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August 31, 2014
9:30am Worship
The Marriage of Ruth and Boaz
Scripture Reading for this Sunday:
Ruth 4:1-22
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Community of ChristChurch Campout 2014
Thank You to Dave Dahl for providing the following pictures of the campout this past weekend.
Thank You to all who participated to help make not only the workship service, but also the campout itself, a success
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Ministry Team Fair
Join us after worship on Sunday, September 14th as we hold a Ministry Team Fair. This is an effort to give everyone an opportunity to speak with volunteers and see if there is a team that is a good fit for them. Each team will have a table and can provide information in a variety of ways.
If you would like a table, or have suggestions/ideas for a new Ministry Team, please contact Sallie Bullock,
email: sgbullo@hotmail.com or phone her at 503-617-0410 or 503-320-6178 (cell).
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WOW Building Use
In continuing the efforts to become more a part of the community, on Saturday, August 16, ChristChurch was host to the George Fox Contemplative Retreat, a group of 12 people who came together for contemplation and worship.
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Featuring the works of...
The Gallery continues to be open 12:00pm - 3:00pm, Tuesday - Friday throughout the months of August and September.
Service and Missions
The Service and Missions Team is always looking for a few good people. If you have a passion for helping others, if you have some time you can donate, if you are at all interested or you have questions about the Service and Missions Team, please contact John Heffner, phone: 503-351-5229 or
email: heffnerjm@gmail.com.
Barrel of the Month Club
Thank You to everyone who donated backpacks - we eventually collected about 30 backpacks during our drive and mostly filled 25 of those backpacks with school supplies after service on August 17. We had lots of participation from the congregation! This was a great way to get people involved. Backpacks and extra supplies were delivered to Love INC the following week.
For September and October Barrel of the Month, we will collect gloves, scarves, socks and hats to be used for our hot chocolate ministry in Portland.
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Council Corner
Highlights of Council meeting of 8/13/2014:
The Council continues its reading/discussion of the book
Holy Currencies, by Eric Law and has finished Chapters 3 & 4 - you are invited pick up a copy (available in the church library in The Commons) or purchase your own copy and follow along with the Council.
In this book, Law focuses on six blessings that characterize many missional and sustainable faith communities. These six blessings are: Time & Place, Relationship, Truth, Wellness, Gracious Leadership and Money. He refers to these blessing as currencies because in order for these blessings to thrive they must flow like the current of a river.
This book is available on Amazon and from Chalice Press. We will also be offering an Adult Faith Conversation opportunity for the Winter session (beginning in January) that will focus on Holy Currencies and the six blessings it highlights. We hope you'll join us in this valuable learning for the sake of the whole community.
Members of Church Council will get together for a weekend retreat the weekend of September 26-28, a time for Council members to get to know one another on a personal level and to talk about what is on their hearts and minds for the church.
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God's Work. Our Hands."
Sunday
September 7th, 2014
Serving our neighbors together!!
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The projects have been finalized and sign-up sheets are now available in the Commons. Projects we will be working on: The Hertel Center, re-packaging bulk foods; Liberty High School, weeding and spreading bark dust (all tools will be supplied - you will need to bring gloves; Hillsboro Parks and Recreation - Walnut Street Park, weeding and spreading bark dust - all tools will be supplied (open to all ages with parental supervision); and No-Sew Blankets (please let Lucetta in the office know if you are able to donate 4 yards of fleece for this project). We will gather after worship following the Ministry Fair on September 14th to share photos and stories of our "God's work. Our hands." experience! Hamburgers, hot dogs and condiments will be provided for the BBQ - please sign-up for side dishes and to let us know how many people to prepare food for. Sign-up sheets are now available in the Commons.
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Adult Faith Conversations
A seven week series of Conversations of Faith that happens each Sunday after worship and the coffee time finishing at 11:45. We will begin Sept 21st so mark your calendar! We invite you to consider which Conversation interests you:
BOUNDARIES, facilitated by Chris Moore, will focus on the book, Boundaries, by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. This book addresses specific issues that confront today’s Christians, such as having trouble saying no and living a life that feels out of control. Often, Christians focus so much on being loving and unselfish that they forget their own limits and limitations. Let’s explore together what it means to set healthy boundaries in our lives.
THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS: WISDOM OF THE TWIN will be facilitated by Anke Brandstater. Using a book written by Lynn Bauman, we will explore the Gospel of Thomas,
a non-canonical gospel that was written in the early second century. This gospel consists only of sayings of Jesus – no miracles, no journey descriptions, no birth or death narrative. But they are often so powerfully expressed that they force the reader to stop still for a moment and take a whole new look at life.
DAILY FAITH, facilitated by Rhonda Eppelsheimer, is a weekly discussion centered
on issues of faith and daily life. The topics vary from week to week. What are the faith questions you wrestle with? What does it mean to live every day from a Christian perspective?
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Drama in Worship
Do you have a flare for Drama? Do you enjoy getting up in front of people? Have you ever been in a Speech Choir or does this sound like something you would like? If you can answer YES to any of these, please contact Heather Steinbeck. Heather is putting together a list of people she can call on to aid in Worship on Sunday mornings. Heather's e-mail is heather16243@yahoo.com
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American Red Cross Blood Drive - OCTOBER 22
The date has been set for the first ChristChurch Red Cross Blood Drive - October 22. If you have given blood before you are encouraged to sign up and donate again. If you have not, please consider donating to this worthy cause. We are hoping for 40-60 people, so help us get the word out by asking friends, co-workers, family members to sign up. Advertising materials will soon be appearing. Help is needed passing out flyers, contacting people, making appointments, baking cookies for the day of the drive, as well as other items. If you would like to help out the before the drive or on the day of the drive, please call the church office.
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Bring in donations for the Camp Lutherwood Inaugural Oktoberfest Celebration and Fundraiser
If you would like to donate toward the Camp Lutherwood fundraiser, Lucetta will soon have a Watering bucket in The Commons and you can place a donated item either in it or next to it. The theme ChristChurch has chosen is Gardening. Examples of items to donate: a pair of gloves, a trowel, a kneeling pad, clippers, gardening books. These are just some ideas, feel free to come up with your own idea.
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