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Holy Week 2022Join us for Holy Week Worship:
Joint Worship with Community of ChristChurch and Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church 17625 NW Cornell Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006 Maundy Thursday Thursday, April 14th, 7pm at Shepherd of the Valley Worship with Holy Communion + Livestream YouTube link Good Friday Friday, April 15th, 7pm at Shepherd of the Valley Prayer, Scripture, and Songs Around the Cross + Livestream YouTube link Community of ChristChurch Easter Celebration: Celebrate Resurrection! Saturday, April 16th, 7pm at Shepherd of the Valley 17625 NW Cornell Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006 Hybrid service + Livestream YouTube link This year continues to bring us new opportunities along with new challenges. How wonderful that after two years, we can finally gather in person for our Easter Resurrection Celebration! And, how strange it is that to make this possible, we will be celebrating the resurrection on the eve of Easter Sunday. As the shadows lengthen and the sky grows darker on Holy Saturday, let us gather to hear the Good News story of Mary Magdalene coming to the tomb “while it was still dark.” (John 20:1) There will be no Zoom worship on Sunday, April 17th. We will return to Zoom worship on April 24th at 9:30am. Community of ChristChurch
In-person Saturday Worship with Holy Communion and YouTube Livestream Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 5pm In-person address: Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church 17625 NW Cornell Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006 Livestream website: Click here to watch live. A recording of the service will be available on our YouTube channel late Saturday night. |
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Benevolence Team Update Jan 2022
What is the Benevolence Team?
The Benevolence Team is responsible for proposing the recipient(s) for our quarterly benevolence giving. How do we arrive at the amount to donate? The benevolence fund amount is based on general giving, 4% of general giving is calculated each quarter. The Benevolence team then meets to discuss needs in the community and make a designation for the special gifts. Your giving to ChristChurch also impacts local organizations with financial gifts. 2021 Contributions and Recipients: 2021 Q1 HomePlate Youth Services: $452.57 & Bienestar OR: $452.57 2021 Q2 St. Matthew Food Pantry: $786.94 2021 Q3 Project Homeless Connect Washington County: $1,058.00 2021 Q 4: Direct relief to victims of Hillsboro fire through the Hillsboro Community Foundation. 100% of the money donated will go directly to assist victims: $887 Total donated to community groups from 2021 giving: $3,637.08 Who is on the Team? There are about 10 volunteers on the team. The team chair is Eileen Gross and the council liaison is Cindy Kinnie. How can I get involved? The team meets on Zoom and via email. If you are interested in joining the team, please contact Eileen. Worship Transition Team Update: November 23, 2021
The worship transition team has defined a goal to host monthly in-person worship in the new year. In preparation for that, the team compiled this list of COVID-19 safety protocols:
Safety protocols for the congregation when worshiping in person Stay home if sick or have been near someone who is sick Wear a mask Practice social distancing Protocols to create a safe worship environment Communicating the safety protocols through email, verbally, and on signs Providing hand sanitizer and spare masks Selecting a well-ventilated space Creating socially distanced seating areas Limiting indoor activities to one hour Please connect with the Worship Transition Team through Tom Litterer if you have any questions or concerns about these COVID safety protocols. The team continues to work with Pastor David on finding a short-term in-person worship space. Space criteria include being in a convenient location, requiring little setup time, and being well-ventilated. Worship Transition Team Update - September 1, 2021
Returning to in-person services: The dramatic rise in virus cases precludes us from even considering any form of in-person services until at least after Christmas. We all wish it wasn’t so. The transition team will keep the congregation updated if anything changes between now and Christmas. The church council, worship team, and others are exploring ways to invigorate our Zoom worship experience. The Worship Transition Team would like to encourage everyone to get vaccinated unless a physician has said you shouldn’t. Getting vaccinated is one way to love your neighbor. Also, if you are exposed to COVID-19 or have any symptoms, please get tested before interacting with others. Below are links on how to find testing locations near you:
Below are excerpts from a letter Martin Luther wrote in 1527 during the Bubonic Plague. To the Reverend Doctor Johann Hess, pastor at Breslau, and to his fellow-servants of the gospel of Jesus Christ (1527 A.D.):
Others sin on the right hand. They are much too rash and reckless, tempting God and disregarding everything which might counteract death and the plague. They disdain the use of medicines; they do not avoid places and persons infected by the plague, but lightheartedly make sport of it and wish to prove how independent they are. They say that it is God’s punishment; if he wants to protect them he can do so without medicines or our carefulness. This is not trusting God but tempting him. God has created medicines and provided us with intelligence to guard and take good care of the body so that we can live in good health. It is even more shameful for a person to pay no heed to his own body and to fail to protect it against the plague the best he is able, and then to infect and poison others who might have remained alive if he had taken care of his body as he should have. No, my dear friends, that is no good. Use medicine; take potions which can help you; fumigate house, yard, and street; shun persons and places wherever your neighbor does not need your presence or has recovered, and act like a man who wants to help put out the burning city. What else is the epidemic but a fire which instead of consuming wood and straw devours life and body? You ought to think this way: “Very well, by God’s decree the enemy has sent us poison and deadly offal. Therefore I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine, and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance infect and pollute others, and so cause their death as a result of my negligence. If God should wish to take me, he will surely find me and I have done what he has expected of me and so I am not responsible for either my own death or the death of others. If my neighbor needs me, however, I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely, as stated above. See, this is such a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God. Excerpted from Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague (1527) Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Martin Luther, Luther’s Works, Vol. 43: Devotional Writings II, ed. Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Hilton C. Oswald, and Helmut T. Lehmann, vol. 43 (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1999), 119–38. To read the complete letter, click here. |
Winter Needs Collection Wrap Up
Pictures of the delivery of to-go foods and hygiene items delivered to Clare Rodgers at Homeplate totaling $1,302.
This year ChristChurch joined SOV in conducting a joint Winter Needs fundraiser project; together we raised funds and donated clothing items for several locally-based non-profits.
The Winter Needs fundraiser project is wrapping up and we are in the process of making final deliveries/donations. According to updated records, SOV and ChristChurch combined will have donated over $2,900 in new items/funds in addition to clothing valued at several hundred dollars. We helped Beaverton's UGM Women and their Children, Greater Good NW in Hillsboro, and HomePlate Youth Services, by providing them with items they specifically identified. Their needs varied but included items such as ponchos, heavy-duty paper plates, shampoo, body lotion, toothpaste, toothbrushes, laundry detergent, hand warmers, napkins, various individually wrapped snacks, and new and gently used clothing items. In several cases, the agencies requested funds to aid them with their mission tasks, for example, HomePlate uses the money to provide bus cards for transportation, and GreaterGood NW uses funds to help pay fees for various applications for their clients. We are so blessed to have families that are able and willing to donate to this and our other outreach efforts. Thank you to them and to you all for helping. |
Blessing of the Animals October 3, 2021
Let’s be honest, during these last 18 months, those of us with animals in our households have already been bringing our pets into our worship space. So let’s really invite them in - to give thanks for them, to acknowledge the gift they are to us, and to bless them! On Sunday, October 3rd, during our 9:30am worship time, we will be celebrating the Feast of St. Francis by blessing our pets and beloved creatures! We invite you to share your beloved animals with the whole worshiping community in two ways…
First, consider sending in a picture… it could be a faithful companion of many years, it could be a pandemic puppy or COVID kitty, it could be the birds or other creatures that you have been sharing your outdoor space with. Please attach your photos to an email and send it to pastordavid@comchristchurch.org by Thursday, September 30th.
Second, if possible, have your furry (or scaly, or feathered) family member with you in your sacred Zoom worship space. Together we will give thanks for and bless all God’s creatures!
Let’s be honest, during these last 18 months, those of us with animals in our households have already been bringing our pets into our worship space. So let’s really invite them in - to give thanks for them, to acknowledge the gift they are to us, and to bless them! On Sunday, October 3rd, during our 9:30am worship time, we will be celebrating the Feast of St. Francis by blessing our pets and beloved creatures! We invite you to share your beloved animals with the whole worshiping community in two ways…
First, consider sending in a picture… it could be a faithful companion of many years, it could be a pandemic puppy or COVID kitty, it could be the birds or other creatures that you have been sharing your outdoor space with. Please attach your photos to an email and send it to pastordavid@comchristchurch.org by Thursday, September 30th.
Second, if possible, have your furry (or scaly, or feathered) family member with you in your sacred Zoom worship space. Together we will give thanks for and bless all God’s creatures!