Vacation Bible School Summer Camp
Jun
16
to Jun 20

Vacation Bible School Summer Camp

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Spirit of Grace is combining forces with St. Luke Lutheran to bring you Vacation Bible School 2025! There will be storytelling, games, outdoor fun, themed snacks, and a super special visit from Hip Hop Soulstation Academy, sharing about storytelling through dance. For more information or to register!

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Spirit of Grace @ Beaverton PRIDE!
Jun
29
11:00 AM11:00

Spirit of Grace @ Beaverton PRIDE!

This is a fun opportunity to be an affirming faith community within a space full of LGBTQIA+ joy. Some of our newer members found us at PRIDE! With the targeting of trans and nonbinary folks in our country, now is the time to celebrate queerness and remind people that God's love is much bigger than the gender binary. We will have a button maker for folks to make their own pronoun pins or button designs of any kind, as well as stickers, temporary tattoos, and information about Spirit of Grace and Queer Grace.
 
Please consider spending an hour or two at the booth this year! We could really use some help in the later part of the day. Remember to wear your Spirit of Grace T-shirt if you have one! Sign up here!

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Service Learning Event: Lulu and the Hunger Monster
May
18
12:30 PM12:30

Service Learning Event: Lulu and the Hunger Monster

Join children's ministry leaders to explore food poverty and how small acts done in great love can affect change. We will read the book Lulu and the Hunger Monster while we enjoy a sack lunch at church. The book emphasizes how children who experience food scarcity are all around us, but can be difficult to recognize. Equipped with a deeper understanding and compassion, we will then travel to a grocery store to purchase snacks for our local Title-I neighborhood school. (Children ages 0-5 with parent/guardian participation. Children ages 6 and up are welcome to attend without parental supervision, though parents are always welcome.)

RSVP to Katie Furgison.

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FORUM: Introduction to Together Lab
May
18
10:30 AM10:30

FORUM: Introduction to Together Lab

Our whole community is encouraged to join our middle school youth and families to learn more about an exciting opportunity for our young adults to participate in an ecumenical youth group under the umbrella of Together Lab. West Side Collective youth group leader Jessica Putland will share the mission of the West Side Youth Collective and how it can meet the community and spiritual needs of our teens. If we decide to join, there is financial commitment so we would love to have as many members of our community in attendance as possible. 

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Sunday Worship (hybrid)
May
11
10:45 AM10:45

Sunday Worship (hybrid)

Join us for a special Mother's Day service featuring reflections on motherhood with Mike Gettel-Gilmartin, Mary Minor, Nicole Oleksak, and others. 

Sunday School for preschool through middle school age is available between services from 9:40-10:30 am.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

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FORUM: Summer Sabbatical Support
May
11
9:45 AM09:45

FORUM: Summer Sabbatical Support

We'd love your help over Pastor Robyn's summer sabbatical.

Join in person at the following times to help out in any of the following ways:

  • 9:45-10:10 am:  Organizing ways to communicate with the office and Deacon Vinci regarding new people

  • 10:10-10:30 am:  Serve as Sunday morning worship coordinator at one of the summer Sunday services to help orient any of the five Protestant guest pastors 

If you are willing to help with caring ministries for members in need, contact Pastoral Care Team Coordinators Mary Minor, Cyndy Heisler, Linda Fenner, or Deacon Vinci. 

More volunteers are always welcome for worship services, too, including people to write prayers, read, be presiders, etc. Contact Rose Russell or a pastoral leader to find out how you can help! 

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Sunday Worship (in person)
May
11
8:30 AM08:30

Sunday Worship (in person)

Join us for a special Mother's Day service featuring reflections on motherhood with Mike Gettel-Gilmartin, Mary Minor, Nicole Oleksak, and others. 

Sunday School for preschool through middle school age is available between services from 9:40-10:30 am.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

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Queer Grace
May
4
7:00 PM19:00

Queer Grace

This month’s storyteller—Dr. Abby Mulcahy (none/all)—will share on the intersections between sexual orientation, gender identity, God, and faith. They will then be joined by a conversation partner, followed by a Q&A session. All are welcome whether you are queer or straight/cis!

Refreshments will be provided.

Childcare available by request at least one week in advance.

RSVPs to PastorRobyn@spiritofgracepdx.org are appreciated but not required.

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Last Sunday of the Month Worship (lay-led)
Apr
27
10:45 AM10:45

Last Sunday of the Month Worship (lay-led)

Join us for a special worship service — Beyond Inclusion, Celebrating the Gifts of Neurodiversity in Worship. We'll explore how autistic and other neurodivergent perspectives enrich our understanding of God and our worship experience. We'll move beyond familiar ways of creating a welcoming space, recognizing that the unique perspectives of neurodiverse worshipers are essential to the body of Christ and enhance our expression of worship. We’ll also offer sensory fidget tools and an art table for multisensory engagement during the service, providing alternative ways to connect with God. Come and experience how our differences can build a more connected community and faith! 

This service will be preceded by a community potluck from 9:45-10:30.

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Last Sunday of the Month Worship (lay-led)
Apr
27
8:30 AM08:30

Last Sunday of the Month Worship (lay-led)

Join us for a special worship service — Beyond Inclusion, Celebrating the Gifts of Neurodiversity in Worship. We'll explore how autistic and other neurodivergent perspectives enrich our understanding of God and our worship experience. We'll move beyond familiar ways of creating a welcoming space, recognizing that the unique perspectives of neurodiverse worshipers are essential to the body of Christ and enhance our expression of worship. We’ll also offer sensory fidget tools and an art table for multisensory engagement during the service, providing alternative ways to connect with God. Come and experience how our differences can build a more connected community and faith! 

This service will be followed by a community potluck from 9:45-10:30.

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Keeping the Ink Wet: a workshop for Lectors, prayer and worship leaders, religious educators
Apr
12
9:30 AM09:30

Keeping the Ink Wet: a workshop for Lectors, prayer and worship leaders, religious educators

This free workshop with Father Kevin Yell invites you to rediscover the fire and power within the words they are given – or give themselves – to say. Preachers, worship leaders, and actors are all trying to do one thing: make the words on the page come alive, making the texts of their respective authors “flesh” in real time and space—to invite the congregation into an experience of some mix of truth, beauty, hope, and reconciliation.

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FORUM: Insights on Autism
Apr
6
9:45 AM09:45

FORUM: Insights on Autism

Join us for this educational forum between Sunday services, as Kate Bernklau Halvor and Sarah Hallberg share insights on autism. The session will explore what autism is and how it presents in areas like social differences, sensory needs, repetitive behaviors, masking, and overload. This is a great opportunity to deepen your understanding and engage in meaningful conversation on neurodiversity.

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