Goodness Weekly 8.22.22
“Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.”
— Richard Rohr
Good Work:
A special thank you to everyone who donated supplies & funds to supporting the students of Camelot Elementary!
This week Jess will be meeting with Camelot Elementary staff and leadership to learn how we can better support the students of Camelot. Our Snack Pak program resumes for the school year September 1st.
If you are available to help with Snack Pak deliveries on Thursday evenings please sign up using the link below! Looking for other ways to plug-in to the Good Work? Click the button below!
Message from Jess:
At the beginning of 2020, a group of congregation members, leadership, and ministers gathered in the Sunset Ridge Fellowship Hall as the team who would work together to discern God’s path forward for the Sunset Ridge Church of Christ.
During the meeting everyone was sent out for a period of prayer and invited to walk the grounds, the building, and the neighborhood with an openness to where God was already at work.
When the group convened in the Fellowship Hall there was an overwhelming response to the empty parking lot across the street from the church, which sparked a dream of creating a neighborhood park.
That work would continue over a year later through a partnership with Good Acres who help churches use their properties for community building, hiring Coral Studio landscape architects after a months-long Request for Proposals process, and gathering input from neighbors and the Sunset Ridge congregation–all solidifying the vision for what we call Charis Park at Sunset Ridge.
We envision Charis Park at Sunset Ridge as a gathering place for community connection. It will be a peaceful, natural oasis that invites neighbors to connect with one another and nature. Each visit, neighbors of all ages experience wonder as they discover new ways to gather, to learn, to eat, to play and to rest.
We imagine that each visit to the park will be regenerative—nurturing the flourishing of each person and as a result, the whole community.
What you’ll see here is a result of months of work by a team of stakeholders including neighbors and congregation members, guided by our consultants from Good Acres. The final elements of the park were chosen through the selection process arranged by Coral Studio that the community and congregation were involved in during the weekend of the Yard Sale.
We are so excited to show you the results of this work.
Upcoming Events
Sunday, August 28th, 4:30pm Chapel Worship & Liturgy
Tuesday, August 16th, 9:00am Story Time on the lawn
Sunday, September 4th, 4:30pm Supper Church
Saturday, September 10th, 9:30am Story Time & Family Morning
Morning:
This morning I seek your goodness
I take your hand
I walk with you and work with you today
Help me to learn your unforced rhythms of grace
To not fight against where you’ll lead me
But enter into the flow of love—
Lead me in love today
Love for you, love for myself, and love for my neighbor
Amen.
Evening:
Tonight I accept your invitation to rest
To come away with you, to find peace in you
I lay down what is heavy and burdensome
to keep company with you
and accept what is free and light
Help me to breathe in your presence and exhale
all of the things that worry my heart and mind
Tonight, I rest in your grace
Amen.
