Rev. Carolyn Colbert, Interim Minister
Mark Turnbull, Guest Musician; Jane Manning, piano
My notion is that we live in an ever-flowing sea of prayer. You may disagree with this notion. You may be very uncomfortable with even the idea of prayer. Or delighted. Yet, it is difficult to escape something so universally present, since, it is said, there are really only four prayers.
Teen Theater, under the sponsorship of Planned Parenthood for the last ten years, will be the recipient of our Special Offering. The Teen Theater’s mission is to use theater to promote healthy sexuality for youth and families. It has been in existence for over 20 years and has reached tens of thousands of young people and adults throughout Oregon (SW OR Planned Parenthood). Each year the Teen Theater provides a peer education opportunity for over 3,000 youth and it helps to bridge the gap between youth and adults by reaching over 1,000 adults. Carola Lacy will show a 15-minute Teen Theater video on Jan 11th both before and after our service (10:00 am and 11:30 am.)
Consider joining the Build your Own Theology Class on Tuesdays at 3:30 starting Jan 20th. The class considers such topics as truth, justice, meaning, suffering and authority. The first session will be held at 3:30 on Tues, Jan. 20. Sign up on the bulletin board in the foyer to indicate your interest.
Great Decisions 2009. We will meet on 1st and 3rd Thurs from Feb-May from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (the same as the last few years). An initial "bonus" meeting will be held on Jan 22nd, for Orientation and an update of the Iraq program from the 2008 series. Each meeting will begin with a 25 minute DVD overview, followed by a group discussion. The 8 new topics for 2009 are currently titled:
The rescheduled Nitty Gritty Committee meeting will meet Jan 25th after the church service in the Multipurpose Room. All committee chairs (and/or committee members) and interested congregants are invited to attend. Topics scheduled for discussion are implementation of the