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October 2019 Issue Volume 30, Issue 10 October 2019 We agree to differ. We resolve to love. We unite to serve. in the Fight for Civil Rights Join us on October 18 at 7 p.m. in Waveland Hall for Jazz in the Fight for Civil Rights. This evening will feature University of Iowa’s, Dr. Damani Phillips. Dr. Phillips’ presentation invites us to view the contribution of jazz to the Civil Rights movement through a combination of live performance, spoken remarks and visual presentation. This unique program focuses on jazz music’s alignment with the African-American fight for civil rights and the backstory behind that creation. This event is presented by Arts@Plymouth, sponsored by the Board of Music and Fine Arts in collaboration with the INSIDE: Anti-Racism committee. Bread for the Journey 2 Food Pantry & Food Buddies News 3 Current Happenings 4 Calendar of Events 6 Tower Restoration 8 Blessing the Animals 9 Financial Peace 10 New for HS Youth 11 OUR CORE VALUES: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE IN WORSHIP | EDUCATION | PROGRESSIVE THEOLOGY | OPENNESS & INCLUSIVITY The Plymouth Food Pantry & Plymouth Food Buddies Bread for the Journey Have Exciting News to Share! Can Plymouth Church be the answer to Jesus’ prayer? What is a purple Thanks to your generosity, Plymouth Church has bag with a stapled sheet featuring the peanut butter ANNABELLE MARSH church? Well, we helped feed hungry neighbors by providing them food drive. Other months, we will feature other Food Pantry Caring We are about to find out. talk about red with 1,600 food items and 7,955 meals ($11,932 healthy food needed to support DMARC−such was donated to DMARC and each meal through as Cheerios or canned fruit in 100% juice−and Committee When my friend Allen Hilton was here in states (Alabama, DMARC only costs $1.50) between September Food Buddies (each backpack contains nutritious, September, he reminded us of Jesus’ prayer for all Utah) and blue CONDOLENCES 2018 and July 2019! In addition, 1,372 weekend shelf-stable, easy-to-prepare food including a jar of who would become disciples: that they may all be states (California, ROBIN MAHARRY • to the family and backpack meals were donated to hungry kids at peanut butter, Chef Boyardee pasta cup, easy mac one (John 17:21). As Jesus sees it in John’s Gospel, Massachusetts). friends of Mike Hubbell Elementary School through Food Buddies cup, fruit cup, 8 oz. shelf-stable milk, individual Food Pantry our unity with one another is a sign to the world And a lot of Adams, who passed during the 2018/2019 school year! The Food cereal box, snack crackers and granola bars). Other Committee that we belong to God. churches are like away Sept. 8. that. Many times, Buddies program addresses a need in the Plymouth food items will be ethnic food items to cater to our I believe Plymouth can be the answer to Jesus’ you can predict neighborhood and has been very well received by community of refugees (tortillas, beans, chilies, • to the family and prayer. I believe we can find a deep and powerful how somebody MATT MARDIS-LECROY Hubbell staff and students. Food buddies helps the lentils, canned coconut milk, canned milk, rice, friends of Joyce unity with one another. But it will not happen apart votes based on students at Hubbell who are suffering from food canned bamboo shoots, spices such as crushed Downing, who Senior Minister from our efforts. It will require some courageous their church insecurity. So again, THANK YOU for all the red pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, curry). passed away conversation. membership. help you provided this year to combat hunger in At times, our drive will help offset food costs by Sept. 10. But Plymouth is not like that. When it comes our community. providing diapers, soap, toilet paper, or toothpaste. That is why Allen is coming back in October. • to the family and to partisan politics, we have a lot of diversity: He will preach, once again, at all of our weekend We also want to take this opportunity to share our As always, cash donations will be accepted at friends of Jane Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives worship services (Oct. 12 and 13). And, on plans with you for the upcoming year. Starting plymouthchurch.com/donations/make-a-donation Adams, who passed all belong to this church, share its covenant and Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to about 1 p.m., he this October, we will be collecting a specific food Donations labeled Plymouth Food Pantry will away Sept. 22. support its work. will facilitate something we are calling “Friendship and/or personal care item per month. In October go to DMARC. Donating through the Plymouth specifically, the item collected will be peanut butter. site instead of the DMARC site helps us track • to the family and in a Purple Church.” Allen will help us develop So we are positioned to do something almost We will be collecting 16 oz. jars of peanut butter the support DMARC receives from Plymouth friends of Kendra the skills to really listen to one another across our unheard of in this divisive season: we can build (any brand). Everyone who wants to participate specifically, which in turns allows us to report to Williams, who differences. And he will facilitate a Courageous deep and meaningful friendships, across partisan in the peanut butter food drive can drop their jars you on impact! Donations labeled Plymouth Food passed away Conversation about friendships in a politically differences, right here at Plymouth. And when we in the food bins located by the Welcome Center. Buddies will go to Food Buddies to be used to Sept. 2. diverse church. manage to do that, we will become the answer to Jesus’ prayer. Sunday School families will be handed a brown purchase shelf-stable food items for the backpacks. • to the family and Because here is what we know: partisan political friends of Joan polarization is driving a wedge between friendships. But we have to show up, and we have to do the Sullivan, who We all know somebody who has lost a friendship work. So I am asking you to join us on Oct. 12. passed away because of the deep divide in our nation. And, at ESPECIALLY if you have ever felt estranged from Aug. 27 least in the short term, it looks like it will get worse another member of this church because of partisan before it gets better. politics. We will gather in Waveland. There will be • to Sue Hoss, whose food and there will be childcare. Nobody is trying mother passed But Plymouth offers a unique opportunity to to convert anybody to a different point of view. The away recently. address the challenge of polarization. Because while idea is to learn to relate across our differences and we are, in many respects, a pretty homogenous be enriched by the experience. congregation, there is one way in which we are undeniably diverse: we are a purple church. But the absolutely essential element…is you. I need you to make this a priority. I need your voice in this conversation. Join us on the morning CONGRATULATIONS of Oct. 12. Help Plymouth become the answer to Jesus’ prayer. • to Kait and Erick Scanlon, whose See you in Waveland Hall? son Xavier was born Aug. 29 2 October 2019 CONTACT CONTACT October 2019 3 CURRENT HAPPENINGS CURRENT HAPPENINGS THIS FALL – JOIN MATT A NEW APPROACH OCT. LUNCH & LEARN MARDIS-LECROY FOR A TO PIE WEEKEND! For our Oct. 17 Lunch and Learn we are delighted to welcome Plymouth member Jackie Norris. CONVERSATION ABOUT No. Don’t worry. Pie Weekend is not going away! President and CEO of Goodwill of Central Iowa, White House Assistant to President Obama, Chief FRIENDSHIP of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, teacher, university lecturer, political aide to Tom Vilsack and But it is changing a little. Pie Weekend will be Vice President Gore, volunteer champion and more – Jackie Norris has worn many hats in her very Can friendship be considered a spiritual Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16 and 17. And impressive career, and we know you will not want to miss her presentation. Jackie will talk about her practice? Can conversation about friendship this time around, Pie Weekend will mark the current work with Goodwill and any other parts of her varied career our group is interested in. be theologically informed? In a world of beginning of our Stewardship campaign instead Facebook “friends,” how do we make and of the end. You must register for the luncheon by noon Tuesday, Oct. 15 by calling the office at 515.255.3149, keep actual friends? In Friendship as a on our website, or on Sunday, Oct. 13 in Waveland Hall after services. All are welcome at these In the meantime, be sure to save Plymouth’s Spiritual Practice, we will explore these luncheons! If you forget to make a reservation, you are welcome to bring your own lunch and FAITHFUL READERS phone number – 515.255.3149 – among your questions together. Wednesdays this fall enjoy our program. cell phone contacts. You’ll be receiving a special (Sept. 11-Nov. 20, 12:15-12:45 p.m.) bring 3RD GRADE ME AND Oct. 24 we’re discussing Toni Morrison’s your lunch and join Matt Mardis-LeCroy in MY BIBLE CLASS call from Matt Mardis-LeCroy, and you don’t Song of Solomon. We meet in the Inspiration Waveland Hall for life-changing conversation. want this one to be blocked! WANNA PLAY BRIDGE? AMOS HOUSING SUMMIT Lounge at 7 p.m., always on a Thursday, and In September, we will talk about biblical Each year we honor the special learning and new voices are always welcome.
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