Communion Sunday
This Sunday's communion offering is for Urban Peak. Urban Peak provides five essential services to youth 15-24 who are homeless or at risk of being homeless: an overnight shelter, street outreach team, Drop-In Center, Education & Employment services, and supportive housing. Learn more here. |
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Church Building Closure
Please note that the church building will be closed to all on Monday, August 2nd for carpet cleaning. The Great Escape will not be affected. Please reach out to Jessica via email or her cell number if you need assistance that day. Thank you to Donna Mullins for helping put this together!
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Prayers for You
Please let the church office know if you are going into the hospital, having a procedure done, etc. so we can pray for you or if you would like a visit from Pastor Sarah. Please let us know what prayer concerns you have.
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50th Anniversary Celebration
UMCE’s 50th Anniversary celebration is this Sunday, August 1. Join us as we honor the past and celebrate the future! Please consider donating to help fund the festivities, which will include a delicious lunch prepared by our own Clyde Sacks. You can put your cash or check marked “50th Anniversary” in the offering plate this Sunday.
The planning committee estimates our expenses to be around $2,000, including the outdoor tent rental, food, supplies and decorations. Good news: we’ve already collected $1,300 toward that goal! Can you help us with a portion of the balance? Thank you for supporting this significant achievement in UMCE’s history.
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In Worship This Week: Church Stories
As we celebrate the story of UMCE, we remember the story of the beginning of the Church and reflect on the ways that who we’ve been helps us remember who we are. This is a day of celebrating the church – as it has been, as it is, and with hopes, prayers, visions, and dreams of what God has in store for our future! This week's story comes from Acts 2:1-21. You can find a link to the scripture here.
*50th ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY
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Update to Pastor Deb's New Mailing Address
Please update your records that Pastor Deb's new mailing address is now: 7223 SE Henry St., Portland, OR 97206. Her phone number is the same. Thank you!
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The Evergreen Congregation Awarded The 2021 J. Alton Tempin Award
Annually the Mountain Sky Conferenced Commission on Archives and History awards a cash grant to a local church of the Conference to encourage the printed publication of the congregation’s history. The United Methodist Church of Evergreen has been selected by Commission Members to receive the Award for 2021 to aide in publishing the updated history of this congregation as part of the Fiftieth Anniversary celebration.
The Award is named for J. Alton Templin, former Professor of Historical Theology and Church History of The Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado. The Award is in recognition of Dr. Templin’s many life time achievements in promoting and publishing works on Annual Conference and Church History.
The updated written history of the Evergreen Church is being edited and composed by Fiftieth Anniversary Committee member and local church historian, Marg Benham. In addition to conserving the history of this congregation, Marge has served as Secretary for the Annual Conference and Jurisdictional Commissions of Archives and History, as Membership Secretary of the national Methodist Historical Society and as a Member of the General Conference Commission.
Marg will be assisted in the updating of the congregational history by the Committee members. It is anticipated that printed copies of the fifty year history will be distributed to congregational members by the first of the year as part of the year-long anniversary celebration.
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Finances Year to Date through June 30 |
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PREVENTION is always in the forefront.
DID YOU KNOW?
Human trafficking is the second largest black market business behind illegal drugs. It's the FASTEST GROWING global industry! (International Labor Organization May 2014.)
Demand, poverty and lack of education are 3 of the driving forces behind the sexual exploitation of children around the world. JOY International strives to educate vulnerable people about human trafficking by providing them with relevant information about trafficker's schemes, as well as providing food, clothing and shoes to ease their burden of poverty.
An example is last April, 2020, a flood destroyed the homes and crops of 33 Ugandan school girls and their families that JOY helps. A “financial safety net" was sent from JOY to provide essential food and supplies to these girls and their families, thus helping them to survive the losses. Recently a crisis existed with 4,000 homes, nearly 40,000 people, having NO clean water without women and children seeking it on foot for many miles, while being open to attack and kidnapping. Joy International has just successfully raised $7,000 to install a new pumping system to provide clean and safe water for the people of Kasese, Uganda.
JOY International also believes that trafficking can be prevented through education. A recent parent resource, "Family Centered Internet Safety", and the "Why Are You Barefoot" curricula for grades 1-6 are examples of JOY's education initiatives. Dr.Jeff Brodsky speaks around the world to groups, like airport and hotel personnel, about how to recognize trafficking, and how one can help prevent it. He is available to speak to local groups as well; please contact JOY International, info@joy.org, with any requests for Dr. Jeff to speak. The ultimate form of prevention is the arrest, conviction and imprisonment of the perpetrators. This is the goal of every rescue, so enslaved young people can return to a life of freedom and of promise, the life God intended for them.
To support the lifesaving work of JOY International, please visit www.thebarefootmile.org AND plan to participate in the 3rd annual Barefoot Mile fundraiser on August 21 at Marshdale Park!
Your Mountain Community JOY Team thanks you abundantly on behalf of those who wait.
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11:30am @ Fellowship Hall |
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50th Anniversary Celebration |
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Church Building Closed for Carpet Cleaning |
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7pm @ Fellowship Hall & Zoom |
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Onsite worship: 8:30 & 10:30
Online worship: Available from 9 on
Online Kid's Sunday School: 9:30
Onsite Kid’s Sunday School: 10:30
Online Youth Group: 1:30 - 2:30
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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF EVERGREEN
Growing a community of faith by serving a world of need and changing lives. We affirm a spirit of openness and hospitality to all, including persons of all races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, financial strata, and abilities who seek a closer walk with God.
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