Mission:1

Day 11 of 11 – Mission:1… to feed the hungry and confront food related injustices We are so grateful for your participation these 11 days for Mission:1.  Since we have engaged in this mission with sibling UCC persons and congregations from around the denomination, we want to connect you on this final day. Please follow

Day 10 of 11 – Mission:1… to feed the hungry and confront food related injustices We’re running out of time – only one day left.  There’s so much more we want to share with you.  So, here is a smorgasboard……   Out with the pyramid; in with the plate!  You’ve thought about the food pyramid

Day 9 of 11 — Mission:1… to feed the hungry and confront food related injustices! When I was in Cork, Ireland for my junior year of college, we had a noticeable walk of about two miles to get to a laundromat.  Every couple of weeks, I loaded up my large backpack and weathered the walk

Day 8 of 11 — Mission:1… to feed the hungry and confront food related injustices Abundance or Scarcity?   “Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; Your children will be like olive shoots around the table.” – Psalm 128   –  Reflection by Martin B. Copenhaver   So much of our

Day 7 of 11 — Mission:1… to feed the hungry and confront food related injustices One of our scripture readings yesterday in the Historic Sanctuary was from Matthew – The Beattitudes.  Based on the idea of blessed expressed there, our UCC has come up with these 11 blessings.  Please light a candle as you ponder

WELL OVER HALFWAY WITH OUR 1,111 non-perishable food items!  Thanks!   As part of Mission:1 and good use of our renewed kitchen, a group of Parkway members and friends are interested in helping a food pantry in St Louis City which serves lunch to about 70 people each Wednesday.  We have been invited to provide

One of our mission partners is CWS: Church World Service.  Here is a report from a recent email I received – A severe drought has killed crops and livestock across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, leaving more than 13 million people without enough food. The United Nations has declared that southern Somalia is in the midst

We have spent some time talking about feeding the hungry.  Now we turn to confronting food related injustices… It’s Time to Go Upstream A woman, walking along a riverbank, suddenly sees a person flailing his arms and hears him pleading for help as he bobs in the water while being pushed downstream. The woman on

Day 3 of 11 — Mission:1… to feed the hungry and confront food related injustices   Please read and pray through this scripture passage.  It is at the core of our efforts to reach out and love those in need. Matthew 25:31-45 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels

Day 2 of 11 — Mission:1…to feed the hungry and confront food related injustices   Just like we all do, I was sitting in the congregation as a Mission Moment was being shared. She was the coordinator of a local food pantry and had a challenge for us. First, though, she kind of tricked us.