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St
Mark Presbyterian Church Good
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May 2009 |
Volume 2, Number 5 |
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Are you Signed Up? If you would like to help prepare for worship by reading, lighting candles, greeting, making coffee or bringing flowers or treats, please sign up on the clip board in the Jarrett Wing during fellowship following worship or contact Pastor Campbell at bjcam33@comcast.net or at the office phone 503-244-8177.
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"This I Believe" Good News Series. Similar in format to the PBS series of the same name, we are inviting anyone who is interested to submit short articles for Good News that deals with any subject on which you have strong beliefs which you would like to share. This can be about your faith, or about other beliefs that are perhaps shaped, in part, by your faith. To submit an article please email to Eric Graf, Good News Editor, at eric.graf@comcast.net or mail to Eric at 1531 SE Pershing St. Portland, OR 97202.
St. Mark Volunteer Cleaning Crews. If you are interested in helping keep St. Mark clean by joining a crew some Saturday afternoon for a couple of hours, please contact Pastor Barbara. Upcoming crews include: May 2nd, David Stewart-Smith and Leas Averill May 16th, Sue and Eric Graf June 6th, Brenda Jamsgard
St. Mark Scrip Sales. Scrip are gift cards for use at grocery stores, restaurants, movie theaters, gas stations, and other commercial establishments in the Portland area. For each gift certificate you purchase you receive the same amount in a gift card and St. Mark receives 7-25% of the purchase back from the establishment. This is a quick and "painless" way to support the mission of St. Mark. The next chance to order Scrip will be Sunday, May 3rd, following worship, for pickup on Sunday, May 10th. Future order dates are May 17th, May 31st, June 14th, July 5th, Aug 2th and Aug 30th.
Raise Funds for St. Mark when you Search or Shop Online. Check out these websites: www.iGive.com and www.iSearchiGive.com. Both of these sites are set up to send small donations to St. Mark for each time the site is used. The iGive site involves online shopping. The iSearchiGive site is a search engine like Google that puts one cent into the St. Mark account for every valid search. If you are someone who uses the web a lot each day, we would appreciate the extra funds using these sites could bring in. On the site you will be asked to enter the organization you are supporting. Just type in “St Mark Presbyterian Church.”
Summer “Relief” Church School Teachers Needed. If you are willing and able to teach a small group of church school children one Sunday this summer and give our regular teachers a much needed and appreciated summer break, please contact Cherie Kennedy at 503-698-8308. Our summer schedule of combined classes (due to decrease in summer attendance) will begin June 21st with Cherie Kennedy as teachers. Teachers are needed from June 28th to Sept 6th.
SW Hope Food Drive Big Success! As of the last report the drive had raised $23,402 ($19,902 received + $3,500 pledged) and collected 18,728 pounds of food! That means SW HOPE has brought in the equivalent of 135,738 pounds of food thus far! This is a nice increase over last year when the totals were: $21,695, plus 13,762 pounds of food. These are truly remarkable outcomes, especially in these challenging economic times. Rick Nitti sends a big “THANK YOU!” for the time, energy, love and generosity of their partner congregations.
Vegetable Garden Starts! On Sunday, May 10th you may receive or trade young plants for your vegetable garden. Also check out on the foyer bulletin board, the monthly list of locally grown fruits and vegetables available in our markets. For information on either of these projects contact Johanna Norton or Suzanne Chase.
Mom and Me Presbytery Camp. Pastor Barbara will be serving as Dean this year of the Presbytery Mom and Me Camp at Camp Magruder near Rockaway on the Oregon Coast, June 12-14. Camp brochures are on the foyer bulletin board. Early bird registration deadline is May 5th. If your child can attend, but you can’t, please let us know and we will try to find a surrogate “Mom” to accompany them.
St. Mark Tryon Creek Hike. Bring your hiking shoes and a sack lunch and join us after Pentecost worship on May 31st for a hike in Tryon Creek Park. We can access the trail just across the street from the church!
Marie Shelley in Senior Art Exhibition. Marie will join other senior students in their final art exhibit, through May 10th at the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis and Clark College. The gallery will be open Tues thru Sun 11 am to 4 pm. For more information visit www.lclark.edu/dept/gallery.
Archbishop Tutu will speak on the “Transformative Power of Reconciliation in Society” in Portland on May 4, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Chiles Center at the University of Portland. Tickets are $20. This event is presented by EMO as the 2009 Collins Lecture. Tickets are available at Ticket Master or Chiles Center box office. Oregon Public Broadcasting will broadcast Archbishop Tutu’s lecture live.
April Session Report Session met on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. March minutes were approved. March financial report will be emailed to session this week by treasurer who reports no problems with cash flow this month. Members Jack and Norine Miller were officially transferred to St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, even though they had joined that church in 2004. Nurture Team reported that rosemary plant starts have been potted to give to visitors this Spring. Building and Grounds reported that we have already spent all of our 2009 line item for building repairs ($1,000) on maintenance on our three furnaces, and repairing ballasts in Jarrett wing and Plumbing in kitchen. Worship reported that Carol Stewart-Smith will begin her 30th year as Choir Director at St Mark is August and John Salmon will be celebrating 50 years of ordination in a service at St. Mark on June 21st. The By-laws of St. Mark were then reviewed and amendments were suggested. Leas Averill will type up the suggested amendments for session's approval and those amendments will then be taken to the congregation for a vote at our Spring Congregational Meeting in late May or early June. Sue Graf was appointed by session to serve as chair of this year's nominating committee. The Nominating Committee will be meeting on Monday, May 4th to begin filling two session elder positions, the position of Clerk of Session, Corporate Officers, Personnel Committee, and next year's Nominating Committee. Finally, John Salmon and Leas Averill have agreed to create a proposal for establishing an endowment fund for St. Mark.
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