Pastor Barb Pence

Mission Week in the Community, Day 1
Fostering Hope and St. Stephen’s UCC Clothing Closet.

We’re excited to kick off a week filled with service, fellowship, learning, and community engagement as we seek to share God’s love in meaningful ways throughout our community. From gardening at Pennridge FISH and packing RamPacks to painting projects, food drives, Bible study, fellowship gatherings, and community events, there are so many opportunities to get involved and make a difference. We invite you to join us in living out our faith through service and connection. Check out this week’s schedule below and find a place to plug in! Together, we are Rooted in Love.

St. Andrew’s UCC at Make Music Upper Perk!

🙏🏾 Prayer of Thanksgiving for Juneteenth

We give thanks to God for freedom and emancipation
of the enslaved people.

Cheated of their lives and livelihood by oppressors
beyond the pale of human rights and dignity.

Because of their skin they were deemed less than farm animals these African and African American people made in the image of the Divine, praying to God to loosen their chains.

We give thanks and praise to God for the full emancipation for these human beings.

From the shacks and plantations of Texas they sang:
“God, we thank you for saving our lives.”

“All persons henceforth shall be free”
were the words spoken in 1863.

Today we reinforce with thanksgiving God’s life, love and liberty.

From the depths of our hearts we cry:
“God, we thank you for deliverance.”

-Prayer excerpt by Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson
for Living Psalms 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, Juneteenth, 6/18/2023

👉🏾Read the full prayer here: https://ow.ly/HnEf50Zeu0M

👉🏾 Add your prayers to the People's Prayers for Peace: https://ow.ly/6Wwe50Zeu0N

Please help support our kids this summer!