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Worship Continues with Zoom

The Reedville Church continues to worship on Sunday mornings at 9:30 am using Zoom video conferencing. If you’d like to receive a Zoom invitation, please contact the church office.

All in-person gatherings are suspended for the time being, including our building guests and community partners. However, the Deacons’ Food Pantry continues service the first Tuesday of the month, 10:00-noon (or when supplies run out) incorporating safe practices. Pre-prepped bags include masa, rice, beans, sugar, and oil.

Some church groups are also holding virtual meetings for administration, study, and games.

We hold the community in love and prayer, including through the Community Prayer Mailbox located on the church lawn.

Nothing can separate us from the love of God… (Romans 8)

Why hope here?

Whether you’re here for a year or a lifetime Reedville is a landing place, a community that cares for one another.

“Big enough to pray for you, small enough to pray with you.” — Lila W.

“The most beautiful liturgy in the world.” — Ben P.

“The church itself feels relaxed and real.” — Matthew

“The preacher’s not an idiot.” — Siri H.

News from Reedvile

Christmas Giving Tree Going Virtual

The Christmas Giving Tree is going virtual! We will gather gifts for a Reedville Elementary School family and teenaged children of Western Farm Workers families, but like everything else this year, it will be virtual. We’ll be using Sign-Up Genius to create “tags” for you to choose. The goal is to have the tree up (so to speak) by November 22. We’ll then need to grab those tags and do our shopping in‑store, curbside pickup, or online as suits you. The Giving Tree project has been well supported by the congregation and we hope that will be the case this year, even with these different circumstances. We encourage those who cannot shop to make a cash donation instead. Cash donations will enable a team of super shoppers to acquire the needed items. In addition to providing gifts, you can volunteer to be a super shopper (we’ll want a mix of people able to shop in-store, curbside pickup, or online), or to work with a small team to prepare the returned gifts for delivery/pickup. We will ask that givers wrap Reedville school gifts themselves this year (sorry, no wrapping party). There are logistics to work out about timeline and how gifts get returned so stay tuned for more.

Conversations about Structural Racism – Nov. 4 and Jan. 13

The Faith Formation Ministry Group is coordinating an 18-month exploration of systemic or structural racism, engaging with a variety of media resources. Here are the next two:

  • Nov. 4, 7:00 pm – “Local Color.” This one-hour OPB documentary chronicles the little known history of racism in Oregon and the moving story of people, both black and white, who worked for civil rights. There are moments of highly disturbing racism in a state not known for diversity. But there are also moments of inspiration and courage as people take a stand to bring about important change. You may find it at https://watch.opb.org/video/opb-specials-local-color/. You may join the group at 7:00 to watch together online, or watch it yourself and log on at 8:00 for the conversation.
  • Jan. 13, 2021, 7:00 pm – March: Book One by John Lewis (a graphic novel, $14.95). Graphic novels are unfamiliar to many of us, so this is an experiment in a different medium for conversation about a difficult topic. You’ll need to purchase or borrow the novel and read it on your own in preparation for the Zoom conversation. You may read more about the book and order it from Powell’s here.

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