THE SUNNYSLOPE CHURCH

Church of the Brethren

United Church of Christ

3330 School Street

Wenatchee, WA 98801

Phone (509) 663-5745 sunnyslopechurch@nwi.net

http://www.sunnyslopechurchwa.org/

JUNE NEWSLETTER EDITED BY Janeal Himes-Jacobson

Come as you are. No dress codes.

No judgments.

No discriminations. No distinctions.

So, bring your doubts, questions, and busy kids. God does not reject people. Neither do we. No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome to full participation in all areas of our congregational life and ministry.

At The Sunnyslope Church we do not put a period where God has placed a comma, because we believe God is still speaking and we are still learning what it means to live in Jesus’ realm of love, compassion, and justice.

LEADERSHIP TEAM Russell Clark Pastor

Carol Bowman Moderator/Vice Chair 2020

Mary Katherine Deen Secretary/Scribe 2020

Ed Deen Treasurer 2022

Cheryl Hall Financial Secretary 2022

Gary Harlow Property 2022

Janet Stutzman Social Action/Outreach 2022

Lois Tate Hospitality/Celebrations 2022

Sasha Sleiman Christian Ed 2022

Ben Green Worship Comm 2021

Bob Jackson Deacon Representative

DEACONS Bob & Edie Jackson

Bess Parsley

Bob Wells & Karen Dunning-Wells

Marian Gillin*

June Hampton*

Ordo Stutzman*

*Deacons Emeritus

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SUNNYSLOPE CHURCH JUNE 2020 M T W T F S SUNDAY 1 2 3

Sunnyslope

church-chit-chat

Zoom

4:00 PM

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Order of Zoom Worship

email for

Sunday

5 6 7

Leadership Team Meeting 8:15 am

*Zoom Worship 10:30am

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9 10 11

Order of Zoom Worship

email for

Sunday

12 13 14

*Zoom

Worship 10:30 am

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Order of Zoom

Worship email

for Sunday

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First Day of Summer

Free Potatoes,

Apples & Onions

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*Zoom Worship 10:30 am

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25 63rd

Anniversary of the UCC

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*Zoom Worship 10:30 am Special Offering

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30 SUMMER

Wednesday, June 3rd at 4:00 PM

You are invited to a time of visiting and sharing with your Sunnyslope Church friends via a scheduled Zoom meeting!

Saturdays, June 6th & 20th 9:00 A.M. – Noon

Free Potatoes, Apples, and Onions (see page 8 for details) Link to Flyer

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Dear Sunnyslope Members and Friends,

To begin with, I picked a devil of a time to semi-retire, leave (conceivably) my last full-time parish,

start a new part-time position and move my family and worldly goods 3,000 miles across country. In

addition, I lost my 14-year-old Bischon puppy to lymphoma about a week ago and we’re still

mourning his passing. The icing on the cake was not getting to say goodbye to my son in Baltimore

face to face, as his wife is compromised due to respiratory issues.

I share this with you not because we are having a contest about who’s lost the most in this current

health crisis, because many of you could share your stories in the same context.

I share it instead because I want you to know me better and my state of mind as I begin to work

together with you as your settled part time pastor. To be honest I come to you with a degree of

brokenness and need your help in getting off to a good start.

On the up side, I come with 35 years of local and wider church experience and am extremely happy

and excited to be back in home territory and closer to my roots and family; I am looking forward with

anticipation to working with you as the congregation you are now and who you might become as

you grow into the future; and I have to say how impressed I’ve been with you as I’ve seen you

operate as a group—you have a tremendous amount of talent, enthusiasm, can-do spirit and

Christian love and empathy, much of which the world around us is starving for.

It’s going to take me a while to get my act together and my legs fully under me to serve God through

you in the weeks and months ahead, there’s no doubt about that! But the good news is that we travel

this new and difficult pathway together, carrying considerable talent and experience, with Jesus at

our side and his abiding love for all creation as our guide.

You’re gonna find that I’m not one to preach more than 10-12 minutes, so I’ll leave it here with what

I’ve shared. May God be with us and bless us all as we form the loving bonds necessary to walk this

journey of faith together in the future.

In Christian Love, Pastor Russ

*email: russsdclark@gmail.com

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Caring for Each Other

JUNE BIRTHDAYS 2nd Russ Bryan

17th Kollin Remington

17th Gary Harlow

18th Alice Hildum

18th Don Locke

JUNE ANNIVERSARIES 6th Steve & Esther Gregory

9th Lynn & Sally Stutzman

9th Don & Barbara Douglass

16th John & Jeanette Tangen

25th Gary & Mila Parsley

To our regret and her excitement, Stella has

announced that she will be retiring as our

Administrative Assistant at the end of August.

We wish her well in her new adventures! We

would like to hire someone soon so they can

work with Stella before she leaves. If you know

of anyone who might be interested, please have

them email a resume and references to:

hallveatch@hotmail.com

Thank you – the Personnel Team

THE SUNNYSLOPE CHURCH

Church of the Brethren & United Church of Christ

WORSHIP SERVICES

Zoom Worship Every Sunday in June

PLEASE CARE FOR

EACH OTHER

CHURCH OFFICE ASSISTANT

TUE 8-1 pm ~ WED 8-1 ~ Thu 8-1 pm

Phone: (509) 663-5745

Email: sunnyslopechurch@nwi.net Website

www.sunnyslopechurchwa.org

Galen’s phone number (663-2899) published in the 05/20 news-sheet is incorrect. Correct number: 663-7899

Galen Miller loves “visitors” during

this time of total stay-at-home orders.

Here is how it works: You can see each other and talk via phone from a distance.

Galen lives in Colonial Vista just across from Wenatchee Brethren Baptist Church (entryway is on Okanogan).

Call his landline at 663-7899 * Be patient for him to answer as he moves slowly and takes out his hearing aid.

Speak slowly and clearly and reasonably loudly, asking him to go onto his balcony for a “chat” (keep your phone on).

Galen's balcony is on the third floor around to the right of the Colonial Vista front door.

OFFERINGS ATTENDANCE

05/03/20 1,850.00 33

05/10/20 1,050.00 no service

05/17/20 225.00 44

05/24/20 900.00 no service

4,025.00 77

125.00$

65.00$

*ends on 5/31 190.00$

Special Offerings:

Growing Hope Globally

*CASA

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Washington State has a Safe Start Four Phase Plan for re-opening. You can see the phases on-line at: Washington's Safe Start Phases

Safe Start Washington Plan Details

(Hard copies of this chart are being mailed to our members who do not have internet access.)

Every county needs to pass specific health markers and at this point, must maintain them for three weeks before applying to Olympia to enter the next phase of the plan. Chelan and Douglas counties are still in Phase 1 and have not met criteria for moving to Phase 2.

Meetings of more than 5 people cannot take place until Phase 3, but recommendations are that those

most vulnerable continue to stay at home until Phase 4. Because the Sunnyslope congregation is primarily made up of folks in the “vulnerable category,” we want to follow safe guidelines and anticipate that we will not meet in our building or in-person for quite some time. We will have weekly Zoom worship together, as well as a mid-week “Church Chit-Chat.” Pastor

Russ will be sharing the meditation/message most of those weeks. Zoom links will be sent to

you in a separate e-mail each week.

Phased reopening in Washington

Washington state's reopening plan has four phases,

starting with Phase 1 as the most restrictive, to Phase 4

being the least restrictive.

Phase 2 Under Review includes counties that have

applied and those whose applications are under review because of new outbreaks.

Source: King5

link to interactive: Phased reopening in Washington Phase 1-2 by County

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JUNE HAPPENINGS...

PREACHING SCHEDULE FOR JUNE

Sunnyslope Preaching Schedule for June. All services will be “Zoom” services. June 7 Pastor Russell Clark June 14 Pastor Russell Clark June 21 Pastor Russell Clark June 28 Ben Green

Church Office Hours

The church office hours when Janeal is available are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The office phone remains 663-5745 and the church email is: sunnyslopechurch@nwi.net.

Please honor social distancing if you plan to visit the office and the building itself.

Mail is being picked up,

grounds are being maintained,

and walk-throughs are

happening regularly

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Special Offering June 28th

UCC Neighbors in Need & COB Global Missions

Our June Special Offering is split evenly between United Church of Christ Neighbors in Need and Church of the Brethren Global Mission and Service

is a special mission offering of the United Church of Christ that supports ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United States. One-third of the funds support the Council for American Indian Ministry. Two-thirds of this

offering is used by the UCC's Justice and Witness Ministries to support a variety of justice initiatives, advocacy efforts, and direct service projects. Neighbors in Need grants are awarded to UCC churches and organizations doing justice work in their communities. These grants fund projects whose work ranges from direct service to community organizing and advocacy to address systemic injustice.

Global Mission and Service ministries of the Church of the Brethren seek to

integrate faith and service as they challenge and equip Brethren to respond to human need and grow the church of Jesus throughout the world. Activities conducted in Global Mission are done in the context of responding to human need around the world, while

witnessing to God’s love

Even though our monthly Special Offering is scheduled for the last Sunday of each month,

feel free to submit your check at any time during the month

Please send your Special Offering to our treasurer:

Ed Deen, 201 South Elliot St, No. 11,

Wenatchee, WA 98801

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PACKING FRIENDSHIP JUNE 2020 ~Update

We are Taking the Summer Off! Due to unforeseeable circumstances we are not delivering bags of food to students for the remainder of the school year. The Packing Friendship Kart still sits in the Fellowship Hall at the church – just in case you feel like taking something out for future use. We will resume our active participation in the Packing Friendship program in the fall. And we look forward to seeing how things may change between now and then! In the meantime, check out where and when you can pick up some free potatoes, apples, and onions courtesy of Chelan Fresh! You can drive into any of these locations and not even leave your car. They will bring it to you. This produce is the result of overabundance due to local restaurants/retailers not ordering as much during this pandemic. Be sure to send a thank you card to Chelan Fresh for donating to the people of the Wenatchee Valley!

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Wenatchee for Immigrant Justice Update Matthew 25:35 New International Version (NIV)

35 For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink,

I was a stranger and you invited me in,

Thanks to the generosity of folks like you we have surpassed our goal of $25,000! One hundred percent of this hard-earned money is being used to help those community members who are struggling through this COVID 19 crisis. Currently we have helped over 117 families and individuals and we are still getting more and more referrals for help from our Latino community leaders. We will continue fund raising to help our immigrant community members who work hard to put food on our tables.

Here is one example of a family we (including Sunnyslope Church) has helped Every day we hear more stories like the ones above and I am so proud to be a part of a church that reaches out to help. If you would like to donate and have not done so yet, your help is still needed.

Simply write a check to Sunnyslope Church with “Wenatchee for Immigrant Justice” in the memo line and send to

Ed Deen

201 South Elliot St, No. 11

Wenatchee, WA 98801

S is a single mother caring for 2 sons and her 12-year-old grandson. One son is 21 and

developmentally delayed. His application for disability is still in process so he receives

only $197.00/month in state assistance. S has worked full time as a caregiver for the

elderly but because of the COVID pandemic and need for quarantine; she has been out of

work for over a month. She called us desperate for help with her $650/month rent, afraid

she would be evicted or reported to ICE if she did not pay. We were able to help her find

rental assistance and provide her with some funds to buy food.

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FUTURE HAPPENINGS...

Virtual Choir Planned for Church of the Brethren

Annual Conference moderator Paul Mundey has announced plans for a denominational virtual choir. A webpage link is included below, with resources that will allow people from across the church to add their voice to a mass Church of the Brethren choir. Three hymns are projected to be a part of the overall project: “Blessed Assurance,” “I See a New World Coming,” and “Move in Our Midst.”

Mundey shares: “As we continue to explore new ways to connect with each other during the ongoing pandemic, the possibility of a denominational virtual choir holds great promise. Throughout history, song has united people of faith during times of crisis. To be included on the mailing list to receive updates about the denominational virtual choir and the link to the project webpage, email your name and contact information to cobvirtualchoir2020@gmail.com.

http://www.brethren.org/ac/virtual/choir.html