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THIS SUNDAY: 4 EASTER
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CONTINUED THIS SUNDAY:
CARE PACK DRIVE FOR THE HOMELESS
COTA is collecting supplies for care packages/ basic need bags for folks to keep on hand in your vehicles and give away when you happen upon someone who might benefit from some good stuff.
THANK YOU to those who brought supplies last Sunday. If you weren't able, have no fear -we are collecting items again this Sunday.
Items most needed at this point: Travel size - toothbrushes, deodorant, metro Bus Tickets ,Small gift cards to grocery stores (so people can buy hot food or whatever they need)
Full List:
1. SOCKS (good ones! and LOTS of them!)
2. Travel size: toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant
3. Other hygiene products, tampons, pads, condoms etc.
4. Bottled water
5. Metro Bus Tickets
6. Small gift card to grocery store so people can buy hot food or whatever they need
7. Small nonperishable snack
8. (Current) list of shelters and free meals
9. Rain poncho (yeah, they're not amazing but better than getting wet(
10. Large plastic ziplock bags to put all this stuff in!
CARE PACK ASSEMBLY
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 3:30 - 5PM
@ THE ABBEY (BEFORE CHURCH)
Please join us in the Café downstairs to assemble the Care Packs.
For questions or more information, contact Olivia at oliviajpryor@gmail.com.
Let us know you're coming: Facebook RSVP -
https://www.facebook.com/events/1567631486820234/
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A REQUEST FROM SEAN JOHNSON
Those of you who have completed a survey to help with my Reverb this Sunday, April 26 (‘The Good Shepherd’), please resubmit you survey responses to me at my email address: skenessonj@gmail.com. Those who are yet to complete the survey may likewise send them via email. I apologize for any inconvenience.
Prompt:
In one or two sentences -- or more if you’d like -- please describe how you or somebody you know deals with issues relating to suffering, affliction or distress.
These can be around the issues of pain in any form: physical, mood (psychological) or those of spirituality. The healing of distress may take the form of prayer, reflection, acts of some kind, or even actions unrelated to worship-- really anything at all.
All replies are joyfully welcome!
By completing this survey you will be helping me write my reverb, ‘Listening To Suffering’ for the Fourth Sunday in Easter, April 26. Perhaps we can even use the picture we get to give us a sort of mirror image of who we are as members of the COTA community.
Thank you,
Sean
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COMMUNITY ARCHITECTS
JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT MEETING
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 4PM @ CAFFE VITA
(across the street from the Abbey)
If you are interested in helping plan and shape community-building and activities at COTA, this is a great place to get plugged in. Community Architects help plan retreats, coordinate meals after worship, and other overall community-enhancing programmatic things throughout the year.
Whether you just want to learn more, or have a billion ideas up your sleeve, you are welcome to join us for our upcoming gathering - Sunday, May 10th, 4pm @ Caffe Vita (across the street from the Abbey).
For questions or more information, contact Megan Gibbard.
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DOUG PAGITT FLIPPED TOUR
@ UW LUTHERAN MINISTRIES
(4525 19th Ave NE Seattle, WA)
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 8PM
You are invited to an exciting event at Covenant House on Thursday, 4/30 at 8pm. Doug Pagitt, pastor of Solomon's Porch in Minneapolis, and leading voice in the emergent church movement will be at Covenant House to talk about his new book, Flipped. The main concept is flipping the way we think about God, particularly God in Jesus. Doug will also have one of his musicians from Solomon's Porch, Heatherlyn, with him.
There will be extra parking available at City Church if the lot is full, and there will be beverages and snacks on hand.
Facebook Event / More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/406078202850459/
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 TUESDAY, MAY 5, 6:30PM
@ GEORGE: CENTER FOR COMMUNITY
(2212 NE 125TH ST / SEATTLE, WA 98125)
George: Center for Community in partnership with The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia and The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology invite you to an evening workshop where we will explore spirituality for collective liberation and spirituality to counter oppression.
We want to change the world. We want to live into the fullness of our purpose, build loving community, take effective action for social justice, and be part of people’s movements that make history. We also know that we live in a deeply unequal society and that oppression, privilege and power profoundly impact our lives, faith work, and the world around us. Chris Crass believes that the process of moving through fear into action to build our social change movements, is a transformative spiritual journey; a journey that progressive/social justice spiritual leaders are both called to go through, and to support large numbers of other people to go through as well.
This participatory workshop will focus on how we can help create supportive and healthy leadership and culture that enables us to be effective social justice leaders in our congregations and communities. He is a father, a Unitarian Universalist, and the author of Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis and Movement Building Strategy.
We'll begin at 6:30 with happy hour where you can purchase drinks if you wish and meet others. At 7:00 there will be some opening music and ritual and then Chris will begin.
Facebook Event / More Info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/433221560186057/ |
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COTA Musicians Lacey Brown & Mike Notter playing at the Pink Door on Tuesday Nights in May
 Come on out to the legendary Pink Door Restaurant & Bar (Post Alley, downtown) to check out COTA Musicians Lacey Brown & Mike Notter as they support Seattle musician Eric Miller.
Tuesday nights in May, 9pm - 12am
@ the Pink Door (Post Alley)
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THANK YOU! to the amazing group of volunteers who tackled some great projects around the building last Saturday, including:
CLEANING
- Washed Walls & Baseboards in GH, Gallery, & Hallways
- Washed Windows throughout the building
- Vacuumed random spots that needed some extra attention
- Organized Kitchen dish shelf, upstairs and downstairs rolly bars, candle closet
- Neighborhood trash cleanup
REPAIRING/IMPROVING
- Planted new plants in garden beds, weeded.
- Painted the front edge of the GH ramp (still needs another team to complete the project upper & lower levels)
- Reinstalled Upstairs bathroom TP roll (it won't fall off the hooks anymore.)
- Fixed the Kitchen organ pipe door so it doesn't come off its track (possibly only temp fix)
In addition to all these fun building things they also helped
- Move heavy equipment back to its home
- Set up for a concert that evening
- Fixed the tall A board that keeps wanting to come apart.
- Grommetted Abbey Arts signs
- Started assembling a quote board
We are deeply grateful to these volunteers and the Abbey Arts leadership team for coordinating.
If you are interested in helping out with work days like these in the future, please email volunteer@fremontabbey.org to be added to the list. You may also visit their Volunteer Page (http://fremontabbey.org/about/volunteer/) or join the Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/140668179310163/) to learn about upcoming opportunities.
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 4/25* Martha Scanlan with Jon Neufeld, plus Nathaniel Talbot, Lost Feeling
Doors 7pm | Show 7:30 pm
TICKETS: http://apr25.bpt.me/
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VOLUNTEER
If you would be willing to read, help set up, usher, clean up the communion elements, bake bread, host the hospitality table, or operate the slides, then please email lacey@apostleschurch.org.
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BOARD MEETINGS
Interested in Board minutes? Check them out here. Each time the board meets the board minutes need to be approved at the following board meeting before they are posted above. If you would like to speak at a board meeting, please let us know in advance so we can work it into the tight schedule.
Contacts:
board@apostleschurch.org
treasurer@apostleschurch.org
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PRAYER REQUESTS
If you have any prayer requests you are invited to fill out the prayer request section on the yellow sheet at the hospitality table or email your requests to the Society of St. Julian at SOSJ@apostleschurch.org.
SOSJ is a group of COTA members who take particular care and prayer of the pastoral needs of our congregation. Current members include: Susan, Caleb, Luke, and Ivar.
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PARKING
Street parking available.
It is highly recommended that you plan on arriving a few minutes early to find a spot.
We are near bus routes: 44, 5, & E-Line
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