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On Saturday, May 31, Clipper Club and any others interested in a easy and mostly-level hike in the Gorge should meet at the church at 10 a.m. Pack a lunch. We’ll hike from Viento to Lancaster Falls on the old scenic highway. Some may want to take on a steeper climb beyond there to a viewpoint.
Women’s Fellowship voted to use some of the proceeds from its Equal Exchange Coffee sales to support a child through the Global Ministries Child Sponsorship Program. Their $30 per month contribution will go to a child at Tibetan Children’s Village in Dharamsala, India.
Here’s advanced notice on events around Karl’s retirement: Pastoral Relations Committee and Church Council will conduct an exit interview after the service Sunday, Aug. 3. Details are still coming together for a “party/roast” on his last Sunday, Aug. 24. Save the date!
The Internal Revenue Service has concluded that the UCC did not violate tax laws when U.S. Sen. Barack Obama addressed the denomination's 50th anniversary General Synod in Hartford, CT, in June 2007. "Based on your response to the inquiry, we have determined that the activity about which we had concern did not constitute an intervention or participation in a political campaign - and that the United Church of Christ continues to qualify as an organization described in section 501(c)(3)," according to a May 13 letter from the IRS. The letter completely vindicated the UCC and complimented the denomination for steps taken to assure compliance with the law.
Strengthen the Church offering = $693.00; Mother’s Day Breakfast & Raffle for camp & college scholarships = $337.00; Myanmar/Burma disaster = $115.00. (Regarding the latter-- One Great Hour of Sharing gifts were at work via partner churches in Myanmar well before U.S. government aid was allowed in. The needs are overwhelming both there and in China after the earthquakes. Special gifts through the church are still needed and still being received.)
The big news from Central Pacific Conference assembly was the vote to call Walter John Boris as the new Conference Minister. Corliss Marsh was honored for her work as chair of the CM search committee.
As people of faith we are called to be engaged in the public arena we know as politics. For us, public policy decision-making is never merely politics. It is a way of living out the commandment to love our neighbor as ourselves. The Our Faith Our Vote program includes resources designed to assist members and congregations in discovering ways to get involved in the political process. Congregations can develop and engage in a number of nonpartisan activities such as sending teams to interview candidates, holding candidate forums in churches, monitoring media coverage of the issues and campaigns, organizing issue education sessions, and engaging in voter registration and voter participation efforts. Check out resources at http://www.ucc.org/ourfaithourvote
Adopt a cabin at Camp Adams! A cabin or a piece of it-- There is an ongoing renovation of old cabins and construction will begin soon on one or two new cabins. Karl has the info.
Food of the month: for June it’s pasta & spaghetti sauce. For July it’s vegetables.
You’ll find Klea there often, and others she’s enlisted from the church: the new Habitat ReStore is open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. It’s at 2937 E. 2nd St., across from Big Jim’s. You are invited to visit and buy or donate household and construction items. AROUND THE CHURCH-- Joys: Women’s Cluster, missionary visitors from Ecuador, Corliss’s work on the Conference Minister search committee, plant blessing & potlucks, Cherry Festival.
Sorrows: Deaths of Helen Grossmiller, Noma Walston, Ruth Larsell, Gabriel Brisbine, Charles Davis, Audrey Anne Gale, Dorothy Roth, Betty White.
Also in our prayers: more challenges to the UCC, Helen Haslett, Lynn Wilcox, Lucy Rice, Delta Brown, Marilyn Todd, Ed Eddy, Virginia Kelly, Callie’s prescription problem, Elaine Gaither’s dad & her trip to see him, Yvonne & her mother, Jim Minnick, Jaelynn Wilcox, Josie, Donna S., Terrie, Olivia, Candy Wilson, homeless kids in local schools, Rev. Alison Dingley completing interim at St. Paul’s, Carmen Toll, environmental concerns, Geri Reetor, Leo Poppoff, Bruce L’s dad, Yvonne Slack, Evelyn Booth, Tyler Burris, Ellen Calder, Juanita Carpenter, Patty Flory, Sandy Geiser, Bessie Hoogestraat, Jennifer Jordan, Eliana Ortega, Jean Vercouteren, Moderator Tim Willis & Church Council & Pastoral Relations Committee, our deployed military: Erin & Stan - Brad - Scott, Philip Klindt, Gene Pyles, Linda Hull, Cheri Lynn Smouse, Patty Cole, Jenny Magill. (Web addition: Pray for Mark Ulrich your Webmaster as I have hernia surgery on June 2nd, go to the hospital at 8am.)
You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person. (PrayerWorks)
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