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February 22nd, 2015
9:30am Worship with
Holy Communion
Forgiveness
Scripture Reading for this Sunday:
Matthew 18:15-35
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Come join us on Wednesday evenings for
Lenten Mid-Week Gatherings
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
The weekly theme for our mid-week
gathering on Wednesday, February 25th is:
Click here to learn more about this Lenten journey.
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 have copies available at
the church for purchase ($10) OR you can purchase your own copy by clicking here. |
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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.
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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.).
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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!
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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.
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March 7th, 2015
2:00pm
at Community of ChristChurch
Minidoka Swing Band
THE MINIDOKA SWING BAND presents their Annual Spring Concert with special guest Performance by Mr. Shoehorn-Tap Dancing Saxophonist (If you haven’t seen or heard Shoehorn you will be in for a special treat!).
The band will be performing their favorite swing tunes like:
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 event will also showcase Author-Speaker-Filmaker Sig Unander. The local
Pacific University graduate has written several historical books about heroes
of WWII including “Clair Phillips, Oregon’s legendary actress and spy” and Fly Gals! Women Airforce Service pilots in WWII”.
Admission: $5 suggested donation at the door.
Refreshments will be served.
Bring your dancing shoes and come on down!
The Portland-based Minidoka Swing Band was formed in September 2007, as a tribute to Japanese Americans interned during World War II and to highlight the music popular in the Internment Camps.
Based in Portland, Oregon, the Minidoka SwingBand educates and preserves
an important period of Japanese American history by reaching out to groups
and organizations interested in what the Japanese Americans endured during World War II.
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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
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Coming to the Open Spirit Gallery in March...
... the works of
Renee Hansen
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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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An Easy Way to Give
Do you use search engines like Google or Bing to search for things on the Internet? Do you shop online or dine out on occasion? Then why not try Goodsearch? Search online and benefit Community of ChristChurch at the same time! Click here to learn more.
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