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Complimentary copies of an all new Advent Daily Devotional booklet are available in the Gathering Space right now. The title is LOW: An Honest Advent Devoional by John Pavlovitz – progressive Christian thinker and friend of Parkway UCC … in fact, the idea of this devotional was pitched to John by Brad Lyons – PUCCer…
Read More ›PUCCer Angela Chostner has more angels to share! “Kindred Spirits” -a two woman art exhibit at Longview Farm Park Art Gallery, 13525 Clayton Road, Town & Country, MO 63131 is up until Jan. 8th. Angela and her fellow artist, Luisa Otero Prada will give Artists talks on their paintings on Tuesday, 12/3/19 11am to noon,…
Read More ›Thanks in part to the PUCC offering of letters this past summer, Senator Hawley signed Senate Resolution 260 supporting global maternal/child nutrition! It took a lot of teamwork with other Missouri churches holding Offerings of Letters generating messages to him. I hand-delivered PUCC letters in a meeting with his aides in his Washington DC office…
Read More ›All Music Trivia Night! So much fun! $30 per person RSVP Carmen cfbum@charter.net ASAP!
Read More ›Melissa Lane, a trained pastry chef, will teach us how to make the perfect scone! Ingredient list will follow with RSVP, or you can chip in $10 and Melissa will bring what you need! RSVP by December 15 to Carmen Bumgarner | cfbum@charter.net! Image by John Verive Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode
Read More ›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…
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