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We will be hosting our annual open house on Christmas Day! Come for food, drink, fellowship, and lots of fun anytime after 2 PM, stay for a short time or all afternoon/evening! No need to bring anything except yourself, friends and family. RSVP nice but not necessary. We always have a great time More info?…
Read More ›A New Daily Spiritual Resource Local spiritual director, poet and artist, Clarence Heller, has recently launched A Piece of Goodness, a daily Twitter-length excerpt from one of his poems, with convenient access to the entire poem for those who wish to engage it. These messages are available through a daily email, a post on Facebook…
Read More ›“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house,” Nathanial Hawthorne On a cool and sunny afternoon recently, four Parkway hikers joined me on the Al Foster Trail near my home. Jim and I moved near this trail in 1994 and it holds many special memories made there…
Read More ›Thanks to all who participated to make the St Louis Metro Area Crop Hunger Walk an outstanding success. Parkway led all area churches in monetary donations, totaling $2750.00. In addition, Parkway fielded a large group of walkers and volunteers on walk day. Several members of Parkway were on the planning committee. 75 percent of the…
Read More ›Getting out the Vote Posted on November 5, 2019 by Maren Tirabassi, UCC Pastor I’m getting out the vote — my vote, from the inertia of my laziness, self-importance of my busyness, contempt of local issues and candidates as if they were not the foundation of everything else, and discouragement with my country, as if it were exempt…
Read More ›Daylight Savings Time Ends Posted on November 4, 2019by Maren Tirabassi I was given an hour yesterday from the time-dictators. and found myself wondering what to do with this wiggling gift this hour — sleep on it, play with it, stuff it full with another task? or better … talk with a friend, write a long letter or…
Read More ›You may have heard about the movement to rename Beirne Park in Creve Coeur to address the racist injustice that spurred the creation of the park in 1956. (see article » ) The movement is gaining steam, setting strategies, and PUCC has been asked if we can offer support to the cause. You can join…
Read More ›Save the Date! Autumn Fest with Team Sign ups! Let’s Barbecue and have a great German meal to celebrate the success of our teams. We hope to enlist more team members on this date. Many of the new teams have met and already planned great functions or organized rotations to accomplish tasks for the church.…
Read More ›Meet at church at 6:30pm to carpool to the movie theater (TBA) to see Harriet. Details in on PUCC AWOL Facebook page. RSVP to Carmen Bumgarner: Cfbum@charter.net | 314-330-0813
Read More ›“What we would like to do is change the world-make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do. And, by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, of the poor, of the destitute…we can, to a certain…
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