CONNECTIONS • All-church potluck, Sunday, February 24, 11:30am, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Staff-Parish Relations Committee meets Sunday, March 2, 12:45pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Education Committee meets Sunday, March 9, 1:45pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Administrative Council meets Monday, March 10, 7:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Trustees meet Tuesday, March 11, 6:30pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Palm Sunday, Sunday, March 16. Special worship. • Outreach Committee meets Sunday, March 16, 12:45pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Lunch Bunch meets Tuesday, March 18, at John Street Café. Bev Read reserves space for us. • Maunday Thursday meal, worship and Easter eggs, Thursday, March 20, 6:30pm. • Easter Breakfast, Sunday, March 23, 9-9:30am, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Children’s Easter Egg Hunt, Sunday, March 23, 11:30am, Bell Tower lawn.
THE LARGER CHURCH • Celebration Dinner for the Community of Welcoming Congregations, Sunday, February 24, 5pm, first Congregational UCC in Salem. Tickets $20, 503-665-8741 or
• Jim and Jean Strathdee, “Songs of Faith and Freedom,” Sunday, March 2, 5pm, Courtyard Marriot Hotel, 9300 SE Sunnybrook Blvd. Suggested donation $10. • Catholic tradition worship service, Second Saturdays, 5pm, Sanctuary, UPUMC.
THE COMMUNITY • Game Days, First and Third Sundays, 2-5pm, Errol Stephenson Hall. • Belly Dance Event to Benefit the Good Samaritan Food Bank of North Portland, Today, 2-4pm, Patty’s Home Plate Deli, 8501 N Lombard. Donations of non-perishable food or cash. • Portsmouth Neighborhood Association Board meets Tuesday, February 26, 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 UMC meets July 16-19, 2008 in Portland, OR.
WEEKLY AT UPUMC • Choir practices Sundays at 9:15am, 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, 870 4th Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95818-3302; 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.
Mary Zelenka, c/o Tom Zelenka, 2624 NE 20th Ave, Portland OR 97212.
THE NURSERY IS STAFFED DURING WORSHIP FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN SCHOOL AGE. WHERE IN THE WORLD Feb. 24, 2008. In Tonga it is known as The Free Wesleyan Church. It has rich Wesleyan roots, many of which are Methodist and United Methodist. Most Tongans either belong to the Free Wesleyan Church or trace their faith-roots back to it. It sponsors well over 35 schools, and several agricultural projects. All of this is done in a cluster of 169 islands of varying sizes comprising of a population of well over 120,000 people. Many Tongans have emigrated to this country, and worship in Tongan fellowships and churches as well as neighborhood churches throughout the US. It is amazing what happens when people with the passion to share the love of Christ, in both word and deed, commit their resources and lives to bringing faith alive! The level of fellowship, hospitality and community shared by Tongan congregations and members are all examples of what faith should be all about. When you support World Service and Conference Benevolences, you send forth missionaries, doctors, accountants, agricultural workers and community organizers throughout the world. At one point in history those missionaries went to Tonga. At another point they rode horses and trains into rural Idaho and Oregon. And Bolivia, and India, and Germany. Spreading the word, sharing the grace, making brothers and sisters through the world--that is what you do every time you send a dollar to World Service. Missionary styles, emphases, locations, and skills have changed over the centuries, but not the underlying desire to make disciples and share God’s love. Thank you for being willing to go to wherever in the world you are needed. Thank you for caring enough to send the very best!—Rev. Jim Monroe SOUND SYSTEM Wow! We did it. We have received checks totaling $1,403.50 toward the new sound system. A member of the congregation has agreed to match that with another $1,000, for a total of $2,403.50 from the congregation. We already had $1100 set aside from a previous grant, and we will receive $1,700 as a matching grant from the Metropolitan district Church Extension society. This will give us $5,203.50 toward the installation of a new sound system. With the money in hand, we hope to have it installed by Easter. Thanks so much.
FROM THE GUEST BOOK
The love of this place—this congregation—warms my heart. Keep doing your good work. Peace. --Deborah Maria, February 17, 2008
I’ve always enjoyed attending here. The services are inspiring and the people so friendly. I like the Sunday School, too. Judy is especially friendly. --Joan Harmsen, February 17, 2008
WORSHIPPING IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS
Wow! What a year this has been for me—my faith and strength has been renewed and I’m so proud to spread my faith and love of myself (again). It has not been without obstacles but I have taken and used these obstacles as a challenge to be stronger in myself, my faith, and my life. Thank you everyone at UPUMC! --Bonnie I pray for all of our Service people who are stationed around the world. Please, God, watch over them! --Dotti
I’ve wondered—is there some kind of justice in this universe that demands a sacrifice like Jesus’ violent death to satisfy and counteract the evil? Lately, studying contemporary theological literature, I began to wonder that was it Jesus’ death that demonstrates God’s directions that only love works, violence doesn’t, in the long run. I wondered about a loving God using His son as a justice measure. But we learn violence doesn’t work—there has never been a life that has so influenced the world as Jesus’ life—love, no reaction against evil. The people crucified him, and as we continue to sin we continue to crucify him. We are all guilty. I wonder, I don’t know for sure. --Joan Harmsen
OUTREACH COMMITTEE PLANS The Outreach Committee has lots of good plans for this spring. Here’s a brief list, so that you can put them into your calendar: March 20 Maunday Thursday, meal and eggs March 23 Easter Breakfast Children’s Easter Egg Hunt April 8 and 15 Candidate Forums May 11 Mother’s Day Breakfast June 8 Fourth Annual North Portland Pride Festival June 15 Father’s Day BBQ
And, coming soon, Fair Trade coffee on Sunday mornings.
PLEASE DON’T GO HUNGRY. WE HAVE FOOD IN OUR PANTRY, LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY LEADING TO ERROL STEPHENSON HALL. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED.
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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