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Nov 6

Thanksgiving Special Offering

November 14th & 21st we will collect for our Thanksgiving Offering.

The Thanksgiving Offering benefits the Colleges, Universities, Seminaries, and Divinity Houses affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Higher education has been an important focus for Disciples since the very beginning of the movement. Throughout our history, Disciples have founded institutions of higher learning to educate students and form leaders to make a difference in the world. The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is still committed to higher education. Your gift to the Thanksgiving Offering helps support the education of thousands of students at our fifteen colleges and universities as well as our seven seminaries and divinity houses.

The Thanksgiving offering supports everything from scholarships, to religious life offices, to faculty growth and development. By giving to the Thanksgiving Offering you are helping our institutions invest in students as
they prepare themselves to become leaders.

The Thanksgiving Offering also provides scholarship and support for our theological education institutions. Each of our seminaries and divinity houses is committed to educating and forming Christian leaders for church and society. Generations of pastors, community leaders, and agents of social transformation have been educated at our theological institutions. They have flourished and made a difference in the world, thanks to gifts from Disciples congregations and individuals throughout the ages. These institutions continue to prepare leaders for the present age and the age to come.

Oct 10

Reconciliation Special Offering

In 1998, General Board of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) approved the formation of a church-wide process to discern the nature of racism in North America and to develop ways of helping congregations address racism. Our Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation initiative was born out of this process. The initiative is based on several premises.

Racism is a spiritual and theological dilemma as well as a social evil;

Racist practice exists throughout the life of the church and needs to be addressed. The church needs to get its own “house” in order even as it looks toward being a transformational agent in the larger world;

Racism is a systemic problem with historical root causes;

Racism is understood to be a combination of racial prejudice and institutional and/or economic power.

Our initiative calls the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to practice faithfulness with regard to the elimination of racism, which exists in all manifestations of the church and to develop strategies to eradicate racism and work toward racial reconciliation.

Reconciliation Ministry Special Offering will be received October 10th and 17th. When you donate via Givelify, PayPay or check, please note that your offering should go toward “Reconciliation Ministry.” This special offering provides grants to ministries and congregations actively developing and implementing programs that promote our Church’s Pro-Reconciliation and Anti-Racist identity.

Sep 5

September/Early October NEWS 2021 Volume 69 No. 5

Jul 31

Sanctuary in the City News: August/September 2021 Vol69

As long as the earth endures…

There is a deep assurance in the cycle of life reflected in this text from Genesis 8. It comes toward the end of the ark story as Noah, his family, and the animals emerge to begin the next season of their lives. Just a few verses later in Genesis 9:9, God says “I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you” and all the creatures with you. Then God set a rainbow in the clouds to be a sign to them of God’s faithfulness in covenant with God’s people. As our story unfolds over time, our covenant with God is re-affirmed again and again. We break the covenant and God renews it because God loves the world so much. “Seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night never cease,” and God’s love beckons us forward.

This is, of course, a sweeping assurance about God’s faithfulness through all time. And it is the covenant that carries us through all things, great and small, every change in our lives, the Church, and the world. I feel the power of this covenant as I complete this time of ministry with you, as I move into a new season in my life, and as you move into a new season of growth into the Beloved Community of Christ’s Church. I give thanks for all that has been planted and harvested, the seasons we have shared together, the long way we have come, and the reminder that God is in it all –including this time of new opportunity and vision.

These 25 years as pastor of this congregation have been such a gift in my life. I give thanks for those who were here when Dave and I joined you, and who have since become a part of that Great Cloud of Witnesses. I give thanks for each person who has worked and lived into this ministry together over this time. And I give thanks for those who are new to the congregation, whom I may not get to know well, but who have already blessed us with your presence and your gifts! This is a congregation that is always becoming new, while holding on to the spirit of grace and justice in God’s love that has grounded you over time. This is a rare gift of steadfastness in faith that not all congregations have; you are not blown about by every wind. I am excited for your future, for the ministry you will live out in this community and the world. I love you and will cherish these next 5 weeks with you.

I will always hold you in prayer.
May God’s Peace be with you now and always! Jacque

Prayers of the Community

Please hold in prayer: Audrey T., John P., Howard M., Katherine K.’s granddaughter, Esha, Cathy H.’s Mom.
Those who are working to help people feel comfortable being vaccinated. Those in countries without vaccine available, where terrible surges of the pandemic continue. Those who have lost dear ones, homes, and businesses in tornadoes and storms. Those who are suffering financial stress, emotional stress, and mental stress. We pray safety for families and communities who get together after a long time apart.

Jul 31

Six Weeks of Compassion 2021: Let Love Flow

For several years, Compton Heights Christian Church has dedicated six weeks in the summer to concentrate on several
outreach missions, and to learn more about some of the organizations we are supporting. This year, with Rev. Jacque’s
upcoming retirement we have divided the activities into four weeks in August ( 1,8,15, 22) and two in September (12,19.)
In August, we will learn about how our Week of Compassion Offering collected in the winter is helping in disaster
response and long-term recovery, as well as aid to refugees in camps around the world. We also will learn about our
ongoing relationship with a local ministry, Isaiah 58, and a global ministry site, Family Village Farm in India. We will
continue to bring our highlighters (not yellow) for Isaiah 58 along with any other special request they have for August.
We will receive donations for our support of children at Family Village Farm or King’s Matriculation School in India, and
during the break, we will prayerfully consider an additional gift to Week of Compassion.
In September, we will learn about the work of Church World Service and receive items for hygiene kits. We also will
learn about the unique Missouri Festival of Sharing that is an umbrella not only for Church World Service, but many
organizations helping in our state. For those who like to start shopping, below is the list of items for the hygiene kits.
We will start to receive them starting September 5. If you want to purchase all of the items for a kit, please put them
inside a gallon-size zip top plastic bag. (Toothpaste is added before shipping by WOC, so don’t include any in your kits.)
All loose items will be assembled into kits after September 19; volunteers to do this are welcome!

1 washcloth
1 toothbrush (in original package)
1 bar of soap (bath size in package)
10 standard size Band-Aids

1 nail clippers (remove packaging)
1 hand towel 15×28 in to 16x32in
(no fingertip, bath or microfiber towels)
1 wide-tooth comb (remove packaging)

Mar 27

Church in the time of COVID-19: Home Worship Edition

“The church is not a building, the church is the people!”

(Pro tip #1: Do not worship like the above pic at the present moment! God loves when the people gather, but God is also a huge fan of science and the care we exercise for each other when we follow CDC recommendations.)

As we posted previously, we are not meeting in person for Sunday worship..

However, at this time we are gathering on Sundays at 11am via Zoom.

Oct 11

October Bag of Blessings at Isaiah 58

Isaiah 58 Ministries provides a list of food, pantry essentials, personal care items and cleaning supplies each month. You are invited to bring any of these items to place in the Isaiah 58 Offering Basket on Sunday morning or you can drop off donations in the alley behind the building, which is where Isaiah 58 Ministries’ entrance is. The alley can be accessed from Flora Place. Donations are received M-F, 10am-1pm.

October Bag of Blessing items:

Food: Beef Stew, Canned Greens

Pantry Essential: Flour, 2 lb bag or Sugar, 1 lb bag

Personal Care Items: Toilet Paper

Cleaning Supplies: Multi/All Purpose Cleaner

For more information:

Isaiah 58 – Bag of Blessings – October

Jun 3

Sanctuary in the City: June – July 2019 (Vol. 67 No. 2)

AWAKE TO THE SPIRIT: Advocate, Comforter, Breath
In these last Sundays of Easter, we have heard Christ’s promise of Presence in powerful ways. Two Sundays before Pentcost Sunday, we read in John 14:23-29: “We (Christ and God the Creator) will come to them and make our home with them.” “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit . . . will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.”
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you.” “I am going away, and I am coming to you.” Oh how we need the assurance of God’s Presence in these days! And the gift is that God’s Spirit is present:

As Advocate for God’s people – for ALL who forget how to love ourselves, forget who we are, forget that we are One People throughout the earth! The Advocate stands with and reminds us of the call to wholeness!
As Comforter for ALL who feel that we have been left alone, abandoned. For all who grieve and feel lost and confused.
As Breath, that we may live fully as one people – no longer separated by language, or race, or gender. or orientation, or nation, or religion. We are ‘God-Breathed’ for the wholeness in which we were created!

Sunday, June 9 is PENTECOST – 50 days after Easter when, as the story is told in Acts, the Spirit came like the rush of a mighty wind, and like flames
touching each one gathered. And they
heard and understood each other across
the barriers of nation and language.

As we enter this season of Pentecost, I pray that we may truly hear and speak so that understanding grows. May the harm caused by our unwillingness to see and respect each other as fully human, be revealed and healed. May women, children, people of color, people of every nation be respected in body and spirit.

Jacque

Compton Uplift Concert

We invite all CHCC members and friends to help make this a great concert, a celebration of
community, AND a great fundraiser for the COMPTON UPLIFT accessibility project!!

Please sell tickets, invite friends in person and on Facebook, help put together a basket for raffle, help with food for the evening, make goodies for the bake sale, volunteer to help with set up, greeting, tending tables, etc.

. . . . And most of ALL, COME! ENJOY! CELEBRATE! HAVE FUN!
Let Madeline Haraway and Diane Richardson know what you would like to do!

GA 2019: Abide in Me We are excited that 10 CHCC members are going to the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciple of Christ) in Des Moines. Laypersons:
Judi Linville – voting delegate
Leslie Latham – voting delegate

Marcia Hendrix (alternate voting delegate)
Madeline Haraway
Dave Boger
Marsha McGuire
Kathy Mead

Clergy: Jacque Foster, Brenda Booth, Becky
Klemme-Eliceiri (Clergy also have vote)

Isaiah 58 Ministries

Bag of Blessings

JUNE JULY
Food Item:

Hot Chocolate Oats
Canned Fruit Dried Beans
Tea

Pantry Essential:

Cooking Oil Flour
(canola, olive, (1 or 2 lbs)
vegetable)

Personal Care:

Shampoo Body Lotion
Conditioner Lip Balm

Cleaning Supplies:

SOS Pads Laundry Soap
Sponges

You are invited to bring any of these items to place in the ISAIAH 58 Offering Basket on Sunday mornings at Compton Heights CC!

Please pray for:

Janet Utley’s brother-in-law Neil Alfred (healing prayers)
Audrey and Walt Tarde Those who are unemployed
Cathy Hutcherson Those who grieve over time
Karen and John Pitt Those who suffer hatred and violence
Joyce Cole All who suffer with illness
Sharon Clayton Immigrants: children and adults
Diane Richardson Those who have suffered damage, injury, and loss in recent storms and tornados
Congratulations Graduates!
Congratulations to Jacob and Ty Woodard who graduated from Bayless High School! Ty plans to attend UMSL and Jacob plans to attend Meremac Community College. Congratulations also to proud Mom, Charlsi Lewis Lee!

Congratulations to Lisa Pettis, who has completed the coursework for her M.Div. at Eden Theological Seminary. Lisa is not quite to the point of graduation, but only needs to complete her unit of Clinical Pastoral Education.

Congratulations to Lewis Family!
We celebrate with Bob and Linda Lewis at the birth of a new grandson! Declan Andre Lewis was born to Robby and Amelia Lewis on May 9. He entered the world at 7 lb, 6 oz , 20 3⁄4 inches long. Bob and Linda were able to be there for the birth. He joins his big sister Aarilyn. God bless this new addition to the family!

Expecting New Life!
Congratulations to Kim and Tom Litton who are expecting a new little Litton in late November/early December! Xavier will get to be a big brother! God’s blessings each and every day of the journey!

Blessing to Petri Family in their Move!
It is always hard to see beloved CHCC members move away to new places! Yet we bless them on their way and know that they will always be a part of those who make Compton Heights Christian Church the community of Christ.
Sunday, June 9 will be the last Sunday for the Petri family to be with us in worship before their move to Omaha, Nebraska. We will miss Susan, Roland, Willow, Matthew, Sienna, Jackson, Marcus, and Cory! What a blessing they are to this congregation and will be to a congregation in Omaha! The good news, of course, is that with parents/grandparents Walt and Audrey Tarde here in St. Louis and at Compton Heights CC, we will see them when they visit!

Compton Heights CC Book Group
Next meeting: Saturday, June 1 at 1:00 pm at the church
We are reading and discussing:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

What Else Are We Reading?
The Book Group is not the only group reading in our congregation!
The Elders are almost always reading a book or articles. In 2018, the Elders read Prophetic Lament which was a focus on Lamentations in the context of our world at this time. The author began it after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson.

At this time, the Elders are reading Where the Cross Meets the Streets by Noel Castellanos. “Castellanos shows the strengths and limitations of a narrowly focused church, and he broadens our imaginations to embrace a gospel that proclaims Christ and that forms disciples while demonstrating compassion, confronting injustice and restoring individuals and communities to wholeness. This is the whole work of the cross; this is the privilege of those who follow the the Word made flesh.”

At least three of us, Madeline Haraway, Becky Klemme Eliceri, and Jacque Foster are reading: Honoring the Body: Meditations on a Christian Practice by Stephanie Paulsell. “Here is a book we have needed for a long time, a book that will help Christians – who affirm that ‘the Word became flesh’ – overcome their baffling historic aversion to the body and learn to honor it. Stephanie Paulsell is a wise and compassionate guide, and she has given us the most compelling treatment of this topic I’ve ever read. May her insights be received, and embodied by many.” – Parker Palmer, author, Let your Life Speak and The Courage to Teach.

How Is the Pentecost Offering Used?
To help our new church movement continue
to take root! Each year, half of this offering
stays in the local Region or Area where it’s
collected to start and uphold new churches.
The other half is used across the United States and Canada by New Church Ministry to support the recruiting, assessing, training and coaching of new church leaders at events like Leadership Academy. Our church planters remain committed to answering God’s call . . . to serve their neighbors, spread the gospel, and make more Disciples. But they need the nurturing and generous support of people like you. Please help our new church movement continue to take root, bear fruit . . . and grow more Disciples every day!

Please note that at Compton Heights CC, we will receive the 2019 Pentecost Offering on June 9 and 16.

SUMMER SUNDAY SANDWICH-MAKING FOR THOSE WHO ARE UN-HOUSED AND HUNGRY
Our Outreach Ministry Group and Cabinet said “YES!” when asked if our congregation could help Winter/Summer Outreach this summer by making sandwiches which will be a part of meals provided on Sunday evenings for those who are un-housed and in
need of food. NOW, having said “YES” we ALL have an opportunity to help!

After worship on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each summer month, we will make 125 sandwiches (not the whole meal as we did in a previous summer). We will then take the sandwiches to Mokabe’s Coffee House after 2 pm, where they will be put together
with other meal items donated by different churches/organizations. Winter/Summer Outreach Volunteers will then deliver the meals to those in need of them.

We will purchase the sandwich bread, sandwich meat (NO pork, NO peanut butter), and sliced cheese, and sandwich baggies to make and pack 125 sandwiches on each of these 6 Sundays. This year Winter/Summer Outreach has the resources to reimburse
us for the cost of the items. What they really need is for us to make and deliver the sandwiches to them! We will need people to help put together sandwiches following worship! With sandwich-making assembly lines, we are fast and it’s fun!

Our Sundays to make sandwiches are JUNE 9th and 23rd , JULY 14th and 28th , AUGUST 11th and 25th.

PRIDEFEST PLANNING
PrideFest is June 28 and 29! Participation in PrideFest is an important part of our Open and Affirming Ministry. Our Booth Planning is underway! Once again this year, we will be part of a joint Disciples of Christ Booth at the downtown Pridefest site. There will also be a Disciples of Christ group in the Pride Parade.

In addition, our congregation will have a booth at Tower Grove Pride on Saturday. Last year was our first year at Tower Grove Pride and it was wonderful!

We will want to have CHCC representatives in the Downtown booth and the Tower Grove booth. Kathy Mead has made arrangements for our Tower Grove booth space. Kathy, Leslie Latham, and Jacque are in conversation with the group from other congregations planning the downtown booth. If you would like to help with either or both booths, or
the parade, please let Kathy know asap.

“SIX WEEKS OF COMPASSION”
On the first Sunday of August, we will begin our “Six Weeks of Compassion.” During this summer mission emphasis, we will, once again, prepare Emergency Clean-Up Buckets for use in natural disasters such as flooding, tornado, hurricane clean-up. We will create needed mission kits for Church World Service. We will emphasize giving to our Disciples “Week of Compassion” ministry which is our disaster relief ministry. And we will support Isaiah 58 Ministries, for our local community outreach.

In light of recent storms and tornados, you are invited to begin saving for the Week of Compassion offering to be taken in August, OR if you would like to give now, your gifts will be welcomed and sent. Week of Compassion has responded immediately to Community Christian Church, Jefferson City, which took a direct hit by a tornado at the end of May.

Feb 18

Sanctuary in the City February – March 2019 News (Vol 67, No 1)

Compton Heights Celebrating 125 Years of Ministry
The ministry of a congregation is an amazing thing! We tend to look at it in the moment, from our perspective as worshippers on this particular Sunday, or as those caring for people in these months, or the mission of the last year or so. Some in the congregation have grown up with their families rooted and serving through this community all their lives. Others have entered into the life of the congregation at some point in the last months or years when they were searching for a community in which they felt
connected to God’s love and the ministry of the community.

The amazing gift of God is that this congregation has been in ministry long before any of us were here! It was 125 years ago, on April 1, 1894 that Compton Heights Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was chartered as a congregation. Through these 125 years, many, many people have worshipped together, dreamed together, made exciting and hard decisions, and served the community beyond the church as only those holding onto a vision can. Many have been born into and blessed in this congregation. Many
have been baptized and have wrestled with the hard and life-giving questions of faith here.

We are here because those before us made commitments that were risky. They chose to serve, to listen for God’s leading, to build on the gifts of those before them. We give thanks as we stand everyday on their vision and their stewardship of this congregation, even as we listen to God for our present vision!

Throughout 2019, we will create opportunities to remember and to celebrate. Our Board has created a small group to plan our observance of this Anniversary year. A great part of the celebration will be our commitment to the COMPTON UPLIFT Campaign to strength our ministry for the present and the future. Dave and I consider our pledge to this new level of accessibility to be a celebration of the ministry, past, present, and future of CHCC! The Compton UpLift Celebration Dinner at the Bertschausen’s on Feb. 24
will be a part of this celebration! (Please let us know you are coming!)

Other markers will include an opportunity to tell and share our individual stories. And we will share stories of the congregation’ ministry in the past. There will be at least one concert along the way! If YOU have ideas or ways that you would like to help celebrate, please let us know! The Spirit is moving as it always does! Thanks be to God!

Pastor Jacque

11th Annual Pancake Supper and FAT Tuesday Celebration

March 5th 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Oak Hill Presbyterian Church, 4111 Connecticut St., St. Louis, MO 63116

Come kick off the Lenten Season with Isaiah 58 Ministries
Pancakes and all the fixins’! Live Music! S’mores Station! 50/50 Drawing

THE SEASON OF LENT

Ash Wednesday Worship
Join us for the powerful service of worship that begins the Lenten season of reflection and prayer.
Wednesday, March 6, 7:00 pm in our sanctuary.
As is our custom, we will share this service with Oak Hill Presbyterian Church.

Sunday Mornings 10 AM – LENTEN ADULT STUDY – Begins March 10
Daring to Talk About Death – led by Marilyn Koncen
“Dying well is facing our own death squarely and honestly, living life to the fullest – with utmost love, gratitude, courage, patience … seeing death [as less an] … end than a beginning, not as punishment for sin, but an act of total surrender, hope,
and union.” – Peter Phan

“O God grant that I may understand that it is YOU who are painfully parting the fibres of my being, in order to penetrate the very marrow of my substance, and bear me away within Yourself …. Teach me to treat my death as an Act of Communion.” – Ron Rohlheiser

Lenten Evening Study – “Boundless Compassion: Creating a Way of Life” – led by Jacque Foster
Tuesday Evenings, 6:30 – 7:30 pm March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, and 16
Participants will use the book Boundless Compassion: Creating a Way of Life by Joyce Rupp. The six week group sharing is grounded in the brief (about 20 minutes) daily reflections through each week. Our small group will meet for an hour on Tuesday evenings. The cost of the book is $13.60. PLACE YOUR BOOK ORDER with Jacque no later than Sunday, Feb. 24. (You may also choose to purchase the book for personal use even if you do not plan to participate in the group. If you prefer to use your e-reader, please purchase the book yourself (cost about $9.50 for Kindle)).

Maundy Thursday Worship – Thursday, April 18 – at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
Good Friday Stations of the Cross – Friday, April 19 – at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
Please note that these services are in the planning process and times will be announced.
Easter Sunday, April 21 in our sanctuary! (the morning schedule to be announced!)

Oak Hill Presbyterian, Isaiah 58 Ministries, and Compton Heights CC Winter Outreach Shelter
Compton Heights CC works with Oak Hill Presbyterian and Isaiah 58 Ministry to
provide and staff an emergency winter shelter. It is located at Oak Hill Presbyterian (4111 Connecticut) and open on Wednesday nights when it is below 20 degrees, or below 25 degrees with wet weather. The emergency shelter is
coordinated through Winter Outreach, who go out and pick up people needing shelter, and shuttle them to shelters throughout the area. Since our city-run shelters do not provide enough beds, these emergency shelters are key to making sure people can survive the night.

We remember the words of Matthew 25 “I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”

CHCC members volunteer for set up, kitchen help for dinner, general shelter presence (two volunteers are awake at all times, while the guests sleep), kitchen help for breakfast and morning clean-up. These evenings are a gift not only to those in need of warm physical shelter, but they are a gift to all of us who experience the power of God’s shelter in these shared evenings.

If you have questions about serving, feel free to ask Meredith or Jacque.
Come in from the cold with us,
Meredith and Jacque

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

to ALL who brought blankets, sheets, toiletries. Wash cloths and towels, and extra food treats for the Winter Shelter. Those who have been there know how great the need has been and how much these items have helped create a truly welcoming and warm space! Your compassion abounds!

Jacque

Developing Spiritual Resources for Congregation and Community!

How often do YOU visit our church website (www.comptonheights.com)? Becky Klemme Eliceiri and Marcia Hendrix are in the process of developing our Church Library to include everything from books on the shelf to a catalog linking to online resources!
We want our church library to be a rich spiritual life resource for everyone. Please visit our new “librarycat.org” site (still in development) on the website under “What’s New This Season.” Or go directly to https://www.librarycat.org/lib/ComptonHeightsCC

REGISTER NOW AND MAKE YOUR
HOTEL/HOUSING
ARRANGEMENTS FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2019 in DES MOINES!
We have a great group already planning to be at GA! Come join us!

We hold each other and our wider community, nation, and world in
prayer. It is more than a turn of phrase to say that we “pray without
ceasing.” This is a community grounded and centered in prayer in
such a way that we hold each other and those we do not know in God’s presence day and night.
Please pray for these:
Bud Obermiller Judi Linville
Karen and John Pitt Those who suffer hatred and violence
Joyce Cole All who suffer with illness
Sharon Clayton Immigrants, children and adults

We celebrate the life of the Royce Sykes, Jr. and we grieve our loss in Royce’s death to this life on January 12. Royce had a strong faith and had struggled for many years with diabetes. He suffered a heart attack from which he could not recover.

Royce loved this congregation and loved and appreciated those in the who visited and cared for him over these last years. We give thanks for his impact on our lives.

We hold his daughters Rhiannon and Cory in prayer as well as the rest of his family.
The last we have heard from the family and from Kutis Funeral Home is that services are pending.

We welcome Janet Utley who joined the congregation on January 6. Janet has been worshiping with us since last spring, and came to be a part of the congregation as she came with Judy after their marriage last spring. Janet is a nurse and has been participating in our winter outreach shelter and our Adult Class on Sundays. When Janet came forward, she said that this congregation feels like it can be her home. We welcome you Janet and look forward to growing together in faith!

Compton Heights CC Book Group
Next meeting: Saturday, April 13th at 1:00pm at the church
We are reading and discussing:
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, the English-language debut of one of Japan’s most talented contemporary writers

Our Compton Uplift capital campaign is progressing! Please visit our FAQ to learn more about the campaign, and download the pledge form, save, and e-mail, send, or bring your completed form to the church.

View the Feb – March Newsletter 2019 as a PDF

Jan 27