New Parish directories are available! Pick up the most up-to-date directory (blue cover) in the east narthex.
Pledge statements are also available in the east narthex.
Thanks to all who participated in the scrip order for July. Because of your support, we have our second highest month EVER! The deposit was $8,585 and our profit was $350. Wow... you are awesome. Want to be part of the scrip club? Talk to Linda Kidd before or after the service.
Update from the Rector Search Committee: The Rector Search Committee has received materials from several applicants for our Rector position and will begin the interview process soon. Please keep the Search Committee in your prayers.
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:
From the City of Milwaukie: A City's Center: Rethinking Downtown
Nan Laurence, a senior planner for Eugene, explores how downtowns can represent a community’s ideals and aspirations. Join her at Milwaukie’s Riverfront Park – where a Metro nature grant is helping launch a major transformation – to talk about the changing character of downtown activities, urban forms and public spaces. Cohosted by the City of Milwaukie: The Conversation Project, unplugged -Oregon Humanities and Metro unplug this summer, bringing some of Oregon’s most fascinating thinkers to voter-protected natural areas. What better setting to explore sense of place than riverfronts, rolling hills and oak woodlands? Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy; Metro will bring the pie. Conversation is free. No registration required. Saturday, July 21, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
"LOVE FREE OR DIE": Integrity presents an award-winning new documentary about Bishop Gene Robinson: 8:00 p.m., Thursday, July 19 (St David of Wales, 2800 SE Harrison); 7:00 p.m., Thursday, July 26 (Q Center, Portland's LGBTQ community center, 4115 N. Mississippi); 7:00 p.m., Friday, July 27 (Kempton Hall, Trinity Cathedral). All screenings are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.lovefreeordiemovie.com or contact us at OregonIntegrity@gmail.com.
DONATION OPPORTUNITY! Do you have things that were hardly ever used or never used at all?
Are you wondering . . .”Why did I even buy that?”
Do you have a piece of furniture with a lot of life left, but it no longer fits your personal style or color scheme anymore?
These things can become tax-exempt donations for the Madonna’s Center HOPE CHEST SALE and will give the youngest, most needy families a really big hand-UP during those tough times!
DROP OFF ITEMS SAT. JULY 21 anytime from 8 am to 8 pm at the back entrance of 2029 SE Jefferson St. in downtown Milwaukie. Enter at parking lot behind Dark Horse Comics on Monroe St.,
and/or COME TO THE SALE! JULY 27–29 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (during the Milwaukie Festival Daze). OUR PURPOSE: The primary purpose of Madonna’s Center is to support teens, who are parenting without essential support during their child’s prenatal to preschool ages, and who are interested in achieving stability and self-efficacy.
Serving at the 8:00 o'clock Service
The Very Rev. Anthony C. Thurston, Celebrant & Preacher
The Rev. Stephen Denny, Deacon
Jolene Morishita, Eucharistic Minister · Maria Aikin & Julie Ann Smith, Lectors
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
Donna Mell, Cathy Behm & Gail Buchanan, Lectors
Nathan Cougle, Elizabeth Van Drimmelen & Ian Ball, Acolytes
Juanita Chambers, Debra Lehmann & Aileen Black, Eucharistic Ministers
Linda Kidd & Megan Kidd, Ushers
The Rev. Stephen Denny & Betty Denny, Healing Team
