CONNECTIONS
UPUMC
• Staff-Parish Relations Committee meets, Monday, June 12, 6:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall.
• Administrative Council meets Monday, June 12, 7:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall.
• Outreach Committee meets Tuesday, June 13, 7:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall.
• Lunch Bunch will go to Jubitz, Tuesday, June 20, 12:30pm. Bev Read is taking reservations.

THE COMMUNITY
• Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, Razzle Dazzle, Saturday, June 17, 8pm, Portland Newmark Theater, pdxgmc.org.
• Portland Pride Parade, marching with CWC, Sunday, June 18, Noon.

FUTURE EVENTS, FOR YOUR CALENDAR
• Children’s Sunday School goes to Camp, Wednesday-Saturday, August 16-19, Suttle Lake Camp.
• Readiness Fair, Saturday, August 26, Roosevelt High School.
• Third Annual All-Church Retreat at Camp Magruder on the Oregon Coast, Friday-Sunday, September 15-17, 2006.

WEEKLY AT UPUMC
• Choir practices Sundays at 9:30am, Tuesdays at 6:30pm, Sanctuary.
• Men’s Group, Tuesdays, 10am, Narthex.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, Narthex, Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays at 8pm, weekly.
• Overeaters Anonymous, Wednesdays at 7pm, Saturdays at 3pm.
THE NURSERY IS STAFFED DURING WORSHIP FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN SCHOOL AGE. SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN ARE INVITED INTO THE SANCTUARY UNTIL THE ‘PASSING OF THE PEACE’; THEN THEY GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL.

PLEASE DON’T GO HUNGRY. WE HAVE FOOD IN OUR PANTRY, LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY LEADING TO ERROL STEPHENSON HALL. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED.

STAYING IN TOUCH
Edna Riddle, Sunrise Adult Care Center, 11945 SW Butner Rd., Portland OR 97225; 503-841-1295.

Harriet Bonhorst, Pioneer Tower, 515 P Street #202, Sacramento, CA 95814; cell phone: 503-330-6915.

Elmina Nath can be reached at her previous phone number, 503-285-1973, which will ring at her son’s home.

OUR ATTENDANCE IS GROWING!
Attendance, May 28: 42
Attendance, May average: 42
Attendance, 2006 year average to date: 43
Attendance, 2005 year average: 37

OUR BUDGET, IN BRIEF
Budget, 2006, total: $ 112,469.00
Needed monthly, all sources: $ 9,373.00
Received May $ 7,847.55
Needed through May: $ 46,865.00
Received 2006, to date: $ 39,866.80
Annual shortfall, to date: $ 6,988.20

PRIDE FESTIVAL MOVED TO AUG 13
Free food, beverages, musicians, political speakers, neighborhood leaders, vendor tables, information about living in North Portland—The North Portland Pride Festival is one of our biggest annual outreach events. We have rescheduled the event to Sunday, August 13, Noon-4pm. Plan now to attend, visit, help, enjoy, and welcome people to our wonderful community of faith. We will schedule our annual Reconciling Sunday on the same day.
JANITOR POSITION WILL OPEN
Phil Herbach will be retiring as our janitor. The position involves cleaning the church weekly, generally on Saturday. The Staff-Parish Relations Committee will interview applicants at its June 12 meeting, tomorrow evening. We hope the new janitor will work alongside Phil on June 17 and 24 for training.

FROM THE MAIL BOX
May 17, 2006
Good morning,
and greetings Jeanne, Marcia, and UPUMC congregation.

Lena tells me she has received info from you, which I’ll see when I’m at their home—don’t get there often because high steps into the house are a challenge. Recovering agility takes time. At Pioneer Tower there aren’t steps expect the fire escape.

I’m so thankful to be here, and in an apartment that’s ideal for me: 2nd floor, SW corner. There’s a parking lot below with trees, and the streets are tree-lined. Traffic is mostly family cars and quiet buses. When a march is headed for the Capitol it’s a sight to see—people of all ages, babies in strollers, flags (U.S. and parent country)—humanity filling the street as well as sidewalks, bike-mounted police alongside plus those at the intersection. There have been only two marches. More sound emerges from fire engines with ambulances, also roaring motorcycles at times.
...
Carl now has a hospital bed and a wheel chair. The staff want his legs capable of holding himself while standing and thus they help him exercise the legs while in bed. He is fed at the table because he wasn’t getting enough food—it landed on his clothing or the floor (or both).

Lena, Richard, and Natalie are fine. Lena brings Natalie for a quick visit and on their last visit Natalie took 3 steps in the middle of the room. ...

Now I’ll fold this and drop it in the mail slot downstairs as I go to meet Lena and get me to a doctor for a follow-up visit. May God continue to bless us all—there and here.
Lovingly,
Harriet

May 24, 2006
University Park United Methodist Church
Attn: Marcia Hauer

Dear Marcia:
Your request for an additional grant to help pay for new sound equipment has been approved by the Board of Directors at their last monthly meeting. Enclosed is our check for $1,100.00mad possible from loan interest earnings paid by sister United Methodist churches in the Metro District.

We appreciate the financial support your church has provided MDCES over these many years.

Sincerely,
Bruce Rogers
Treasurer
Metropolitan District Church Extension Society

REAPPOINTED
As I write this on June 1, I have every reason to believe that Marcia Hauer and I will be/have been reappointed to serve as your pastors here at University Park United Methodist Church for another year. It is my great joy to begin another year of ministry with you. I can think of no position I would rather have. Thanks you so much for being the wonderful people of faith, courage and kindness that you are!
--Jeanne


MISSION: HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
The United Methodist Volunteers in Mission Western Jurisdiction Rally 2006 will be held at the Lazy F UMC Camp in Central Washington State on August 16-19. Bishop Ed Paup will lead the opening worship. Tom Hazelwood, UMCOR Emergency Response Director, will speak of UMCOR’s hurricane response. There will be workshops dealing with different aspects of mission. Interested? Go to www.umvimwj.com for information, photos, and registration.

TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OF FAITH

The Community of Welcoming Congregations and the Pacific School of Religion’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies present an Interfaith Transgender Conference, October 21-22, 2006, First United Methodist Church in Corvallis, Oregon

The CWC office is seeking Transgender people of faith to participate and help with the planning. Contact the office at 503-665-8741 or www.welcomingcongregations.org if you are interested in being part of the team.

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
– Albert Schweitzer (Jan. 14, 1875-Sept. 4, 1965)

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