Due to continuing social distancing requirements, Kairos-Milwaukie United Church of Christ will not gather in person for worship or other events until further notice. Our church building is closed. Updates will be posted here as more information is available.
We will present a live worship experience every Sunday morning at 10:00 am by video streaming on ZOOM.
See the Worship Streams section of our website for details.
In these anxious days, let’s remember to pause at the end of each day, breathe deeply, rest in the presence of the Great Love and hold each other in the light.
Updated: 7/18/2020 at 8:07 am
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Worship Streams for Sunday, May 16, 2021
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We will gather for worship at 10:00 am
We are many, yet one. Scattered, yet united. Whoever you are, you are welcome here.
KMUCC ZOOM Worship Space:
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/984869259?pwd=YzQ0MEpRZXdYdE5JWDZ2SUYvZXc3UT09
Meeting ID: 984 869 259
Passcode: 314810
Join us by phone: (253) 215-8782 USA, or (301) 715-8592 USA
Virtual Vespers
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8:30 pm every Wednesday. Live on Zoom.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87119157985?pwd=NVN6V1psNHlySFA4LzlDUVBza0NPQT09
Meeting ID: 871 1915 7985
Passcode: 949587
You can also join us by phone:
253 215 8782 US
301 715 8592 US
Relief and Resolve
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“The arc of the moral universe is long …. and it will bend toward justice if we bend it.”
DeRay McKesson, “On the Other Side of Freedom”
I’m sure that like me, many of you drew long deep breaths of relief last month when the jury found former Minneapolis police detective Derek Chauvin guilty in the murder of George Floyd.
Joy was fleeting, as news of yet another black American shot by an officer was reported even as the verdict was being read. But the relief remained. As the Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, dean of Episcopal Divinity School, said "Today the arc bent toward us just a little bit. It bent so we could step up on it and stand on it and keep it bending! While we take a deep breath of relief, we remember that George Floyd lost his. Let us continue to fight for the kind of justice that all who draw breath deserve."
In our relief and our resolve, let’s remember to ask: what would have happened if the original police report was all the evidence available? What would have happened if then seventeen-year-old Darnella Frazier had NOT stopped and filmed Mr. Floyd’s death, had not uploaded that footage onto social media? What might have happened if there had not been an international outcry for justice?
The disproportionate use of force against Black Americans may be the most visible symptom, but it is just one piece of a much larger and more pervasive pattern of white supremacy baked into American culture and institutions from our very beginning.
In her new book “The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline and New Hope for Beloved Community,” the Rev Stephanie Spellers confronts her own beloved denomination, the Episcopal Church, with the question “how does a denomination historically connected to establishment and empire become a church that loves Jesus, lives in solidarity with the oppressed and seeks the flourishing of all God’s children.” It’s a question all of our progressive, mainline denominations might well ask.
After this year of COVID disruption, amid a decades long decline in church participation across America, in the face of our deepening understanding of racism in all of our cultural institutions, there is hope.
As we celebrate Pentecost once again, rejoicing in the gift of the Holy Spirt and the birth of the church, let’s join Spellers in seeing the church not as cracked and broken, but cracked open so that love can be poured out. Let’s recommit ourselves to the work and joy and meaning of becoming, ever becoming, Beloved Community.
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Northwest Pilot Project 42nd Walk-A-Thon
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A Challenge to Keep Seniors Housed
Northwest Pilot Project's mission is to offer opportunities for a life of dignity and hope to very low income seniors in Multnomah County by solving housing and transportation needs. Visit nwpilotproject.org for more information about the organization and their work.
The NWPP annual Walk-A-Thon fundraiser is virtual again in 2021. KMUCC is a long-term supporter of NWPP and has fielded a Walk-A-Thon team for many, many years. This year we have a virtual Walk-A-Thon team.
You can contribute to the NWPP walk-a-thon two ways:
1. Go to http://bit.ly/nwppwalk2021. We have a team created under Kairos, so donate under our team name.
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2. Send a check directly to NWPP with Kairos written on it so our team gets credit. The address is:
Northwest Pilot Project
1430 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201
KMUCC Virtual Happy Hour
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Conversation and Connection on ZOOM
Every Thursday evening at 5:00 pm
ZOOM Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84962500049?pwd=QlZ0UzZEbWtCY1lQMWJXRW5zZno0Zz09
Meeting ID: 849 6250 0049
Passcode: 435810
You can also join us by phone:
(253) 215-8782 USA or (301) 715-8592 USA
Theology On Tap Virtual Gatherings
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Theology On Tap gatherings via ZOOM Meeting
7:00 pm on the 3rd Tuesday each month
Pour your favorite beverage and join us for conversation. This isn't a closed group or an event you need to have been to before. If you like to talk with your church friends about life, the universe, and everything, come on in!
ZOOM Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86121354549?pwd=eThVUE1wZEVaVWZzM2VVcENHVGZqQT09
ZOOM Meeting ID: 861 2135 4549
Passcode: 596986
You can also join us by phone: (253) 215 8782 USA or (301) 715 8592 US
No matter who ...
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No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you're welcome here!
If you know that God's love embraces all persons equally, no matter their gender, race, or sexual identity...
If you understand that faith is a matter of mind as well as heart, and that taking the Bible seriously means it cannot always be taken literally...
If, for you, diversity, tolerance, and inclusion are strengths to be taught...
If you believe that Christ calls us to be nothing less than global citizens, that the social expression of love is justice and that spiritual concerns are inseparable from a commitment to the natural world...
If you have wished for a more open and embracing community of faith to nurture your spirit and raise your children, and haven't yet found a place of belonging...
... then please know that Kairos-Milwaukie United Church of Christ is the place for you.
Kairos-Milwaukie UCC seeks to create a community where participants can experience intellectual and spiritual excitement; a spirit of openness and acceptance, as well as love and laughter. We are a community where evangelism is in partnership with social justice; where personal spiritual growth and concern for the poor and disenfranchised go hand in hand; where nurture and action are two sides of the same coin; where love for tradition and a sense of urgency about the future are integrally linked. We are a community of faithful people who have known the joy of having been loved, accepted and affirmed by God. We are a community that celebrates our diversity as a way to understand and respond to the inclusiveness of God's love and the wideness of God's mercy.