Posts by Parkway
Read about Missouri’s own WWII Fighter Pilot Ace – Raymond Littge (Great-uncle of Greg Schmelig)
READ: Absolutely Fearless: The Life of Raymond H. Littge, Missouri’s Top Scoring WWII Fighter Pilot Ace A biography based on research materials, military records, interviews with family members, and the diaries of his sister, Altheda Littge Schmelig (Grandmother of Greg Schmelig). The 352nd Fighter Group, known as the Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney, was one…
Read MoreThe Parkway Speakers Series Presents “Covid – ACT II,” more insights and updates from John Russell, PhD
Sunday, March 14 | 11:15am | via ZOOM “This is evolving science. You are seeing sausages being made – in front of the world’s eyes,” said Yale vaccine researcher Saad Omer last December. This recent comment referring to vaccine development illustrates the speed at which science has progressed during the pandemic Parkway member and noted…
Read MoreSprouts of Peace – Interfaith Families
Let’s bake bread together! On behalf of the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis, United Hebrew Congregation, Parkway United Church of Christ, and Peace UCC we cannot wait to bring our Sprouts of Peace families back into community with one another—virtually, of course. ABOUT Sprouts of Peace is a free program geared for children, Pre-K—5th…
Read MoreThe Inward Experience Online Retreat Invitation
The Inward Experience—A Virtual Retreat Saturday, February 27 | 9am – 3pm | Zoom link provided upon registration Participate in an interactive online self-care process. We will meet online and the event will be limited to 16 people with much of the work being done in cohorts of four people. Our format will be based…
Read MoreSpeaker Series – Conversation about Baptism Jan 17
Join our own Florence Simonson at 11:15am this Sunday for a conversation about Baptism on YouTube. Florence will share some of the theology, history, practices, challenges and blessings of Baptism. As we continue to ponder Jesus’ Baptism from worship last Sunday and listen for God’s call today, be with us for this educational opportunity. (Exact…
Read MorePlease Join us for Tuesday Afternoon Dialogue (TAD)
Please join us at 2:00pm on Tuesday, January 19, as we begin a new discussion of Walt Brueggemann’s book, Virus as a Summons to Faith: Biblical Reflections in a Time of Loss, Grief, and Anxiety. We will read biblical wisdom from the Old Testament and Brueggemann’s interpretation for today. The group meets the first and…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s News January 2021
A common type 2 diabetes drug called metformin may have an unexpected, but positive, side effect: new research suggests that people taking the drug appear to have significantly slower declines in thinking and memory as they age. “Our six-year study of older Australians with type 2 diabetes has uncovered a link between metformin use and…
Read MoreCMHC #15 Dr. Phil- America’s shrink or talk show bully and exploiter?
Phil McGraw has been the public face of psychology for the last twenty years, and America needs to take a long, hard look at his television empire to see what’s right and wrong with how he portrays mental illnesses and their treatments. McGraw, aka “Dr. Phil”, has had a syndicated television show for the past…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s News
Alzheimer’s News The holidays are often filled with sharing, laughter and memories. But they can also bring stress, disappointment, sadness — and due to the COVID-19 pandemic — heightened risk for spreading the virus, especially for older adults who tend to have underlying health conditions. A person living with Alzheimer’s may feel a special sense…
Read MoreChristmas Eve
Join us for Pre-recorded Christmas Eve Worship Thursday, December 24 | 4:30 & 7:00pm | YouTube 4:30pm https://youtu.be/QRSoyJ8_gSo 7:30pm https://youtu.be/wkoUNMkPCU4 While a number of the pieces of the two worship services will mirror each other (e.g. Silent Night by candlelight), the 4:30pm service will feature several object lessons woven within the Christmas Gospel Story. We…
Read MoreWe Grieve the Many Thousands
We Grieve the Many Thousands written by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, sung by Rev Dr Ginny Brown Daniel, our Missouri Mid-South Conference Minister We Grieve the Many Thousands PASSION CHORALE 7.6.7.6 D (“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”) We grieve the many thousands — yet we can’t understand; we cannot grasp how many have died throughout…
Read MoreTED Book Group: This I Believe
2nd & 4th Tuesdays | 7:00pm | via Zoom Please join us for some fun and inspiring discussion of the book This I Believe edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman. Volume 1. Based on the NPR series of the same name, it features 80 short essays. Some were written by famous people and other…
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