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Mass Schedule — July 2015

July 2nd, 2015

Mass in Portland will be Saturday, July 11, at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2823 N. Rosa Parks Way at 5:00pm. We will celebrate the Baptism of Angelina Valdez with her parents Elizabeth and Brian.  Please bring entreés, salads, veggie dishes and desserts for a delicious potluck meal. Choir rehearsal begins at 4:00 and all interested singers and musicians are invited to come and participate.

Mass in Eugene will be Sunday, July 12, at First Congregational Church, UCC, 1050 E. 23rd, at 4:00pm. This will be a guitar Mass with potluck following our celebration. Please bring entreés, salads, veggie dishes and desserts to share. If you are interested in being part of the choir as a musician or singer, please come at 3:00 for rehearsal.

Mass in Battle Ground will be Sunday July 5 and 26, at 10:30am. Bring non-perishable food and hygiene items for the North Clark County Food Bank as well as healthy food to share after Mass.

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Sowing the Seeds of Life

July 2nd, 2015

Several years ago an acquaintance from high school ran across my name in a directory when we both lived in Eugene. She called and asked if we could meet for lunch. We had no classes together in high school. Our connection came from riding the bus from home to school and back every day. Now, 30 years later, we both ended up in the same town 1500 miles from where we grew up. Near the end of our first lunch date after all those years, my friend suddenly became very serious and told me how significant those bus-ride conversations had been for her.

Her home life was abusive and chaotic, and I was the only person she had to talk to, she told me, the one person she confided in. I hadn’t known this. We were just 15 or 16 at the time. One day in particular stood out in her memory. That was the day she decided she couldn’t go on. As she shared her pain and despair on the ride home from school, I said something she still remembered all these years later. It got her through the ordeal at home, she said, until she was finally able to leave and go out on her own.  “You saved my life,” she told me. “I’m here now because of what you said that day.” I didn’t remember the conversation at all or anything about the day. Clearly, though, it had meant everything to her.

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