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Living Stream Church of the Brethren
May 5, 2022

"Church Mothers"

Acts 9:36-43

This Sunday, on Mother's Day, we will remember Julia Ward Howe's original "Mothers' Day Proclamation" and those who followed her who gave us this holiday. We will re-member it as a peace holiday, and a time to celebrate women in community---how we nurture and inspire each other and pass on the faith to succeeding generations. Central to our reflections will be Tabitha, also known as Dorcas, but we may touch on Shifrah and Puah, Perpetua and Felicitas, and our Brethren foremothers. Come to celebrate, learn, and through their stories, grow in faith as Pastor Debbie leads us in worship.

Worship online with Living Stream Church of the Brethren on Sunday at 5:00 pm Pacific time; 6:00 pm Mountain time; 7:00 pm Central time; and 8:00 pm Eastern time. Or you may access the recorded archives of our worship at www.LivingStreamCoB,org any time that suits your schedule.

Image credit: Wikimedia A Gothic Revival stained glass lancet window by Abbot & Co of Lancaster (established 1860), dedicated to Mary Ann Carpenter, and featuring an image of Dorcas (Tabitha), in All Saints Church, West Stourmouth, in the civil parish of Stourmouth in Kent, England.

Your Living Stream Board met on Tuesday
At their regularly scheduled meeting on May 3, the Board reviewed the programming, participation, scheduling, and finances of our congregation and shared in some planning for the future.
The Board is planning a "Farewell Recognition" for Pastor Liz who had previously indicated her need to step away from leadership in Living Stream as of August 31. Mark your calendar for the farewell celebration for Liz immediately after worship on August 7.

Pre-Conference Briefing with COB Moderator, David Sollenberger
The Pacific Northwest District has arranged a pre-conference gathering on Zoom with the Church of the Brethren moderator, David Sollenberger. David will join us to provide information about this year's Annual Conference and answer questions we might have leading up to July's conference.

We'll gather with David on Zoom on Saturday, May 28th, at 10am Pacific time; noon Central time; 1 pm Eastern time. The Zoom link for this meeting will be: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3178516703. Meeting ID: 317 851 6703.

This meeting will be recorded, and the video will be made available afterwards for anyone who might not be able to attend the event live. If you have a question for David but won't be able to attend the meeting, please feel free to email those questions to Daniel Klayton at daniel.klayton@gmail.com.

Tours of Omaha while you are attending Annual Conference
For those who will be attending the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference in Omaha July 10-14, there will be a variety of opportunities to get acquained with the help of folks who are eager to show you the city. Complete details of these tours are available at Omaha Tour Information.

Join us each Wednesday in the Zoom Prayer Room as we share from our different locations and then hear a brief word of encouragement and pray together. We meet at 5 pm Pacific Time, 6 pm Mountain, 7 pm Central, 8 pm Eastern Time. We keep the meeting short–just a half hour or so. To join us in the Prayer Room, please go to the Living Stream Church of the Brethren website at www.LivingStreamCoB.org. Then simply click on the link to the Living Stream Prayer Room. (If requested, grant permissions for camera and mic, and choose to connect with computer audio and video to join the Zoom meeting.)
Image - 25 April 2018 Inniswood Metro Park - Bruce

Pacific Northwest District Special Time of Prayer on May 5
Please join the Pacific Northwest District this evening, May 5 for a time of prayerfully discerning how best to encourage our congregations and faith communities to reconnect and stay connected in intentional community so we can explore together what God might have in mind for us.
The Envisioning team (Peggy Liley, John Jones, Howard Ullery and Colleen Michael) have scheduled a dedicated time of prayer the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of each month at 7:00 PM Pacific Time via Zoom. We anticipate this being a time of sharing and prayer concerns for our congregations and thoughtful discernment about the direction our District will be heading specifically in terms of ministry and organization. We anticipate we will meet for about 30 minutes each time.
The Dates for this time of prayer are May 5 and 19. The meeting time is 7:00 pm Pacific; 8:00 pm Mountain; 9:00 pm Central; 10:00 pm Eastern time. The Zoom link for these meetings will be: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/236009838 For those joining the Zoom gatherings by phone call, our Meeting ID will be: 236 009 838

UPCOMING in WORSHIP
with LIVING STREAM

May 15
Pastor Liz

May 22
"A New Day Coming"
Revelation 21:22 - 22:5
Pastor Bobbi

May 29
Pastor Debbie

You can revisit any of our previous worship services by visiting our archives.

Living Stream Church of the Brethren affirms the image of God
in all persons – of every age, gender identity and expression, race, ability, ethnicity, nationality, class, and sexual orientation –
and celebrates each person’s call to
serve the world
and the church.

Offerings and donations made to Living Stream CoB are always welcome by mail:

Living Stream CoB
500 N Emerson Ave Apt 413
Wenatchee, WA 98801-6638

Thank you for your donations toward our monthly budget of $2,045.83:
November - $1,390.00
December - $2.565.00
January - $2,092.74
February - $1,468.69
March - $ 2,366.24
April - $2,426.02

Attendance

Date	Posted Chats	Peak Live	Total Views
Apr 10	28	29	51
Apr 17	27	33	86
Apr 24	26	30	57
May 1	26	30	51

These statistics refer to the number of devices and may represent more than one person on a device. "Total views" includes views of the archives.

Click this button to make an offering online to keep us streaming! Thank you.

INVITATION FROM YOUR PASTORAL TEAM

Contact your pastoral team -- pastors@LivingStreamCoB.org -- to volunteer to share your gift in worship -- be it a reading, a video, a gift of song, or a message. It is your willingness to share your gifts that makes our worship more meaningful and helps us to know each other better across the many miles.

YOUR STREAM TEAM

Contact your pastors with any questions, concerns, suggestions, or to get involved in helping lead worship!

All pastors together: pastors@LivingStreamCoB.org
Bobbi Dykema: Bobbi@LivingStreamCoB.org
Debbie Eisenbise: Debbie@LivingStreamCoB.org
Enten Eller: Enten@LivingStreamCoB.org
Liz Bidgood Enders: Liz@LivingStreamCoB.org

Newsletter Editor and Pastor Emeritus: Bruce Rosenberger: Bruce@LivingStreamCoB.org.
Technology Issues? Contact Enten the Technology Deacon: Tech@LivingStreamCoB.org
Prayer requests? Email your prayer concerns: pray@LivingStreamCoB.org

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Living Stream Church of the Brethren
500 N Emerson Ave Apt 413
Wenatchee, WA 98801-6638

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