Two Churches. One Gospel. Food for the Road. June 2013

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1 MH CHOIR ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT... 2 June 2013 MH YOUTH CLEAN UP STREETS...4 SHERWOOD YOUTH PRE- PARE FOR MISSION TRIP.. 5 Two Churches One Gospel A NEWSLETTER FOR TWO PILGRIM CONGREGATIONS DOING OUR BEST TO FOLLOW JESUS IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE, JOY AND PEACE Food for the Road Each Wednesday at 12:15 Pastor Steve leads a very simple, fifteen-minute service of prayer, silence, scripture and the breaking of bread in the sanctuary at Sherwood United Methodist Church. Come and find a moment of rest and nourishment in the middle of your week. There is plenty of room at the table for everybody. Annual Conference 2013 "dis ci ple is a verb!" June 20-22, 2013 The theme of this year s gathering is Disciple is a verb. Many of the activities and conversations at this year s gathering will explore how our faith calls us to be active participants in God s re-making of the world through Christ.

2 Page 2 Mt Home Youth Gro up News Next Meeting: Sunday, June 9th 7-8:30 After all the service and work projects it is time to have some fun to and close the school year youth group! Please join Kelly and Connie on Sunday June 9th for Putt Putt golf and Polar Bear Yogurt. Meet at 7:00 pm at Island Greens, SW Cipole Rd, Tualatin (left off Cipole Road at Sherwood - Tualatin Road). Once we finish our round of Putt Putt golf we will drive over to have Polar Bear Yogurt in Sherwood. Parents can pick up at Polar Bear at 8:30. You are welcome to bring a friend, we just need to know ahead of time so we can plan the transportation to Polar Bear. - Connie, Kelly and Larry Mt Home Road Clean Up May 4th Road Clean Up and Mt Home Church was a tidy affair! The Mt Home UMC Men's group sponsored the clean up and recruited several youth to assist. Nine eager litter "pickeruppers" snacked on a yummy breakfast and then donned safety vests and gloves as they set out to clean up Mt Home, Krueger and Aebischer Roads. In about an hour and a half we had recovered multiple bottles, bags of fastfood trash, some old signs and a 4x8 sheet of plywood... what a treasure! It was a beautiful morning full of sun, fellowship and the peace of the earth. Many thanks for the breakfast and for all the help from all who attended: Brian, Tom, Gregg, Linda, Connie, Molly, Nathan,

3 Page 3 S H E R WO O D YO U T H C O R N E R May Wrap Up In May we met at the Cole s House and had a fun evening of games, laughs, and cake. We discussed Faith and what it means to believe without seeing proof. We then had a banana scavenger hunt between mid high and sr. high youth! Our last topic was on Service. We began a discussion on Circle of Influence and Circle Mission Trip 2013 June 21-27th of Control in respect to our faith and mission. On June 20th, at 7pm our youth will meet at the church for packing We will continue to up our vans. We will gather on Thursday, June 21st at 4:45 am to drive discuss that topic and out at 5am to the Sawtooth United Methodist Camp in Idaho. We will more in June. work on projects that the camp has for us throughout the week. On Friday, June 27th we hope to be back by 6pm! Please Pray for our youth as we fundraise and prepare our hearts for service. It looks like we may have 13 youth serve on this trip! Sherwood Youth Calendar Saturday, June 1st Mountain Home UMC Men Our topic Determining Summer schedule? Saturday Breakfast 9:00AM Fellowship Hall at the Church KP duty TBD Thomas Ettelson Secretary June 2 6:30 Youth Group June 9 6:30 Youth Group June 16, 23, 30 No Youth Group

4 Page 4 ANNOUNCEMENTS Mid-Week Holy Communion A simple service of Scripture, Silence, Prayer, and the Breaking of Bread is held in the Sanctuary at Sherwood UMC each Wednesday from 12:15 to 12:30. All are welcome! Willowbrook Food Pantry Each and every Tuesday volunteers gather at Willowbrook Food Pantry to stock the shelves with food from the Oregon Food Bank, their variety boxes and several churches donations. We have a team of volunteers who graciously donate their time and muscles! Three volunteers are from Newberg Transition School. The instructor and two young men help with unloading the truck, average is 1900 lbs. of food each week. They stock our shelves, carry and lift cases of beans, fruit and vegetables and organize the items for the stockroom. What a gift they are to us! Willowbrook volunteers helped 129 families with 589 people during April. Thank you, Mountain Home UMC for your 67 lbs. of boxed/ canned meals! Additionally, we are grateful for the 49 lbs. admission of canned goods to see the anti-hunger documentary A Place at the Table. May: Tuna June: Black Beans, Maza (corn flour). Cherry Missions and Outreach Mountain Home Regular Monthly Meetings Ad Council 2nd Sunday after worship Trustees 4th Sunday after worship Sherwood Regular Monthly Meetings Ad Council 3rd Monday at 7p Trustees 4th Thursday at 7p MH UMW is Collecting Pajamas! Mountain Home United Methodist Women are collecting new and gently used pajamas for The Good Neighbor Family Shelter in Tigard. All sizes-infants, children and adults are needed. Families often arrive at the Shelter with almost no clothing of their own. Mountain Home has a donation box in the Library (at the front door to the church). If you need us to pick up a donation, please call Donna McKechnie at Note: Summer is upon us! There are no MH UMW meetings until September.

5 Mountain Home United Methodist Church Staff Pastor Rev. Steve Ingram Ph: Assistant to the Pastor Holly Dhynes Worship Leader Linda Walker SUNDAY SERVICES Sherwood UMC Worship at 9:00 am Mountain Home UMC Worship at 11:00 am Sherwood United Methodist Church Staff Pastor Rev. Steve Ingram Ph: Youth Director Lana Cole Pianist Cindy Souza Assistant to the Pastor Holly Dhynes Projectionist Tyler Thayer Upcoming Events at Church June 1: at 9am UMM Breakfast (MH) June 2: at 8am Women s Breakfast Group (SW) June 9: at 11am MH Choir Annual Spring Program (MH) June 19: at Noon UMW Annual Social Luncheon at Jill Clark s (SW) June 15-23: Pastor Steve is away June 15: 9:30am-1pm Helping Hands Food Box Distribution (SW) June 20-22: 2013 Annual Conference in Boise June 21-27: Youth Mission Trip to Sawtooth (SW) If you wish to submit something for next month's newsletter, please send it to hollysherwoodumc@gmail.com by the 20th of the month prior. SHERWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SW Washington St. PO Box 127 Sherwood, OR Phone: (503) OFFICE HOURS: 10:00 1:00 Mon, Tues & Thurs MOUNTAIN HOME UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SW Wunderli Canyon Road PO Box 1497 Sherwood, OR Phone: (503) RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED O p e n h e a r t s, O p e n m in d s, O p e n d o o r s : T h e P e o p l e o f T h e U n i t e d M e th o d i s t C h u r c h.