A new opportunity for contemplative practic, Harbor of Hush is a "silence only" space. Any practice is acceptable—following the sacred breath, using sacred words, sacred listening, etc. All are welcome—no prior experience is needed. There's only one requirement: a desire for silence. No need to sign up; just simply drop in. Come and go as you prefer. 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.

Are you striving for peace within your family? Are you wondering how to set limits and support self-regulation with your child, while also strengthening the parent-child connection?

Healthy families are pivotal to building just and peaceful communities, and the root of healthy families are healthy parents. Join parent educator Julie Salwasser for this FREE three-part series of gatherings in which parents and caregivers are invited to learn concrete strategies to support their children's behavior with grace, connection, and joy. Julie is trained in the "Empowered to Connect" and "Trauma Based Relational Intervention" parenting methods. The workshop, cosponsored by the Oregon Synod, will lead parents from permissive or authoritative approaches to parenting with grace, connection, and joy. By equipping those at the front lines (parents, whose daily interactions shape how children show up in the world), we can raise regulated, secure, peace-filled, compassionate change-makers. Join us on the following Sundays from 1-3:30 pm: September 15, October 20, and November 17. Each session can stand alone, but are most impactful when taken as a series. Attend as many as you can!

Register here.

A new opportunity for contemplative practic, Harbor of Hush is a "silence only" space. Any practice is acceptable—following the sacred breath, using sacred words, sacred listening, etc. All are welcome—no prior experience is needed. There's only one requirement: a desire for silence. No need to sign up; just simply drop in. Come and go as you prefer. 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.

A new opportunity for contemplative practic, Harbor of Hush is a "silence only" space. Any practice is acceptable—following the sacred breath, using sacred words, sacred listening, etc. All are welcome—no prior experience is needed. There's only one requirement: a desire for silence. No need to sign up; just simply drop in. Come and go as you prefer. 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.

A new opportunity for contemplative practic, Harbor of Hush is a "silence only" space. Any practice is acceptable—following the sacred breath, using sacred words, sacred listening, etc. All are welcome—no prior experience is needed. There's only one requirement: a desire for silence. No need to sign up; just simply drop in. Come and go as you prefer. 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.

A new opportunity for contemplative practic, Harbor of Hush is a "silence only" space. Any practice is acceptable—following the sacred breath, using sacred words, sacred listening, etc. All are welcome—no prior experience is needed. There's only one requirement: a desire for silence. No need to sign up; just simply drop in. Come and go as you prefer. 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.

Are you striving for peace within your family? Are you wondering how to set limits and support self-regulation with your child, while also strengthening the parent-child connection?

Healthy families are pivotal to building just and peaceful communities, and the root of healthy families are healthy parents. Join parent educator Julie Salwasser for this FREE three-part series of gatherings in which parents and caregivers are invited to learn concrete strategies to support their children's behavior with grace, connection, and joy. Julie is trained in the "Empowered to Connect" and "Trauma Based Relational Intervention" parenting methods. The workshop, cosponsored by the Oregon Synod, will lead parents from permissive or authoritative approaches to parenting with grace, connection, and joy. By equipping those at the front lines (parents, whose daily interactions shape how children show up in the world), we can raise regulated, secure, peace-filled, compassionate change-makers. Join us on the following Sundays from 1-3:30 pm: September 15, October 20, and November 17. Each session can stand alone, but are most impactful when taken as a series. Attend as many as you can!

Register here.

The Fall Plant Sale will feature Northwest native plants including many drought- and heat-tolerant species. Proceeds from the sale will support restoration of the woods on the south side of the church and landscape projects. Overflow parking is available next door in the back parking lot of the Harman Swim Center. Current plant availablity list. 

A new opportunity for contemplative practic, Harbor of Hush is a "silence only" space. Any practice is acceptable—following the sacred breath, using sacred words, sacred listening, etc. All are welcome—no prior experience is needed. There's only one requirement: a desire for silence. No need to sign up; just simply drop in. Come and go as you prefer. 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.

EcoFaith Recovery will host a guided phone banking session led by Reclaim Our Vote (our postcard partner). Studies suggest that phone banking can increase Black voter turnout by 17.3%. Phone banking can happen from the comfort of your home—all you need is a computer with a microphone and speaker that can connect to Zoom. After a brief training, an online system will connect you to potential voters without revealing your phone number. We'll have plenty of moral support from fellow volunteers on Zoom with a debriefing session afterward. Sign up at this link to join in this small action with the capacity to make a big difference!

Are you striving for peace within your family? Are you wondering how to set limits and support self-regulation with your child, while also strengthening the parent-child connection?

Healthy families are pivotal to building just and peaceful communities, and the root of healthy families are healthy parents. Join parent educator Julie Salwasser for this FREE three-part series of gatherings in which parents and caregivers are invited to learn concrete strategies to support their children's behavior with grace, connection, and joy. Julie is trained in the "Empowered to Connect" and "Trauma Based Relational Intervention" parenting methods. The workshop, cosponsored by the Oregon Synod, will lead parents from permissive or authoritative approaches to parenting with grace, connection, and joy. By equipping those at the front lines (parents, whose daily interactions shape how children show up in the world), we can raise regulated, secure, peace-filled, compassionate change-makers. Join us on the following Sundays from 1-3:30 pm: September 15, October 20, and November 17. Each session can stand alone, but are most impactful when taken as a series. Attend as many as you can!

Register here.

Celebrate Beaverton Pride with Spirit of Grace!

• Worship: Our Last Sunday service will be “Queer Grace Comes to Sunday Morning,” where Queer Grace speakers will be in dialogue with each other. We will meet in person at 8:30 am as usual. A recording of the 8:30 service will be played on Zoom for the 10:45 worship service. The recording may be watched at the church at 10:45 am from the Zoom station in the entry hall. Questions? Contact Rachel Miller.

• March in the parade at 11 am: We will join our siblings from St. Andrew Lutheran Church for the parade. Come join the parade with us or wave as we go by! We will gather at 10:40-10:45 am at 5th and Watson in downtown Beaverton. If you’d like to march, contact Marie Gettel-Gilmartin. Bring your children, pride colors, and percussion!

• Visit or volunteer at our Pride Booth: Representing Spirit of Grace, Queer Grace, and Rainbow Faith Alliance, our booth will have a button-making station, a rest area for kids with rainbow playdough and books, and flyers highlighting our LGBTQIA2+ affirming community events. Stop by and make a button or just say hello. If you'd like to help with the booth, contact Kaitlin Pabo-Eulberg or sign up here.

• Spread the word with a t-shirt: Order Spirit of Grace Pride t-shirts here soon so they arrive in time!

Come and hear Holden Village’s new vespers setting, including how it was created. We’ll have special guests from Holden Village, along with an introduction by our Bishop Laurie Larson Caesar. And ice cream! You won’t want to miss it! If you can’t join us in person, you can participate via Zoom (but no free ice cream; sorry!).

Schedule:

6:00 pm - Creators share their writing process

7:00 pm - Bless This Night vespers service

7:30 pm - Holden scoops ice cream

Free will offering to benefit Holden Village.

Contact: Marie Gettel-Gilmartin

Reception to follow.

The spring work party will focus on:

• Invasive species patrol and removal—after three years of support from the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District we have made huge progress in removing invasive ivy and blackberries. We are now on our own to keep them from returning. We will also remove Robert’s Geranium, aka Stinky Bob, and Shiny Geranium—both are cute annuals that quickly spread and crowd out native plants.

• Maintaining the wood chip path along the south woods and southwest meadow.

• Restoring the Memorial Garden now that the new emergency exit path has been completed!

ALL are welcome to join us—come for as much time as you have available! Tools and gloves are available and snacks will be served. 

Contact: Margaret Armstrong

Reception to follow.

We are again invited to work with "Reclaim our Vote," a grassroots, 501(c)(3) campaign that focuses on increasing voter turnout through postcards, texts, and phone banking in voter suppression states.
 
Andrea Miller will share why people of faith should care about voter suppression and how this movement is engaging voters of color. As the founding board member of the Center for Common Ground, executive director of People Demanding Action, and founding president of the National Women’s Political Caucus of Virginia, Andrea has expertise in voting rights, climate, and the Equal Rights Amendment. In 2008 she was the Democratic nominee for the Virginia 4th congressional district. This event is being co-sponsored by Spirit of Grace and EcoFaith Recovery. Click here for more information or to register. 
 
Schedule
12:45 pm: Gathering on Zoom
1:00 pm:  Andrea Miller shares her story and leads discussion 
2:00 pm:  Training to engage our community in postcard writing with "Reclaim our Vote"
2:30 pm:  Close

Leftover plants from last week's plant sale will be marked down—buy two of same price and get one free! Hanging baskets and native shrubs will be priced as marked. We still have flowering annuals, perennials, vegetables, and Northwest natives available.

In a culture of urgency, reactivity, and pronouncement, the work of racial justice can feel inaccessible, overwhelming, and exhausting. While it will always be challenging and require mutual bravery, engaging in healing and repair with activated and triggered nervous systems might not take us far. Blessed Audre Lorde reminds us that “the master’s tool will never dismantle the master’s house… they may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.”

 How might we rediscover the ancient tools of our contemplative lineages in order to dismantle the oppression we perpetuate and experience from within the heart?

Facilitated by Rev. Dr. Matta Ghaly. By donation only (no one is turned away for lack of funds). For more information or to register visit mattaghaly.com/tillingtheheart.

Featuring colorful hanging baskets, annuals and perennials, vegetable starts and native plants.

Availability List, as of 4/25/24 (more to come!)

Queer Grace is going on a field trip! Join us for Drag Church-Portland! A church service like none you’ve seen before featuring Faithful&Fabulous Minister Bené Diction, drag singer Flamy Grant, and folk duo Story & Tune for a truly religious experience! Ready yourself to walk the Runway of the Spirit! Drag, sequins, & your sartorial panaché encouraged. Admission is free (an offering will be collected). Thanks to MCC-Portland & Saint Paul Lutheran Church for hosting this queer GLITTURGY of joy! Questions? Contact event organizer John at Brett-john@sfnightministry.org.

With Rev. Dr. Matta Ghaly. Donations welcome. Light snacks provided. For more information or to register visit mattaphaly.com/retreat. Please register by 6 pm on Friday, March 29.

During this meeting, we'll reflect on the past year as well as take care of business for the upcoming year including voting on the 2024 budget and electing new Steering Team members.

Celebrate the life of Anne Marie Lippert, who died earlier this year on July 24. The service will be followed by a light luncheon. All are welcome.

In preparation for our Annual Meeting, when our community will vote to approve the 2024 budget, your finance team has prepared a budget presentation. We will provide a detailed report on finances from 2023 and an exciting plan to support our ministries in 2024, so please make plans to join us!

Join your neighbors at this free nonviolence workshop where we will gain a foundation in Kingian Nonviolence and be guided in responding with our families and friends to the violent messages and occurrences in daily life. Register here for the in-person event. Register for virtual attendance at Eventbrite. Donations gratefully accepted.

Contact: Mary Ryan Hotchkiss

As part of an Eagle Scout project in collaboration with Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District, we have been invited to help assist in connecting the wood chip path through the south woods to the Harmon Park paved path. All are welcome to help with the Eagle Scout project or any other landscaping tasks. Contact: Margaret Armstrong

Join us in person or online for the funeral of Neal Stixrud. The service will be followed by a lunch reception. Masks are encouraged. Doors and windows may also be open for good airflow, so please dress accordingly.

Zoom link
Meeting ID: 857 6145 4055
Passcode: 6461344