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Park Hill Christian Church
NEWSLETTERJune 11, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic we are cancelling all public activities in church building through JUNE. We will live stream Sunday Morning
Service: http://parkhillchristianchurch.yourstreamlive.com/CHURCH BUILDING IS CLOSED - Office is operating.
Do You Have a Message for Your Fellow PHCC Members?In order to help us stay connected as a church, I’d like to ask you to share a message with the PHCC congregation. Send me a brief e-mail or text containing an update on how you and your family are doing, a note of encouragement to others, a prayer request or a prayer for others, a statement of what and who you miss at church during the quarantine, etc. I will share it on your behalf during Sunday’s worship service live stream. It will be good to hear from one another and to remember the ties that bind us together as church.You can send your brief message to me at: Text: 816-383-1829e-mail 1: [email protected] 2: [email protected]
Are You Listening?
“Let anyone with ears listen!”
--Matthew 11:15 NRSV
The great 20th century theologian Paul Tillich wrote, “The first duty of
love is to listen.” I don’t know about you, but listening is pretty difficult
for me. “Chase, are you listening to me?” is a common refrain in my
house that usually is said by my wife when my nose is buried in my
phone. When I talk with others, especially people I disagree with, often
I’m not listening to their words at all but merely thinking of what I will
say next. Listening, really listening is valued less and less in a culture
that allows all of us to post our thoughts at all times.
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Chase Peeples
❖ Prayers requested for Mary Jo Rinke who has been admitted to KU Hospital.
❖ Please pray for Norma Biggs. Norma and her husband Claire were members of PHCC for a few years before they moved to Springfield, MO. Norma is recovering from a stroke. Prayers requested for both Norma and Claire during this difficult time.
❖ The Stehl family would like to request prayers for Cindy Stehl (wife of Doug Stehl, daughter in law of Pat Stehl and sister in law Judy Krtek, Julie Kloeppel and Jill Watson) who is suffering severe pain due to a mass on her ovary.
❖ Please pray for Rick Rollins who is being treated for stage 3 lung cancer. He is a friend of the Hoovers. Their grandson Wyatt, attended Merry Moments.
❖ Pray for Jerry & Jane Hoover, as Jane continues to recover from a broken foot.
❖ Please pray for Steve Plagmann, The family of Renae Dishman Ronayne, and the family of Sandy Quinly Good, friends of Martha Fullerton.
Continued Prayers: Edna Annunzio, Werner Beldo, Barbara Geer, Norma Phillips, Bill Porter, Wendy Lashbrook, Virginia Long: Martha Fullerton’s Mother, Gage Schneider, son of a friend of Martha Fullerton, Carolyn Waterman, Jonathan Valler, Julie Waddle, Jim & Sharon Sumner’s daughter, Susan Yeager, Denise Waddle’s mom: Lorraine Vandersteen and Jack Warren.
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Let us join you in prayer...Contact the church office, or have a loved one contact us, if you have been admitted to the
hospital, would like a special visit, or would like to be placed on the church prayer list.
Please notify us when you want to be removed from the prayer list. We are here for our beloved
Park Hill Christian Church family.
Prayer Requests
Dear Park Hill Christian Church,
I am writing to let you
know that June will be
my last month serving
as youth minister. I want
to thank everyone for
their time, love and
support of the youth department.
My family has enjoyed our time at Park
Hill and the relationships we made. I
have no doubt that Park Hill can do
great things for The Kingdom.
While the Aviles family is leaving, there
is one who will never leave; Jesus
Christ. Cling to Him, His Word and His
leadership.
I pray you have a wonderful future. I
pray you find new ways to connect
with the neighborhood and invite more
people to join you Sunday mornings.
I leave you with the Mizpah blessing
found in Genesis 31:49,
“The Lord watch between me and
thee, when we are absent one from
another.”
In Christ’s love,
Matt Aviles
Minister News
Sunday School at 10:30am via Zoom. All are invitedand welcome to join the class. We will discuss thetopic of Sunday’s sermon.
Discussion questions and background info will be sent in Friday’s email. Join the Zoom Meeting on Sundays at 10:30am. Below are the log in credentials:https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72235334039?pwd=TnVFVDhKSzdXblhjcy90SmJFaVRlQT09
Meeting ID: 722 3533 4039 Password: 6fqx0V
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Sunday School
MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Please participate in our Social Media Survey that was sent via email. Your input is
valuable and appreciated.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NKY52JK
Conversation About How to Do Church Differently Once Churches Reopen
and Beyond Greater Kansas City Region Disciples of Christ
Tuesdays in June at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PMClick on this link to register: https://www.kcdisciples.org/meetingaccessinformation.html
You are invited to take part in a Region-wide conversation. For six Tuesdays we will gather online
to look at ourselves and our congregations and Region in a lightly curated conversation. In other
words, this will not be "You listen, I will teach." Instead, we will practice a model of
transformative community conferencing where we pray, converse about what we noticed during
the outbreak and our response to COVID 19, look at the narratives (some biblical, some we
identify as coming from somewhere else) that had us on auto-pilot and/or scrambling for
direction. We will consider together where God may want to change the story we tell ourselves
for a future that better reflects the primary values and hopes of Jesus. Have your Bibles handy.
I look forward to learning with you. Future generations of Christians are counting on us.Bill Rose-Heim, Regional Minister and President
Church Reopening follow-up meeting June 18 at 7pm
PHCC Board meeting - June 18 at 7 PMTime: 7:00 PM Central Time
Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85670658576?pwd=UFlNK1FoUUVJNzFVdWtVVVNqb29RUT09
Meeting ID: 856 7065 8576Password: 205002
Dial by your location: +1 312 626 6799 Meeting ID: 856 7065 8576Password: 205002
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kWeO5sVHJ
Virtual Elder Meeting June 14th at 8:30amWatch for an email with a Zoom meeting invitation.
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We now have live streaming on YouTube.
You can find the live stream by searching
YouTube for Park Hill Christian Church KC. There may be some
old events under this title so look for the event scheduled for Sunday.
You can still live stream from our website https://www.parkhillcc.org/
Choose the streaming option from the top menu.
NO JUNESnack ‘n’ Sing
Sunday, June 21st
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The last few weeks of protest following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis
police officer has heightened the awareness among white people of the suffering
of black people. The effects of hundreds of years of systemic oppression are very
much a part of our present however much we wish to believe they are in our
collective rearview mirror. Yet, this week the media is beginning to turn away and
while protests persist their furor has died down. I would offer, however, that white
folks, myself included, who really wish for our culture to improve must remain in
listening mode.
Now that we white people don’t have the pain of systemic racism thrust in our
faces in the same way as we did during the last two weeks, we can’t simply go back
to our safe white spaces where we don’t have to think about it anymore. We must
keep listening. If we stop listening to what the African American community is
saying, we will just be in this same place again. Who else must die and what else
must burn to get our attention once more?
The spiritual writer Douglas Steere wrote, “Someone once suggested to me that in
every conversation between two people there are always at least six persons
present. What each person said are two; what each person meant to say are two
more; and what each person understood the other to say are two more.” He
illustrates the essential barriers to communication between any two people. This is
especially true when it comes to black people and white people talking about
racism. Plenty of times I have reacted to the pain voiced by a black person with my
own disbelief or defensiveness. I heard only an attack, when what was really being
expressed was pain, fear, and anger. Those emotions might have been directed at
me, but they weren’t about me. I have had to learn (and I still struggle to accept)
that like most things, when I talk with a black person about race, I need to switch
my focus from me to them. I have to actually listen.
Morton Kelsey, who has written a lot on prayer, says,
“Real listening is a kind of prayer, for as we listen, we
penetrate through the human ego and hear the Spirit
of God, which dwells in the heart of everyone. Real
listening is a religious experience.
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WE SURE DO MISS THESE FACES
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Often, when I have listened deeply to another, I have the same sense of awe as
when I have entered into a holy place and communed with the heart of being itself.”
When I have been able, with God’s help, to remove my ego from center stage and to
actually listen to the pain our culture’s racism inflicts on black people, I have
discovered the voice of God speaking. Defensiveness, denial, disbelief each drown
out the voice of God when white folks say they are listening to African American
people. How do I know? Because I am guilty of telling black people I have listened
to them when I have merely been protecting my own misguided attempts of
respectability.
We can do better. We must do better. We have to keep listening.
What is God saying to you through black people in our culture these last few weeks?
Have you been able to stop and listen? Don’t turn away. Don’t change the channel.
Keep listening. God has more to say to you.
Grace and Peace,
Rev. Chase Peeples
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Financial Report for PHCC Newsletter (Adj for deprec & loan principal & not including designated inc/exp)
Month of May 2020 2019
Income 25,472 19,421 Expense 18,730 22,680
Operating Income (Loss) 6,743 (3,259)
Year to Date January-May 2020 2019 Income 103,029 106,052 Expense 99,904 127,951
Operating Income (Loss) 3,125 (21,899)
ALLOCATION OF CASH AVAILABLE
As of May 31 2020 2019 Total of checking & savings 110,548 54,111
Merry Moments Funds (1,196) 7,662 Special Offering Funds 25,221 45,429
Memorial Funds 10,403 12,643 Fuller Center Funds 21,886 23,886
Total Designated Accounts 56,314 89,621
Net Cash Available (Short) 54,234 (35,509)
NOTE THAT $36,300 OF PPP LOAN PROCEEDS IS INCLUDED IN THE $54,234 NET CASH AVAILABLE
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We have added flowerpots to the landscape at the entrance. Our prayer garden is in bloom!
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From Spencer WatsonRecent Graduate
Spencer Watson with his Dad, Mike
SPECIAL THANKS TO VOLUNTEERSDeb Turpin and Virginia who Fullerton made and donatedface mask to the Church!!!
Deb Turpin Virginia Fullerton
Park Hill Christian Church
6601 NW 72nd StKansas City, MO 64151
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Connect with us:Phone: 816-741-1851
Fax: 816-741-1898Website: www.parkhillcc.org
Facebook Page: Praisinglovingservingkc
Sunday Service:Join us at 9:10 am
Live Streaming available athttp://p23.worshipstream.com/
115/ParkHillChristianChurch
Interim MinisterReverend Chase Peeples
Ministry Leader with Young People
Matt [email protected]
Ministry Support Administrator Melissa Foley
Church Executive CommitteeJill Watson, Carl Kimbrell,
Don Bonjour
Elder ChairDamon Stewart
Deacon ChairDon Bonjour
Music DirectorRajean Buffa
OrganistDoris Stevenson
Audio/Video TechKathy Hendrix