The classic car show Cruise-A-Palooza will close Main Street in Butler and occupy the municipal lot next to First English. Not to worry! For Lutherans in Butler, Cruise-a-palooza will be Lutheran-palooza at Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Drive. Worship is at 10:15 a.m.
Our guest preacher will be The Rev. Liddy Barlow became the first woman to be installed as Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania in 2014. For over fifty years, Christian Associates has built relationships among Christians who are Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant; Black and white; liberal and conservative; rural and urban; from 28 church bodies in the 10 counties of greater Pittsburgh. Together, these diverse Christians speak and act together for the common good and build bridges between the church and our interfaith, civic, and community partners. Rev. Barlow leads all of Christian Associates’ projects and programs, including unanimous public statements, worship services and community forums, The Call newsletter, and Sofa Spirituality online interfaith dialogues. She holds a variety of leadership roles in local organizations that serve people experiencing hunger, discrimination, or incarceration. Rev. Barlow grew up in New Hampshire and is ordained in the United Church of Christ. She is married and has two children: Pippa, age 14, and Edmund, age 11. She hopes you will like Christian Associates on Facebook and check out its web site: www.casp.org.