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Pastor Nicole you have a Beautiful Voice ❤️

The music was awesome!!

((Hugs)) are so precious❤️

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Greetings from Kiel, Germany!

Such an important message.

Another important message in the sermon.

Enjoyed the sermon.

Inspirational message thank you.

Very nice service Mike. Thank you.

Very nice service Mike. Thank you.

So grateful this special service was offered virtually! Thank you!

Very nice and comforting service. Thank you.

Awesome service - thanks Mike

Remember the life of Rachel Becker, Mary Dedering’s sister, whose funeral service is today at Meiselwitz

Please keep Arno & Dorothy Herwig and family in your prayers--Arno has gone into hospice while at Rocky Knoll.

Please keep Bob & Monica Horst and family in your prayers--their son Steve recently passed from life to life.

Take note: adult Sunday school will now transform into virtual fellowship time. Everyone is welcome to come and catch up on Zoom each Sunday morning at 8:15! The Zoom link will continue to be sent out in each Thursday's I-Witness (E-news).

We've received word this week that Monica & Bob Horst have moved to Field of Dreams (Kiel). Please keep the Horsts in your prayers during their transition & settling in.

If you have any interest in virtual adult education during the pandemic, please contact Pastor Chris: (920) 894-2404 or rev.fatmoses@gmail.com.

Please pray for the people of Minneapolis and the loved ones of George Floyd, and for an end to injustice everywhere.

Come join us for our "Cele-Procession" next Sunday morning (June 7)! Bring some homemade signs encouraging the people of Kiel from St. Peter's UCC, meet in our parking lot at 8 a.m., and form a motorcade honking and inspiring the community as we drive through town. You should be back home in plenty of time to watch the premier of next Sunday's worship service. All are welcome.

We received word this week that Lois Ann Woelfel, daughter of Janice Woelfel, recently passed from life to life. Please keep the family in your prayers.

50 Years of Earth Days and Beyond 1970 The first Earth Day is established on the birthday of Saint Francis of Assisi (April 22nd). Environmental Protection Agency also established. 1972 The Clean Water Act is passed by the U.S. Congress, placing a limit on the flow of raw sewage into rivers, lakes, and streams. 1973 The Endangered Species Act is passed to protect wildlife. 1982 Warren County (North Carolina) Civil Disobedience Campaign launches the modern environmental justice movement. Over 6 weeks, more than 500 people were arrested in protest against the dumping of toxic waste in predominantly black community. 1987 Toxic Waste and Race in the United States report is published by the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice and for the first time documents the pervasiveness of environmental racism in the U.S.; Dr. Ben Chavis of the United Church of Christ coins the term “environmental racism.” 1989 The late Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I of the Orthodox Church establishes September 1st as a day of prayer for the environment. 1991 The First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit gathers more than 600 people in Washington, DC and adopts seventeen Principles of Environmental Justice. 1996 Southwest Network for Economic and Environmental Justice meets in Jemez, New Mexico and releases the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing, which continue to be widely used in the environmental justice movement 1997 Thirty-eight nations, including the United States, sign the Kyoto Protocol, agreeing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by about 5% over 15 years. 2005 Hurricane Katrina, a Category 5 hurricane, decimates the Gulf coast, especially the area around New Orleans. Over 1,800 died as a result of the storm and the ensuing flooding. 2006 Presbyterian Church (USA) passes a Carbon Neutral Resolution strongly urging all Presbyterians to “immediately aspire to live carbon neutral lives.” It was the first resolution by a major religious body to call upon its followers to become carbon neutral. 2007 The Third European Ecumenical Assembly calls for a five week liturgical celebration called a "Time for Creation." Now known as the Season of Creation, it begins on September 1st and ends on the commemoration of Saint Francis of Assisi on October 4th. 2008 The World Council of Churches calls on churches to celebrate five weeks of “Time for Creation” each year between September 1-October 4, setting the precedent for what later became known as the “Season of Creation.” The National Council of Churches releases The Green Bible, published by Harper Bibles, to highlight the creation-centered ethos of the Bible. 2013 The United Church of Christ’s General Synod becomes the first major religious body to call for divestment from fossil fuels. 2014 The Flint (Michigan) Water Crisis begins, affecting thousands of people, many of them children. Several deaths are attributed to the crisis, although the effects of the lead poisoning from the water will last for decades. 2015 Pope Francis issues his encyclical Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home Pope Francis calls on Roman Catholics to honor September 1st as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, building on the tradition led by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. 2016 The United States officially becomes a signatory of the Paris Climate Agreement, an international effort to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and to offer assistance developing nations in their climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. 2016 Protesters join in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their efforts to stop the construction of a pipeline across their lands. 2017 The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) sets a new bar of ambition by calling on individuals, congregations, and ministries to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 and pull carbon out of the atmosphere by 2035. 2018 The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issues a call for immediate action on the climate crisis. 2019 The Global Climate Strike, demanding governments take action on climate change, draws over seven million participants from 185 countries. 2020 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day. 2030 IPCC deadline to meet the 1.5°C of global warming by cutting emissions.

Some "Tartan Sunday" background for this worship service: Saint Columba One of the prayers in this morning’s service is named for Saint Columba. The original monastic community on the island of Iona off the coast of Scotland was founded by Saint Columba in 563. Saint Columba came from Ireland and was the most famous of the early Christian missionaries to Scotland. He has been called “a Scottish version of Saint Patrick.” The Iona Community The Iona Community is an ecumenical Christian community founded in 1938 by the late George MacLeod and committed to seeking new ways of living the Gospel in today’s world. They have restored and reinhabited the ancient monastic buildings on Iona. (From The Pattern of our Days.) Tartan Day Tartan Day commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath on 6 April 1320, which fell on the second Sunday of Easter that year. Named for a Scottish abbey, the document asserted Scottish independence from England at the end of the Scottish Wars of Independence (the historical setting of the film Braveheart). The Earl of Ross and ancestor of the Clan Ross was one of the signatories. Scotland remained independent until the Scottish monarch King James VI inherited the English throne in 1603 and moved to London. The Scottish Parliament was dissolved in 1707, but was restored with restricted powers in 1997. Some Important Dates in Medieval Scottish History 843--Kenneth MacAlpin creates the Kingdom of the Scots and becomes its first king by uniting the tribes of Picts and Scots. 1040--Macbeth kills Duncan to claim the Scottish throne. 1296--King Edward I of England (Edward “Longshanks”) claims the Scottish throne. 1297--Battle of Stirling Bridge. William Wallace leads a Scottish army to victory over the English in one of the largest battles of the Scottish Wars of Independence. Afterwards, Wallace is knighted and given the title “Guardian of the Realm.” 1314--Battle of Bannockburn. King Robert the Bruce leads the Scots against the English under King Edward II. The Scots are victorious in the last major battle of the conflict. The Earl of Ross fights alongside Robert the Bruce at this battle. 1320-Declaration of Arbroath.

Please know that the congregational meeting scheduled for May 3 has been cancelled.

Beautiful Service. A special Thank You to all the "behinds the scenes" work being done for music & visuals. You are doing an awesome job!! Thank you. God bless.

“It would be nice if someone would read this sad-eyed crowd the Sermon on the Mount, accompanied by a rousing commentary on income inequality... But Jesus makes his appearance here only as a corpse; the living man, the wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist, is never once mentioned, nor anything he ever had to say. Christ crucified rules, and it may be that the true business of modern Christianity is to crucify him again and again so that he can never get a word out of his mouth.” ~ Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed (2001)

As part of our remembrance of the Last Supper in virtual worship together on Maundy Thursday, we will be sharing communion. As the circumstances dictate, the sacrament will have to be shared remotely. So, to prepare for viewing this service, wherever you may be watching, you and whoever is watching with you are invited to have some bread and wine or juice ready to partake along with us at the (virtual) Table. Even if at a distance, all are welcome!

Lorraine Popp has shared with me that her brother, Charles Hagenow, recently passed from life to life. Please keep the family and loved ones in your prayers.

Thank You so much for the beautiful Palm Sunday service/message. Hosanna, Hosanna to you all.

Good Morning.Hosanna. Thank you for having this service so we can worship together.

This morning, we celebrate Palm Sunday--not Palm/Passion Sunday as in years past, because the "passion story" will also be accessible here on our TH-cam channel when we share Maundy Thursday and Good Friday worship later this week. Please remember that during this time, our discipleship of stewardship remains. "Being church" continues to run a financial cost; the bills have not ceased coming into the office. Please be generous with sending in your offering.

So inspired by the service. Thank you for the "at church feel" at home. God bless.

Please keep in your prayers Sara Meiselwitz, who is recovering from having surgery this week.

Thanks for keeping us together in worship, even when we are physically distant. One in the Spirit!

Please know that we will be working on increasing the volume in future worship broadcasts.

Today was scheduled to be the Sunday on which we receive the One Great Hour of Sharing special mission offering. You can still send your envelope--along with your regular offering--to the church office!

As we enter into our time of community prayer, I would like to let folks know that Betty Jung--resident at Field of Dreams--passed from life to life early this morning. She will be laid to rest on Saturday. Please keep her loved ones in your prayers.

Good job.

My apologies, in all the mix up with the Projector having maintenance done, I forgot to hook the audio cable back into the camera. All is set up now and ready for next week.

Wonderful! Thank you for bringing Bryan's words to the screen in such fun way!

Well done!

NIce Piece...let's get it out!!!