Psalm 113: Praise the Lord ...

Scripture Reading for this Sunday:
Psalm 113

63 people completed the Congregational Vitality Survey during
worship last Sunday. Thank you to everyone who participated!

If you have not taken the survey yet, don't worry there is still time!

You can pick up a copy of the survey at the church
(they will also be availble this Sunday after worship.)

You can also go online to take the survery.
Just follow the instructions below.

It only takes about 10 minutes to complete.

Please click on the link below
and type in our Congregational ID #: 30368

CLICK HERE https://surveys.elca.org/scripts/rws5.pl?FORM=cvtlogin

For this to be an effective tool for our congregation
and for our leaders, we need everyone's participation.

If you are currently out of town, but have access to the internet,
please consider taking a few minutes to complete your survey online.

PLEASE submit your completed survey
(either hardcopy or online) no later than Sunday, June 7th.

Sunday, June 7th, after worship - Annual Congregational Meeting

Our annual Congregational Meeting will follow worship on Sunday, June 7th. 

In addition to reflecting back on the year together, we will elect a new slate of  Church Council members and vote to approve our operating budget for the  2015-16 fiscal year.  Information about the new council nominees and the proposed budget is available now on the table next to the bulletin board in the Open Spirit Gallery.

The process is not complete without the voice and vote of every member of the congregation.We hope to see you all there!

            WINGS (Women In God's Service) News:

       
        Card Making - Part 2 - Thursday,
                 June 11th, 6:30pm

This is a reminder that we will meet on Thursday, June 11th, at church to finish up our card-making activity. We have supplies ready and lots of fun, quick ideas for cards! Our goal is to make cards for people in two different care facilities. One card of encouragement will go directly to them, and if they are able, they will get approximately four handmade cards to send out themselves. Our small group last month enjoyed the activity so much that they all agreed to come back and make some more. I encourage you to come and help us if you have time. We will begin at 6:30. Jan Oeltjen has offered to pick up some pizzas if you like. You can come directly from work (or wherever) at 6:00 and have a bite to eat first. If you would like to do this, please let me know what time you can come and what kind of pizza you prefer. We should only have to chip in a dollar or two depending on how many people order. We will set up tables in the gym for dining and card making. If you have some ideas of sayings of encouragement or some Bible verses that would be appropriate, I would appreciate you sending those to me and I will type them up and have them ready for that night.

If you would like to join us would you please reply and let me know so we can have the correct amount of tables ready? We were amazed at how many cards we could make and how easy they were to make! The more people we have the easier our task will be. There should be time for you to make a few cards for yourself as well.

                           Let's Organize the Library in the Commons
We are also getting a small group together to organize the "library area" in the Commons. If you would like to help us and you have not already emailed me, please do so. We will be setting some dates during the summer to complete this task.

                               WINGS Retreat
Please put Saturday, October 17th, on your calendar. We will have our first Women's Retreat on that date. We are beginning to make plans for this fun time. More details will be coming.

                                    BUNCO
Our last BUNCO event (before the fall) was a great time. We will start up again in September if we have enough people to play.

Thank you all so much for your participation in WINGS events. We realize summer is a busy time and people are on the move. Don't feel guilty if you can't participate--we hope that you will be able to join us when you can.

Blessings,
Kris

(As always, friends are welcome at any WINGS events.  Questions?  Please call Kris Hoggard -503-936-6735)

It’s time again to begin planning our support of Habitat builds this year. ChristChurch is currently signed up for three work days. They are:

                          June 13 (Saturday)
                         July 8 (Wednesday)
                         August 8 (Saturday)

The Habitat site this year is again Allen Estates. More row houses are being built. The site is located at:

12320 SW Sabin St
Beaverton, OR 97008

Here is a link to the Habitat website for this project:

http://www.habitatwest.org/allen-estates

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