Co-Pastors: Jeanne Knepper and Marcia Hauer Volume 7, No 25 Editor: Jeanne Knepper July 1, 2007 4775 N. Lombard, Portland OR 97203
Church, 503-289-7843;
Jeanne, 503-709-4107; Marcia, 503-349-4245 www.upumc.net CONNECTIONS UPUMC • Unbinding the Gospel, Adult Sunday School meets Summer Sundays, 11:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Education Committee will not meet today. • Jeanne’s Birthday Party, Monday, July 9, 7pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Short Administrative Council Meeting, if needed, Monday, July 9, 8pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Finance Committee meets Tuesday, July 10, 7:30pm. • UMW Bake Sale, Sunday, July 15, after church. • Volleyball Camp for Mariah Herbach, July 15-20, Suttle Lake Camp. • Lunch Bunch, Old Spaghetti Factory, Tuesday, July 17, 12:30pm. See Bev Read for reservations. • Trustees meet Tuesday, July 17, 6:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. THE LARGER CHURCH • Creation Vacation, June 30-July 4, Camp Magruder. • 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. • Oregon-Idaho Reconciling United Methodists [RUMS] Summer Picnic, Saturday, July 14, Champoeg State Park, 11:30am.
THE COMMUNITY • Game Days, First and Third Sundays, 2-5pm, University Park Coffee Shop, including today. • Portsmouth Neighborhood Association Event, Walking the Neighborhood, Tuesday, July 24, 7pm, Clarendon Elementary School.
FUTURE EVENTS, FOR YOUR CALENDAR • Orientation meeting for Cruise, Wednesday, August 1, 7pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Nature Detectives Camp for our Sunday School Children, August 8-11, Suttle Lake Camp. • 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—recovering from a fall.
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.
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.
BEQUEST RECEIVED Years ago, members Helen O’Hearn and Harriet Bonhorst took up a challenge put to UPUMC by then District Superintendent Ray Balcomb: start an Endowment Fund and the initial investment would be enhanced by a gift from the district. Between them, they approached members and enlisted subscriptions to the new endowment fund, a decision that led over time to a fund of nearly $60,000 which provides an income of about $3,000 each year to the church budget. In 1990, Helen O’Hearn lived out her devotion to UPUMC by devoting income from the sale of her house to the UPUMC endowment fund. At some point, payments from that sale stopped coming in. Last summer, the new owner wanted to clear the title, which meant researching what was due to the church according to the will and bill of sale and then pursuing payment. A subcommittee drawn from the Trustees and Finance Committee has been at work on that project for about a year. This week, the process ended, and Dick Burdon picked up and deposited a check for $22,273.52 in our account. It was Helen’s intent that this money become a part of our endowment fund. Members of the Finance and Trustees Committees will be determining the best way to do that in the near future.
SUNDAY CONCERTS IN MCCOY PARK McCoy Park, in New Columbia, is a new, attractive and accessible park within walking distance of UPUMC on N. Fiske between Trenton and Fessenden. During July, there will be free Sunday concerts at the park, 6-8pm, with activities for children beginning at 5:30pm. The schedule is: July 8—Jacob Michael, blues July 15—Son Trio, traditional Cuban July 22—The Fabulous Essentials, classic rock July 29—Portland Festival Symphony Orchestra
WALK AND WIN AN IPOD The Portsmouth Neighborhood Association will host a Neighborhood walk on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 7pm. Residents will walk through the neighborhood to discuss our community assets and what we’d like to see improved. Walkers will be joined by City Commissioner Sam Adams, Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder, County Commissioner Jeff Cogen, State Representative Tina Kotek and Crime Prevention Coordinator Havilah Ferschwilder. Afterwards, There will be a drawing for an IPOD Nano for a Portsmouth resident. For more information, talk to Scott Jensen.
PICNIC WITH O-I RUMS It’s a tradition, the annual summer picnic of Oregon-Idaho Reconciling United Methodists. This year, we will gather at Champoeg State Park between Portland and Salem at 11:30am on Saturday, July 14 for a potluck picnic lunch, fellowship, stories and activist activities.
A BIRTHDAY PARTY Everyone is invited to gather for cake and ice cream to help Jeanne celebrate her 60th birthday, Monday, July 9, 7pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. Please, no presents, although a donation to UPUMC in honor of the occasion would be much welcome. And, by happy coincidence, it’s also Barbara Herbach’s birthday, same day, different number.
THE FRUIT TREE PROJECT We have an abundance of fruit growing on trees in residential areas of Portland. But every year, thousands of pounds of this delicious organic food drops without being harvested, turning into a sticky mess in yards and sidewalks. The Portland Fruit Tree Project organizes people in the Portland community to gather fruit before it falls, and make it available to those who need it most. We register fruit trees around the city, coordinate harvesting parties, and offer workshops in pruning & fruit preservation. For more information, send an email to
or call Katy at (503) 939-4914.
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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