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Ainsworth United Church of Christ - - April 2016

Oregon Holy Week Walk Underscores Creation Care

During the week of the Christian calendar that

proclaims resurrection and life, 13 people of

faith were on the move for climate justice,

building community along the way. This

group in Oregon spent the time from Palm

Sunday to Easter on a 235-mile journey, an

ecumenical quest for Mother Earth, walking

and biking from Medford to Salem in a

witness that supports putting a price on

climate pollution. The walk concluded with a

vigil on the steps of the State Capitol building

at 10 a.m., Monday, March 28.

United Church of Christ minister the Rev.

Paula Sohl, from Ashland, Ore., led the

Climate Action Network (of the Central

Pacific Conference of the UCC) in its "Walk

for the Climate," which is modeled on

the caminata, a walk often practiced in Latin

America that demonstrates and mobilizes

resistance to injustice.

"A caminata is a symbolic action — a journey

involving bodies on the move for justice,"

Sohl said. "In Holy Week, we journey with

Jesus to the cross, and death does not have the

last word. In Latin American caminatas, step

by step, with songs, chants, and

conversations, people walk as defenders of

nature and life, denouncing injustices and

corruption, demanding respect for life and

dignity of the people, fighting against

concessions of territory and demanding the

land for the workers. This is our struggle as

well as we defend the planet against carbon

pollution."

The journey was also a celebration of the

federal government's denial two weeks ago of

a permit for a natural gas pipeline and a

liquefied natural gas terminal in Southern

Oregon. But the group traveled with a new

goal of asking state governor Kate Brown to

reject export liquefied natural gas facilities in

Oregon once and for all.

The impacts of such projects do not outweigh

the harm and risk to the environment and

landowners, and our path to a healthy

economy and new jobs lies in investing

instead in clean energy development," Sohl

said. The 235-mile route is no accident. The

distance from Medford to the state capitol

represented the length of the proposed

pipeline.

High school senior Miyk Moore was one of

six young people on the trip. He participated

to fulfill his school's community service

requirement. "I was a little reluctant at first,

but it turned out to be really fun," said Moore.

"It's been a long trip, but there are a lot of

bonds that have been created. We talked about

it in my government class … why we're

walking and what we'll say to the governor."

Before departing on the journey on March 20,

the group of walkers and bikers received a

Palm Sunday send-off at Medford UCC

during the worship service. (cont on page 6)

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* Worshiping God * Ministering to Each Other * Nurturing our Spiritual Journeys

* Promoting Justice * Serving the Local & Global Communities

This is the season of

Easter and we are

resurrection people! But

the news certainly does

not reflect new life-

terrorist violence in

Brussels, then Turkey,

Pakistan…. Violence

seems to be continuous. Shootings in our city and

around the country, wars continue, as the shadow

of terrorism continues to grow fear. What passes

for news these days relays fear and greed as a

daily course. The talk that some espouse as they

try to be elected seems to be full of fear and fear-

mongering. Hateful and violent threats multiply

targeting leaders and law enforcement in our state,

and that is just what we are aware of. Anger,

bigotry and ignorance pervade so much of the

public discourse, there seems to be no escape.

But we are Easter people, disciples of the Risen

Christ. It is our calling to be people who share the

joy of new life, who preach, speak and act as if

our faith means something, as if resurrection is

real and Easter is more than a commercial

holiday! That is a challenging calling at

times. Some years have been easier than others,

but with so much that we can do little or nothing

about, what is a Christian to do? Then when our

own lives present challenges that also are beyond

our control, where is the hope that can sustain our

faith? Where is the good news? John Edgerton

wrote the Still Speaking Devotion for the

Saturday before Easter. “God is Dead” was his

title, and he reflected that on that Saturday, Jesus

lay in the tomb, dead. On that Saturday, nothing

happened because it was Sabbath, and now, being

surrounded by current events, news, climate

change, etc., he could believe that God is dead.

But we are Easter people! One ugly scene at the

cross cannot change that. Hate-filled talk then

and now cannot change that. Violence didn’t

change things then and will not today. We are

Easter people and no matter how difficult it is to

grasp, we are the bearers of the Good News, the

message that God loves us- all of us. We

recognize in the spring, new life blooming, each

and every year. Easter reminds us that new life

will continue to happen, even in the face of

death. That violence, extremism in any form, hate

and fear cannot hold back the risen Christ and

certainly cannot turn away our loving God. God

has the last word, no one else! That word is

love. May we continue to move through Easter

season, with the news that God’s love will

overcome the world. And with that love, God will

embrace us all. --Pastor Lynne

QUARTERLY Congregational Meeting

Sunday, April 24th following worship. Please

join us for an update on the work of our

congregation.

Cynthia’s Ainsworth Choir blog:

www.ainsworthucc.com/auccmusicblog

Please, Note when Giving to the Church…

We thank you for all of your giving that makes

possible ministry that transforms lives.

Please, generous people, when you put money in

the offering plate, check or cash, please write your

name on the offering envelope and the amount. If

you wish to designate the money for a specific use

(ie. capital campaign, scholarship fund, etc.)

please write that in special gift. Otherwise put the

amount on the ‘Tithes’ line. The cashiers must

know whether the money is for regular giving

(Tithes) or other use, so that they can record the

income in the proper place on their report.

Thank you,

Pastor Lynne

Jubilee Oregon

For latest updates on Jubilee Oregon:

http://jubileeoregon.org/




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Sermon: by Rev. Cecil Prescod

Scripture: Acts 5:27-32

Liturgist:

Acolytes: AJ Brazille, Isaac Potter

Ushers: Eldon Potter, Don Parks,

Adelina Taylor, Mabel Johnson

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Cambric Scholarship Luncheon

Sermon: “The Way Forward”


Liturgist:

Acolytes: Olivia Putnam

Rhian Taylor

Ushers: Nick Putnam, Bruce

Poinsette, Willard Valentine,

and Beverly Perttu

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HIV-Day Center Sunday

Sermon: “Life-Giving Acts”


Liturgist:

Acolytes: Ben McHarris

Malcolm Bunyoli

Ushers: Judi Pitre, Pearl Wilson

and Norma Godfrey.

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Creation Sunday

Congregational Meeting

Creation Sunday

Scripture: Revelations 22:1-6

Liturgist:

Ushers: Carolyn Hinton, Jean Scott,

Nadia Gutierrez, and Tim Loveless

Bible Study Time

We gather for Bible Study in

Cambric Parlor, on Tuesdays at

10 am. You are welcome to

attend any/all sessions.

5 April Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)

12 April Acts 9:36-43

19 April Revelations 21:1-6

26 April Acts 16:9-15

May 3 Acts 16:16-34

May 10 Acts 2:1-21

May 17 Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

May 24 Luke 7:1-10

“Hold in Your

Prayers…”

Brian Crosby-Payne Colleen Davis

Katie Ferris (Joene Pike’s daughter)

Leland Lundgren Elaine Ordal

Joe Craig Lisa Gates

Anita Chimuku Janine Gates

Valeriana Bandwa Jessie Godfrey

Verlin Byers Willie Poinsette

Nichole Smouse-López Kamil López

Helen Ellison Marceline Gearry

Tom West Peter Chimuku

Steven Beaman Margaret Wright

Mary Takayanagi Maya Puggarana

Elaine Bates

Teresa Holloway-Nunn & her mother

Ellen Yarnell and her nephew, Jeremiah

And all of the UCC, in all settings.

If you want prayers said for yourself or others,

feel free to call on the Prayer Chain by

e-mailing Peggy West @ [email protected]

or call her at 503-659-7922.

Need an Item in the Sunday Bulletin?

Please, send it to the church office before

noon on the Wed before worship.

Ainsworth Directory Updates

New directories were sent recently by email.

If you did not get a copy, and would like one,

please contact our church office.

Updates to Email: none this month.




Cambric Scholarship Luncheon: 10 April

Don’t forget: We will have our annual Cambric

Scholarship Luncheon on Sunday, April 10th, just

after worship. Feel free to come downstairs, and

have some good food. We will announce the

2016 awardee at that time, and perhaps hear of

updates on education from our past awardees.

2016 Ainsworth Yard Sale…

The AUCC 2016 yard sale

team now accepting

donations. Please place

your donations on the stage

found on the 2nd floor of the

church. If you would like a receipt for your taxes

please contact Joslyn Baker at

[email protected] for a receipt. Please

keep in the mind the following guidelines for

donating items.

Reminder, the item must:

Work without fixes/exceptions and needs

no work/repair

be clean

be in very good to excellent/ new

condition

be smaller than a microwave

The AUCC 2016 yard sale team will meet Friday,

April 8th from 9am to 12pm at the church to sort

and price items, Please feel welcome to join us or

to drop off items at this time.

Young Adults Gathering…

All between the ages 20 and 35 are invited

on Sunday, April 10th from 6 to 8 pm, for an

evening of friendship/getting to know one

another, dinner and board games. Please, free feel

to bring a game to share with the group.

The event is taking place at Pastor Lynne &

Héctor’s home, 905 N. Harbour Dr. #17 Portland,

97217. Questions and to RSVP please contact

Janine Gates at 503.453.4442, or by email at

[email protected]. We hope to see you!

Grief Support Group Forming…

Greetings Ainsworth Family!

We are in the process of forming a short-term

grief support group. We are concentrating on

providing support for people who have

experienced a death of someone or deaths in their

lives in the far or recent past and need help

processing that loss, or losses.

If you would you be interested and willing to

attend a grief support group meeting weekly 1 ½

hours for 6 to 10 sessions, please use the following

web link (an online time survey) and indicate ALL

the possible days and times that would work for

you. That will let us schedule the group at the

time the greatest number of people can attend.|

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V5FHCNR

Thank you for your time and we will keep

updating the congregation as we obtain more

information.

Blessings,

Rev. Lynda Bigler, Rev. Diana Scholl, Miriam

Robinson & Pastor Lynne

Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice:

http://www.imirj.org Because Love Has No Borders




Our Ainsworth Garden… The Church Garden

A garden really lives only insofar as it is an

expression of faith, the embodiment of a hope

and a song of praise.

--Russell Page

All are invited to visit and enjoy the beauty and

tranquility of our garden. As the seasons change,

so does the experience of the garden. Please visit

often.

The garden committee, led by David Beckley, has

overseen many investments that will lead to

simpler care; the finishing of the retaining wall

along the alley side, replacing some plantings that

were overgrown or diminishing in health and

laying of pavers to outline the beds to make it

easier to walk around when we are in the wet

seasons. There are future goals, like extending the

patio for larger groups to use the space.

Thanks to the many members and friends who

have contributed time and money to get the

grounds to where they are today. David Nichols,

Shannon Hillis, John Rogers, Ellen Hanson, Linda

Lewis, David Beckley, Elvira Hudson, Doug

Trotter and the late Gordon Branstator must be

named however. Building the retaining walls,

establishing the drip lines, donating and planting

trees, shrubs and flowers, laying paths, building

the fountain, adding seating, attaching the

espadrille apple trees to the fence, and keeping the

Memory Path project going are some of the major

contributions.

Meet you in the garden!

Elvira Hudson and Colleen Davis

Alberta Clean Sweep: Earth Day Clean Up

On Saturday, April 23rd, we are hosting the

6th annual Alberta Street Earth Day Clean Up,

presented by Pacific Power. The Earth Day Clean

Up is more than just a day of litter and graffiti

removal; it is a day to meet your neighbors, build

community and celebrate at the Golden Garbage

Awards! We'll have prizes, food and fun after the

clean up too.

Thinking about the coming Summer?

How About Summer Camp?

It is that time of the year when

our heads are full of thought

of getting into our gardens,

planting flowers and making

summer vacation plans. But,

it is also time to think about

summer camps. It is time to

register for summer camp!

Outdoor Ministries of the Central Pacific

Conference of the United Church of Christ

is planning another summer of great camp

experiences. Many of Ainsworth UCC members

have had wonderful times at Camp Adams as

campers, counselors, directors, and chaplain.

The dates of the camps are:

Exodus (9th- 12th grade): July 3- 9

Sojourners (6th- 8th grade): July 10- 16

Discoverers (4th- 5th grade): July 17- 23

Genesis/Seekers (2nd- 3rd grade): July 24- 30

Taller & Smaller (K- 1st grade w/adult):

July 31- Aug 3 or August 3- Aug 6

The cost of each camp is $365.00.

There is an online registration. To register go to

cpcucc.org and click on “Register Now” in the

right hand column. Families can now use

credit/debit cards for CPC camping registrations.

The conference and Ainsworth UCC offer

scholarships. To apply for financial assistance

please feel out the attached forms and return them

to me. Scholarship forms are also available in the

narthex (lobby) of the church on the west wall. If

you have any questions about scholarships please

contact me.

The deadline for camp registration is May 31st.

Questions?? Contact me or or email Co-Director

of Outdoor Ministries Natalie Becker

at [email protected] or call her at 503-

829-2118.

Grace and peace,

Rev. Cecil Prescod




In Case You Didn’t See this in March:

Will Ainsworth Host Boy Scout Troops?

Our church has been asked by the Cascade Pacific

Council of the Boy Scouts of America to consider

sponsoring a new troop in NE Portland. The Rev.

Cecil Prescod introduced this possibility at the

January 24th Congregational Meeting, and

volunteers Brenda Lefebvre and Frank Baldwin,

together with Pastor Cecil, were asked to meet

with scouting representatives to gather more

information. The Boy Scout movement has

changed dramatically in recent years, with the

ending of discrimination against LGBTQ

participants. As a result, the UCC has renewed its

historic sponsoring relationship with scouting,

and the Scouts are actively seeking to start troops

that reflect Ainsworth’s Open and Affirming and

racially inclusive values.

It has been a number of years since there has been

a Boy Scout Troop or a Cub Scout Pack in our part

of Northeast Portland, and the regional council

feels that throughout the neighborhood there

would be a great deal of interest in a troop-and-

pack partnership sponsored by Ainsworth

UCC. Preliminary meetings with council leaders

have assured us that our facilities could readily

accommodate a pack and troop that meet on the

same night. A Cub Scout Pack serves boys in the

1st through 5th grade; A Scout Troop serves older

boys and young men ages 11 through

17. Sponsorship on our part would involve a

commitment to reach out to the community

through this program, some adult leadership,

some modest assistance with fund raising, and at

least a few families interested in helping the pack

and the troop get established here.

An expanded exploratory committee is being

gathered to broaden our understanding of this

opportunity and its appropriateness for Ainsworth

UCC. Please be in touch with Pastor Cecil

([email protected]) if you’re

willing to take part in this discernment

process. We’d like to consider bringing at least a

preliminary proposal to the next meeting of our

Church Council. We’ll try to keep everyone

informed.

Thanks, from Cecil, Brenda and Frank.

Creation Care Walk (cont from page 1)…

Along the way to Salem, the group stopped in

Shady Cove, Milo, Roseburg, Cottage Grove,

Eugene and Corvallis, where they shared in

evenings of music, poetry, education, and Holy

Week events of the hosting community. With each

visit, the caminata attracted more attention as

locals joined for part of the walk. "We thought

that would be the way it would turn out," Sohl

said, "that we would gather more interest the

farther we went." Though the governor did not

meet with the marchers, their message reached the

citizens of Oregon along the route.

"Oregon's legislature enacted goals to reduce

carbon pollution nearly a decade ago," said Sohl.

"Now we need to enforce those limits. We [went]

to Salem to express to the governor our

commitment, as people of faith, to the sacredness

of creation and the need for the State of Oregon to

get behind the movement to lower greenhouse gas

emissions through carbon pricing. Doing so

would place Oregon among the leaders in the

world for smart climate policy, and lead to a clean

energy job-creating boon for our economy."

--from ucc.org

April Birthdays…

4 Grace Anderson

8 Seth Rue,

8 Simone Parker-Dickerson

11 Nathan Baker

12 Julie Loveless

14 Elana Brazile

14 Jessica Thomas

16 Summer Cogburn-Frary

19 Nelson Brooks

20 David Jacob

21 Salome Chimuku

22 Ashley Cooper

24 George Hendrix

24 Stephanie Taylor

24 Daniel Baker

28 Linda Blair

29 Robinann Cogburn

29 Shawn Burchfield

29 Angie Harris

30 Jean Bucciarelli




Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Abbreviations CP Cambric Parlor MH Michel Hall S Sanctuary

April 2016

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2

3 10 am Worship

Rev. Cecil is Preacher

Noon Commissions

Meet

4

5 10 am

Bible Study (CP)

7 pm Women’s Support Group

6 7:30 am

NE Emergency Food Bank Sustainers Breakfast

7 11 am

Thursday Fellowship

6:30-8 pm Adult Choir

Rehearsal (S)

8

9 2 pm

Birthda Party for Hope

(MH)

10 10 am Worship

HIV Day Center Sunday

Cambric

Scholarship Luncheon

(MH)

11

12 10 am

Bible Study (CP)

7 pm

Women’s Support Group

13

14

11 am Thursday

Fellowship and Service

6:30-8 pm Adult Choir

Rehearsal (S)

15

16 11 am

Thursday Fellowship and

Service

17 10 am Worship

11:45 am Mental Health

Ministry Meeting

(CP)

18 9:30 am Pastoral Relations

Committee Meeting

19 10 am

Bible Study

6:30 pm Church Council

(GL)


20

21 6:30-8 pm Adult Choir

Rehearsal (S)

22 Confirmation

Retreat at Camp Adams

23 Confirmation

Retreat at Camp Adams

24 10 am Worship

Creation Sunday

Congregational Meeting

25

26 10 am

Bible Study

11:15 am MWOA

Ministry With Older Adults

(CP)


27

28 6:30-8 pm Adult Choir

Rehearsal (S)

Noon – 2 pm NIA Poverty

Coalition Dining Out for

Life

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30 )




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