Youth fundraisers for the Mission Trip:
On May 19th, we will have a garage sale at the home of the Mallory-Whites. We are accepting donations for this event. If you have donations, you may drop them off at the church or contact Risa for a pick up, or drop them off at the Mallory-Whites but be sure to call ahead.
Eat out at Burgerville! The youth will be at Burgerville in Gladstone on Tuesdays, May 29th & June 19th from 5-8pm to fund-raise for the mission trip. During this time, the youth will be serving and busing the tables in the restaurant and will receive 10% of the evenings profits. In addition, the manager has agreed to add 25 cents for each "specialty" milk shake that is included with a meal, to the group's profits. Be sure to plan ahead and buy scrip and come enjoy an evening of fellowship with other church members, good food and support the youth. Invite your family and friends as well. Remember it is Strawberry season at Burgerville!
A Prayer for a Time of Transition:
Almighty God, we pray that the power of Christ’s love may be present in our lives as we, the people of St. John the Evangelist, enter a time of prayerful discernment and transition to new leadership. May the Holy Spirit illumine the hearts and minds of those who have the responsibility to lead us as we prepare to build on the vision that is before us. Let not the prospect of change be an occasion for fear and confusion, but rather a time to build trust and increase understanding that Christ’s love may be made known between us and among us that your will may be done. Amen.
Coming Up:
Sowing the Seeds of Happiness Saturday, May 19th 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at St. Aidan’s, Gresham.
Presented by Cammie Bella*
Neuroscience and experiential research have shown that some of us are by nature "happier" and more resilient than others. This workshop will provide some foundational information on our "equation" for happiness but will focus mainly on the intentional choices we make to boost our happiness. "Happiness" in this sense is not defined as the "ha-ha" feeling of perpetual optimism, but rather a sense of deep peace and contentment, despite external circumstances. We will explore tools to find ourselves in a "peaceful stance" more and more of the time.
Fee: $20: payable in advance or on the day of event; make checks out to Life Compass Series and mail to Peter (below) Pre-registration advised so we have enough hand-outs.
For more information & to register, contact: Peter Fritsch, plfritsch@hotmail.com or 1-541-228-4167; 901 Diamond St. Springfield, OR 97477.
*Cammie is a retired Family Nurse Practitioner and leads retreats & classes on a variety of topics.
She is a Lay Eucharistic Minister, a Spiritual Director, and a Licensed Lay Preacher @ the Church
of the Good Samaritan in Corvallis, OR.
Live webcast features discussion about mission with Episcopal Presiding Bishop, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, May 19 from Washington National Cathedral.
A live webcast featuring an enlightening conversation about mission between Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be available at no fee on Saturday, May 19 at 12:30 pm Pacific, on the website of the Episcopal Churchwww.episcopalchurch.org and will be available on demand afterwards.
Hosted by Washington National Cathedral, the event will be moderated by David Crabtree, news anchor at WRAL-TV in North Carolina and an ordained deacon.
Framing the conversation on the Anglican Five Marks of Mission, the questions to be explored are: “What does Mission mean to me”; and “What does mission look like in the world.”
The May 19 event is the first in a series of discussions about mission with the Presiding Bishop and other prominent religious leaders.
Sunday, May 20, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Oregon Episcopal Cursillo invites all Oregon and Southwest Washington Cursillistas, past, present, and future, and everyone else, to a Grand Ultreya Gathering and Potluck, to be held at St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, 8818 SW Miley Road in Wilsonville. There will be singing, praying, rejoicing, eating, and time to connect with others. Bring food to share. Contact oregoncursillo@gmail.com for more information.
Join us for the final concert in our 2012 season! Sunday, May 20 at 2 pm: Hannah Brewer (organist, St Michael and All Angels), Joe O'Donnell (organist, First Unitarian), Matthew Smith (organist, St. Stephen's), and Rob Stoltz perform works of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Louis Couperin, J. S. Bach, Horatio Parker, Max Reger, Joseph Jongen, Healey Willan, Benjamin Britten, and more on the lively Gress Miles pipe organ. A reception follows the concert. $10 suggested donation. St Stephen's Episcopal Parish, SW 13th and Clay, Portland.
Providence Hospice will present Seven Strategies: Coping with the Recent Death of a Loved One, a free, one-hour seminar open to those who have been bereaved in the past year. It will be offered at Providence Milwaukie Hospital, 10150 SE 32nd Ave. on Monday, May 21, from 1-2 p.m. in the Mother Gamelin Room. It will be offered at several other sites as well; check the poster in the Parish Hall for those dates and locales. For more information or to register contact Anne Kister at 503-215-4636 orAnne.Kister@providence.org.
Summer Seminar 2012: Living Together
June 11th-13th, with a free evening lecture open to the public on Tuesday, June 12th.
Jonathan Wilson-Hargrove, one of the leading voices in the New Monastic movement, is our keynote speaker as we come together as an intentional community asking the ancient question: “what do you seek?”
In an age of fragmentation and isolation, a grassroots movement has begun that seeks to put Christians in touch with the rhythms of community life we find expressed in scripture and tradition. In the Pacific Northwest, we’re experiencing a rich revival of intentional living in community – much of it grounded in a rich spirituality that unites ancient wisdom with contemporary concerns. Come experience what it means to live together, to structure our lives in relationship to a community of prayer and practice that forms us in the image of the one who created us. $50 ($25 for students/clergy), online registration at www.center-for-spiritual-development.org.
Grief Recovery Weekend: Are you, or someone you love, grieving the end of a marriage from a death or a dIvorce? A grief recovery retreat for the widowed, separated and divorced will be held the weekend of June 29 -July 1 at The Griffin Center in Milwaukie, near Clackamas Town Center. (Registration by June 25 is recommended) The next scheduled Weekend is December 7 - 9, 2012.
The retreat consists of presentations by Beginning Experience team members, periods for private personal reflection and sharing in small groups. The weekend begins on Friday evening and concludes Sunday afternoon. The cost of $195 includes lodging for 2 nights in a double room, meals and resource materials. Special arrangement may be made for payment, and partial scholarships are available.
Please call Jeri Shaw at 503-314-3697 for more information. You could also email using this address: shawjeri@frontier.com. Additional information may be found on the website of International Beginning Experience: www.beginningexperience.org.
OTHER INFORMATION YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW:
Beginning Experience, a peer ministry, was created with the help of the founders of Marriage Encounter in the 70's. The Oregon team, active since 1978, provides 3 healing Weekends each year. It is a peer ministry of people who have benefited from this program and have received training to offer the opportunity to others.
Serving at the 8:00 o'clock Service
The Very Rev. Anthony C. Thurston, Celebrant & Preacher
The Rev. Stephen Denny, Deacon
Jamie Berry, Eucharistic Minister · Maria Aikin, Lector
Serving at the 10:00 o'clock Service
The Very Rev. Anthony C. Thurston, Celebrant & Preacher
The Rev. Stephen Denny, Deacon
Michelle Horgen, Director of Music
Jan Graves, Debra Lehmann & Beryl Fetters, Eucharistic Ministers
Elizabeth Van Drimmelen, Arianna Van Dyke, & Melissa Northway, Acolytes
Nancy Lane, Phil Wallace & Barbara Redman, Lectors
Bruce Fontaine & Sharon Fontaine, Ushers
June Koenig, Greeter
The Rev. Pat Stephen Denny & Veronica Murray, Healing Team
