A message from our Pastor and Teacher

Sunday, June 30 ~ Sixth Sunday after Pentecost ~ "The Jesus Map"

I met a traveling man at church one day – for the time he was around, before he hit the road again, he was an active part of the church I served. He was a thoughtful sort who contemplated his road in life and how to get where God wanted him to go. One day he showed me a project he had been working on called The Jesus Map. What map do you follow in your life's journey, as an individual, as a congregation? Do we need to know where we are going to get where we are called to go?

Sunday's Scripture

Luke 3: 2-6; 10-22

Caring for Kin for June - Youth Hope

THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 30, IS THE LAST DAY TO CONTRIBUTE TO YOUTH HOPE!

Youth Hope recently put out a call for groceries on social media. Let's help restock their pantry shelves with items such as cereal, granola bars, canned goods, macaroni and cheese, crackers, and peanut butter and jelly!

RUCC Kids and Youth Family Bowling Trip

Kids and Youth (and their families) are invited to Empire Bowl in Redlands for a fun afternoon of Bowling June 30 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.!

There's a bumper lane for bowlers 10 years and younger.

RSVP to admorics@redlandsucc.org — let us know how many bowlers will be in your party. (Parents are invited to come but we won’t make you bowl unless you want to!)

Next Book Group Meeting is July 7

The RUCC Book Group's next meeting is Sunday, July 7, at noon in Founders Room. The book is Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno Garcia and the presenter is Charletta Campfield.

Two-Week study—Abortion in Historic and Biblical Context—to begin July 11 at RUCC

Please join us for two sessions in person or online: Thursdays, July 11 and July 18, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. We will begin each session by watching a 30-minute video lecture from Westar Institute, followed by discussion, as we reflect on the various ancient precedents which are presented in each lecture.

Week 1: “In Context: Woman and Body in the Ancient World”

Week 2: “Immortal Soul and Abortion”

For more information, contact AL_education@redlandsucc.org

Racial Justice reflection of the week

Derek Black, whose dad is the notorious Ku Klux Klan leader Don Black, was once the poster child of the white nationalist movement in America. Now, they’ve abandoned their family’s beliefs, come out as transgender and recently released a book called The Klansman’s Son.



The memoir tells the complex story of their journey from white nationalism to antiracism and how one’s upbringing doesn’t have to define their ideology.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/07/kkk-leader-don-black-child-abandons-white-nationalism-memoir

From the Environmental Justice Team

You’re looking out at the mountains, and the air seems a little murky. Should you go for that walk? Should you even open your windows? Is there any way to tell how bad (or good) the air in your neighborhood is now? The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) is here (https://www.aqmd.gov/home) to help. With pages devoted to everything from information about air pollution, its health effects, and how these effects are described by the Air Quality Index (https://www.aqmd.gov/home/air-quality) to maps showing the current Air Quality Index in your neighborhood (https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6a6a058a177440fdac6be881d41d4c2c/) to historical data (https://www.aqmd.gov/home/air-quality/historical-air-quality-data), the South Coast AQMD website can help you answer a host of questions about your local air quality, as well as what the AQMD is doing to try to improve it. And if you want to your local air quality represented in a nifty dial-style graphic or check the air quality at sites outside the South Coast AQMD region, try the federal government’s AirNow website (https://www.airnow.gov/).

When did social media stop being fun?

On July 13, the Inland Empire Braver Angels Alliance will hold a new, important workshop called Skills for Social Media. It is designed to help you improve the culture of posts and conversations in social media and provide a constructive alternative to the polarized and judgmental exchanges that dominate the current discourse.

PLEASE JOIN US!

Location: United Church of Christ, 168 Bellevue Ave., Redlands, CA 92373.

Date: Saturday, July 13, 2024

Time: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

How to register: Click on this link to register, or if you have questions, please reach out to Holly Highfield, co-chair of the Inland Empire Braver Angels Alliance, at hhighfield@braverangels.org.

UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER

• June 29 - Memorial service for David Raley, folowed by a reception at RUCC
• June 30 - Thank You & Farewell to Elaine
• June 30 - Kids, youth and family Bowling (see article above)
• July 1&3 - 5-8 p.m. Garden work project (see article above)
• July 7 - Book Group (see article above)
• July 11 and18 - Two-week study on abortion. (see article above)
• July 13 - Braver Angels Social Media Workshop

The church calendar is found at redlandsucc.org

Click on "calendar" in the red banner near the top of the page