Churches

Cheney Congregational Church

Cheney Congregational Church will use Sept. 21, the International Day of Peace, to launch a series of events centered on the theme of peace. Dr. Lisa Brown will kick off the first special event.

The Thursday, Sept. 21, event will be held at the Congregational Church, 423 N. Sixth St., over the noon hour. A free lunch will be provided to attendees and will be served at promptly 12:05 p.m. Brown will speak and participants will be able to attend the event and return to work by 1 p.m.

There will be ample parking in the lot to the north of our church, which is the green church across the street from the high school parking lot. The community is invited to attend this event, which addresses one of the most universally longed for needs of our world.

Future events will occur on the second Sunday of October, November and December at 12:15 p.m. Lunches will be provided to all attendees for each of the events. Further information about the content of each event will be forthcoming.

The theme for all events will be “Peace in Cheney.” Discussions about peace often lead to listing beautiful platitudes. Each of our speakers will raise up for discussion concrete and substantive paths to peace that we can pursue for making the Cheney community a true place of peace.

Brown taught economics for 20 years at Eastern Washington University. She has served in Spokane state senate and most recently as chancellor of Washington State University campus. She has recently announced her candidacy for congress, but this event will concern itself with our community of Cheney.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

All are welcome to worship with us this Sunday, Sept. 10 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church as we celebrate Rally Day. You may also watch our pastor’s sermons on YouTube at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Cheney. Christian education resumes Sept. 24.

Raffle tickets for Emmanuel’s “Garden Basket” are still available. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Tickets are available through the church office Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – noon or Sunday morning before or after worship. The drawing will take place on Oct. 1 at noon in the fellowship hall. You do not need to be present to win. All funds raised will go to the repair and maintenance of our church organ. For more information, please call (509) 235-6300. This is a Thrivent Team Project.

Mark your calendars for a joint Emmanuel/StageWest Community Theatre “Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre” on Friday, Nov. 17. All funds raised will go to the replacement of the fellowship hall carpet. More information to come.

All are welcome to visit Emmanuel’s Little Free Library and Free Community Pantry at 639 Elm St. Donations of books, non-perishable food and personal care items are always accepted. Both are open to the community 24/7. Thank you for your continued support.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

A welcoming haven, nourishing all God’s people in body, mind and spirit. The Rev. Christine Soule will preach and preside this Sunday.

Our community garden continues to grow and the vegetables are ripening. We give with pleasure its proceeds to the Cheney Food Bank. So far the produce has been generous.

Attention all college students: The Episcopal, Lutheran and Methodist Campus Ministry is on break for the summer. ELM will resume meeting every Monday at 5 p.m. for dinner, study and worship come September. For more information contact Soule at (509) 844-2553.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in the parish hall.

For your contemplation: “There’s an art to living your questions. You peel them. You listen to them. You let them spawn new questions. You hold the unknowing inside. You linger with it instead of rushing into half-baked answers. Jesuit priest and writer Anthony de Mell puts it well: ‘Some people will never learn anything because they grasp too soon. Wisdom, after all, is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling … To know exactly where you’re headed may be the best way to go astray. Not all who loiter are lost,” –Sue Monk Kidd.

United Methodist Church

Please join us for Sunday school and worship at the United Methodist Church. Sunday school resumes this week with a multi-age elementary class at 9 a.m. An adult class based on “The Book of Joy” is also available at 9 a.m. Pastor Alissa Bertsch Johnson will lead Sunday morning worship and continue the sermon series, “Sunday School Lessons All Grown Up.” She will be preaching on the book of Ruth with pastor Pat Sleeth assisting with the service.

Two mission projects are in progress at UMC. School supplies are being collected for Cheney Outreach and coats are being collected for the community cost drive.

You may call the church office at (509) 235-4600 for additional information and study opportunities.