April 7 – 5th Sunday of Lent – “Walking Toward What Is” Luke 9:1-6, Guest preacher, Rev. Margaret Marcuson Special Music from FBC Choir at 9 o’clock Rev. Marcuson is a friend of FBC Mac, an author, a consultant & and coach, and a “leader of leaders.” She pastored the First Baptist Church of Gardner,…
2018 Collins Summit HUMAN MIGRATION: CLAIMING ROOTS IN AN UPROOTED WORLD November 1st – Concordia University – Portland, Oregon. Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) invites you to explore the causes, challenges and opportunities of human migration in an increasingly global society. Join a diverse group of refugees, immigrants, advocates and scholars in a day of…
WHEN: October 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8 TIME: 5:30-7:00 pm (Room #102, lower level) WHAT: Come together with friends of all ages to extend our Sunday Morning learning and fellowship.(October Theme: “Opening to the Other” – We look at the scriptures where Jesus encounters “others of his time, and listen for how those…
“Worship is primary theology,” writes Kathleen Norris. “It is also home, which is, as the saying goes, the place where they have to take you in. There is no one who is not welcome in God’s house, and nothing can alter that fact. When people come together to worship, they come as God knows them,…
July 3 Communion Sunday, Message – “The Beauty of This Place”, Psalm 50 July 10 Message – “Enough for Today”, Matthew 6:25-34 July 17 Message – “Thing on These Things”, Philippians 4″1-8 July 24 Message – “On Production”, James 1″19-27 July 31 5th Sunday Message – “Longing, Again”, Psalm 27
June 5 – Guest Preacher, Gregg Sneller (former FBC McMinnville associate pastor, currently on staff with American Baptist International Ministries) June 12 – In Simplicity, Luke 7:36-50 June 19 – In the Beginning Was Beauty, Genesis 1 June 26 – Beginning Again, Genesis 2
In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1868 novel, ‘The Idiot’, one character asks another, “Is it true that you once said, ‘Beauty will save the world’?” The question is often misquoted as a statement, an affirmative – but I think it’s worth considering as a question. We are surrounded by beauty – the peaks of Mt. Hood and…
May 1 – John 20:1-16 – To Be Known May 8 – John 21:9-19 – To Be Loved May 15 – Pentecost – Acts 2:1-18 – When Fire Rests May 22 – Acts 2:37-47 – (Extra)Ordinary Days May 29 – JP Bierly, Minister of Music & Small Groups, preaching June 5 – Gregg Sneller, former Associate Pastor at FBC…
Class begins Sunday, April 3 The Chapel Adult Education class will be reading and discussing a New York Times best-seller An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor. Books are available in the church office. Taylor, an Episcopal priest and professor, shares how she learned to encounter God far beyond the walls of the church. …
April 3 – A Bluegrass Celebration Sunday! with Communion The Yamhillbillies (with our own Joel Kiff) will lead music at both services. Message: “Idle Tales” – Luke 24:1-12 April 10 – Y.A.H.O.O. Mexico Mission Sunday, “Hope Less, Do AMOR!” The Mexico Mission Team will lead worship, provide music, and share their stories. April 17 –…