CONNECTIONS UPUMC • All-church potluck, Sunday, August 26, 11:30am, Errol Stephenson Hall, followed by a forum on spirituality types and worship. • No Outreach Committee meeting today. • Education Committee meets Sunday, September 2, 12:45pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Trustees meet Tuesday, September 4, 6:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Staff-Parish Relations Committee meets Monday, September 10, 6:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Administrative Council meets Monday, September 10, 7:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • UPUMC FUNd-raising Cruise, September 16-23, 2007. • Outreach Committee meets Sunday, September 30, after potluck.
THE LARGER CHURCH • O-I RUMS meet Saturday, September 8, 10am-2pm, Montavilla UMC, Portland. Potluck lunch. • Catholic tradition worship service, Second Saturdays, 5pm, Sanctuary, UPUMC.
THE COMMUNITY • Game Days, First and Third Sundays, 2-5pm, University Park Coffee Shop. • Pack school supplies for North Portland children, Wednesday, August 29, 1-6pm, Weir’s Cyclery, 8621 N Lombard. • Morrison Center Training Event, Tuesday-Thursday, September 25-27, 8am-5pm, Errol Stephenson Hall.
FUTURE EVENTS, FOR YOUR CALENDAR • 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.
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 Collected as of August 23: 4,120pencils 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.
SHARED WORSHIP SPACE UPUMC will host a worshipping community in the Catholic tradition on second Saturdays at 5pm in our sanctuary. The services will be led by Rev. Toni Tortorilla. People from UPUMC are welcome to attend the new service if they are interested.
CORRESPONDENCE August 15, 2007 Dear Rev. Knepper,
I want to let you know that I appreciated the opportunity to worship and share in the sacrament of communion with you on august 5. The music was enjoyable (a word I use with some hesitancy) and very refreshing—a good way to begin a week. The music at our worship service here last Sunday was almost dragged from the organ.
And, I found you sermon to be both challenging and encouraging. It seems your congregation has found a number of ways to belong to something beyond itself.
Again, thank you.
Jim Cissell Rapid City, S.D.
LIBRARY ADDITIONS Have you noticed the new organization of the church library in the hall on the way to Errol Stephenson Hall? Someone donated a bookshelf, which Stephen Hicks, the librarian, has dedicated to videos and fiction. We have a shelf of donated magazines, shelves for biblical studies, psychology, self-help, and spirituality resources, among other topics. There is also one book case dedicated for children’s resources. It is all available for check out, using the wooden file box on top of one of the bookcases on the right side of the hallway. I often find good things to read in the library—perhaps you will as well.
PLEASE DON’T GO HUNGRY. WE HAVE FOOD IN OUR PANTRY, LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY LEADING TO ERROL STEPHENSON HALL. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED.
DIRECTORY CORRRECTIONS
Scott Jensen has moved to 4777 N. Drew, Portland, OR 97203.
Dick Burdon’s e-address has been changed to
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!
We started in July. So far, we have raised $746.65. Isn’t it nice to know that we have so much, and so many, to celebrate.
EDUCATION PLANS Unbinding the Gospel will continue as the adult Sunday School topic for September 2 and 9. On September 16, we will begin a new film-based class. Each 26 minute film will be followed by a discussion. Jenn Herbach will lead the class on September 16 and 23, followed by David White through October and November. The topics will be varied and interesting.
We hope that adults will help the older children remember that the nursery kids will do best in the nursery if their older brothers and sisters don’t come in to check up on them. Thanks for your help.
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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