Thich Nhat Hanh: Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition
Frederick Buechner: Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons (Buechner, Frederick)
deSalvo: Writing as a Way of Healing How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives
This Sunday May 18, we will be having Youth Group from 6-8 pm in the Teen Center.
The annual diocesan youth camp 6-Day will take place at Camp Huston June 20-26, 2008. The registration deadline is June 2. 6-Day is for those graduating this school year from grades 9-12. For more information or to register, pick up a brochure from Arienne's office box or check out the diocesan youth ministries website
Seniors will be honored on Sunday June 8 at the 10:30 AM service. The presentation of Crosses, Graduation gifts and special sending prayers will happen at this service. Afterwards a reception including yummy cake will take place during coffee hour. Other liturgies held June 8 will also honor our graduating seniors. The adult education presenter for the day and guest preacher will be the Rev. Mary Shehane, deacon serving at St. Marks and Campus Chaplain for the UW Campus Crossroads Ministry. Mary is a wonderful preacher and her ministry is devoted to young adults. If parents or seniors could confirm names (for inscribing Bibles and other gifts) and whether or not they will be able to attend the 10:30 liturgy. If you are unable to attend at 10:30 but plan to attend another liturgy that day please let Arienne know.
Our regular meeting on the third Sunday from 6-8pm will take place next week, May 18, 2008 in the Teen Center.
On April 27 Emmanuelites gathered with our youth to feed Tent City 4, which is moving today from Kirkland UCC to Temple B’nai Torah – Bellevue. I would like to thank the following people for their outstanding efforts to make the Tent City Feed a success: Mary Maxon, Ann Fenwick, Elizabeth Bachman, Alex Ihle, Clark Wittenberg, the Daugherty family (Jennifer, Will, John, Katherine, and Elizabeth), the Moore family (Leslie, Rick, Bryce, and Colin), and the Greaves family (Jean, Mark, Emily, and Audrey), as well as those who stopped by to make sure we had everything we needed. I would also like to thank the Social Action Committee for generously providing funds to purchase food. The cost of feeding approximately 100 people and providing storage containers for leftovers was approximately $215. I left directly from Kirkland to a clergy retreat at a wonderful lodge on the Olympic Peninsula. I arrived after dinner, which I heard from clergy colleagues was sumptuous and filling. I am sure that the baked potato I enjoyed at Tent City with my fellow ministers and those who live in camp was far more satisfying.
Upcoming we will be feeding Tent City 4 (currently hosted by Kirkland UCC) on April 27. Please confirm your participation with me via email by April 23rd so that we can coordinate transporting food and folk to Kirkland. Email is best so there is a record for me, but feel free to call or stop by the office and let me know.
Also, middle school youth are invited to participate in Spring JYC to be held at Holy Cross-Redmond May 2-4. In addition to attending the conference, if you would like to participate and host youth in your home for the weekend, it would be most helpful!
The Rev. Arienne Davison
