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UP-words for August 19, 2007 |
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Written by Jeanne Knepper
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Wednesday, 15 August 2007 |
CONNECTIONS
UPUMC
• 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.
• All-church potluck, Sunday, August 26, 11:30am, Errol Stephenson Hall.
THE LARGER CHURCH
• O-I RUMS meet Saturday, September 8, 10am-2pm, Montavilla UMC, Portland. Potluck lunch.
THE COMMUNITY
• Game Days, First and Third Sundays, 2-5pm, University Park Coffee Shop, today.
• Oregon Symphony Concert, Saturday, August 25, 7pm, Free.
• 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, 5:30pm.
• Celebration Sunday, November 25, 2007
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.
CELEBRATIONS 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!
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
Collected as of August 15: 3,820 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.
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.
CORRESPONDENCE
August 13, 2007
Thank you for inviting me to the UPUMC Pride Festival yesterday. I enjoyed being there and talking with many good souls.
I appreciated being able to worship with you, too. One characteristic I noted is the prayerful pace of the Lord's Prayer. So many rush through it.
Good food, too!
Sincerely,
Deborah Maria
MEET GAYLE HORWITZ
Have you met Gayle Horwitz, our new Nursery Person? Gayle is an early childhood specialist with the children’s Relief Nursery, located in St. Johns. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Human Development, with a focus on young children. She grew up in the family of a United Methodist pastor in Southern California, lives in Kenton, and has attended UPUMC in the past. We are tremendously blessed to have her in our nursery.
Our young children think so, too. You may not have noticed yet, but some of the little ones are going straight to the nursery when they get to church. Gayle is very gifted at making small ones feel comfortable. In fact, at this point, the hardest time for little ones is when their older siblings come into the nursery to check up on them. It might take a while, but let’s encourage our middle kids to trust that their younger brothers and sisters are just fine in the nursery, so that they don’t disrupt Gayle’s work with frequent times of dropping in or checking up. If the door to the nursery is closed, let’s ask our older kids to leave it closed. The kids will be fine with Gayle.
IT’S HARD TO HEAR
Several of you have let me know that it is sometimes hard to hear in the sanctuary. Different things are contributing to this. The first is that I drop my voice, especially when I am coming to an emotional point of the sermon. I am aware of this. I am trying to improve. If this is a problem for you, I would ask you to cup a hand at your ear to remind me that I’m dropping my voice too much for you. I’d also ask you to move forward in the sanctuary, since not all seats are as easy to hear from.
A second problem, for some, is the variety of sounds made by young children during the service. It has been and is my commitment that everyone is welcome in worship, including small children. Sometimes, it is just not the right time for a little one to go to the nursery. I trust that parents will be the best judge of that. If a child is fussy, perhaps the rocking chair in the back right corner of the sanctuary will be helpful. If you are one of the people who is distracted by the sounds that small children make during worship, I do encourage you to try out seats further forward. Some of them have much better sound.
Finally, we are blessed recently with an abundance of enthusiastic and energetic children during the benediction and closing song. Some of us are thanking God for the presence of these children in our midst, for their energy and life and for the good things they bring to us. All of us can help them learn, through modeling and appropriate praise, what is expected during worship. On the other hand, many of us can remember when an adult, speaking sharply and with some judgment, killed our enthusiasm for singing or church or speaking up in the company of people we don’t know. It would be a shame if we turned into the very sort of people who squashed our spirits so long ago. We can work together to help our children learn to find the beat, keep the silence, receive the blessings of communion, and bring their whole selves into worship. They truly are a gift in our midst. Let us appreciate them. --Jeanne
PLEASE DON’T GO HUNGRY. WE HAVE FOOD IN OUR PANTRY, LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY LEADING TO ERROL STEPHENSON HALL. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED.
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