our pattern for weekly worship will look like this:

 

1^st Sunday (Jan 7th) 9am –

Online Worship (Zoom only)

 

2^nd Sunday (Jan 14th) 9am –

Hybrid Worship (In-Person & YouTube Live Stream)

 

3^rd Sunday (Jan 21st) 9am –

Online Worship (Zoom only)

 

4^th Sunday (Jan 28th) 9am –

Hybrid Worship (In-Person & YouTube Live Stream)

Followed by our first Community Discernment Gathering

(see below)

Congregational Discernment Invitation

 

Dear Members and Friends

of Community of ChristChurch,

 

This is an invitation.

 

We are inviting you to join us

for a Community Gathering

that will be held on Sunday, January 28, 2024, 

following our 9am hybrid worship

at Aloha United Methodist Church

(2270 SW 198^th Avenue, Aloha, OR 97003.)

The meeting will go until noon

and refreshments will be provided. 

 

This gathering is the first step of a four-to-six-month discernment season, and we hope that you will prayerfully consider participating, not only in this gathering but in the whole process.

 

As many of you know, a letter went out to the congregation in early December from Pastor David and from our Council President, Suze Engbretson, addressing our current capacity and acknowledging the reality that ChristChurch in its current form is coming to the end of its journey. If you have not yet read the letter, you can access it here.

 

We have invited Pastor Melissa Reed to walk with us on this journey and help to facilitate the process. Pastor Melissa is on staff with the Oregon Synod of the ELCA and serves as Bishop’s Associate for Vital Leadership and Sacramental Organizing. She comes to us with a wealth of expertise and experience in community organizing and in walking with congregations through significant transitions.

 

We haven’t made any decisions yet. The goal for this process is to faithfully determine how best to transition from our current reality to the new thing that the Holy Spirit is calling us toward. To do that well we need to hear from all the voices. We hope you will attend in person if you are able. However, if you are not able to do that, please consider using this ZOOM LINK to participate remotely.  Please reach out to a Pastor David or one of our Church Council members if you have any questions. We will continue to keep everyone updated on all the opportunities for participation.

 

Your Church Council Executive Team:

Suze Engbretson, President

Inga Henderson, Secretary

Rev. David Eppelsheimer, Pastor

 

 

COVID 19 Safety Update:

As we move toward holding more worship services and events in person, we are also moving into the cold and flu season. We want to be mindful of our health and well-being as individuals and as a community. This means that we will be keeping close track of the Community Risk Level as it is indicated on the COVID Act Now website for Washington County.

https://covidactnow.org/us/oregon-or/county/washington_county/?s=47743522

And we will follow these basic guidelines:

Community Risk Level:

LOW Masks are not required;

those who prefer to wear them are encouraged to do so.

MEDIUM Masks are required;

singers and speakers up front can

remove masks when they sing/speak.

HIGH Masks are required for everyone;

we may choose to refrain from in-person worship

and meet via Zoom only.

If the Community Risk Level changes prior to Sunday

in-person worship, we will send out a Special Faith News

Email Bulletin. Please look for that bulletin in your email

inbox on Saturday evening or Sunday morning before you

leave the house, to learn the Community Risk Level and proceed accordingly. As always, if you have a cough, a fever,

or any cold or flu-like symptoms, we ask you to stay home

and join us online.

Community of ChristChurch

This is Christ's church. There is a place for you here.

Mailing address:
Community of ChristChurch

3300 NW 185th Ave #224
Portland, OR 97229

(503) 617-9526
www.comchristchurch.org
www.facebook.com/comchristchurch