Weekly Update
Friday, December 23, 2022
Masks are strongly encouraged for those attending worship (or any indoor space with a large group of people) due to the spread of flu, RSV, and Covid. If you are sick or have any symptoms of flu, RSV, or Covid, please stay home. Hospitals in the Portland area are now at crisis care levels. Read more at the Oregon Department of Health.
The 7 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will include special music and the celebration of Communion.

The service will be livestreamed at the Tigard UMC YouTube Channel.
Bring a practical gift for Jesus!
We welcome donations of diapers (any size) and toilet paper on Christmas Eve for our food pantry families at Bethlehem House of Bread.
Worship with Tigard UMC In-Person or Online
Sunday, December 25 at 11 a.m.
On Christmas Day you are invited to celebrate Christmas through song. We will celebrate Jesus' birth by singing the songs that express our joy at the wondrous gift God gives the world. Pastor Jeremy's brief message is called "Sacred Songs of Joy." Sandy will be at the piano and David will read scripture. Download the Christmas Day worship bulletin here.

A NOTE TO OUR ONLINE CONGREGATION: Our livestream and sound tech teams will be off on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. On these two Sundays, the livestream will be a simple video feed only with no words on the screen. Please be patient if the sound levels aren't quite right. Download the bulletin to see the order of worship, song titles and numbers, and the words to any prayers.
Temporary Change to Worship Time
On December 25 and January 1 the Tigard UMC Sunday morning worship service will be at 11 a.m.
No childcare will be available.

We return to the normal Sunday morning worship time of 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 8, 2023.
A Community Days “Thank you”!

Thank you all for making Community Days so enjoyable this past week! We hope you all had as much fun as we did!

As a reminder, Playpark is closed from December 19-January 2 for Winter Break. Jubilatte will be closed from December 23-January 2.
Wesley Ringers Hand Bell Choir

Interested in playing in a handbell choir? Don't read music? No problem! Rick Schisler is bringing back the Wesley Ringers Hand Bell Choir and has plans to teach interested people how to read music so they can participate. The new Wesley Ringers will get started early in 2023. Let Rick know you're interested in participating by completing this online sign-up form.
Mark Your Calendars
Estate Planning Basics Workshop
Thursday, January 26 at 4:30 p.m.

The TUMC Endowment Committee invites you (and your friends) to a workshop that will focus on estate planning. Attorney Justin Martin will discuss how wills and trusts work and help participants determine whether a will or a trust will best take care of, and protect, their family. Other topics include:

  • Wills: Direct gifts to your loved ones and name guardians for your children.
  • Trusts: Avoid probate and maintain better control of your assets.
  • Oregon Estate Tax: Strategies to reduce your estate tax liability.
  • Lifetime Gifts: Reduce your taxable estate.
  • Incapacity Planning: Ensure you are taken care of.
  • Powers of Attorney: Why it may not be enough.

More information about registering for the workshop will be coming soon. Questions? Contact Adam Bell, Endowment Committee Chairperson (arb238@gmail.com).
Monday Book Group
Starting a NEW Book on January 9
Facilitated by Pastor Jeremy
Mondays from 12-1 p.m. in-person and on Zoom

"Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande

Here is a book about the modern experience of mortality - about what it's like to get old and die, how medicine has changed this and how it hasn't, where our ideas about death have gone wrong. The systems that we have put in place to manage our mortality are manifestly failing; but, as Gawande reveals, it doesn't have to be this way. The ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death, but a good life -- all the way to the very end.
Let us pray...

  • For Eric Levake, Rick Schisler's husband, with kidney stones;
  • For Rick Schisler who is having surgery on his ankle on Tuesday, December 27;
  • For Joy Rocha's son, Chris;
  • For people grieving during the holiday season;
  • For those receiving treatment for cancer, including Myrna Peterson and Ina May Nilsen's sister-in-law, Jill;
  • For people impacted by gun violence, especially the students and staff at Cleveland High School;
  • For the people of Ukraine, and all those who live in conflict zones around the world.
THANK YOU for Supporting the Work of Tigard UMC
Here's how you can give:
  • Visit the church web site and click on the give link.
  • Text “TUMC” (without the quote marks) to the number 833-459-8142 and you will receive a link to our church’s giving page. Make a one-time donation to the fund of your choice, or set up a recurring donation.
Current Church Office Hours
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Monday through Thursday
(with occasional changes)
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