Churches

Cheney Congregational Church

Greetings from Cheney Congregational! You’re invited to join us for our “Church in the Park” events on July 18 and Aug. 29. Partnering with a couple of other churches, we are holding our Sunday morning services outside in Sutton Park at 9:30 a.m. on those Sundays. We hope you’ll join us to learn about God’s creation while physically being in it. We hope to see you there.

Also, we welcome you to join us on Sunday mornings for in-person worship at 10 a.m. Masks are no longer required. However, there will be masks available if you want one.

On July 25, we will begin a new five-week sermon series titled, “Slange y va! – Monastic Traditions and Ordinary Living.” Slange y va is a Gaelic toast which means “to your health and your salvation.”

The Christian monastic tradition firmly believed that salvation was not something that began after death, but that begins here and now on earth, and is expressed and experienced through healthy rhythms and practices of life. We’ll dive into some of these ancient monastic practices to see what wisdom they may hold for our lives today.

Kids will have their own “Discovery Team Time” during the service. If you’d like to learn more or contact us, visit our website, http://www.cheneycongregational.org.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

The congregation of Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to worship with us at 9:30 a.m. this Sunday, July 18, at Sutton Park. Pastor Arianna Arends from Emmanuel Lutheran will preside. The last multi-worship service will be Sunday, Aug. 29. Questions regarding the services may be directed to: http://www.emmanuelcheney.org or Pr. Matt Goodale at mattgoodale@gmail.com. Visitors are expected.

All are welcome to visit Emmanuel’s Little Free Library and the Free Community Pantry located at 639 Elm St. Donations of books, nonperishable food, and personal care items for all ages are always accepted. All items are “take what you need, leave what you can.” Both are open to the community 24/7. Emmanuel thanks you for your continued support of this outreach to our neighbors.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

A welcoming haven, nourishing all God’s people in body, mind and spirit. On Sunday, July 18, we are scheduled to meet at Sutton Park at 9:30 a.m. for worship with Emmanuel Lutheran and Cheney Congregational Church. The Rev. Kathryn Lamphere of St. Paul’s and pastor Arianna Arends of Emmanuel Lutheran Church will lead the service which is based on the God given gift of water.

The memorial service in honor of our deceased priest, Rev. Christine Soule, is postponed, and will be rescheduled later, to be held at St. John’s Cathedral. We will keep you informed.

For your contemplation: “One morning, wake yourself up at three in the morning and pray to the Beloved. Open your heart to the agony of the world and listen to what comes to you. What is your heartbreak? What robs you of sleep? What makes you cry out to God in the middle of the night? What makes you yearn with your whole being to change? Find out, because if you do, you will find a source of inextinguishable flames and tears which will open your sacred heart. When your sacred heart is open, out of it will come a torrent of focused passion, which will give you the energy to go on and on, giving of yourself. So I don’t say follow your bliss; look where that has gotten us. I say follow your heartbreak.” Andrew Harvey

United Methodist Church

Please join us in worship this week at the United Methodist Church as we continue our on line and at home worship options for a while longer. Pastor Alissa Bertsch will begin a new sermon series based on the book of Ephesians. This week’s theme is “Setting Our Hope.”

If you wish to worship on line all services are available on the church website, www.cheneyumc.org. You may also contact pastor Alissa Bertsch at 509-879-2278 if you would like be added to our mailing list for a hard copy of the worship service.