Past Events:
Holy Week 2021
(palmless) Palm Sunday Worship - March 28, 2021 at 9:30am
This will be the second Palm Sunday in which we cannot participate in the traditional palm procession.
Fortunately, Luke has given us an out: Did you know that Luke doesn’t even mention palm branches (or leafy branches of any kind) in his telling of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem? That’s right, according to Luke, people in the crowd “spread their cloaks on the roadway as Jesus rode along.”
I am fairly certain that we all have coats and jackets we can easily put our hands on during this cold and rainy season. In fact, let's look for our best, or favorite, or most expensive coat or jacket and bring that into the worship space this Sunday.
This will be the second Palm Sunday in which we cannot participate in the traditional palm procession.
Fortunately, Luke has given us an out: Did you know that Luke doesn’t even mention palm branches (or leafy branches of any kind) in his telling of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem? That’s right, according to Luke, people in the crowd “spread their cloaks on the roadway as Jesus rode along.”
I am fairly certain that we all have coats and jackets we can easily put our hands on during this cold and rainy season. In fact, let's look for our best, or favorite, or most expensive coat or jacket and bring that into the worship space this Sunday.
Good Friday Ecumenical Worship
Zoom link for Good Friday, April 2, 2021, at 7 pm:
https://greaternw.zoom.us/j/99423440328
We are collaborating with other churches in the area to offer a Good Friday worship experience.
The churches that we will worship with are:
Aloha United Methodist
All Saints Episcopal Church Hillsboro
Community of ChristChurch (ELCA)
Hillsboro First Congregational (UCC)
Hillsboro Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
Hillsboro United Methodist Church
Las Naciones IMU
Old Scotch Presbyterian (PCUSA)
The service is structured around the seven last words of Jesus on the Cross. Each pastor has produced a video uploaded to YouTube.
You may access the content in a playlist on YouTube beginning Thursday morning, April 1st, or you can also view the videos in real-time together with others via Zoom on Good Friday, April 2nd at 7pm.
Zoom link for Good Friday, April 2, 2021, at 7 pm:
https://greaternw.zoom.us/j/99423440328
We are collaborating with other churches in the area to offer a Good Friday worship experience.
The churches that we will worship with are:
Aloha United Methodist
All Saints Episcopal Church Hillsboro
Community of ChristChurch (ELCA)
Hillsboro First Congregational (UCC)
Hillsboro Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
Hillsboro United Methodist Church
Las Naciones IMU
Old Scotch Presbyterian (PCUSA)
The service is structured around the seven last words of Jesus on the Cross. Each pastor has produced a video uploaded to YouTube.
You may access the content in a playlist on YouTube beginning Thursday morning, April 1st, or you can also view the videos in real-time together with others via Zoom on Good Friday, April 2nd at 7pm.
An (Ashless) Ash Wednesday with Holy Communion 2021
The world feels like a very different place from the world in which we gathered last year on a Wednesday in February to confess our sinful ways, to acknowledge our mortality, to receive the ashes, and to commend ourselves to the mercy, forgiveness, and grace of our Creator.
Perhaps this different world calls for new symbols and new practices. So this year we invite you to join us on February 17th, 2021, at 7pm via Zoom. for an ashless Ash Wednesday Worship Service with Holy Communion at Community of ChristChurch. Let’s explore the ways that not only our brokenness and our mortality, but also our connectedness and our belovedness all come together in the central symbol of earth… soil… dirt.
Brokenness:
We repent of our sinful ways, individually, and collectively, as we acknowledge the many ways the Christian Church has been complicit in the genocide of indigenous peoples and the oppression of black and brown bodies.
Mortality:
We lament all the lives lost in this global pandemic and we remember the words from our burial liturgy: “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.”
Connectedness:
We celebrate our connection to the earth, to all creatures and to our fellow human beings. “So YHWH fashioned an earth creature out of the clay of the earth, and blew into its nostrils the breath of life. And the earth creature became a living being.” (Gen 2:7)
Belovedness:
We worship a God who loves us even in our brokenness and, in forgiving us, calls us to ways of reconciliation, wholeness, mutuality and compassion… for the land and for our neigbors.
Please consider engaging in these spiritual practices in preparation for this worship experience.
DIG: Dig… up some soil from your garden or yard and bring it into your worship space.
DIG DEEPER: Learn… Click on this link (https://native-land.ca/), type in your address and discover which tribes first resided on the land where you live.
Write the names of these tribes down in your journal or on a piece of paper.
DIG EVEN DEEPER: Pray… for repentance for us, for the church, for our nation and for the healing and repair for all of creation.
We remember that it is from the stuff of soil and earth that we are all made, and to this soil and earth we will all return.
The world feels like a very different place from the world in which we gathered last year on a Wednesday in February to confess our sinful ways, to acknowledge our mortality, to receive the ashes, and to commend ourselves to the mercy, forgiveness, and grace of our Creator.
Perhaps this different world calls for new symbols and new practices. So this year we invite you to join us on February 17th, 2021, at 7pm via Zoom. for an ashless Ash Wednesday Worship Service with Holy Communion at Community of ChristChurch. Let’s explore the ways that not only our brokenness and our mortality, but also our connectedness and our belovedness all come together in the central symbol of earth… soil… dirt.
Brokenness:
We repent of our sinful ways, individually, and collectively, as we acknowledge the many ways the Christian Church has been complicit in the genocide of indigenous peoples and the oppression of black and brown bodies.
Mortality:
We lament all the lives lost in this global pandemic and we remember the words from our burial liturgy: “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.”
Connectedness:
We celebrate our connection to the earth, to all creatures and to our fellow human beings. “So YHWH fashioned an earth creature out of the clay of the earth, and blew into its nostrils the breath of life. And the earth creature became a living being.” (Gen 2:7)
Belovedness:
We worship a God who loves us even in our brokenness and, in forgiving us, calls us to ways of reconciliation, wholeness, mutuality and compassion… for the land and for our neigbors.
Please consider engaging in these spiritual practices in preparation for this worship experience.
DIG: Dig… up some soil from your garden or yard and bring it into your worship space.
DIG DEEPER: Learn… Click on this link (https://native-land.ca/), type in your address and discover which tribes first resided on the land where you live.
Write the names of these tribes down in your journal or on a piece of paper.
DIG EVEN DEEPER: Pray… for repentance for us, for the church, for our nation and for the healing and repair for all of creation.
We remember that it is from the stuff of soil and earth that we are all made, and to this soil and earth we will all return.
An (Ashless) Ash Wednesday 2021
Thursday, December 24th @4:30pm
Christmas Eve Worship
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE ZOOM LINK
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85017622664?pwd=MVBiNElqMHlFZU1Ra0FsRnlJRTg0Zz09
Meeting ID: 850 1762 2664
Passcode: 056858
For Christmas Eve Zoom Worship, you are invited to bring the following items into your worship space:
~ Advent Wreath
~ Communion Elements (bread or cracker + wine, juice or water)
~ A candle (or flashlight, lantern, glow stick, phone app, etc.) to light for the singing of Silent Night.
TEXTtalks: New Year Gospel Edition – Thursday, December 17th, 7-8:30pm
Are you interested in getting a head start on engaging with the scripture texts that form the basis for preaching each Sunday morning in worship?
Join us on Thursday, December 17th, at 7pm, for the next edition of TEXTtalks… a monthly conversation on the texts we hear in worship. Join me and others as we read through the upcoming Bible stories and ask ourselves… what do we notice? what do we wonder about?
In this upcoming session we will discuss the following stories for the month of January, all from the Gospel of Luke:
Luke 2:41-52 In My Abba’s House Jan 3
Luke 3:1-22 Make Ready the Way Jan 10
Luke 4:14-30 Good News to the Poor – Remix! Jan 17
Luke 5:1-11 Don’t Be Afraid Jan 24
Luke 6:1-16 Poking the Bear! Jan 31
I look forward to this opportunity to engage with God’s word in community.
I invite you to read these texts ahead of time and come ready to join the discussion.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88456309441?pwd=Qm85dzZpamw0eGY2RkJOMnlUSWIyQT09
Peace, Pastor David
Are you interested in getting a head start on engaging with the scripture texts that form the basis for preaching each Sunday morning in worship?
Join us on Thursday, December 17th, at 7pm, for the next edition of TEXTtalks… a monthly conversation on the texts we hear in worship. Join me and others as we read through the upcoming Bible stories and ask ourselves… what do we notice? what do we wonder about?
In this upcoming session we will discuss the following stories for the month of January, all from the Gospel of Luke:
Luke 2:41-52 In My Abba’s House Jan 3
Luke 3:1-22 Make Ready the Way Jan 10
Luke 4:14-30 Good News to the Poor – Remix! Jan 17
Luke 5:1-11 Don’t Be Afraid Jan 24
Luke 6:1-16 Poking the Bear! Jan 31
I look forward to this opportunity to engage with God’s word in community.
I invite you to read these texts ahead of time and come ready to join the discussion.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88456309441?pwd=Qm85dzZpamw0eGY2RkJOMnlUSWIyQT09
Peace, Pastor David
Cookie Making Extravaganza - hosted by Sacred Circle program
Sacred circle is also committed to helping our own community stay connected in small but meaningful ways.
We are hosting a Cookie Making Extravaganza on Saturday, December 12 from 10:00am thru 1:00pm, or for however long you want to come.
Find a safe place to put your laptop, tablet, or phone in your kitchen and join your friends on Zoom for some laughs and seasonal goodwill. You don’t have to make cookies, you can just come to visit. Several of us will be making Shirley Dinger's special cookies, maybe she can show us how to make ours as good as hers! Please extend our invitation to friends and neighbors (even those far away). Email [email protected] for the Zoom link! See ya there!
Sacred circle is also committed to helping our own community stay connected in small but meaningful ways.
We are hosting a Cookie Making Extravaganza on Saturday, December 12 from 10:00am thru 1:00pm, or for however long you want to come.
Find a safe place to put your laptop, tablet, or phone in your kitchen and join your friends on Zoom for some laughs and seasonal goodwill. You don’t have to make cookies, you can just come to visit. Several of us will be making Shirley Dinger's special cookies, maybe she can show us how to make ours as good as hers! Please extend our invitation to friends and neighbors (even those far away). Email [email protected] for the Zoom link! See ya there!
Annual Advent Breakfast - 2020
Please join Community of ChristChurch for our annual Advent Breakfast on Saturday, December 5th.
We will be using Zoom this year and have come up with a few ways for this to be interactive. All are welcome!
We are going to make an advent wreath centerpiece, share cookie and brunch recipes, have an advent devotion that goes along with the wreath assembly and sing Karaoke carols.
RSVP here
There are no registration fees for this event and supplies will be provided to attendees.
What to expect on Saturday:
Blueberry oat breakfast bars
Vegan hash breakfast casserole
Biscuits and gravy with sausage and eggs breakfast casserole
Please join Community of ChristChurch for our annual Advent Breakfast on Saturday, December 5th.
We will be using Zoom this year and have come up with a few ways for this to be interactive. All are welcome!
We are going to make an advent wreath centerpiece, share cookie and brunch recipes, have an advent devotion that goes along with the wreath assembly and sing Karaoke carols.
RSVP here
There are no registration fees for this event and supplies will be provided to attendees.
What to expect on Saturday:
- We will have an advent devotion that goes along with the advent wreath assembly, carol
- trivia and sing Karaoke carols.
- Please come prepared for the fun by bringing:
- A breakfast or brunch meal, recipe suggestions:
Blueberry oat breakfast bars
Vegan hash breakfast casserole
Biscuits and gravy with sausage and eggs breakfast casserole
- Your advent wreath supplies
- Paper and pen to jot down your guesses to the carol trivia
- Matches or lighter to light the advent candles on your wreath
Ecumenical Eats- Food, Fellowship & Fun: Labor Day 2020 edition
As part of the Ecumenical Zoom Worship service on Labor Day Weekend (September 6th @ 10am) we put together an Ecumenical Church Potluck Cookbook.
We had a strong representation from ChristChurch. Thank you!
Download a PDF of the cookbook here.
If you find typos or grammatical errors, please send them my way. I did my best to review all the recipes but there was a good amount to read through rather quickly.
Enjoy! Share! Eat!
-Rachael Jans
As part of the Ecumenical Zoom Worship service on Labor Day Weekend (September 6th @ 10am) we put together an Ecumenical Church Potluck Cookbook.
We had a strong representation from ChristChurch. Thank you!
Download a PDF of the cookbook here.
If you find typos or grammatical errors, please send them my way. I did my best to review all the recipes but there was a good amount to read through rather quickly.
Enjoy! Share! Eat!
-Rachael Jans
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In the spirit of Christ's prayer that "all may be one", the clergy, members, and friends of Hillsboro churches will be gathering on Labor Day weekend at 10:30am at Rood Bridge Park in Hillsboro for worship, fellowship, and fun! Children are welcome to play on the playground or join in worship. All are welcome! Todos son bienvenidos!
The event is sponsored by:
All Saints Episcopal, Calvary Lutheran, Community of ChristChurch, Hillsboro First Congregational UCC, Hillsboro Presbyterian, Hillsboro United Methodist, Las Naciones United Methodist and Tuality Hospital Spiritual Care Department.
Logistics for the potluck picnic:
After the celebration of Holy Communion together, we will continue to break bread together with a potluck picnic. We have reserved all three pavilions and will provide grilled hotdogs, hamburgers and veggie burgers. Bring a drink and/or side dish to share. Please label your potluck dishes, and help us be "green" by bringing your own reusable tableware/utensils and water bottles. We will have a limited amount of disposables available.
Seating:
We encourage folks to bring a lawn/folding chair for service. Limited seating will be available in the pavilions for the potluck picnic.
Offering:
The offering taken during worship at the park will be a special offering to support Family Promise of Washington County. You may make your regular weekly offering online or bring it to church on Sunday, September 8th.
Parking:
To ensure enough parking for all, we encourage you to ride your bike, ride share, or walk if you can - and leave the closest parking spots for those with mobility issues. The park is accessible and there are public restrooms nearby.
RSVP:
Lastly, you can help us plan for the number of grill foods we should purchase by RSVP’ing if you plan to attend: https://www.facebook.com/events/2583409871721893/
The event is sponsored by:
All Saints Episcopal, Calvary Lutheran, Community of ChristChurch, Hillsboro First Congregational UCC, Hillsboro Presbyterian, Hillsboro United Methodist, Las Naciones United Methodist and Tuality Hospital Spiritual Care Department.
Logistics for the potluck picnic:
After the celebration of Holy Communion together, we will continue to break bread together with a potluck picnic. We have reserved all three pavilions and will provide grilled hotdogs, hamburgers and veggie burgers. Bring a drink and/or side dish to share. Please label your potluck dishes, and help us be "green" by bringing your own reusable tableware/utensils and water bottles. We will have a limited amount of disposables available.
Seating:
We encourage folks to bring a lawn/folding chair for service. Limited seating will be available in the pavilions for the potluck picnic.
Offering:
The offering taken during worship at the park will be a special offering to support Family Promise of Washington County. You may make your regular weekly offering online or bring it to church on Sunday, September 8th.
Parking:
To ensure enough parking for all, we encourage you to ride your bike, ride share, or walk if you can - and leave the closest parking spots for those with mobility issues. The park is accessible and there are public restrooms nearby.
RSVP:
Lastly, you can help us plan for the number of grill foods we should purchase by RSVP’ing if you plan to attend: https://www.facebook.com/events/2583409871721893/
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Pysanky and the Passion event photos:
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This special event is the result of conversations with community partners at
Domestic Violence Resource Center. Please join us! 
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Community Resilience: July 2016
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Community of ChristChurch in Hillsboro, OR, in partnership with Washington County Public Health Emergency Preparedness is hosting a community resiliency event on Saturday July 23rd from 10am – 3pm. This event will focus on preparing our community for long term sustainability by sharing community resources and interactive workshops.
The keynote speaker is Alice Busch, Operations Division Chief for Multnomah County Emergency Management. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be provided. Families are encouraged to attend. Please RSVP at the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/670501739783899/ Parking: ChristChurch has a parking lot that attendees may use. Additional parking will be available at Liberty High School Student parking. Accessibility: Our building, meeting rooms and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. |
Just a taste of the organizations coming to our vendor fair:
Family Promise Washington County Oregon Hillsboro Fire and Rescue / CERT InStove Interfaith Disabilities Network of Oregon OHSU University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Oregon Food Bank Washington County Solid Waste & Recycling Program ...and more! |
Alice Busch
Full Details for the day:
10 am - Doors open: Visit Vendors!
10:15 am -11:15 am Keynote Speaker - Community Resilience: Alice Busch
Alice currently serves as the Operations Division Chief for Multnomah County Emergency Management, MCEM. Her role includes managing the office’s training, exercise, duty officer, and community preparedness programs. She is also responsible for ensuring overall operational readiness and the staffing and management of the Emergency Operations Center. Prior to her roles with MCEM, Alice worked as an Emergency Manager for the Department of Human Services. Her work with Human Services involved Mass Care and Sheltering, Continuity of Operations, Disaster Behavioral Health, and Donations and Volunteer Management planning. Alice started her career in the fire service. During her 21 years with the fire department, Alice served as an Emergency Manager, EMT, Public Information and Education Officer, Critical Incident Stress Manager, Fire Inspector and Fire Investigator.
11:15 pm - 11:45 pm Visit vendor booths
10 am - Doors open: Visit Vendors!
10:15 am -11:15 am Keynote Speaker - Community Resilience: Alice Busch
Alice currently serves as the Operations Division Chief for Multnomah County Emergency Management, MCEM. Her role includes managing the office’s training, exercise, duty officer, and community preparedness programs. She is also responsible for ensuring overall operational readiness and the staffing and management of the Emergency Operations Center. Prior to her roles with MCEM, Alice worked as an Emergency Manager for the Department of Human Services. Her work with Human Services involved Mass Care and Sheltering, Continuity of Operations, Disaster Behavioral Health, and Donations and Volunteer Management planning. Alice started her career in the fire service. During her 21 years with the fire department, Alice served as an Emergency Manager, EMT, Public Information and Education Officer, Critical Incident Stress Manager, Fire Inspector and Fire Investigator.
11:15 pm - 11:45 pm Visit vendor booths
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11:45 am - 12:45 pm Permaculture: Julian Dominic, Witchhazel Design
Permaculture, in its simplest form, stems from the words “permanent” and “agricultural”/“culture”. While mimicking the patterns in nature, permaculture is an intentional design language. It seeks to meet human needs through careful ecological planning and regenerative design methods while caring for the earth, her people and always having an abundance to share. A sort-of spicy form of small and large-scale landscaping! Julian Dominic Julian Dominic owns and operates the permaculture design firm, Witch Hazel Designs and Education. As a professional permaculture designer and teacher, Julian helps to consult and implement resilient and community-driven designs for diverse communities from scales of urban spaces to rural farms. Additionally, Julian uses his skills an instructor for The City Repair Project and as an environmental educator with Portland Public Schools. Through his travels to various land-based cultures around the world, Julian studied Sustainable Agriculture at Warren Wilson College and now spends his time growing, processing and harvesting annual and perennial foods while finding different ways to gather and feed his family and friends. When he’s not growing food or teaching, Julian enjoys milking his goats, making nixtamal, tying cordage, and occasionally singing to old soul standards. For more information on ecological landscape design inquires, visit witchhazeldesigns.com or [email protected]. |
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Wondering about lunch?
El Taco Yucateco food truck will be parking in our lot and selling authentic Mexican food for lunch.
El Taco Yucateco food truck will be parking in our lot and selling authentic Mexican food for lunch.
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12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Tortillas and Climate Change - Tortilla making and tasting (limited seating): Julian Dominic, Witchhazel Design
Nixtamal is the old process of cooking corn with an alkali to make it more bio-available and healthy. Stemming from the old Aztec word from the Nahuatl language, “Nixti” = Ashes and “tamal”=corn dough, this process will be hands-on as we explore the historical cuisine and cultural history of corn as a revered figure in history. We’ll be cooking, learning about and eating home-grown, fresh-girdled-tortillas while meeting our neighbors and deepening our passion for community resilience. This session is limited to 20 participants, sign up when you arrive. |
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Disaster Sanitation - What to do with Pee and Poo: Jeff Holiman, Phlush (Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human)
Geologists predict a Cascadia Subduction Zone megaquake in the Pacific Northwest. Governments and households are considering the consequences:
Jeff Holiman from Phlush will be sharing with us the answers to these questions. For more info on Phlush go here.
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Visit vendor booths
3:00 pm Event ends
Geologists predict a Cascadia Subduction Zone megaquake in the Pacific Northwest. Governments and households are considering the consequences:
- What are we going to do when the toilets don’t work?
- What’s going to happen to sewer infrastructure?
- Do we have the knowledge and materials we need to build safe, functional household and multi-household toilet systems?
- Shouldn’t we plan now for more resilient sanitation systems?
Jeff Holiman from Phlush will be sharing with us the answers to these questions. For more info on Phlush go here.
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Visit vendor booths
3:00 pm Event ends
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Community of ChristChurch 5170 NW Five Oaks Drive, Hillsboro, OR 97124 503.617.9526
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