declining; and the approval of vaccination for 5–11-year-old children has the potential to curb the spread of the virus. We encourage vaccination for all eligible children as the vaccines have proven…
Read MoreAWOL – Adventurous Women Out Late to see Shirley Valentine
Saturday, November 6 | 7:00 pm | Heritage Room We haven’t been together in so long! Bring a fuzzy blanket, a pillow? and a snack! Movie: Shirley Valentine – Feeling trapped in a world of domesticity, Shirley (Pauline Collins), a housewife from Liverpool, England, needs a change in her life before she has another conversation…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s News October 2021
Gum disease and dementia risk: Ignoring your gums might have serious repercussions beyond oral Health: Extreme gum disease that leads to tooth loss may be associated with mild cognitive impairment and dementia later in life, Reports Neurology Magazine. Researchers followed more than 8,000 adults, with an average age of 63 and no dementia, for about…
Read MoreTuesday Evening Dialogue starting September 28
2nd & 4th Tuesdays | 6:45pm social time | 7:00pm Book discussion | via Zoom Please join us for our next book selection, Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Du Mez. Jesus and John Wayne has been reviewed as a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have…
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