Best News of the Week:
‘Food Desert’ to City Oasis: Athletes Help Chicago Teens Transform Liquor Store Into Pop-Up Market
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/from-food-desert-to-city-oasis-pro-athletes-help-chicago-teens-transform-liquor-store-into-pop-up-market/
News from Peace:
Announcing a New Website for Peace Church!
We are excited to launch a brand-new website for Peace Community of Faith. It will serve as a welcoming front door to our community of faith as well as the go-to source of information for our regular participants. You can find it at the same URL as before, peaceumc.com.
Features include:
- Peace Times, our online worship experience, both current and past
- Peace Notes, our online newsletter, both current and past
- Information for members and participants, including links to online giving, committee members, current budget and a calendar of meetings.
- Information for the public like what we’re about, where we’re located, who’s on the staff, calendar of events (admittedly sparse during this pandemic time!), and links to partners’ and connections’ sites (Good Neighbor Meals, Ralph Reeder Food Shelf, etc.)
- Opportunities for adults, children and youth to get involved
- A music page that highlights our various groups and some past experiences
- How to contact us and sign up for our online communications
We encourage you to use the Contact Us feature to submit photos of church activities or information you’d like us to post. For the participant calendar to be useful, it’s also critical that all committees keep Cindy Tidball (cindy@peaceumc.com) in the loop on your emails about scheduling, agendas, and minutes.
A big thanks to Cindy Tidball and Dean Jensen for their creativity, hard work, and determination over the past several months to bring this project to fruition.
Now I invite you to go explore our new online presence at peaceumc.com.
Fifth Sunday is Coming
August is another of those months with five Sundays. That means another opportunity to help Peace Church chip away at the principal on its mortgage. You now have the option to contribute to Fifth Sundays online, too! Just click the Fund dropdown to select Fifth Sunday rather than General Budget. Or, if you prefer, you can mail your check to Peace Church with “5th Sunday” written in the memo line.
United Methodist Happenings
Church has the tools to dismantle racism today
https://www.umnews.org/en/news/church-has-the-tools-to-dismantle-racism-today
Methodists crucial in fight for women’s vote
https://www.umnews.org/en/news/methodists-crucial-in-fight-for-womens-vote
Grace Connections of the Week:
Grace connections invites you to find the power of God’s love in the midst of the harm, confusion and news of the week. Below are a few stories from the news of the week.
Video of the Week: Milwaukee Bucks players’ statement following boycott of Game 5 of NBA Playoff Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmisIyUHKyo
Photos of the Week: Wisconsin city rages over police shooting of Jacob Blake
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/wisconsin-city-rages-over-police-shootin-idUSRTX7RLTR
Buying masks, delivering food: Teens step up in pandemic
https://apnews.com/1260e4e977b7240f2e3f81c6bbcd24fd
Want to vote in 2020? Do it early.
https://www.vox.com/2020-presidential-election/2020/8/27/21369269/vote-early-guide-mail-postal-service-ballots
Connect with Peace Community of Faith
Check us out at www.peaceumc.com!