Northwest Pilot Project 42nd Walk-A-Thon

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Written by Lee Burleson

Published: 16 April 2021

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

Christ Is Risen, Alleluia!

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Written by Jeanne Randall-Bodman

Published: 31 March 2021

For some of us Easter will feel especially joyful this year as we see the light at the end of our long COVID tunnel. Many in our community have received vaccinations and are able to begin spending time with vaccinated friends and family members.

As our moderator Will Fuller has mentioned elsewhere, the Phasing Forward team met last month and identified some criteria for returning to in-person worship. One of those criteria was a fully vaccinated pastor -- I am delighted to report that I have an April 9th appointment for my first dose! My husband has received his first dose. Our sons, both of whom will be home for at least a few weeks this summer, are fully vaccinated. The four of us have been texting feverishly about how wonderful it will be to be all together for the first time in 18 months. As your pastor, I have been thinking joyfully about how wonderful it will be for our church family to be together, in person, to worship, study, serve and rejoice!

At the same time, there are indications in the news of a fourth wave of disease as people let their guard down prematurely in the general rush to get back to “normal life.” And we know that we will have to take it slow as we move forward. Not every one of us will be able to receive the vaccine – some are too young, others may have health conditions that prevent it. We will have to be patient and tender with one another as we live in the already there, almost there, but not quite yet.

This seems to me to be an echo of our faith story.

In this season of Easter, we celebrate the central claim of our faith: that a man so filled with the Spirit of God that it overflowed, was murdered by the state as a threat to their use of power. That this same man rose from the dead in defiance of the powers that sought to destroy him. That this risen Christ lives still and offers us a doorway to Great Mystery.

At the same time, we still live in this world, in all its exquisite beauty and inexplicable brutality. We live in the already here, almost here, but not yet of God’s realm of peace and justice. It requires us to be patient and tender with ourselves and one another. In this in-between time, we both rejoice and grieve together, trusting that the God of life is with us in all of life.

Blessings to all of us living here in the already, almost, but not quite yet of Easter faith.

KMUCC Virtual Happy Hour

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Written by KMUCC

Published: 25 May 2020

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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Written by KMUCC

Published: 15 March 2020

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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Written by KMUCC

Published: 24 November 2017

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.