CONNECTIONS UPUMC • Unbinding the Gospel, Adult Sunday School meets Summer Sundays, 11:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Orientation meeting for Cruise, Wednesday, August 1, 7pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • All-church Beach Retreat at Camp Magruder, Friday-Sunday, August 3-5. See article and sign up. • Third Annual North Portland Pride Festival, Sunday, August 12, Noon-4pm, UPUMC. • Staff-Parish Relations Committee meets Monday, August 13, 6:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Administrative Council meets Monday, August 13, 7:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Finance Committee meets Tuesday, August 14, 7:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • UMW Bake Sale, Sunday, August 19, after church. • Education Committee meets Sunday, August 19, 12:45pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Lunch Bunch meets Tuesday, August 21, 12:30pm, Maria’s. • Outreach Committee meets Sunday, August 26, after the potluck, Narthex.
THE LARGER CHURCH • Nature Detectives Camp for our Sunday School Children, August 8-11, Suttle Lake Camp.
THE COMMUNITY • Game Days, First and Third Sundays, 2-5pm, University Park Coffee Shop.
FUTURE EVENTS, FOR YOUR CALENDAR • UPUMC FUNd-raising Cruise, September 16-23, 2007. Talk to Betty Cruson to sign up. • All-church Charge Conference, Sunday, November 18, 4pm.
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, 775 Cascade St. #1316, Oregon City, OR 97045, her son Jonathan’s home. Phone, 503-387-3813.
HOLDING IN PRAYER Dick Burdon—recovering from surgery on 7/16—at home. Jerry Culver—medical testing—at home. Carolyn Hammett—recovering from surgery—at home. Phil Herbach—recovering from hip surgery on 7/17—in rehab.
PLEASE DON’T GO HUNGRY. WE HAVE FOOD IN OUR PANTRY, LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY LEADING TO ERROL STEPHENSON HALL. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED.
SUNDAY CONCERTS IN MCCOY PARK During July, there will be free Sunday concerts at the park, 6-8pm. The schedule is: July 29—Portland Festival Symphony Orchestra
PENCILS FOR KIDS Do you remember the excitement of getting your new school supplies each fall to start the new school year? Do you know that buying school supplies is a challenge for many of the families of school children in North Portland? There are 4,384 children enrolled in North Portland Public Schools in the Roosevelt cluster, the area UPUMC is in. We are a big part of a neighborhood effort to make sure that every one of those students starts school with the school supplies they need. Our own Lisa Horne is coordinating the collection of school supplies. Our part of that grand adventure is to collect as many pencils as we can. In 2005, we collected over 1800 pencils. Last year, we more than doubled that, gathering 4, 584 pencils. Could we plan to gather 8,768 pencils this year? That would be enough pencils to make sure that every school child in our area started school with at least 2 pencils. Watch for the back to school sales. 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 most of August before making sure that they get to the children for school..
ALL CHURCH BEACH RETREAT AUG 3-5 Camp Magruder had some time available to groups, and several people asked if it would be possible for us to plan an all-church retreat on short notice. I spoke with the office manager at the camp and have reserved the weekend of Friday, August 3 to Sunday, August 5. Beutler Hall has two big sleeping rooms with bunkbeds, a large central room, a kitchen, two bathrooms and a shower. All of the rooms are on one level. The cost for the retreat is $100 per person, which includes all food and lodging. There will be scholarship help available, so do not let the cost deter you. We do all of our own cooking and we provide our own bedding, towels and toiletries. This is a time away to rest, relax, play and get to know one another better. There is a sign-up sheet on the Narthex bulletin board. Please sign up now. There is some scholarship assistance available. Let me know if you could use some help.—Marcia
CHANGED E-ADDRESS Claudia Webster, who moved to Hawaii, has a new e-address:
THE NURSERY IS STAFFED DURING WORSHIP FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN SCHOOL AGE. A COOL IDEA Perhaps you’ve noticed the purple fans at the ends of the pew rows, the ones that have the words of the Champoeg Declaration on the front. That declaration was drafted by Oregon-Idaho Reconciling United Methodists at an annual picnic at Champoeg State Park. It reads: We, the ___________ United Methodist church, together with other congregations of the Oregon-Idaho Annual conference of the United Methodist church, declare that persons of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, economic conditions, marital status, mental or physical abilities are welcome to attend, join, and participate fully in the life of our congregation.
University Park United Methodist church was the first one to sign the Champoeg Declaration. Twenty-two churches in the conference have since signed. The full list, at this point, is: University Park UMC – Portland Madras UMC Metanoia Peace Community UMC – Portland Vermont Hills UMC – Portland St. Paul's UMC – Milwaukie OR Rainier UMC Baker UMC Clatskanie UMC First UMC Salem Morningside UMC – Salem Rockwood UMC – Portland Fremont UMC – Portland Tillamook UMC Asbury UMC - Hood River OR Junction City UMC LaGrande UMC Cherry Park UMC – Portland Klamath Falls UMC Wilshire UMC/Native American Fellowship – Portland First UMC Portland Lebanon UMC Hughes Memorial UMC – Portland Christ’s Church Methodist and Presbyterian United – Monmouth OR
Taken together as list and cooling device, the fans represent some of the best of welcoming hospitality. Enjoy them. Stay cool.
BIRTHDAYS FUND-RAISER A July birthday fund-raiser brought in gifts of $410. Beginning with the first Sunday in August, we will have a birthday bank to celebrate our own and each other’s birthdays with gifts of pennies, dimes, quarters, dollars or ? to mark the number of years. We will celebrate birthdays in the Narthex right after worship, while people are visiting and getting coffee. Let’s make it fun!
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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