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UP-words for October 21, 2007 |
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Written by Jeanne Knepper
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Saturday, 20 October 2007 |
CONNECTIONS
• Outreach Committee meets today, 12:45pm, Errol Stephenson Hall.
• David White will bring the message on Sunday, October 28.
• All-church Potluck, Sunday, October 28, 11:30am, Errol Stephenson Hall.
• Stewardship Campaign during the month of November.
• Food Drive for Good Samaritan Food Bank of North Portland during November.
• Rev. Karen Crooch will fill the pulpit on Sunday, November 4.
• Reception of New Members, Sunday, November 11, during worship.
• Education Committee meets Sunday, November 11, 12:45pm, Errol Stephenson Hall.
• Staff Parish Relations Committee meets Monday, November 12, 6:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall.
• Administrative Council meets Monday, November 12, 7:30pm, Errol Stephenson hall.
• Leadership Development Committee [Nominations] meets Tuesday, November 13, 7:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall.
• All-Church Charge Conference meets Sunday, November 18, 5:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall.
• All-Church Thanksgiving Celebration, Thursday, November 22, 1pm gather; 2pm dinner.
• Celebration Sunday, November 25.
THE LARGER CHURCH
• Catholic tradition worship service, Second Saturdays, 5pm, Sanctuary, UPUMC.
• Oregon-Idaho Reconciling United Methodists meet Saturday, November 10, 10am-2pm, Lebanon UMC.
THE COMMUNITY
• Game Days, First and Third Sundays, 2-5pm, University Park Coffee Shop.
• Portsmouth Neighborhood Association Board meets Tuesday, October 23, 7pm, Errol Stephenson Hall.
FUTURE EVENTS, FOR YOUR CALENDAR
• General Conference of the United Methodist Church meets April 23-May 2, 2008 in Fort Worth, TX.
• Western Jurisdiction Conference of the United Methodist Church meets July 16-19, 2008 in Portland, OR.
WEEKLY AT UPUMC
• Choir practices Sundays at 9:30am, Tuesdays at 6:30pm, Sanctuary.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, Narthex, Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays at 8pm, weekly.
• Overeaters Anonymous, Wednesdays at 7pm.
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.
PLEASE DON’T GO HUNGRY. WE HAVE FOOD IN OUR PANTRY, LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY LEADING TO ERROL STEPHENSON HALL. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED.
THE NURSERY IS STAFFED DURING WORSHIP FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN SCHOOL AGE.
CELEBRATIONS FUND-RAISER
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. This is an effective fund-raiser. Let’s make it fun!
FOOD DRIVE IN NOVEMBER
In Oregon we have an immediate and urgent need. Many of our food pantries are very low on food. Also the Oregon Food Bank has put out a call for food and dollar donations. The Bishop's Initiative Task Force invites churches near food pantries to start food drives. Others may want to raise funds to send. Again, the situation in Oregon is very critical. This requires immediate action.
UPUMC will hold our annual Fall food drive the entire month of November. We bring food to worship and then donate it to the Good Samaritan Food Bank of North Portland. It is our pride and joy to give all that we can, spending the month of November being grateful for all of our blessings.
WHERE IN THE WORLD?
October 21, 2007
Matthew has a problem. He is schizophrenic. And he lives in a place where there is little help. Several United Methodists met Matthew last July in an awkward kind of way. Matthew is so hungry for human contact that he comes up to strangers, falls on his knees in front of them, bows his head, and touches them. Often people misunderstand, misinterpret the touch, and strike out at Matthew. So immediately after falling on his knees and reaching out, Matthew springs up again and runs in order to avoid being hit. As he dashes down the streets of Maua, Kenya, he talks to demons no one else can see. The last time the United Methodists saw Matthew, he was being chased by children with machetes and sticks. It is a lonely, fearful world in which he lives. Bad news: Your World Service dollars do nothing for Matthew right now. There are no social services. There is no street chaplain. There is no community clinic. We offer little to him right now other than startled, anxious responses. Good news: That is changing. Because of your giving to World Service and Advance Specials, the Maua Methodist Hospital is developing programs and outreach clinics that eventually will offer Matthew medication and hope. You are not making a difference in his life right now, but your support of the World Service apportionment is setting the stage so that down the road, when Matthew falls on his knees and reaches out with a touch-starved hand, your hand will reach out and lift Matthew up; up with a helping hand of grace. You are making a difference in the world. You are becoming the hand of God’s love, reaching out to the Matthew’s of the world. Thank you.—Rev. Jim Monroe
KAREN CROOCH TO PREACH NOV 4
The Rev. Karen Crooch was the pastor at UPUMC from 1988-1995. The congregation decided to become a Reconciling United Methodist Church during her ministry. It also began the capitol campaign that led to the construction of Errol Stephenson Hall. After her time at UPUMC, Karen was the pastor at Newman UMC in Grants Pass, Western District Superintendent, and then pastor at Morningside UMC in Salem. She retired this year and has agreed to preach here at UPUMC on Sunday, November 4. Plan to attend and to welcome her back to her first charge in the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference.
NOVEMBER STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN
It’s somehow fitting that we make November the month for two yearly campaigns. In this month of Thanksgiving, we attend to the needs of those who are struggling by collecting food for the Good Samaritan Food Bank of North Portland and we plan for our own financial support as a congregation during the next year. During November, we will focus worship on gratitude, giving, and growth, in our lives, in our community, and in our church. Each week, lay people will speak of what giving to the church means in their lives. On November 11, we will receive new members. On November 18, we will gather as an All Church Conference with our District Superintendent Bonnie Parr Philipson. On November 25, Celebration Sunday, we will make our pledges of prayers, presence, gifts, and service and follow worship with a celebration dinner.
WOMEN’S DIALOG ON IMMIGRATION
The Women's Division of the UM General Board of Global Ministries endorsed a new faith-based campaign promoting non-racist dialogs on immigration. The campaign, initiated by the Chicago-based Center for New Community, will promote a national dialogue on immigration, civil rights and citizenship that's free of the intolerance and xenophobia that dominate current debates.
Carol Barton, the division's co-executive secretary for racial justice, said, "We will partner with the campaign to engage UM Women members in local efforts to understand and challenge these hate groups." She also said extreme anti-immigrant organizations with roots in white supremacist hate groups have infiltrated the mainstream and helped shape the national debate on immigration.
Endorsing the campaign is another step in UM Women's ongoing advocacy for immigrants and just immigration policy in response to the biblical mandate to love neighbors and to welcome the sojourner. Women's Division actions on immigration cite Leviticus 19:33-34: "When strangers sojourn with you in your land, you shall not do them wrong. The strangers who sojourn with you shall be to you as the natives among you, and you shall love them as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt."
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