Church Events

The Diocesan Office of Communication subscribes to quite a few newsletters and mailings that cover many topics of general interest to our readers. We pass on these stories and links as they come in. Recently we have subscribed to E, the Environmental Magazine and we are going to be including stories we think are relevant to the life of our congregational communities. This week we have an article titled “Fair Trade Supermarkets” and a link to a review of a new book about churches working to protect the environment. You can find both of them at the links below: http://www.emagazine.com/earth-talk/fair-trade-your-supermarket http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/religious-awakening We are eager to hear your responses to these new additions, so please send us an email at oecnonline@episcopaldioceseoregon.org and share your thoughts.

“Monday morning we participated in an ecumenical prayer service at the United Nations Church Center chapel.  The service was organized by Kathryn Rickert of the Diocese of Olympia.  I read a lesson and offered lament patterns on a Peruvian drum. It was an awesome privilege to be seated as an observer in the United Nations General Assembly Room.  There is so much political and cultural memory in that room!  Prayers were offered by a number of indigenous delegations.  Speeches were also made and pro-forma elections for the administration of this year’s Forum then took place. Our Summers Collection event takes place today.  Greg, Bonnie, Cheryle and I have spent a great deal of our time yesterday finding the common spiritual and cultural ground that will make our presentation consistent and powerful. Small aside: I took a spill Sunday evening chasing a cab.  My right shoulder is sprained and the arm doesn’t move well.  Fortunately, I am left handed!” - Father Albert Krueger

Campers of all ages gathered on Saturday, April 28th, to celebrate 90 years of ministry at Suttle Lake Camp.  Started in 1922 by the Methodist/Episcopal Church, the Epworth League established an institute for young adults at the camp.  Nellie Watts, a leader of the institute for many years, was honored by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren as the Nellie Watts Welcome Center was dedicated in her honor.  Also dedicated were two outdoor pavilions and a brand new, much awaited Shower house!

“Bonnie and I arrived at the Newark Airport  on Saturday afternoon after a very nice flight from Portland.  We traveled by the New Jersey Transit and Port Authority Transit to the World Trade Center where we played the tourist.  Our next challenge was to haul our heavy luggage on the subway to Union Square.  The nearby Lutheran Church-managed “Seafarer’s and International House” had our rooms ready for our four-day stay. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and discussion at “Mumble’s” with our Manhattan connection, Joy Garland. Joy is a member of St Bartholemew’s on Park Avenue near the United Nations.  She is an active member of “UFER,” a U.N. NGO that promotes fraternity among tribes and peoples.  It is by means of sponsorship by UFER and two other NGO’s that the team from the Diocese of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is able to attend the 2012 meeting of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and make a presentation to this world gathering regarding our collaborative journey to return artifacts from the British Museum. Then we touched base with Greg Archuleta and Chairwoman Cheryle Kennedy of Grand Ronde to make plans for Sunday. The following day we [...]

Church of the Good Samaritan in Corvallis is looking for other churches in the diocese to help sponsor concerts by an a capella group from St. Petersburg, Russia during April or May of 2013. The group of six presents music of the Russian Orthodox Church as well as Russian folk music. They are all graduates of the St. Petersburg Conservatory and are all professional musicians in their home city. They come highly recommended and are anxious to arrange a West Coast tour. Please visit their website, www.lyra-online.org, to learn more about the group and to hear some of their music. Please respond to Harry Burridge, burridge5@comcast.net, if you are interested in hosting this group.

St. Francis of Assisi, Wilsonville is looking for a part-time, self-directed individual to handle our general janitorial and maintenance responsibilities. They are looking for someone who would enjoy this kind of work and who is flexible and willing to take on many different kinds of tasks. Compensation: $10 – $12, depending on experience. Please contact office@stfranciswilsonville.org with inquiries.

Church Divinity School of the Pacific is seeking a Program Coordinator. This position provides comprehensive administrative support for distance learning and onsite programming.  The coordinator’s responsibilities are divided among the following personnel: the CALL Director (70%) the DMin Director (10%, including January term) Dean of the Anglican Immersion (10%, especially summer session) the Dean of Students and Director of Recruitment (10%, including Forums, Thursday nights, See CDSP events) Download: Job Description Please submit a letter of application addressing specifically the qualifications of this position, resume, and contact information for three professional references to: The Rev. Michelle Meech, Director Center for Anglican Learning & Leadership (CALL) Email:  mmeech@cdsp.edu Applications are reviewed as they are received.  Application deadline is May 14, 2012.  Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.  This new position is available immediately.

The St. Mary's (Eugene) Needle Arts Guild creates prayer shawls for the sick and suffering, new babies, the newly baptized, confirmands, and other pastoral occasions as they occur and recently, the cost of yarn has gone up.

St. Michael & All Angels in Portland is looking for a part-time Youth Minister to build relationships with our middle school and high school youth and foster a safe, supportive, and fun Christian environment to encourage them to grow in their commitment to Jesus Christ. St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church is a vibrant and welcoming community committed to sharing our journey in Christ. The Youth Ministry of St. Michael’s is vital to the Christian Formation of our youth as well as our life as a parish. Download: Job Description  

Opening and artists’s reception - May 11, 6 to 9pm Saturday, May 12, 10 to 4pm and Sunday, May 13, 9 to 4pm Each year the organizing committee of Artists Among Us chooses one artist as Featured Artist, dedicating significant space to exhibit a larger selection of work – a kind of solo show within the group show.  This year’s Featured Artist is Michael Manwaring, a Trinity parishioner who’s lived in Portland since 2006.  He will show paintings, drawings and sculptures. Before moving to Portland, Manwaring was a San Francisco-based graphic designer.  Some of his projects include an interpretive signage project for the San Francisco Art Commission that combines poetry, cultural and natural history on The Embarcadero Promenade and a permanent outdoor installation on the work of Eugene O’Neill in Danville, California.  He was profiled in Time magazine and was featured in the first exhibition of graphic design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.  The Society for Environmental Graphic Design elected him a Fellow and named him one of the 25 most important people in the field of environmental graphic design.  He taught at UC Berkeley, Kent State and the California College of the Arts and has exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of [...]

May 8, 8:30 to 3:30pm, Armed Forces Reserve Center, Camp Withycombe, Clackamas The Oregon National Guard, in partnership with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, is pleased to invite representatives of denominational and faith-based organizations from around Oregon to a one-day Summit focused on practical approaches for providing care and support to service members, veterans, and their families. There is no cost to participants for this training. More information can be found at http://www.wciconferences.com/oregon-2012.

Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012 Location: SW Park Ave. and Market St., in front of Portland State University. Walk: 2pm To signup, please go to: http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/TR/2012SpringCROPHungerWalk/TR-Spring2012?fr_id=14260&pg=entry Participants will follow SW Market downhill, to the waterfront, turn left and follow the pedestrian path along the Willamette River to NW Davis. Traveling up NW Davis, they will turn left on NW Park and return to SW Park and SW Market. The course is 2.7 miles, uses sidewalks and the pedestrian walkway along the waterfront. Please use public transportation or car pool to event as there is very limited parking. This is an interfaith, family friendly event and all are welcome. Seventy-five percent of the funds raised will go to Church World Service’s international relief and development programs. If you would like this 75% to go to your denomination’s aid organization (such as Episcopal Relief & Development), you can designate it on the donation form. 25% of the proceeds stay local, of that fifteen percent will go to Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s Northeast Emergency Food Program at Luther Memorial and ten percent to Oregon Food Bank-West. Refreshments will be served at First [...]

SeeCDSP!  Prospective Student Event provides an opportunity for those discerning God’s call to lay or ordained ministry to visit the Church Divinity School of the Pacific campus, talk with students, faculty and staff, attend class, participate in chapel, and get a view of what formation in community life might be like.  The final event of this academic year will be held April 18-20 in Berkeley, CA.  Once the prospective student arrives on campus we will provide lodging and meals, colleaguial conversation, and peace in the midst of active engagement. Download: Registration Form If you have any questions please contact Dianne Audrick Smith by e-mail or by phone at dsmith@cdsp.edu or (510) 204-0715.

St. Bartholomew, Beaverton, welcomes everyone on Wednesday evenings for a new spring Adult Education series, beginning April 18 and running for seven Wednesday evenings through the end of May. Classes begin at 6:45pm and end at 8pm. A simple supper is also available at 5:45pm for $3 per person, $5 per family. The classes are free, and one may choose among: Peace in the Mid East? History and hopes Praying in Color, by Sybil MacBeth, a fresh way to pray using shapes and colors Personal health and safety: “Wholeness: Body, Mind and Spirit” Posies – Gardening weekend field trips People: Who in the world do you think you are? – Genealogy studies using information from the book “Hey America, Your Roots are Showing” Prayer in Motion/Tai Chi continues on Saturday mornings from 10-11 am with Kevin Holmes. St. Bart’s is a growing and contemporary Episcopal community that combines a rich tradition and heritage, beautiful liturgy and music with progressive social action. All are welcome. Contact: Anne Madden, Adult Education Coordinator, 503-297-0357

Nancy Haught, religion and ethics writer for The Oregonian, will receive the Louise Hunderup Religious Education on May 8, 2012, at the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) Annual Community Awards & Celebration Dinner. Named for the former director of Christian Education for the Greater Portland Council of Churches, the Louise Hunderup Award is being presented to Haught in recognition of her body of work in The Oregonian on faith and ethics issues throughout the state of Oregon. EMO recognizes Haught’s profound role in fostering deeper understanding of diverse faiths and faith issues in Oregon. Previous recipients of the Louise Hunderup Award have included Pacific University Institute for Social Policy, the Rev. Dr. William Apel of Linfield College, the Center for Spiritual Development at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and Oregon State Rep. Dave Hunt. The EMO Annual Community Awards & Celebration Dinner will be held on May 8 at the Hilton Hotel, 921 SW Sixth Ave., Portland. A reception and silent auction to benefit EMO’s ministries will be held from 5 to 6:30pm and the dinner and award presentations will begin at 6:30 p.m. Reservations are available at www.emoregon.org for $60 per person and tables for 10 are available for $600. [...]

A Signature Ministry is a servant ministry for which the congregation becomes known in the community.  The Diocese of Oregon, in mutual ministry partnership  with Grace Memorial Church in Portland, is offering a new resource for Episcopal congregations who are interested in establishing a signature ministry. Grace Memorial clergy bring many years of experience to program and project development within the church and the larger community.  They are available to come and meet with a leadership team from the  congregation and guide them through a process of community needs assessment and program design.  Other than reimbursement for any travel expense incurred by Grace clergy, there are no costs to congregations who make use of this new resource. If your church would like to participate in the project or if you desire further information about this resource, please contact the Rev. Stephen Schneider at (503) 287-0418 x 101 or rector@grace-memorial.org.

One of St. John’s newest members has been composing new service music.  Forest Munger has composed a Sanctus, Benedictus and Trisagion for the parish that they have been learning and using during Lent and will continue to use throughout the church year.  Forrest moved to Bandon last October from New Jersey.  He is an accomplished musician — a tenor who sang with the choir at St. Thomas (Fifth Avenue) in NYC, and also sang in the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera.  He taught voice in New Jersey for many years, and he continues to teach in the Bandon area.  In addition he is working with the Bandon Community Youth Center giving voice lessons. Forrest, along with our organist Barbara Braddy and violinist Cynthia Leaf, have been helping the congregation learn the new music just prior to the service.   Barbara and Cynthia along with cellist Ruthann Sutton have formed a group called the Trio By The Sea.  Ruthann is a part-time resident of Bandon and joins Barbara and Cynthia on Sunday mornings when in town.  Barbara is developing a concert series of sacred music to begin this summer.  More information on this to follow as the series shapes up

St. Andrew’s, Cottage Grove joined with Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church to provide a pancake supper on Shrove Tuesday. The event netted $529 for Community Sharing, a local social service agency.

Need help managing your emotions? Building healthier relationships? Or, learning to better cope with the stress in your life? Three counseling groups are forming at William Temple House this spring to help participants strengthen these critical life skills. There is no cost to participants however space is limited and pre-registration for each group is required. All groups meet on a weekday evening for eight to ten weeks beginning in early April. All groups meet at William Temple House, 2023 NW Hoyt Street, Portland. “Manage Your Emotions, Manage Your Life” offers women ages 18 and older an opportunity to learn to manage difficult emotions in a safe, small group setting.  “Healthy Relationships” will focus on teaching participants to have a better understanding of themselves and how to communicate more clearly and directly with people in all aspects of their lives. Participants also will discuss challenges in their relationships with family, friends and significant others.  “Calming the Storm: Mindfulness for Stress Reduction” will share a simple yet powerful tool that will help participants approach daily challenges with less stress. More information is available at http://www.williamtemple.org/counselinggroups.html.