Christ Church Episcopal Parish Newsletter

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1 THE HERALD Christ Church Episcopal Parish Newsletter March/April 2018 Member Spotlight: Ge ng to know Dorothea Beckwith Vol. 19, No. 3 I interviewed Dorothea Beckwith, a long me member of Christ Church, in celebra on of the 65th Anniversary of Christ Church. Wri en by Chelsea Paxton Dorothea joined Christ Church in 1957 with her husband and four children a er they moved to the area from Canada. Christ Church was the only Anglican/ Episcopal church in the area at the me, and that is what drew Dorothea and her family to start a ending Christ Church. Dorothea quickly became involved in the Altar Guild and eventually became the Directress. She was also the Wedding Coordinator and worked closely with brides to coordinate flowers, music, and other details of their weddings. In those days, Christ Church had about 25 weddings annually! Dorothea said that the beau ful church building a racted many brides to have their weddings at Christ Church. Dorothea also enjoyed working with an Evangelism group, where she would collect the pew cards that visitors had filled out and she would call them to gather more informa on, invite them back to worship, and ask if she could visit them. Dorothea, along with another parishioner or two, would visit new families on Wednesday evenings for about an hour or so. Dorothea and other lay members on the Evangelism group were well trained and a ended workshops before making these house visits. At the end of each visit, Dorothea and her group would pray with the family, and made sure to include the names of the children in the household in their prayers. Later, Dorothea became a trained Stephen Minister. She is currently a Lector & Eucharis c Minister and subs tute volunteer in the Parish Office. When I asked Dorothea about her favorite memory at Christ Church, she said that she enjoyed the Evangelism dinner or luncheon, where the members of the Evangelism group would have a meal with new families. I asked Dorothea about her hopes for Christ Church for the next 65 years, and she said, That we all come together as a happy, peaceful, loving family. I hope and pray for that, that we come together as a peaceful, loving, community Marks the 65th Anniversary of Christ Church There is much to celebrate and plan for the 65th Anniversary. A planning commi ee met on February 2nd. The planning commi ee includes: The Rev. Alison Schultz, Terry Crawford, Liz Perkins, Lynn Vannier, Susie Coffman, Julie Mankin, and Chris Sheik. Con nued on page 7 WHAT S INSIDE? Holy Week & Easter Services March for Our Lives A message from Jeremy Outreach Auction Paddle Raiser Children & Youth Vestry Retreat 2018 Parish Announcements 1

2 EASTER EGG HUNT SATURDAY MARCH 31 10:30 AM For ages up to 5 th grade 2

3 HOLY WEEK...COME & SEE from John 1:43-51 PALM SUNDAY: THE PASSION OF OUR LORD As we look toward Holy Week, a wealth of services is offered which culminate our Lenten observance and lead us toward the great celebra on of the Resurrec on of Christ at Easter. On Palm Sunday, March 25, we gather in the Memorial Garden at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and on the front lawn at 10 a.m. there we begin the service with the Liturgy of the Palms as we remember Christ s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. A er processing into the Nave, led by choir and brass, our celebra on soon turns solemn as we par cipate in the narrated Gospel lesson, retelling the events leading up to the Crucifixion. Then, during Holy Week, services of Holy Eucharist are offered at 12:15 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. THE TRIDUUM Lent ends late in the a ernoon on Maundy Thursday, March 29 and the church enters the Paschal Triduum. The Pascal Triduum is a separate season during Holy Week. This three day observance begins on the evening of Maundy Thursday and ends on Saturday evening with the Easter Vigil. The ceremonies of this special season celebrate the death and resurrec on of our Lord. On Maundy Thursday comes an important observance of God s interven on in our lives. Marking the beginning of the Triduum (three days), this day s name comes from the La n mandatum, or command, and marks our Lord s celebra on of the Passover by giving us a new commandment: As I have loved you, you should also love one another. (John 13:34). If the first Passover freed the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt, so this celebra on of the first Eucharist begins the three day period that marks our freedom from death. A er the ceremonial foot washing and stripping of the altar, we move into Good Friday, the commemora on of our Lord s crucifixion. We call it good because we know how the story turns out, but thinking about what Christ suffered on the cross and walking this painful way with Christ helps us appreciate the joy of the Resurrec on. Night Watch and Vigil: Come and rest for an hour or two in Magginis Chapel star ng Thursday at 9pm thru 12 noon on Friday. Sign up today by calling or stopping by the Church office. Holy Saturday is a me for reflec ng upon Jesus death and burial, a somber calm a er the storm and before the Easter sunrise. In Jesus me the day began at nigh all, so our Easter celebra on begins with the Easter Vigil on Saturday night at 7:38 p.m. and con nues through four services on Easter Day. We need to enter these holy days with a renewed sense of being one with Christ through his death and resurrec on. The worship services of these three days involve the common prayer of the whole Chris an community. By keeping these days and worshiping together we are molded into a Chris an community. These days make us Chris an; they make us a church. It's only by engaging fully with the events of the Triduum that we can truly experience the joy of Easter. We encourage all to join us and the 3 whole community of faith around the world as we celebrate the great liturgies of Holy Week again this year. "God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him." John 3:17 Walking the Sta ons of the Cross A couple months ago, three of our youth took on the project of capturing their interpreta on of the 14 Sta ons of the Cross. Each picture reflects the agonizing moments Jesus endured, and the people he encountered on his journey to the cross. We invite you to come and walk the Sta ons of the Cross in Magginis Chapel, open Monday Thursday, 9 am to 4 pm during Holy Week. Special thanks to the youth who worked on this project: Charlie Howell, Tanner Frinell and Ellen Dierckes.

4 March for Our Lives The March for Our Lives is a planned demonstra on, scheduled to take place on March 24, 2018, in Washington, D.C. and throughout the United States. Student organizers are planning the march in collabora on with the nonprofit organiza on Everytown for Gun Safety, following the Stoneman Douglas High School shoo ng, widely reported in the media as being the pping point for gun control legisla on. Following the lead of our Bishop, Michael Hanley, we will be par cipa ng in the March For Our Lives in Portland as part of our commitment to Gospel jus ce in our world. Please join us on Saturday, March 24, 10:00 AM at: 431 SW Madison St, Portland, OR More details about our mee ng plans will be coming soon. So what choices must we make, given our limited number each day, to change ourselves and our world? Choices, Choices, Choices Every day we are faced with choices. In his 2014 book The Organized Mind, author Daniel Levi n writes that each day our brains are only capable of making a certain number of decisions. Big or small, a er a while our minds become less able to process informa on in a healthy way. This means that the messages and informa on we take into our brain is important, and how we expend our mental energy is part of what builds our reality. Recently we have been given new opportuni es to decide who we want to be and how we want to live as Chris ans in rela on to important events happening in our country, and as we celebrate Holy Week and Easter we must look again at what choices our faith expects from us. The central message of the resurrec on is that death does not have dominion over us any longer that fear and hopelessness have been overcome and that we are called to live a resurrec on life. One of the major issues facing our country is how we will respond to violence, and more par cularly gun violence in our society. It is beyond clear that the God of life and the Prince of Peace weep at our love affair with instruments of death, be it a pistol, AR 15, warplane, or nuclear warhead. While we may make certain compromises for the military and police, in an effort to keep our society in order and safe, there can be no doubt that this is not a society grounded in the new life of Jesus Christ, and we are called to live in that new life. We must overcome fear and come out of the tomb, into resurrec on light. So what choices must we make, given our limited number each day, to change ourselves and our world? First, we must choose love. Choosing love means trying to understand others and showing them mercy, trying to serve and care for others in a way that brings them wholeness, and trying to be generous to others in a way the leads to the fullness of life. Secondly, we must live and act in determined humility. This is the humility that leads us to reach out to others, to share who we are, without thinking that we are all that there is. None of us has all the answers, but all of us have something to share. Lastly, we must cul vate hope. Cul va ng hope does not mean that we hide from difficult conversa ons, or try and put a posi ve spin on obviously nega ve and hur ul things. It means that we believe in a world that we cannot yet see and that each day we take concrete steps to transform our world into the one we want and not the one we have. As we celebrate the resurrec on of our Savior, remember that God would not let His love be destroyed, and has pointed us in the direc on of life through the promise of everlas ng life. Live everyday humbly in that love and hope. Peace in Christ, Jeremy+ Rector at Christ Church 4

5 William Temple House: Outreach Auction Paddle Raiser Have you ever broken or lost your glasses? Rinsed your contacts down the sink the one week you didn t have replacements? Or do you remember how you felt the first me you ever got glasses and saw what the world REALLY looks like? W you were homeless, or on such a limited income that you d have to choose between food and glasses, or between a safe dry place to live and being able to see clearly? What would you do then? This year, William Temple House will hold a special vision care clinic for clients throughout the metro area who need vision care. By partnering with OHSU s Casey Eye Ins tute Outreach Program, Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Founda on, and Pacific University College of Optometry, William Temple House provides hope and new vision for many with a one me budget of $19,210. Last year s clinic served 100 people. And this year, Christ Church s auc on paddle raiser will, through your generosity, fund it ALL!! This service will help uninsured and underinsured folks in Portland improve their vision, while also iden fying and trea ng preventable blindness. What s more, because visual needs con nue all year round and because we know Christ Church loves a challenge, we are offering William Temple House the paddle raise funds that are raised BEYOND the costs of the one day clinic, to support their vision care program through the year ahead. HOW MUCH CAN WE RAISE? What will our dollars provide? Here s a sample lis ng: $50 = Eyeglasses for one client $150 = Medical vision exam for one client $200 = Complete medical vision exam and eyeglasses for one client. Do the math - how many folks can we help? It s up to YOU! Be sure to come to the CCP Outreach Auc on! We re ac vely seeking dona ons; especially vaca on homes, airline miles, theme dinners and par es or anything else that s original and fun. Or you can donate money and the Auc on Commi ee will put it to work to maximize the return on your investment. Saturday, April 28 th from 5pm-9pm The success of this auc on is so cri cal to funding the many Outreach programs in which our parishioners par cipate. Here s what $50 can do: Feed 25 people one meal at Potluck in the Park Pay 5 days of teacher s salaries at the Masaka school in Uganda Provide comprehensive restora ve dental care to four women living in a Peruvian prison in collabora on with a group of volunteer Peruvian den sts. 5 Playing dress up is one of the most fun parts of the evening. Wear your favorite 50 s a re: le erman jackets, white tee shirts, greased back hair, poodle skirts, leather, bowling clothes, sweater sets, beauty school dropout stuff, Keds and Converse tennis shoes, li le neck scarves. Did you always dream of being the School Principal, nurse, cheerleader, class nerd? From the Pink Ladies to the T Birds, the costume ideas are endless. Tickets $55 per person; includes drinks, appe zers, dinner and dessert. Children will be provided a well staffed evening for $10; includes dinner, games, movies and loads of fun! Purchase ckets or donate a er Sunday services in Cummins Hall or online: h ps://ccparish.schoolauc on.net/2018/ If you re interested in more informa on or volunteering, please contact Pa anne Carmical: , or pa annecarmical@gmail.com

6 2018 SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION Summer Camp Dates are set and registration is starting! Registration links are available on our website and on our Facebook page: christchurchparishlakeo/ Our Art Camps are from 9:00 am 2:30 pm and open to kids grade Spirituality and the Arts for grades 4 8: June Art Fusion for grades 9 12: June Vacation Bible School is July from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon and open to kids age 4 and pottytrained through grade 5. Vacation Bible School for age 4 grade 5: July We are returning to Camp Tilikum day camp August 13 17! They are preparing a customized electronic registration for our church. When it comes available, all families with kids grade 1 8 will receive an invitation to register! This year there are two separate camps running at the same time. Day Camp is for Grades 1 5 and Quest Camp is for grades 6 8. Camp Tilikum outdoor day camp for grades 1 8: August Contact: Susie Coffman Director of Christian Formation scoffman@ccparish.org Sunday School Class Schedule Nursery through 5th Grade March 18: Project Linus Blanket Making for grades 2 5 in Sunday School. Regular class schedule for Godly Play through Grade 1. March 25: Passion Walk for grades K 5 during the Sunday School Hour. We ll take a kid friendly walk through the events and meanings in Holy Week as told with the help of our 4th and 5th grade students. April 1: Easter Sunday. Sunday School is not in session but the Nursery is open during the 10 am service. April 8, 15, 22, 29: Preschool through grade 5 classes are in session. Project Linus Wraps Up! We have been hard at work during our Lenten Sundays making no sew blankets in partnership with Project Linus. Our last Sunday of blanket making is March 18. We look forward to sharing our work with the parish a er Easter and to bless the beau ful blankets before they are delivered to children in crisis! Tree House Youth Group Tree House meets on April 15 from 12 noon 2:00 pm. This month we ll be having a taco bar for lunch! Easter lasts a whole 50 days and we ll be celebra ng with all kinds of games involving eggs! Friends always welcome and can be included in your RSVP by ing scoffman@ccparish.org Easter Egg Hunt Our annual Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday, March 31 at 10:30 am. We welcome kids up through grade 5 to this fun and friendly event RAIN or SHINE! We sca er 1800 candy filled eggs inside and outside of the church. Bring a basket to collect your eggs! 6 Parents Night Out Parent s Night Out is an evening of fun for kids at church while parents have a night out. Saturday April 21 is the next dates. We provide pizza, games and ac vi es for the kids from 6:00 pm 9:30 pm. Reserva ons must be made ahead of me by ing scoffman@ccparish.org

7 65th Anniversary con nued from page 1 The team is considering combining the annual Pentecost party on May 20th with the 65th Anniversary party. They are looking at interviewing the parish s older and long me members to gather their histories, stories about the parish, and any other facts they might like to share. The Well If Mondays are not your favorite day of theweek, going to The Well may be what you need! Come and enjoy dinner together, and then spend me in conversa on about topics that are current and relevant! We meet Mondays 6:30 8:15 pm. The Well is open to all middle school and high school youth. Hope to see you there! Mission Trip Bake Sale The Well Youth Group The high school mission trip team will be doing a bake sale on Sunday, April 15th, as their next fundraiser. Mark the date on your calendar and make sure to stop by a er both services and pick up some homemade treats! The money raised will go toward the team's mission trip to Houston, TX to help with the Hurricane Harvey relief work. Special Thanks The high school mission trip team would like to thank all of the people who helped with the Mardi Gras party last month, as well as those who a ended in support of the cause. Special thanks to the seven amazing cookoff teams, and David Macemon and his team of parents who helped in the kitchen! 30 Good Minutes for Youth Middle & High School Sundays in March Offered a er the 10:00 am service in the Undercro. We discuss the Gospel lesson of the day. All are welcome! Ques ons? Contact: Naomi Woodrum Youth Minister nwoodrum@ccparish.org The commi ee may decide on a series of events throughout the year, including being a part of the Lake Oswego 4th of July parade, with a booth downtown during the day. The commi ee will keep the Parish family apprised of what is planned for the year. We are open to any ideas parishioners might offer. Contact any of the members listed above with ideas or ques ons. Also the commi ee is welcoming volunteers, and would love have your help! Christ Church Episcopal Parish Launches New Website! We are excited to share that we launched our new website a couple of months ago Go check it out. ccparish.org 7

8 30 Good Minutes A er Easter, our 30 Good Minutes for Adults program will con nue with our study of the Book of Common Prayer. We will focus our program on the sec on of the prayer book known as the Pastoral Offices. We will study the sacraments of Confirma on, Marriage and the Burial of the Dead. Please join us! Women in Spirituality Women in Spirituality meets on Mondays at 12:00 noon in the Guild Room. The group sees itself as a portal for women seeking areas of interest and friendship within Christ Church and our surrounding world. Coffee and tea provided, friendship guaranteed! Schedule for March/April: Monday, March 26. Monday, April 1: Holy Week. No Mee ng. Monday, April 9: The Rev. Carol Hull, Comparing Gospel Accounts of Christ s Passion. Monday, April 16: The Rev. Linda Po er, Open the Eyes of Our Faith. Part 1 Monday: April 23: The Rev. Linda Po er, Open the Eyes of Our Faith. Part 2 Monday: April 30: Mary Morris, 9/11 and my Faith. For more informa on, contact Marilyn Depew at tmdepew@easystreet.net or go to William Temple House Vision Clinic Volunteers Needed William Temple House is seeking volunteers to help at the 2018 Vision Clinic event on Saturday, April 14th. This event in partnership with Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Founda on, OHSU Casey Eye Ins tute, Pacific University, and Christ Church Episcopal Parish will provide approximately 100 clients with NO COST eye exams and glasses (in one day)! Volunteer du es will include: overseeing and managing client appointments (paperwork, etc.), answering ques ons about WTH and our services, escor ng clients a er their appointments, and parking du es. William Temple House is hoping to iden fy 4 volunteers for each of the following shi s: Shi #1: 8:30am to 12:30pm / Shi #2: 12:30pm to 4:30pm To sign up for a par cular shi, or for more informa on, please contact Cliff Johnson directly at cjohnson@williamtemple.org, or Join us in bringing some Easter joy! We are bringing some love to our community members who cannot join us on Sundays in the form of an Easter lily. On Palm Sunday, we will have lilies labeled with names and addresses. Your mission is to take the plant and a smile with a Happy Easter to the person on the tag! You will also have to an opportunity to donate to offset the cost of the lily. Vestry Retreat 2018 Coat Drive One week le to donate to the William Temple House Coat Drive. New and gently used, cleaned coats are now being collected for William Temple House un l Palm Sunday, March 25. Please bring your coats to the Undercro. On Saturday March 3, our Vestry gathered for a day of community building and prayer at William Temple House in NW Portland. Our day began with a Eucharist followed by sharing important moments of our lives. We shared a meal together and finished our day by reviewing our Behavioral Covenant and recommi ng ourselves to live and work together in our lives in Christ. 8