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Get involved at Abiding Presence this summer! There are lots of opportunities and we would love to have you engaged.
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Outdoor Property and Mulch Work Day
Saturday, June 27 from 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Please come Saturday morning, June 27, to help clean up the parking lot islands, flower beds, and spread mulch in David’s Garden and the picnic area. We will maintain social distancing at all times. If you have a wheelbarrow or yard tools, please bring them. Please park in the parking lot out of the flow of the food pantry line.
If you cannot come on Saturday morning, we welcome you to come over anytime to pull weeds and help spruce up the outdoor space. For more information, contact Rick Frykman.
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For more information about summer adult education, contact Pastor Joe, Teaching Pastor.
“Listening for God” Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith
Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. beginning June 30
Join Pastor Joe, our Teaching Pastor, for a summer small group conversation about faith and life using short stories from the book "Listening for God" as the guide. You can drop in and out of this study as your schedule allows as each story stands on its own. The book includes ten short stories literature, brief author profiles and discussion questions arranged into eight chapters. Works by Flannery O'Connor, Frederick Buechner, Patricia Hampf, Raymond Carver, Annie Dillard, and Alice Walker. The book can be purchased here.
Facilitator: Pastor Joe
Zoom Meeting Link (Meeting ID: 138 193 371 Password: 828042)
Thursday Morning Women’s Bible Study
Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. beginning June 25
Women of the congregation are invited to grab a cup of coffee and gather virtually for a devotion, prayer and time to talk.
Facilitator: Kathryn Ives
Zoom Meeting Link (Meeting ID: 931 3280 1007 Password: 020656)
Iron Men of Abiding Presence
Saturdays at 9:00 a.m.
Men of Abiding Presence gather each Saturday morning to Check-in, Share Joys and Concerns and discuss Richard Rohr’s book, From Wild Man to Man, reflections on Male Spirituality.
Facilitator: Chad Davis and Pastor Joe
Zoom Meeting Link (Meeting ID: 310 047 869 Password: 784740)
Book Study: Finding Jesus in the Chaos of Everyday Life
Date and Time TBD
This group is specifically geared towards moms (though all are welcome) with little ones who hunger for a more intimate relationship with Jesus. But how do we make that choice given the demands of daily, hectic life? Anchoring the conversation on the book by Joanna Weaver, Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, we’ll focus on the importance of stopping to spend quality time with Jesus verses constantly striving for perfection in the midst of everyday busy-ness. The goal is to have fun, draw closer to the Lord, learn some practical strategies, and support one another in our spiritual and everyday lives. We’ll meet virtually weekly/bi-weekly at a time that works best for participants. Please contact Jessie Goodwin if you’re interested.
Book Study: All are Welcome
The Gospels are full of Jesus welcoming everyone, particularly people society put on the outside of acceptability. Jesus' admonition to his followers, then and now, was to stand with everyone and to take care of everyone in need. Where do we as individuals and as a faith community need to grow to really be living up to that commandment? Some ELCA pastors and teachers who have been on the outside themselves have written insightful, challenging books about their experience.
Please join us for a moderated virtual book group to discuss the ideas in these books. We will start with Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the U.S. by Lenny Duncan. The church has copies of the book available for purchase for $6.36. We will create a Facebook group open to all who care to join. We will pose questions raised by the book and see where our discussion takes us. Our hope is that the virtual format will give people plenty of time to consider each other's thoughts and add their own.
To participate in the group, join the All are Welcome Book Study Facebook Page.
Christian Civic Engagement
July 20 & August 31 at 1:00 p.m.
Join us for a conversation with various Abiding Presence members about what it means to be faithful followers of Jesus and citizens of our country.
7/20/20 Lori Rowley – Working with the Congress: Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network.
8/31/20 Bob Vitter – ECHO: Congregations at work jointly assisting the needy.
Facilitator: Ivan Ives
Zoom Meeting Link
Abiding Moms
Tuesdays at 8:15 p.m.
A chance for moms to connect and share in the joys and challenge of motherhood.
Facilitator: Wendy Shefelbine
Zoom Meeting Link (Meeting ID: 992 8849 4946 Password: 871097)
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