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UPCOMING EVENTSCascadia District Thursday, April 22 Cascadia District Church Extension Society Exec Committee Meeting Looking Ahead Friday, April 30 Local Church Fund Balance Reports are due to the District Office Tuesday, May 4 Thursday, May 6 Molalla & Pudding Rivers Colloquy Monday, May 10 Cascadia District Retiree Colloquy Tuesday, May 25 Friday, May 28 Deadline for lay and clergy members to register for online AC Session Tuesday, June1 Wednesday, June 2 Thursday, June 3 Molalla & Pudding Rivers Colloquy Tuesday, June 8 Clergy Session Wednesday, June 9 Monday, June 14 OR-ID Lay members of AC elect Conference Lay Leader Sunday, June 20 GNW Area joint AC opening session Monday, June 21 Wednesday, June 23 GNW Area joint AC closing session Prayer CalendarApril 18 - 24 Tillamook UMC April 25 - May 1 Tualatin UMC May 2 - 8 Warrenton UMC ResourcesOnline Worship Resources for the Easter SeasonA Sermon by DS Wendy Woodworth DS Wendy has prepared a sermon to be used any Sunday between Easter and Pentecost. She focuses on John 10:10 – I came that you might have life and have it abundantly and the call to rise up. She even throws in a little Bruce Springsteen!! That sermon is available now at https://vimeo.com/528559965 Virtual Pulpit Supply Available - New AdditionsThe Regional Media Center (RMC) is curating a digital, easily accessible library of sermons to support local churches stretched and stressed by the pandemic. Recent additions to the sermon library are from IV Team members Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber and Rev. Dr. Jess Bielman. Their sermons touch on always relevant themes of justice and equality, grounded in our scriptural heritage. Preview and download on the RMC website Each sermon can be used by any church in the Greater Northwest Area free of charge. We hope that this small but growing sermon library will help local leaders to take a pause, focus on other essential work, or virtually invite a new voice into their pulpit. Interested in contributing? Contact Patrick Scriven at pscriven@pnwumc.org for more information. AppointmentsIt has been announced that Bishop Elaine Stanovsky intends to appoint . . Rev. Gigi Siekkinen to Madras UMC effective July 1, 2021. Rev. Siekkinen is currently serving The Dalles UMC. Rev. Nancy Slabaugh Hart, currently serving Madras UMC, will be retiring. Rev. Michael Benischek to Meridian UMC, effective July 1, 2021. Rev. Benischek currently serves Oregon City UMC. Contact UsDS Wendy Woodworth Check out the Cascadia District webpage:
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