July 5:
9:15 AM Summer Choir Rehearsal
9:40 AM Preparation for Worship
10 Communion Worship
Scripture: Mark 2:1-12
Sermon: “Jesus in the Land of Dragons”
-- Ken Smith, Stated Supply Pastor
Nursery care is available for infants and toddlers through age 5 from 9:40 - 11 AM in Room 106.
11 AM After Worship Event:
Bring Treat to Share. Wear Red, White, & Blue today!
Join us in the Fellowship Hall after worship to sample some of the favorite red, white, and blue goodies that others have brought to share.
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A Letter from the
Stated Supply Pastor
You could feel the excitement in the air last Sunday as we packed the church to worship together, to hear Del Burnett share his vision and passion for following Christ, and then to vote on his leadership for us. The unanimous vote (316-0!) showed the enthusiasm we feel about this next chapter in the ongoing and powerful history of Salem 1st Pres.! It was truly a thrilling day - a real WOW! Del will officially begin his ministry with us on July 27, and we rejoice in moving ahead together to claim the future God is designing for us. We don’t yet know exactly what that will look like, but we realize it will involve new approaches and new possibilities. And we also know that God is the One who is leading us forward.
As excited as we are about the gifts and leadership Del brings, we also recognize that he can’t do it alone. Christ’s Church is always bigger than any one of us; we all have important parts to play in the unfolding drama of Christ’s story here in Salem. Del’s coming doesn’t mean everyone else gets to vacation!
The book of Acts is the story of the explosive growth of the early Christian community, led by the power of the Spirit of God. It’s a good book for us at this time, as we too move out into the world around us with a fresh and welcoming message of grace and hope, making a difference in people’s lives.
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 PAWS Supplies Needed -- Can You Help?
PAWS is this week, June 29 - July 3, and we need a few supplies and props to help things run smoothly. Please help us find...
Costumes needed: crown, nightcap, purple bathrobe, simple tunic and fancier outfit for Mordecai, guard uniforms (4), plain bathrobes, curlers, big scrapbook (empty), tunics for students and Clyde, sack cloth for Mordecai, tunics for servants, masks that cover just front part of face, simple dress and fancier dress for Esther, golden tassles for king's bathrobe, outfit for Haman (nicer tunic'), fancy clothes for King to wear to banquet at the end of the show, outfit for Anesthetes'
Props needed: fake candle, roll-away bed/nightstand/pillows, fancy picture frame, velvet (or other fancy) pillow, feathers to make into pens, scrolls (dowels and finials), butcher paper, teddy bear, large plane or railroad ticket, noise-makers, drums, rattles
Supplies needed: tea bags to stain paper for scrolls
Snacks needed: If you would like to donate prepackaged snacks (cookies, crackers, granola bars, string cheese, fruit roll-ups) and/or juice pouches or boxes for approximately 40 kids, we will gladly accept these items at the main office by Sunday, June 28. Thank you very much in advance for your generosity.
Benefit Piano Concert
Priscilla Dantas, a young Brazilian piano prodigy, is giving a benefit concert at First Pres. on Sunday, July 12, at 4 PM. She is known in Brazil by her national TV appearances, and she has appeared with the Recife Symphony Orchestra playing a Mozart Piano Concerto. Her goal is to become an international concert pianist, and she is well on her way! Priscilla Dantas has been supported from a very young age by Students Helping Street Kids International (SHSKI) in her home town of Recife, Brazil. SHSKI is an organization that is largely funded by kids in the U.S. to give kids in other countries opportunities they wouldn’t have otherwise. SHSKI has paid for Priscilla to go to a private school and study at a music conservatory, and others have contributed piano lessons and a piano for her to practice on. Priscilla may never have had the opportunity to play an instrument, much less master the piano, without their help. In 2010, Ms. Dantas is going to go to Churchill High School in Eugene, Oregon, and to University of Oregon in 2011, and this concert will benefit her Oregon schooling costs directly (a free-will offering will be taken at the concert). No tickets are required! For more info, please contact Jim Regin at 503-363-9234, x312 or email him at jimbosjazz@ hotmail.com.
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