First Presbyterian Church of Woodburn
An Active Part of the Woodburn Community
Dear members and friends of First Presbyterian Church, Woodburn,Following the recommendation of the Presbytery (see the letter below my signature) and the practice of many churches in our area, the Session will be suspending public worship, out of loving concern for the health of our members and our neighbors. There will be no services at the …
We are on our way for this season. We have provided a total of 16 pounds of produce with much more to come. Thanks for help harvesting ladies! Thanks to the volunteers who help plant, water, weed and make pathways. You are all great! Tuesday afternoon several of us raided the garden for salad fixings. …
The weather was perfect for our tasks in the garden! We weeded and marked the strawberries first. Next we moved compost to all 9 small raised beds. We worked on the pathway around the garden to redefine it for ease of travel. While those tasks were completed Mike and Jose shredded leaves into the new …
First Presbyterian Church of Woodburn is bringing back the community garden that once gave nearly 5,000 pounds of produce to the Aware Food Bank. The official Planting Day is Saturday, May 19, and will begin with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9 am. There will be refreshments, gardening activities and advice from Master Gardeners. Ian …
Melissa Lindley, Community Outreach Coordinator for Willamette Valley Hospice will present a program on Advance Directives Sunday,June 5 at 12:30. This is a Soup Sunday and we’ll have time to eat before the presentation. Guests are welcome to join us! Please RSVP to Joanne Hanson at (503) 880-6160 or email at joannedh@gmail.com
Dear Friends, Two weeks after my 58th birthday, I suffered a mild stroke. After I stopped denying that this ‘couldn’t happen to me’ (it could and it did), I struggled to accept this as my new normal. What skills I want back I must work to get back. Here are some tips that have helped …
Dear Friends, I am graduating midlife shortly (the ages of 35-60). Here are some thoughts on midlife experiences that have shaped my Christian faith journey through this. Author Lynne Baab says, “In midlife we start to look back as well as ahead wondering if we have lived the first half of our life wisely and …
Dear Friends, I need to tell you a story I recently lived. You may know that I like to work on cars and I’d like to think everything I touch, I can fix. I frequently invite our children to let me repair their cars as a way of saving them some money on costly repairs. …
Dear Friends, I was chosen as your pastor just about six months ago. Here’s what I love about FPC and Woodburn. You have chosen a great team for me to work with on Session. There is Johanna with her love of Jesus that started as a young girl; Nancy with her love of the Captain …
Dear Friends, Independence Day is upon us: The Fourth of July. It’s a day you probably know well and one that you anticipate with pleasure. Here are some interesting facts about the nation’s birthday you may not know about. FACT ONE: Americans began observing the Fourth of July as early as 1777, but Congress didn’t …
Dear Friends, As I drive through Woodburn, I notice all the construction work going on. (Is there any missing it?) We must turn left to get on northbound I-5. Surveyors have marked where new sidewalks would go on Newberg Highway. Now those sidewalks and gutters are in place. They are paving the highway at night …
Dear Friends, I am continuing on the subject of resiliency that I introduced last month. We live in the time in-between or the now but not yet. What I mean by that is that we live after Jesus physically lived on this earth and before he physically returns again. Bible scholars have called this the …
