Right Relationship with God and Each Other
Pastor Meighan's February 16 message,
"Right Relationship with God and Each Other," is on Prospect's
blog.
SMART Goals Survey
Members and friends of Prospect UCC, we need your input to prioritize our SMART goals! (SMART = Specific, Measurable, Assignable/Attainable, Relevant, Time-Based.) This survey includes suggestions from all of you in worship some weeks ago. We would like to prioritize them based on which ones garner the most interest.
If you've meant to take the survey but keep putting it off, please do it TODAY, February 18. Complete the survey online
here.
If you prefer a paper survey, please contact the church office.
Prospect History
Did you know that our church building is located on property once proposed as the location of the state capitol? Read all about it on the
Capitol Hill Blog! Thanks to Amy and Jim Miller for sharing this fascinating story.
Weter-Roberts Grants
Applications are now being accepted for grants from the Weter-Roberts Endowment Fund. Application Deadline is May 1, 2020. The purpose of the Weter-Roberts Fund is to enhance the work of the church and to perpetuate the values of Christian Life through:
1. Support of educational programs in our church and wider community.
2 .Mission services in the local and world community.
3. Scholarship aid to members and friends of Prospect Church.
More information and application guidelines can be obtained from the church office or any member of the Weter-Roberts Board.
The members of the Weter-Roberts Board are:
Cora Trujillo, chair
Robin Russell
Suzanne Fry
Patsy Severson
Jack Force
Concert Tickets
Carolyn Urban offers her ticket to this upcoming Orchestra Seattle concerts:
St. Matthew Passion on March 20 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Parish
Please contact the church office if you can use either or both.
Electronic Giving
Many people these days rarely write checks or carry cash, but still want to offer financial support to their church's operating budget, special offerings, and fundraisers. Prospect offers three ways to donate electronically:
- Donate with your credit or debit card at church using our mobile card reader. (We are rolling this out gradually, so it may not be available every Sunday.)
- Set up electronic giving online here for one-time or recurring donations;
- Download the free Give Plus Church mobile app from your favorite app store:
- Choose Give Plus, Vanco Payment Solutions;
- Select Prospect Congregational UCC;
- Create an account using your email address. (If you already have online giving set up, you can use your same login information on the app.)
Community Lunch Coat Drive
Community Lunch has an ongoing need for men's coats. Please check your closets for unneeded men's coats. Place them in the blue tub in the entry. Suzanne Fry will be collecting donated coats and delivering them to Community Lunch each week.
Witness for Justice
Heaven on Earth
Chris Davies, Team Leader, Faith INFO (Faith Education, Innovation, and Formation)
I believe that God is inviting us into visionary co-creation of worlds we do not yet know. I believe there are whispers of hope and moments that feel like fiction in the midst of the world that crushes us with a violent news cycle and puts people’s trauma on the front stage for games of politicking. I am seeking those moments in the midst of the preparation to move masses towards justice for all.
What would you have done if you were there?
What are you doing now?
These are questions of eschatology, questions of the end of days and heaven on earth, the Day that it is here but not yet, the work for our granddaughters, and our ancestors.
We are weaving in and out of time. History is overlapping itself and imploring, “What would you have done if you were there?” followed ever so closely with “What are you doing, now?”
(Read more
here.)
From Justice and Peace Action Network:
Racism Confirmed as a Public Health Crisis
The markers of inequality remain constant and racism plays a key role in 
society’s state of health or dysfunction. Some cities and counties in the U.S. have declared racism as public health crisis.
Cities such as Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland recognize that centuries of overt white nationalism and racism impacts mainly people of African descent creating conditions that are severely unhealthy and life-threatening.
“Racism, in other words, isn’t just someone using a racial slur. It’s also the poor schooling in predominantly black and brown neighborhoods, the racial wealth gap, housing discrimination, mass incarceration, police killings of unarmed black and brown people, higher infant mortality rates for people of color, and unequal access to health care. By declaring such racism a public health crisis, Milwaukee County officials are committing to put racial equity at the core of all city procedures, to advocate for policies that improve health in communities of color, and to train their employees on how racism impacts residents.”
In 2020, people are still working towards dismantling structural, systemic, and individual racism. The work of addressing racism is intersectional, and stems from historical unjust business practices, and policies and laws impacting every aspect of our lives. We have an opportunity during the 2020 election to pay close attention to politicians upholding the status quo by working against justice for all. Restore justice! In 2020 it is critical that you exercise your vote and your voice so that our nation is healthy and equitable for all. Visit the UCC Racial Justice Page for more information on our commitment to ending racism.
Rev. Dr. Velda Love, Minister for Racial Justice, United Church of Christ
Office: (216) 736-3719
Other Resources:
States Participating in Gerrymandering in 2020
The Effect of Gentrification on Affordable Housing
The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Solutions to Economic Inequality
