This Week at Glade

This Week at Glade Church

     Glade Church, a United Church of Christ (UCC) congregation, is a progressive Christian community—welcoming, compassionate, and joyful—seeking to embrace all people wherever they find themselves in life.  We strive to discern God’s still-speaking voice through worship, study, fellowship, and service. We work for God’s peace and social, economic, and ecological justice. We seek a greater understanding of ourselves and others, recognizing that all persons are members of our one human family, God’s family.

Pastor Kelly is available for meetings on Mondays. Contact them at [email protected] to schedule an appointment.

Weekly Post-Service Fellowship

Please sign up to bring refreshments for our weekly post-service fellowship time. The signup sheet is posted outside the sanctuary or you can contact Sandra Bryant at [email protected] to sign up.

Pastoral Evaluation Survey

Glade Church requests your participation in the Pastoral Evaluation Survey, which has been reopened to allow more people to participate. The survey is designed to improve the effectiveness of the pastor’s ministry, foster professional growth, and strengthen communication between the pastor and the congregation. You do not have to be a member to participate in the survey, and we would appreciate as many viewpoints as possible. When approaching the task, please keep the following in mind:

• Pray for openness and a spirit of discernment
• Be honest and provide more than one-word answers
• Be respectful (speak the truth in love)
• Give it the time it deserves
• Answer only for yourself, not for anyone else (don’t report hearsay or gossip)
• Remember that this is meant as an exercise for pastoral as well as congregational learning and growth

There are paper copies of the survey available in the sanctuary. You can also access the survey through a Google Doc available here: https://forms.gle/6jpf7uXqeUDqRF1h8
If you responded when it was open previously, please do not submit a second survey.

Contact Amanda Morris or Ashley Strand with questions or for more information.

Volunteers are Needed for Scripture Reading

Volunteers are needed to read scripture on Sunday mornings during service. Click the link below to access the signup sheet. Two readers are needed each week. Click on the comment bubble in the signup to see the scripture to be read that week.

Glade Church Weekly Scripture Readers

Volunteers are needed for Children’s Ministry

Youth Group and Kids Church are on hiatus over the summer; however, volunteers are needed to help in the Nursery during Sunday service. Here is the link to sign up to help serve our children:

Glade Children’s Ministry Volunteer 25-26 Signup

Sunday August 30

Nursery: Volunteer needed! 

Food Pantry

Food Pantry donations collected at Glade continue to supplement the Future Economy Collective Food Drive that’s distributed to Laundry Love guests on the third Sunday of each month. As of August 16, the FEC has requested cat food, paper products, coffee, bladder pads, trash bags, creamy peanut butter, and non-perishable food items. Thank you all for your donations, they are greatly appreciated!

Sunday September 6 from 2-4 PM and Thursday September 10 from 6-8 PM at North Main Laundromat.

Laundry Love has opportunities to volunteer.  This is a great way to put “Words” into “Actions” of faith and love. We do this at the laundromat on North Main across from the Y-Thrift Shop. Click below to volunteer!

VOLUNTEER FOR LAUNDRY LOVE

Laundry Love is Always Looking for Volunteers on 1^st & 3^rd Sunday & 2^nd & 4^th Thursday

Coffee & Devotion on Zoom — Wednesdays @ 10am

This virtual get-together meets at 10 a.m. on Zoom and lasts for about an hour for a time to meet people, share thoughts, hear a brief devotion, and join in prayer. This time of fellowship is open to everyone, it’s a time to gather for conversation, devotion and prayer. Come meet some people you may not know.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89240288592?pwd=KzhRWlJiQTkzWWRlYTNuRkdPaUNqUT09 Meeting ID: 892 4028 8592 Passcode: 290014

Radical Conversations [RadCon] Meets Saturdays at 11:00 AM

Radical Conversations [RadCon] continues a series of explorations on the topic “Resistance as Public Theology in the United States”.  We will explore the role of religion as resistance in movements such as the American Revolution, Abolitionist Movement, Women’s Suffrage, Civil Rights, and Vietnam plus others. For more information, contact Edd Sewell: [email protected]

Women’s Book Group Meets Third Mondays at 7 PM

The Women’s Book Group meets on the third Monday of each month at 7 PM in person and/or on Zoom for a discussion of the current book. The book for September is My Real Children by Jo Walton. Contact Katie Morris at [email protected] for more information.

Upcoming Neighbors in Need Special Offering Sunday October 4

The Neighbors in Need offering supports ministries of justice and compassion, with one-third of the offering given to the Council for American Indian Ministries and the remaining two-thirds supporting UCC justice ministries. In 2025 the Neighbors in Need Offering supported 26 grant recipients across the UCC who were engaged in projects of direct service and advocacy. We will be taking a special offering at Glade on Sunday October 4, 2026.

National Make a Will Month

UCC National Ministries and Pension Boards have partnered for Together for Tomorrow to provide access to a free and easy estate-planning tool for you. In just 20 minutes, you can: make plans to care for people you love, share your faith and values with future generations, and leave a legacy gift to foster a stronger and more sustainable denomination. Click here for more information: https://partner.freewill.com/ucc

Hold Data Centers Accountable

From UCC Justice & Peace Action Network: Data centers, especially those powering artificial intelligence, are expanding across the country at a remarkable pace. As we navigate this moment of technological change, we must decide how to move forward in a way that honors both the communities who call these places home and the natural world that sustains them. Our faith tradition teaches us to care for all of God’s creation: not just humanity, but animals and the environment as well. Data centers are still too new for us to fully understand their long-term effects on surrounding communities and the environment. That uncertainty demands responsible stewardship. Congress has the power to bring transparency and accountability to this industry. Write to your members of Congress and urge them to support the Data Center Transparency Act (H.R. 6984) and PRICE Act (H.R. 6983) today! Urge Congress to Hold Data Centers Accountable

44^th Annual Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture and Awards
Thursday September 10, 2026

The United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry will host the 44th Annual Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture and Awards Luncheon on Thursday, September 10, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G Street NW, Washington, D.C. The event will also be livestreamed.

Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and 2024 MacArthur Fellow, will deliver this year’s Parker Lecture. Benjamin is the author of Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, Viral Justice, and Imagination: A Manifesto, and founding director of the Ida B. Wells JUST Data Lab.

Journalist Richard Prince will receive the Everett C. Parker Award. Prince is the founder of “Journal-isms,” the nation’s leading publication on diversity in the news media, and a member of both the NABJ Hall of Fame and the SPJ Washington Pro Chapter Hall of Fame.

The Parker Lecture is the only program in the United States that examines telecommunications in the digital age from an ethical perspective. Sponsorship opportunities are available, and individual tickets are offered at a pay-what-you-can rate. For tickets, visit Eventbrite. To watch the livestream on YouTube, click here: https://uccmediajustice.org/Parker-lecture-2024/

 Tell Congress to Protect the Sacred Right to Vote

The Supreme Court ruled to limit Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which has long served as the primary tool for challenging racially discriminatory voting maps. The ruling makes it harder for voters in Black and Brown majority districts to challenge unfair district lines, clearing the way for maps that dilute their political voice. Ask your members of Congress to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

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 UCC Purpose, Vision, and Mission Statements

 Purpose: To love God with all our heart, mind soul, and strength and our neighbor as ourselves. (From the Gospel of Matthew)

 Vision: United in Christ’s love, a just world for all.

Mission: United in Spirit and inspired by God’s grace, we welcome all, love all, and seek justice for all.