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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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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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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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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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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Harbor of Hush
Apr
1
7:00 AM07:00

Harbor of Hush

Every Tuesday morning from 7-9 am our sanctuary is reserved for a morning of contemplation, just silence for your own prayer, reading, and reflection. In our personal dwellings, we might set aside a special space to encounter the beloved. Our entire community also has such a space, in the Harbor...

…“We are one” Jesus, and others have taught us. Not just a cute saying to rally the crowds. Rather a profound teaching on interconnectedness from mystical giants. Hurting you, hurts others, hurts me. We are not capable of acting alone. Quantum physicists have now concretely shown that a person cannot have a single thought, without instantly and permanently changing the universe. When one member prays in the Harbor, in a very real sense, our entire community is praying. Join us to see what all the noise is about—basking, sharing, connecting with Creation, in Creation's native tongue—Silence. 

Enter the sanctuary through the west door (one nearest the front parking lot) and follow the signs. Sanctuary seating is available or bring your own contemplation gear.

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Last Sunday of the Month Worship (lay-led)
Mar
30
10:45 AM10:45

Last Sunday of the Month Worship (lay-led)

For this month's lay-led Last Sunday service we will first lament and then learn psychological and spiritual tips to ground ourselves when the pain of the world seeps in. Our second offering will be for the Oregon Food Bank as it loses federal resources. Join us as we draw strength from each other and celebrate our unity in the risen Christ.

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

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

Last Sunday of the Month Worship (lay-led)

For this month's lay-led Last Sunday service we will first lament and then learn psychological and spiritual tips to ground ourselves when the pain of the world seeps in. Our second offering will be for the Oregon Food Bank as it loses federal resources. Join us as we draw strength from each other and celebrate our unity in the risen Christ.

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

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Harbor of Hush
Mar
25
7:00 AM07:00

Harbor of Hush

Every Tuesday morning from 7-9 am our sanctuary is reserved for a morning of contemplation, just silence for your own prayer, reading, and reflection. In our personal dwellings, we might set aside a special space to encounter the beloved. Our entire community also has such a space, in the Harbor...

…“We are one” Jesus, and others have taught us. Not just a cute saying to rally the crowds. Rather a profound teaching on interconnectedness from mystical giants. Hurting you, hurts others, hurts me. We are not capable of acting alone. Quantum physicists have now concretely shown that a person cannot have a single thought, without instantly and permanently changing the universe. When one member prays in the Harbor, in a very real sense, our entire community is praying. Join us to see what all the noise is about—basking, sharing, connecting with Creation, in Creation's native tongue—Silence. 

Enter the sanctuary through the west door (one nearest the front parking lot) and follow the signs. Sanctuary seating is available or bring your own contemplation gear.

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A Celebration for Our Priests
Mar
23
10:45 AM10:45

A Celebration for Our Priests

With joy and gratitude, we celebrate all the Catholic priests who have served us over the last 39 years. There will be a worship service at 10:45 am, followed by a luncheon to share memories, stories, and blessings as we share a meal together.

How can you help?

  • Please bring a salad or dessert (main dish will be provided). 

  • Write notes of appreciation for the priests.

  • Send photos to Director Vinci for a slideshow.

  • Contribute to a monetary gift for our priests through our donation page (under "Special Appeals" type in "Priest Celebration") or write it in the memo line of your check.

Contact: Director Vinci

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Harbor of Hush
Mar
18
7:00 AM07:00

Harbor of Hush

Every Tuesday morning from 7-9 am our sanctuary is reserved for a morning of contemplation, just silence for your own prayer, reading, and reflection. In our personal dwellings, we might set aside a special space to encounter the beloved. Our entire community also has such a space, in the Harbor...

…“We are one” Jesus, and others have taught us. Not just a cute saying to rally the crowds. Rather a profound teaching on interconnectedness from mystical giants. Hurting you, hurts others, hurts me. We are not capable of acting alone. Quantum physicists have now concretely shown that a person cannot have a single thought, without instantly and permanently changing the universe. When one member prays in the Harbor, in a very real sense, our entire community is praying. Join us to see what all the noise is about—basking, sharing, connecting with Creation, in Creation's native tongue—Silence. 

Enter the sanctuary through the west door (one nearest the front parking lot) and follow the signs. Sanctuary seating is available or bring your own contemplation gear.

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Harbor of Hush
Mar
11
7:00 AM07:00

Harbor of Hush

Every Tuesday morning from 7-9 am our sanctuary is reserved for a morning of contemplation, just silence for your own prayer, reading, and reflection. In our personal dwellings, we might set aside a special space to encounter the beloved. Our entire community also has such a space, in the Harbor...

…“We are one” Jesus, and others have taught us. Not just a cute saying to rally the crowds. Rather a profound teaching on interconnectedness from mystical giants. Hurting you, hurts others, hurts me. We are not capable of acting alone. Quantum physicists have now concretely shown that a person cannot have a single thought, without instantly and permanently changing the universe. When one member prays in the Harbor, in a very real sense, our entire community is praying. Join us to see what all the noise is about—basking, sharing, connecting with Creation, in Creation's native tongue—Silence. 

Enter the sanctuary through the west door (one nearest the front parking lot) and follow the signs. Sanctuary seating is available or bring your own contemplation gear.

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Queer Grace
Mar
9
7:00 PM19:00

Queer Grace

This month’s storyteller—Sam Julian Gage (they/them)—will share about their gender journey and its intersection with chronic illness, disability identity, and spirituality. They will then be joined by a panel of queer conversation partners, 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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Landscape Work Party
Mar
8
10:00 AM10:00

Landscape Work Party

It's all hands on deck for this spring landscape work party! We will be "rescuing" plants from the Buesseler's property to be replanted at the church as we restore the South Woods. There are multiple ways you can help:

  • 10 am-noon at the Buesseler home: dig up plants to be moved to the church. Hot beverages will be provided.

  • 10 am-noon at the church: prep the South Woods area for planting

  • 1-3 pm at the church: plant transplants in the South Woods

Please sign up for one or more 2-hour shifts on the sign-up sheet in the entry hall. Tools will be available, but if you have your own, feel free to bring them. Soup will also be provided for lunch at the church, but bring any sides or beverages to share. This is a family-friendly event and childcare will be provided upon request. Contact Margaret Armstrong with any questions. 

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