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UP-words for August 12, 2007 |
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Written by Jeanne Knepper
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Thursday, 09 August 2007 |
CONNECTIONS
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, Su Casa.
• Outreach Committee meets Sunday, August 26, after the potluck, Narthex.
THE COMMUNITY
• Game Days, First and Third Sundays, 2-5pm, University Park Coffee Shop, today.
• Pack school supplies for North Portland children, Wednesday, August 29, 1-6pm, Weir’s Cyclery, 8621 N Lombard.
FUTURE EVENTS, FOR YOUR CALENDAR
• UPUMC FUNd-raising Cruise, September 16-23, 2007. Talk to Betty Cruson to sign up.
• Women’s Beach Trip, October 19-21, 2008, Neskowin.
• 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.
Phil Herbach, Care Center East, 11325 NE Weidler, Portland, OR 97220.
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
Carolyn Hammett—living with cancer—at home.
Phil Herbach—recovering from hip surgery on 7/17—in rehab.
THE NURSERY IS STAFFED DURING WORSHIP FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN SCHOOL AGE.
NORTH PORTLAND PRIDE FESTIVAL
Today we celebrate the 15th anniversary of UPUMC’s decision to become a Reconciling Congregation, a church that publicly welcomes and celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people as a full part of our community of faith. We do this with a reconciling worship, followed by our Third Annual North Portland Pride Festival. We will have a great picnic, music, political speakers, room to visit and hang out. Long time member Donna Jose will be here to sing for us at the picnic. Do plan to join us.
JENN HERBACH TO WALK FOR FUNDS
Hello! This year, I'll be taking part in JDRF's Walk to Cure Diabetes, along with one-half million other walkers across the country, as we try to reach our goal of raising $90 million. Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, is a devastating disease that affects millions of people—a large and growing percentage of them children. Please visit my Walk Web page if you would like to donate online or see how close I am to reaching my personal goal: http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=86718397
MISSION: PENCILS FOR KIDS
The big project: to provide school supplies for all the kids in North Portland, packaged and distributed through the schools.
Our part: to collect 4,384 pencils
Collected as of August 2: 2,356 pencils
Collected as of August 9: 3,086 pencils
How much longer? We will collect until Tuesday, August 28.
And then? On Wednesday, August 29, we will join other volunteers at Weir’s Cyclery to bag school supplies for distribution at the schools.
BIRTHDAYS FUND-RAISER
It’s a new thing. Each Sunday, after church and during the coffee and fellowship time we will celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, and other celebrations by putting pennies, dimes, quarters, dollars or whatever you choose into a Celebrations bank. Let’s make it fun!
CHILDREN’S TEACHERS
Isn’t it wonderful to have so many children at UPUMC? Last year, we began to use a new Sunday School curriculum, Live B.I.G.. This program has many wonderful features. It comes in one-month modules, each with its own theme. There are printed teaching materials, pages to copy for the children, a CD of videos and music for each month, and lots of fun activities, all well explained. In addition, there are materials that appeal to children of different ages all in one class. It is a very good program, and very easy for even inexperienced teachers to use.
And that is where we come to you. Now it is time to sign up for the next year of Sunday School. We have the materials already on hand, so you will have as much time as you would like to prepare. It is one of our great privileges, as a community of faith, to witness to our children, by our love and presence and service, that they are all most wonderfully beloved children of God and dear members of our family of faith. And never doubt it—60 years from now there will be adults in the world who still remember, fondly and with much gratitude, that YOU were their Sunday School teacher who taught them lessons that have stayed with them for their whole lives. What a legacy! Do dare to say “Yes!” and sign up.
WOMEN’S BEACH TRIP
For over a decade, women of UPUMC have been going to the beach together each October and April. The trips started as a part of a Women’s spirituality Group that first met when Dee Dee Walters was the pastor and have continued ever since. The house in Neskowin, Oregon will sleep 10. What do we do? Walk the beach, talk, watch movies, talk deep and long, support one another, share cooking and care, refresh ourselves and grow closer to one another and to our faith. The next trip will be October 19-21. Talk to Judy Griffen, 503-283-4331, for more information or to sign up.
NO ONE LEAVES HUNGRY
This is the Food Pantry protocol, developed in 2005. Anyone is welcome to use it as a guide to helping our neighbors who come to us with need.
ASSISTANCE PROTOCOL
UNIVERSITY PARK UNITED METHOIDST CHURCH
Use this guide if you desire and feel safe to help an individual who is hungry, cold or in need of shelter.
HUNGRY: There are TV dinners labeled “We Care” in the freezer. Heat in the microwave oven to provide immediate warm food.
FOOD INSECURE/NEEDS GROCERIES: There are plastic bags on the lowest of the three shelves of the pantry. Encourage the person you are assisting to take whatever he/she can use. All of the food in the pantry shelves is available, as are the toiletries.
WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT SHELTERS: There are copies of an 8-page list of services for the homeless in an envelope on the shelf with the plastic bags. If someone needs information, give them a copy to take with them.
ASKS FOR WARM CLOTHING OR A BLANKET: We have blankets and some clothing on the top shelf in the cupboard immediately below the Pantry. We are limited by space and won’t ever have space to store a lot of blankets. Give out what seems appropriate to you.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO ASK PERMISSION TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN NEED, BUT REMEMBER THAT WE DO NOT GIVE CASH TO ANYONE, FOR ANY REASON.
AT ALL TIMES BE AWARE TO RESPECT YOUR OWN SAFETY AND YOUR GUEST’S DIGNITY.
THANK YOU.
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