Assistant to the Bishop for the
Western District:
Kate Conolly
Administrative Assistant:
Linda Grund-Clampit
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Western District events are posted here regularly. If you have an upcoming event you would like to share...
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The July/August issue of the Western District newsletter is full of opportunities coming this Fall and beyond. Get out your calendars and plan to join us for some great times together!
The attachments below are .pdf files and are good to read here, or print out. To see the newsletter in an e-mail format with live links or to access archives of older newsletters, click here |
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Click here to find out more about the opportunities your church has to expand their mission and ministry with the help of the Western District Church Extension Society, including grants and loans for physical plant repairs and improvements and grants and loans for new ministry programs! |
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by Mary Foote
Christians Through and Through
The Fourth of July was a fun time at our house this year. We had a bunch of folks over, snacked a lot, barbequed and sat around until firework time. Life is good!
It wasn’t until someone brought up a church activity that I realized about half the people sitting around the fire trying to make darkness happen sooner, belong to the group identified as “unchurched”. Someone from the “churched” camp mentioned a UMC group was planning a wine tasting excursion. A voice piped up, “I hope they don’t take the church bus!” (Gentle laughter, it’s not that funny). Then Kim, my adamantly unchurched, beloved friend and sister-in-law, added, “Christians SHOULD take their bus wine tasting! If you’re going to do it, do it with your head held high!”
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You are invited to support one another as the family of God through intercessory prayer:
Week of Ministry Setting Extension Minister Charge Conference
July 18-24 Chaplain, MacLaren Rev. Craig Hall Cutting Woodburn
July 25-31 Chaplain, Tidewell Rev. Michael Runyon Cornelius
Hospice
Aug 1 – 7 GBGM, English Rev. Kevin Seckel Salem-Trinity
Language Ministry in Germany
Aug 8—14 Chaplain, Willamette Rev. Charles Wallace Salem First UMC
University
Aug 15—22 Chaplain, Hospice Rev. Marshall Wattman-Turner Willamette
Care of the NW |
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by the Rev. Kate Simmons Conolly
Making Jesus Real
Dear Friends,
At annual conference, the District Formerly Known as Eastern became the Snake River District. I had a number of suggestions for what we could rename the Western District– everything from the Supreme Power District to the Thank you, Jesus District. Even though we will not rename ourselves this – I want to propose a simple phrase for keeping ourselves focused – the Make Jesus Real district.
As I enter my seventh year among you, I rejoice in all the ways that Jesus is being made real already throughout the district. Making Jesus real is happening across the district through significant hunger ministries, congregations seeking through prayer and discernment God’s purpose for them, moving out of the four walls of the church in an increased engagement with the community, and a dawning awareness of our need to reach out to those who have not yet heard the Good News.
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