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Parkview calls new Pastor

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Parkview United Church of Christ welcomes, as it's newly called pastor, The Reverend Deborah Hasdorff. Pastor Debi comes to us from Cheney UCC in Cheney, Washington where she has served for nine years. Pastor Debi has a B.A. degree from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri with degrees in psychology and women's studies, and a Master of Divinity from the Chicago Theological Seminary. For the past twenty-three years she has served churches in Connecticut and Washington.

Debi is the mother of four children, a son in the Navy at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, a daughter at the University of Idaho, and two daughters, 15 and 12, at home.

Pastor Debi brings a real enthusiasm to her Christian ministry. She enjoys preaching, teaching, coaching, nurturing, and empowering.

Come see for yourself.

Lenten Program

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Lenten Program Features Speakers, & Winning Movie

Parkview United Church of Christ invites you to this year's Lenten educational programming, "Sacred Conversations on Sexuality and Gender Identity." Building on last year's focus on racism issues, this 6-week program, featuring outside speakers and an award-winning film, offers us an opportunity to educate ourselves on the facts of sexual identity; to reduce the divisiveness and contentiousness of the issue of homosexuality and the church; and to learn to respect and value differing voices.

The topic was chosen because sexual identity is a hot issue today within the context of faith, marriage, military service and social justice. Whether you know it of not, almost everyone has a gay or lesbian family member, loved one, friend, co-worker, classmate - or fellow church member.

Where: Parkview United Church of Christ, Fellowship Hall

3737 Bellaire Ave., White Bear Lake, MN

(please check services & location for map link)

When: 6:15 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesdays from Feb. 17 to Mar. 24

Contact: For more information, please contact the church office at 651-429-3346

*The program is recommended for high school students through adults.

The Lenten program dates and topics are:

Feb. 17: A primer for Sacred Conversations on Sexuality and Gender Identity: "Queer 101" presented by Wade Zick, Ashley Minister of Faith Formation for Children and Youth, MN UCC Conference. This will be a fun and educational session to help us get comfortable with terms and the most current information about gender & sexual identity.

Feb. 24: "For the Bible Tells Me so" (Part l): This 2007 documentary - winner of several film awards - offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the cross-hairs of scripture and sexual identity through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families, including former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt.

Mar. 3: Finish "For the Bible Tells Me So" (Part ll).

Mar. 10: Movie Discussion

Mar. 17: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) panel - PFLAG educates families and communities on sexual orientation, gender identity and LGBT issues, and provides fair and accurate information about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) people, their loved ones, and the unique challenges they face.

Mar. 24: Wrap up

For more information re: the movie go to www.forthebibletellsmeso.org

Welcome

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We are delighted that you have found your way to Parkview United Church of Christ website... Welcome! We hope that you will be able to worship with this fine group of people some Sunday morning, and that if you don't have a "home church" right now we would invite you to consider finding your home here.

The people of Parkview UCC are warm and caring... open to new people...and eager to grow in their faith as they live out that faith in the world. Throughout its history, this church has sought to make a difference in this community. As individuals serving in professional and volunteer capacities, and as a community of faith, a "body of Christ," the members and friends of this church have had an impact for good in White Bear Lake and the surrounding area. Come join us!