Plans are in process for the renewal of our Vine Neighborhood Home Painting Project! And, we will need LOTS of volunteers to help with equipment, food, water, and all the support tasks, as well as with the painting itself. We are scheduled for two Saturdays: September 23 and 30. We have a homeowner eager to…
A Celebration Potluck Dinner in honor of the Zamel family, refugees from Syria, will be held in the church dining room this Thursday, August 17, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Please bring a dish to share (no pork dishes, and any with meat should be labeled to indicate if the meat is Halal). All members…
“Live Generously”, is the theme of the 2017 Stewardship Campaign. It is more than what we do with our financial resources – though that is important. To live generously, we are also called to be open to new ideas, to welcome the stranger, to volunteer often, and to forgive those who have offended us.
Job responsibilities include: Preparation of weekly and holiday church bulletins and announcements. Coordinate and work with volunteers to proofread each publication. Design the Presbyter monthly newsletter and coordinate the overall communications of the congregation through the gathering and receiving of information from staff, volunteers, groups in the congregation, and agencies in the community. Prepare other…
The Tuesday Morning Men’s Fellowship is celebrating 13 years of fellowship. From our beginning during Lent, 2004, Men’s Fellowship has been gathering on Tuesday mornings at 7:00 in the Archives Room. A few minutes in general conversation with donuts and coffee are followed by a reading and a lively and thoughtful discussion of the week’s Lectionary. More…
Donating blood is easy, and doesn’t take much time at all. Please consider donating! There will be a sign-up sheet in the Gathering Place for the 3 weeks prior to the drive. Please sign up for a designated time, that way there won’t be long waits on the day of the drive. We need 25…
Our Flower Exchange will continue bi-weekly through the growing season. The Exchange is simple: bring some transplantable flowers in and/or take some home. (You can still take some home, even if you didn’t bring any to exchange.) Thin your beds or bring the annuals you don’t feel like planting. “Flowers” can be perennials, wildflowers, grasses,…
This summer we are offering a Summer Book Club based on the book, “Waking Up White (finding myself in the story of race),” by Debby Irving. The book study will take place over four weeks, beginning Sunday, July 9, at 11:15 in Room 301. The Reverend Denise Anderson and the Reverend Jan Edmiston, Co-Moderators of…
After seven years of service to our congregation, Seth Weeldreyer would be due a three-month sabbatical, according to policies of our Presbytery and congregation. However, in this time of pastoral transition, Seth has postponed consideration of a sabbatical period for the near future. In recognition of that postponement, our congregation approved one week of additional…
Pastor Seth Weeldreyer is exploring details of another pilgrimage to Scotland during the summer of 2018, spending a week in the Iona Abbey. Our trip would include a couple of days touring Scotland on the way out to Iona and on return. Dates are yet to be determined. Seth is in contact with Iona staff…