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Community of ChristChurch
Faith News 4.7.22 |
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Online Interactive Worship
with Holy Communion
April 10, 2022, at 9:30 am
Sunday Zoom Worship link click here
Online Worship Logistics:
The online doors to our Zoom worship will open at 9:00am. From 9am to 9:30am, the worship space will be open for folks to gather and get settled in. Our worship service will begin at 9:30am.
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Join us for Holy Week Worship: Maundy Thursday & Good Friday
Joint Worship with Community of ChristChurch
and Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
17625 NW Cornell Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006
Our Worship Team and music will feature strongly in these joint services.
Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 14th, 7pm at Shepherd of the Valley
Worship with Holy Communion
Livestream YouTube link
Good Friday
Friday, April 15th, 7pm at Shepherd of the Valley
Prayer, Scripture, and Songs Around the Cross
Livestream YouTube link
Community of ChristChurch Easter Celebration: Celebrate Resurrection!
Saturday, April 16th, 7pm at Shepherd of the Valley
Livestream YouTube link
This year continues to bring us new opportunities along with new challenges.
How wonderful that after two years, we can finally gather in person for our Easter Resurrection Celebration! And, how strange it is that to make this possible, we will be celebrating the resurrection on the eve of Easter Sunday.
As the shadows lengthen and the sky grows darker on Holy Saturday, let us gather to hear the Good News story of Mary Magdalene coming to the tomb “while it was still dark.” (John 20:1)
There will be no Zoom worship on Sunday, April 17th. We will return to Zoom worship on April 24th at 9:30am.
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Share your Easter Sunday plans
Since our Easter celebration occurs on Saturday evening this year, how do you plan to spend your time on Easter Sunday morning? We would love to know!
Please consider sending your response to this question in an email to Pastor David. |
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Easter Flowers
ChristChurch has been invited to participate in Easter flowers at Shepherd of the Valley. If you would like to give flowers for Easter in memory of someone, please send an email to Pastor David. Please have memorial information to Pastor by Wednesday, April 13.
There are 2 ways to donate flowers:
Purchase the flowers on your own and bring them to Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church on Friday, April 15 in time for Easter.
OR
Donate funds to go toward purchasing flowers. Send a check with "Flower Fund" in the memo line and Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church will use that money to purchase flowers for Easter. Make your check out to Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 17625 NW Cornell Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006.
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Reconciling in Christ Team
monthly meeting
Thursday, April 7 @ 6:30pm.
There will be no RIC Sunday in April due to Easter. But there are still ways to get involved. We are planning a Reconciling Sunday Worship Service at ChristChurch sometime in June (near our RIC Anniversary). We will use our next few first Thursday evening meetings to plan that event.
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Ready, Get Set, Go!
Shop this weekend at the Pass It On sale for Baby Care Kit items.
Location: Former JoAnn Fabric Store
Sunset Esplanade Shopping Center
2105 SE Tualatin Valley Hwy
Hillsboro, OR 97123
Dates/Time: Friday, April 8, 10-8 pm
Saturday, April 9, 10-5 pm
Sunday, April 10, 10-8 pm, 50% off
Monday, April 11, 10-2 pm, 75 % off
Most Needed: Sizes 9-24 months
- Lightweight jackets
- Sweaters
- Zippered sweatshirts with hood
- Sleepers, long or short-sleeved, preferably w/o feet
- Socks
- Caps
Shop any time! I will be there at 1:00 Sunday and 9:45 on Monday. Feel free to contact me for delivery/pick-up.
- Sherrie Wade |
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Coffee + Connection
You are invited for in-person Saturday morning coffee hour. Start your weekend on a positive note and visit with folks in person before church on Sunday.
Where:
Insomnia Coffee
5389 E Main Street (W Baseline Road)
Hillsboro, Oregon 97123
We will meet outside at the picnic tables.
When:
Starting April 9th -Saturdays @ 9:30am
Group contact:
If you want to reach out to the regular attendees to make sure the meeting is on (if the weather seems iffy), feel free to email Violet Thetford. |
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April Birthdays!
Steve Delamarter
Bev Hada
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Administrator Out of Office
Our Administrator, Rachael Jans is celebrating Easter with her family in the midwest this year. She will be out of the office Wednesday, April 13 & Thursday, April 14.
Rachael will be back on Tuesday, April 19th.
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ELCA Now is the Time study (5 part series):
An ELCA Declaration to People of African Descent
5 Thursdays from 9 - 11 am Pacific Time
April 28 - June 2 (not meeting on May 19)
If you want to journey through this study together, please join us.
Now is the time...
...for white members of the ELCA to face our own resistance and fear
...to name uncomfortable truths
...to let go of guilt and embrace responsibility
...to uncover silence and complicity
...to acknowledge the depths of systemic racism and white supremacist culture and thinking
...for repentance, and the time to trust God’s liberating grace, which gives us courage to face an uncomfortable past and walk boldly into a new future of racial justice and reconciliation, and of structural change.
We can do this work better in community. Join us.
When: 5 Thursdays from April 28 – June 2, 9 – 11 am Pacific Time (not meeting on May 19)
Format: Zoom webinar (everyone on camera)
Questions: Desta@CalLutheran.edu
Facilitated by:
- Pastor Kacey Hahn, St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Renton, WA
- Desta Goehner, Spiritual Director
Director of Congregational Relations at California Lutheran University
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Oregon Spring Cleanup is a statewide Earth Day event supporting the efforts of community leaders around the state who are motivated to take care of their special place in Oregon. There are dozens of great opportunities for celebrating Earth Day with SOLVE this year! Projects occur on various dates between April 10 and April 24. Find a project near you! |
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Community of ChristChurch
This is Christ's church. There is a place for you here.
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Mailing address:
Community of ChristChurch
3300 NW 185th Ave #224
Portland, OR 97229
(503) 617-9526
www.comchristchurch.org
Communications Coordinator
Online office hours
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We are a Reconciling in Christ Congregation. We are a faith community that is committed to the welcome, inclusion, celebration, and advocacy for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions; that work for racial equity and are committed to antiracism. Find out more here. |
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Follow, share and tag our Facebook page
Our Facebook page is updated on a regular basis. Please feel free to share our posts with friends, have a shoutout for something you heard in worship? tag @Community of ChristChurch in your posts! |
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