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This Week's
Heart & Soul
Crafters
10 am
Annex Basement
Sun., Jan. 5th
Adult Sunday
School
Worship
Service
10 am
Mon., Jan. 6th
6:00 pm
Fellowship Hall
Life Group
6:00 pm
Fireside Room
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The January
Sower will be going out January 7th.
Please email your January Sower articles!
If you have an
article for the
January
Sower,
please submit your article or announcement
to
Sherry by
Monday, Jan. 6th.
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All Church Retreat
2020
April 24th-26th
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 Who's ready to start fun new craft projects for 2020? We would love for you to join us as we fellowship and craft together! Bring your own craft and join us this month in the Annex Basement at our regular meeting times. Feel free to be there for both or if you can only make one, that works too!
We meet the first Saturday of the month at 10 am and the 3rd Thursday at 6 pm.
January dates are: Saturday, January 4th and Thursday, January 16th.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Sherry Hibbs at 360-518-9988 or Shiloh Olson at 541-740-8401.
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Interested in trying something new and being in fellowship with all generations in a Christ- like setting? A team is being assembled for starting Messy Church, a once-a-month service that involves food, fun, and families. To participate in Messy Church, though, our church needs a team and that means you.
Watch on YouTube: "Introducing Messy Church" Please contact Shiloh Olson by email, text, call or in person. This is going to be good!! Shiloh Olson [email protected] 541-740-8401
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Coming in January in the Tuesday Evening Life Group
The Tuesday Evening Centering Prayer Life Group will be starting up again on Tuesday January 7th. We'll spend the four Tuesdays in January discussing the four chapters of
What Do We Do With The Bible? by Richard Rohr. This short little book (58 pages) is about how to read the Bible. Richard Rohr suggests we should read and interpret our Scriptures the way Jesus read and interpreted the Hebrew Scriptures
(the Old Testament). We expect some great discussions!
Then we'll take three weeks off to line up with the Easter Season. We'll start up again on February 25th (the day before Ash Wed.) and read Wondrous Encounters Scripture for Lent, also by Richard Rohr (143 pages). This is a book of daily meditations for Lent.
We also keep a focus on Centering Prayer in our Tuesday Evening Life Group. However, Centering Prayer is something you can do whether you participate in
a Life Group or not. For more information on Centering Prayer come join us for an evening, or check it out at
https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/centering- prayer-1
.
We meet on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. We'll be meeting January 7, 14, 21, & 28. We'll take a three-week break and then meet each Tuesday starting February 25 and ending March 31 or April 7. Easter is April 12
th
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Taking Down of the "Greens"
We will be taking down and boxing up the Sanctuary decorations after worship on
1/12. The more hands we have helping, the faster the process will go.
*Please note, some of the décor will stay up in the fellowship hall for a reception happening on the 18th.
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Honoring
Gayle Hoffman:
Men's breakfast will be on
January 25th at 9:00 am
It will be an informal memorial for
Gayle Hoffman.
All are invited to celebrate her life,
especially those that were in her choirs.
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Would you like a way to help during worship
on
Sundays? Help behind the
scenes at
OUMC? If you
aren't sure where the needs
are, here are a just a
few
and feel free to
contact
Sherry
with new ideas or
skills you'd
like to share.
- We could use a few more Greeters/Ushers added to our list. Normally a schedule goes out quarterly. We are always looking for regular additions or people who can fill in on occassion. Contact Sherry and she will get you on the list. email
- Scripture Readers - Each week we have someone volunteer to be our scripture reader during worship. There is a sign up sheet for this located in the Narthex.
- Do you like to write? Sherry is looking for someone who would be interested in writing an article for the Sower - something along the lines of "Getting to Know You" interviews with our church family. Please contact Sherry if that's something you'd be interested in doing.
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WHAT'S GOING ON
IN OUR COMMUNITY?
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EVERGREEN Faith-Based Coffee
Meets from 8:30 to 10:30 am on the third Wednesday of each month at Cascade Park Baptist Church, 1201 SE 136th Ave, Vancouver.
No meetings in December, June, July, or August .
This year's theme: Growing Together.
Wednesday, Jan.15: The Annual Celebration Breakfast will be held in place of the regular January meeting. Invitations will be sent in December (reservation required). Check in begins at 7:15 a.m. Cascade Park Baptist Church, 1201 SE 136th Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98683
RSVP Here
Future meetings in 2020: Feb. 19, March 18, April 15, May 20
At our last meeting: Katie Benzel and Tanisha Harris from the YWCA Clark County CASA program, discussed the important role of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA volunteers) for children who have been abused or neglected. Training and support is provided for these generous folks who provide an incredible service for children who need a caring adult to represent their needs. CASA volunteers are needed! For more information, scroll down to the announcement about upcoming CASA orientation sessions.
VANCOUVER Faith-Based Coffee
Meets from 9 to 11 am on the fourth Thursday of each month at
Adventist Community Church, 9711 NE St. Johns Road, Vancouver.
No meetings in June, July, August, November & December.
Monday, Jan. 13, 2020: The Annual Celebration Breakfast will be held in place of the regular meeting for January. Invitations will be sent in December (reservation required). Check in will begin at 7:00 am.
**Note***- If you want to attend:
Future meetings in 2020: Feb. 27, March 26, April 23, May 28
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Save the Date for an Interfaith Advocacy Day near you! Registration links coming soon.
Protecting Immigrants at our Doors |
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As you may have heard, two reports of immigration enforcement-related activities were reported at the end of November by programs serving people experiencing homelessness. A social worker at the family shelter hosted by Redmond United Methodist Church reported a suspicious woman who posed as someone seeking shelter, proceeded to ask detailed questions about the space, and attempted to interview other families about a family she was seeking. She was seen hours later talking with someone in a Customs and Border Patrol vehicle. This woman then appeared at the New Bethlehem Day Center for homeless families the next day. For more information, see the press statement issued by Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN), Redmond UMC, Church Council of Greater Seattle, Muslim Association of Puget Sound - American Muslim Empowerment Network (MAPS-AMEN), and Centro Cultural Mexicano.
In response to these frightening tactics, we wanted to share with you some resources suggested by WAISN to keep your communities safe:
- Share the sensitive location protocol from FOOD LIFELINE and El Centro De La Raza. View the webinar on Sensitive Locations sponsored by El Centro de la Raza, Anti-Defamation League, and FAN.
- Train your team in Deportation Defense (waisn.org/deportation-defense) and post a WAISN Workplace Audit & Raids Protocol at your site: English & Spanish
- Remind our broader immigrant and refugee communities that #WeHaveRights and to create their Deportation Defense plan and team by downloading on their mobile phones Notifica (https://notifica.us/).
- If you or your family are directly contacted by any immigration enforcement agencies and/or are directly impacted in any other way, call the WAISN Hotline (1-844-724-3737) for assistance.
- If you or your organization, facility, institution and/or group witness any immigration activity by ICE or CBP, report it as soon as possible to the WAISN Hotline (1-844-724-3737). Please exercise your rights to take pictures and/or video recordings, and we highly recommend NOT to post on social media or other platforms until the reports have been verified by WAISN through our rapid response teams across the state.
- If any community member witnessed either of the two incidents at Redmond UMC or the Day Center in Kirkland, and/or has any pictures, video recordings, or further information, please reach out as soon as possible to [email protected].
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Take Action: Climate Change |
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Climate change is an ever-pressing issue for today and is a top concern for FAN's network. This week, we encourage you to take action on one of these three opportunities to heal our physical world:
- Advocate: The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is working on a Clean Fuel Standard to address the issue of pollution caused by transportation, which is the largest source of climate pollution in Washington state. This proposal would reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 25% by 2030 by setting a limit on greenhouse gas emissions. You can take action by signing the Washington Environmental Council's letter to Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, voicing your support for a Clean Fuel Standard!
- Educate: Learn about the impact of climate change on your local area (or anywhere in the world!) with this interactive map that projects the rise of sea levels across decades, and share it with your community. This website allows you to change different scenarios to consider how our action or inaction towards this crisis may affect our future. A detailed explanation of these results can be found in this article from climatecentral.org.
- Strike: Join the ongoing Friday Climate Strikes this Friday, December 6, which is focused on the banks and financial institutions that fund coal, oil, and gas industries. Many of these financial institutions also fund the for-profit detention system which inflicts suffering on immigrants, some of whom were forced to migrate due to climate change. Click here to find a climate strike near you.
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Events & Opportunities
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Crossroads Trade: Fair Trade Pop-up Store December 5-22 or by appointment 3244 35th Ave SW, Seattle
Racial Disproportionality in TANF and Human Service Programs December 6, 10:30 AM - 12 PM Cafe on Fourth, 124 4th Ave S, Kent
20th Anniversary of the WTO Protests December 7, 10 AM - 9 PM Rally at Occidental Park (117 S Washington St, Seattle), then workshops at Town Hall Seattle (1119 8th Ave, Seattle)
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández: Migrating to Prison December 9, 7:30-9 PM $5 The Forum, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
Film - Ancestral Waters: A Fight for Treaty Rights, Water, and Way of Life December 10, 7-9 PM El Centro Centilia, 1660 Roberto Maestas Festival St, Seattle
Duwamish Native Gift Fair & Art Market December 13-15, 10 AM - 5 PM Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center, 4705 W Marginal Way SW, Seattle
Associated Ministries Holiday Open House December 13, 11 AM - 1 PM Associated Ministries of Tacoma Pierce County, 901 S 13th St, Tacoma
Census Forum and Panel December 16, 6-7:30 PM Eritrean Association of Greater Seattle, 1528 Valentine Pl S, Seattle
Memorial Service for the Homeless December 20, 5:45-7:45 PM St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1309 Franklin St, Vancouver |
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Phone:
360-892-5240
Address:
11000 NE Fourth Plain Rd.
Vancouver, WA 98662
Office Hours:
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9:00 am - 3:00 pm
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