Co-Pastors: Jeanne Knepper and Marcia Hauer Volume 7, No 24 Editor: Jeanne Knepper June 24, 2007 4775 N. Lombard, Portland OR 97203
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Jeanne, 503-709-4107; Marcia, 503-349-4245 www.upumc.net CONNECTIONS UPUMC • Outreach Committee meets today, after the potluck, Narthex. • Unbinding the Gospel, Adult Sunday School meets Summer Sundays, 11:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall, resuming next Sunday. • Education Committee meets Sunday, July 1, 12:45pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. THE LARGER CHURCH • Creation Vacation, June 30-July 4, Camp Magruder. See Marcia for more information. • Sing Across the Walls: 2007 Oregon-Idaho School of Christian Mission, July 12-15, George Fox University, Newberg, OR. Registration Deadline is June 29. • UMW Young Women’s Event, July 13-15, George Fox University, Newberg, OR.
THE COMMUNITY • Game Days, First and Third Sundays, 2-5pm, University Park Coffee Shop. • Portsmouth Neighborhood Association Event, Walking the Neighborhood, Tuesday, June 5, 7pm, Clarendon Elementary School.
FUTURE EVENTS, FOR YOUR CALENDAR • Third Annual North Portland Pride Festival, Sunday, August 12, Noon-4pm, UPUMC. • UPUMC FUNd-raising Cruise, September 16-23, 2007. Talk to Betty Cruson to sign up.
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. • Morrison Center Program, Thursdays 5-9pm, beginning June 21. 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; phone: 1-916-446-4863.
Erica Martinez, 182 E Nevada St. Ashland, OR 97520. Cell phone: 1-503-791-3680.
Jeanne Pulliam, 8603 SE Causey Ave, Apt 202; Happy Valley, OR 97086-2604, Telephone 503-594-2539.
Aleena Sologar, 6611 NE MLK Blvd Apt. 101, Portland, OR 97211. 503-285-4761.
HOLDING IN PRAYER Dana Brandt—cancer, chemo—at home. Jerry Culver—medical testing—at home. Carolyn Hammett—cancer, chemo—at home. Bev Heginbotham—chemo—at home. Phil Herbach—awaiting hip replacement—at home. Aleena Sologar—grieving the death of her sister Elmina.
THE NURSERY IS STAFFED DURING WORSHIP FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN SCHOOL AGE.
PLEASE DON’T GO HUNGRY. WE HAVE FOOD IN OUR PANTRY, LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY LEADING TO ERROL STEPHENSON HALL. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED.
A NEW WAY WITH CHURCH NEWS The Administrative Council of University Park is made up of the chairs of all the acting committees that carry out the business of the church. It meets once each month, usually on the second Monday. At this month’s Administrative Council meeting, we decided that we wanted the congregation to know more about the business of the church. We start that process today by including the minutes of the last meeting in UP-words. In the future, we will include committee reports on the Sunday before the next council meeting. Doing this will free up meeting time for visioning, dreaming, discussing, planning, and getting excited about what we can be doing together, and it will make the work of the church more transparent for everyone in the church.--Jeanne
ADMINIATRATIVE COUNCIL MINUTES University Park United Methodist Church (UPUMC) Administrative Council Meeting Minutes June 18, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 7:50 p.m. by chair, Scott Jensen. Attendance: Scott Jensen, Lisa Horne, David White, Betty Cruson, Dick Burdon, Rev. Marcia Hauer, Dottie Swensen, Karen Ripka, Stephen Hicks, and Rev. Dr. Jeanne Knepper. Scott offered an opening prayer.
The May 7, 2007 minutes were reviewed. Stephen made a motion to adopt the minutes as presented. Karen provided the second, and the motion carried 5-0-1.
Pastor’s Report: • Jeanne gave brief updates about health and other concerns of church members, and distributed cards for people to sign. • 2 petitions that were endorsed by UPUMC, 1 authored by Jeanne, and 10 that were submitted by the Oregon-Idaho Reconciling United Methodists were passed at the Annual Conference. • Jeanne and Marcia were re-appointed to UPUMC at the Annual Conference. • Jeanne spoke of a church attendance concern. • Marcia mentioned membership numbers and their potential affect on equitable salary funding.
Trustee’s Report: Dick and Lisa reported that the parsonage has been rented since May 18th. The door handle in the garage was repaired. The parsonage stove needed replacement. Lisa submitted for reimbursement of the new stove cost. The O’Hearn property/Linda Hansen contract is near resolution. We are awaiting a call from the title company to pick up our check, which will release the deed that we submitted to the title company. The trailer was sold to a local business owner for $250.
Finance/Treasurer’s Report: Karen reported that we are behind one month for Jeanne’s salary/housing allowance. We need to pay the guest musician and day care person, Marika Siebertova. Lisa reported that we need to pay the prior tenant’s security deposit, and she forwarded a spreadsheet to Karen with exact figures.
Outreach Report: Shower of Stoles service was held June 10 from 10 until 4. A family karaoke night is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 23rd. UPUMC may host an event for National Night Out, August 7th. The North Portland Pride Festival will be held August 12th. Current sponsors include Equity Foundation and Portsmouth Neighborhood Association.
Open Discussion: Jeanne read excerpts from The Passion Driven Congregation with a focus on committees/meetings of the church. Discussion included taking care of ministry and mission with a mix of business and fellowship. Encouraging a connection with each other. Scott suggested that committees summarize their report in an electronic format before Ad Council that is distributed the day before. Idea: Conversation and coffee sign on a Friday or Saturday night with members available and the door open to Errol Stephenson Hall.
The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. following a closing prayer by Marcia. The next meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. July 9th. Committees’ summaries need to be submitted by July 1st.
Respectfully submitted by Lisa Horne
You shall love the Lord with all of your heart, mind, soul and strength, and love your neighbor as you love yourself. All the rest is commentary.
PENCILS FOR KIDS Remember last summer, when we collected thousands of pencils for the North Portland Readiness Fair, a project of the Caring Community of North Portland? Well, our own Lisa Horne is chairing the collection of school supplies, our community effort to make sure that every child in North Portland starts school with all the necessary supplies. Our part of that grand adventure is to collect as many pencils as we can. Watch for the back to school sales and start to collect those pencils. Bring them to the altar as our gift to God and to the kids of our community. Let’s show ourselves, once again, that we are the church that can, and does. We will collect through July and the first part of August.
University Park United Methodist Church (UPUMC) is located at 4775 N Lombard, Portland Oregon 97203. UPUMC is small, diverse, growing, laughing, committed, caring, serious, warm and REAL! We are a community that encourages each other as we grow in faith, in knowledge, in service, and in love of self, God and neighbor. At University Park we not only respect but welcome diversity in race, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical and mental ability, economic status and profession. We believe all people are equal before God and entitled to Gods grace and abundance. Pastors: Rev. Dr. Jeanne Knepper & Rev. Marcia Hauer http://www.upumc.net
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