May 18, 2014
9:30 Worship with Holy Communion
Scripture Reading:
Acts 17:16-31
"Sermon at Athens"
Important Upcoming Events...
Upcoming Synod Assembly and Vacation:
This weekend (March 16-18) I, along with two delegates from our congregation, Sallie Bullock and Rhonda Eppelsheimer, will be attending the annual Oregon Synod Assembly. The theme of the Assembly is Responding to God’s Call, Equipped to Lead. If you are interested in learning more about the business and activities of the weekend, please visit visit http://oregonsynod.org/assembly. In my absence, Pastor Sally Roach will be preaching and leading worship this Sunday.
Following the Assembly, I will be taking a week of vacation. I will be gone from Monday, May 19th through Monday May 26th and will be back in the office on Tuesday the 27th. Pastor Stuart Holland will be preaching and leading worship on Sunday, May 25th. Stuart Holland will also be on call during that week should anyone be in need of emergency pastoral assistance. He can be reached at (971) 344-7537.
Sunday, May 18th, 10:45am - Budget Forum
This will be an opportunity to see the final draft of the 2014-15 Community of ChristChurch Budget and to address any questions you may have about it.
Tuesday, May 27th, 6:30pm – WINGS plant exchange
Women of ChristChurch are invited to the home of Jan Oeltjen for a plant exchange. If you have plants to share bring them potted or a clipping (if they self-root). Don’t have plants? Just bring yourself and enjoy some good conversation and good food. As always, friends are welcomed.
Jan’s address:
181 NE Kalahari Ridge Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97124
If you are familiar with the Orenco area, Jan’s house is at the end of the street right across from the Elks Lodge.
Jan’s Cell Phone #: 503-539-1032
Saturday, May 31st, 8:15am - Habitat Build Project
The next date you can help out with the Habitat Build Project is Saturday, May 31st. The Habitat site this year is called Allen Estates. The houses are being built as row houses with four units in the first building and five units in the second. The first building will contain the Thrivent house where we will be concentrating our efforts. The site is located at: 12320 SW Sabin St., Beaverton, OR 97008. If you are able to help out or have questions, you may contact John Heffner, 503-351-5229 or email him at heffnerjm@gmail.com, or Bill Branch, 503-292-9310 or email him at wemebranchs@comcast.net. Signup sheets are available on the table in the Entry.
Sunday, June 1st, 10:45am – Annual Congregational Meeting
Join us as we celebrate the ministries of Community of ChristChurch and vote on a new slate of Church Council Members, as well as the proposed 2014-15 Budget.
2014-2015 Nominations Team recommendations approved by
Church Council
This week the church council approved the following recommendations of the nominations team for the 2014 2015 Church Council:
New nominees: Jill Bierman and Chuck Morgan
Returning nominees: Melanie Heffner and Sallie Bullock
Council members continuing in their two-year term:
Gary Graunke, Kelsey Hoggard, Tom Litterer,
Rich Radford
Officers: President - Sallie Bullock
Secretary - Melanie Heffner
Treasurer - Rich Radford
Thank you to the outgoing church council members:
Amy Henderson, Ginger Pierce and Sena Wilmoth
Mission Trip Opportunities
Camp Lutherwood: Oregon Adventure in Service 1 – July 6-11
Oregon Adventure in Service 1 offers an opportunity for high school and adult campers to serve adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a camp setting providing play, worship and relationship building. Campers will spend one day preparing for the guests, who will be at camp Monday through Wednesday, and the week ahead. Campers will end the week with a half day of rafting on the MacKenzie River.
This opportunity is open not only to our high school youth, but any adult in the congregation who would like to participate.
*Price:* $310 + $60 rafting = *$370 total*
A note from the Faith Conversations Planning Team...
Do you have something on your mind that you would like to discuss in a small group? Perhaps you are interested in facilitating a Faith Conversation next fall? Faith Conversations are discussion groups that begin about 15 minutes after worship on Sundays, last an hour, and continue for 7 weeks. The next series begins in September.
Contact Sally Roach at (503) 846-1816 or sallytomroach@yahoo.com.
Barrel of the Month Club
The Service and Missions Team is collecting Backpacks for school-age children during the months of May and June for the Barrel of the Month. Thank you so much for your continued support of the Barrel of the Month program sponsored by the Service and Missions Team!
Collection Barrel for April
Thank You to all who donated to the Food Drive – 325lbs of food was collected and given to the Hertel Center.
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.
UPDATE on Blain’s Eagle Scout Project
In preparing for fundraising for and construction of the accessibility ramp for our sanctuary, we became aware of a Mini-Grant competition hosted by the Oregon Health Sciences University. The following is an excerpt from the great news we received just last week...
The Oregon Health & Science University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) in partnership with its Community Partners Council (CPC) is pleased to inform you that the Community of Christchurch has been selected to receive $1000.00 in the first CPC UCEDD Mini-Grant competition. Congratulations!
This means that we can explore other ways to apply $1000 of your generous donations toward other ways to make sure our building is accessible and welcoming to all! If you have an idea to help us with greater accessibility, please contact Pastor David or Lucetta and we will pass it on to the council for discussion. Stay tuned!
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Quarterly Financial Information
In an effort to keep the congregation better informed of our financial well-being, detailed quarterly financial reports are available at the bulletin board in the Entry on Sunday mornings. We welcome your questions and your feedback. Please let us know if this information is helpful to you.
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