| •Worship at Peace Church of the Brethren starts every
Sunday at 11 a.m., preceded by Church School (for adults) and Sunday
School (for children of school age) beginning at 9:30. The
adult Church School has been reading Barbara Kingsolver's
book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. •On
March
17, the Young Adults will have their annual St.
Patrick's Day get-together.
•The Peace Garden community garden behind the
church building, is being cultivated again this year.
Learn more about community gardens at Friends
of Portland Community Gardens, many of whose members
volunteered their time and energy in installing the
Peace Community Garden. If you're interested in taking
advantage of their gardening expertise, click on the
link and join them.
•We continue our First Sunday celebrations
at worship on April 4, which coincides this year
with Easter Sunday. We'll have our annual
Easter Sunday Breakfast and auction to benefit Church
of the Brethren Disaster Relief. All Church of the Brethren
members, associates and friends are especially invited
to attend worship at Peace Church on the first Sunday
of every month.
Holy Week activities include Love
Feast on Maundy Thursday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m. If
you haven't experienced this solemn gathering that is
at the heart of the Church of the Brethren denomination,
make plans to attend. In addition to the traditional
worship and sop meal, we remember and re-enact the foot-washing
of the Last Supper detailed in the Gospel of John.
•This year's Souper Bowl Sunday was
a tremendous success, putting together enough soup packets
for our friends at
Snow-Cap to
feed 13 people a day, every day throughout the year. Click on the link to learn more
about Snow-Cap and the terrific work they do in our
community.
•Portland Peace Church of the Brethren, produces a 30-minute community
television program each month known as "Brethren Voices."
DVD copies of the programs are available from Peace Church for a donation of
$8.00 each.
The April program will be shown in Portland on: Wednesday, April
8 @ 9:00
PM on channel 21; Sunday, April 19 @ 4:00 PM on channel 21 and Saturday, April
25 @ 9:00 AM on Channel 11.
The program is also viewed across the country in the communities of La
Verne, CA., Westminster, MD; York, PA; Dayton, Ohio; Richmond, IN; Kent, WA;
Springfield, OR. If you want further information, contact producer Ed
Groff.
•Camp Myrtlewood prepares for another year
of hosting camps and retreats, and in anticipation,
the annual Memorial Day Work Weekend beckons
volunteers of all ages and abilities to help clear brush
and trails, chop back the greenery, and generally spiff
up the grounds for the summer season.
•Mark Your Calendars: April 5, First Sunday
@ Peace Church, 11 a.m. April 8, Board Meeting, 7
p.m. April 9, Maundy Thursday and Love Feast, 6:30
p.m. April 12, Easter Breakfast
celebration of Easter Sunday, 9 a.m. May 16,
Oregon Washington District Board Meeting at Peace Church June
26-30, Annual Conference, San Diego CA July 3-9,
Song & Story Fest, Camp Peaceful Pines CA July
21-26, Family Camp, Camp Myrtlewood August 7-9, Brethren
Arts Gathering, Camp Koinonia
•Peace Church of the Brethren conducts itself through
the Executive Board, which oversees activities through Witness, Nurture and Christian
Education, and the Stewards. Generally, the Board meets at 7 p.m. on the second
Wednesday of the month at the church, and meetings are open to anyone
who wishes to attend. Our next Board meeting is set for April 8, 2009.
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