February 12th, 2015
Faith News

 

February 15th, 2015
9:30am Worship with  Holy Communion

Bearing the Cross

Scripture Reading for this Sunday:
Matthew 16:24-17:8

The season of Lent begins on Wednesday, February 18th.

Come join us for worship on that evening for our
Ash Wednesday Worship
 A Service of Holy Communion
and the Imposition of Ashes at 7:00pm

And then join us each Wednesday evening,
beginning on February 25th, at 6:30pm
throughout the season of Lent
in the
Commons for soup and bread supper,
Bible conversation and fellowship.

The theme for Lent this year is:
We Are Water Marked

We will be using the book,
Water Marks, by Diane L. Jacobson

Water Marks
is a
40 day Lenten devotional book that explores
the use of water and water imagery throughout the scriptures.

Purchasing the book is not necessary, but if you would like to have a book for
your own personal devotional journey this Lent, we will have some available at
the church for purchase ($10) OR you can purchase your own copy by clicking here.

Service & Mission Team's Lenten Project:

Walk for Water

When our high school youth and adult leaders travel to Detroit this summer for the ELCA Youth Gathering, they will have the chance to experience the ELCA World Hunger’s Walk for Water display during their time in the interactive center.

This display includes an unforgettable walk around a track, designed to simulate the experience of people who must travel miles from home to collect water for their families and also raises questions about access to clean water here in the U.S.

We can support our youth by collecting pocket change over the season of Lent.
During the next few weeks, you will receive a water cup that you can put on your dining room table. The challenge is for us to fill a big water bottle with change and
we can do that by filling these cups up with our pocket change and bringing them in
to church and watch the change grow. This money will be sent with our youth to Detroit to give to the ELCA Walk for Water project on our congregation’s behalf.
Our gifts will provide water for drinking, growing crops and sanitation, as well as ongoing maintenance and training, to create healthier families, stronger economies and a future filled with hope.

The ELCA has a goal to raise $500,000 for ELCA World Hunger-supported water projects around the world, together we can make a difference.




We are a group of women who are eager to build new friendships with other women in our church, strengthen the friendships we already have, and to serve God, each other, and our community.




WINGS Upcoming Events:


Our next BUNCO activity will be held February 26th. We will meet at the church at 6:30 for food and conversation, and BUNCO will begin at 7:00.  If you would like to sign up to play monthly or just as a substitute, please contact Kris Hoggard.


Join other WINGS members on Tuesday, March 24th, for dinner and a movie.  Since movie titles are not available that far out, the exact movie to be seen is not determined.  Likely candidates are Selma or Unbroken.  If no movie is available of interest, there is the possibility of renting a movie and watching it in someone's home (or at ChristChurch).










                             April 25th (Saturday) will be
                                 "Yard Art" with Marcia Branch.







(Stay tuned for further information on the dinner/movie as well as the Yard Art. 
And remember, friends are always welcome.).

 
Service and Missions Team
Barrel of the Month
The Service and Mission Team would like to send a huge thank you to all who donated coats and blankets in January!! We collected 46 coats and 20 blankets! These will be passed out during the next Hot Chocolate Night on March 1st. Thank you for the warmth
and love that goes along with these!


In February the Barrel of the Month will support the
Community Transition Program for the Forest Grove School District.

The Community Transition program works with young adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities helping them navigate the transition from school to community life.

Our own Kelsey Hoggard works in this program. The participants of this program created a poster that is hanging on the wall in the Commons by the barrel. On the poster are heart shaped tags (it is the season of Valentine's Day after all!) Each heart represents an item that will help enhance their program. Please take a heart, fulfill the need and place the item in the barrel.

If your donation is $$$, please put it in a clearly marked envelope and add it to the offering basket. Checks should be made out to ChristChurch with the words 'Community Transition' in the memo line.

Thank you so much for helping these young people in their program!

 
American Red Cross Blood Drive - February 25, 2015

If you gave blood before you are encouraged to sign up and donate again. If you did not or  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, neighbors, co-workers, family members to sign up. 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.

To sign-up on line, Log onto redcross.org or facebook.com/RedCrossBlood, click on Donate Blood and then type in the zip code of ChristChurch - 97124, to bring you to the listing of organizations having blood drives.  Scroll down till you find ChristChurch, pick a time that fits for you and sign-up - it's that easy.


Honoring Spiritual Needs and Gifts:
From Inertia to Collaborative Action
by Providers and Congregations

A North American Free Webinar Series: January – June, 2015
1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Central Standard Time

These webinars are free, but registration required:
http://faithanddisability.org/webinar/

Monday, February 23, 2015
Creative strategies by provider and service organizations for addressing spiritual needs and choices.

Monday, March 30, 2015
Congregational strategies for reaching out to agencies and working with them to identify and honor spiritual supports and enable inclusion and ongoing participation.

Monday, April 27, 2015
Strategies for congregations to use in building awareness and commitment within congregations.

Monday, June 29, 2015
Best practices and resources for moving from inclusion to belonging as contributing, valued members of faith communities.

Sponsored by the Collaborative on Faith and Disability and the Religion and Spirituality Division of the AAIDD, in partnership with the Autism Society of America, Parent to Parent, and the Bethesda Institute

For more information and registration, go to: www.faithanddisability.org/webinar


March 7th, 2015
2:00pm
at Community of ChristChurch

Minidoka Swing Band

Description: The Minidoka Swing Band will be presenting their Annual Spring Concert with a special guest performance by Michael “Shoehorn” Conley. If you haven’t seen or heard Shoehorn you will be in for a special treat! Shoehorn is an international performer who’s tap dancing and saxophone playing will amaze you.

The Minidoka Swing Band, directed by local jazz artist Larry Nobori, performs at fund raisers, conventions, park concerts, and festivals around the Northwest. The band will be performing some of their favorite Big Band swing tunes of the 40’s along with other great tunes from the 30’s through the 60’s. Some of the favorites will include American Patrol, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, My Funny Valentine, Blue Moon, All of Me, You Came A Long Way from St. Louis, New York New York and many more. The Minidoka Swing Band is comprised of 17 local musicians and features 4 great vocalists. This not-for-profit band is named after the Minidoka Internment Camp near Twin Falls, ID where Japanese Americans from the Portland and Seattle area were interned during WWII. The band remembers the music that was popular inside the camps and during the WWII. Three of bands musicians were interned and several of the musicians had family members interned. (If you would like to find out more about the band and it’s music, visit their web site at www.minidokaswingband.com.)

 
 
WE have updated our WEB site!

The new web site is up and running!
Be sure to go www.comchristchurch.org a and check it out.
Wander around and let us know what you think.

             AND... if working on the interwebs is something you enjoy doing...

             AND... if you have a little extra time on your hands...

             AND... if you are interested in helping keep the web site updated and engaging...

         ... please contact Pastor David and learn how you can help!

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