JUNE 11 - ADULT SPIRITUAL FORMATION
GEORGE RISHMAWI - A Palestinian Christian
George is the Coordinator of Siraj - Center for Holy Land Studies - which is based in Beit Sahour/Shepherd's Field. Siraj is a non governmental organization which creates links between the Palestinian people with people from around the world through travel programs, interfaith and ecumenical dialog and culture and youth exchange programs. Siraj is able to reach out to a wider community all over the Holy Land, which makes the impact of it programs much wider and reach many of the grassroots communities.
George will tell us up-front-and-personal about life on the ground in Palestine and the struggle of Palestinian Christians attempting to live faithfully under the most brutal conditions of military occupation.
For more information, contact Central Lutheran
Church by email <office@centralportland.org> or
phone 503-284-2331.
Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov
Russian poetry in songs and operas.
June 25, Sunday, at 5.00PM
Anna Kazakova (soprano)
Nadya Andreeva (piano)
The program:
Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov: Songs and arias
(Anna Kazakova Simpson)
Central Lutheran Church of Portland.
1820 NE 21 Ave., Portland OR 97212
(503) 284-2331
A portion of donations are given to children¡¯s music.
The professional opera singer Anna Kazakova- Simpson studied with Helen
Obraztsova at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Russia and
after receiving her MA she was accepted as a soloist at the Moscow State
Philharmonic Society. Later she worked as a soloist at the Moscow Stanislavski
Academic Musical Theater. She was the leading soloist at the ¡®Helikon¡¯
opera theater, Moscow, Russia. Now she has her family in Portland, she
is coaching with Professor of voice, Ms. Ruth Dobson and regularly performing.
http://www.geocities.com/anna_kazakova/index.html
Nadya Andreeva Ross, Coach /accompanist, State Conservatory in 1981 as
a piano soloist and chamber musician. She was as accompanist in the music
department of the Ural Conservatory for 20 years, an opera coach at the
State Opera Theatre in Ekaterinburg, was an assistant of conductor for
the Ural opera studio. She has participated in many International and
Russian competitions as an accompanist, and been a coach for more than
thirty operas.
Mark your calendar today¡¦ Yard Sale¡¦
July 14th & 15th
The Yard Sale Committee is rarin¡¯ to go - and because we believe the benefits far out weigh the work involved, we¡¯re going to hold the Yard Sale again for the following reasons:
- It¡¯s a GREAT way to get to know other members of the congregation
while accomplishing
something for the church; - It offers many CHOICES for ways to contribute;
- Donate merchandise to sell
- Give your time for pricing, presales, Ebay sales, hauling & moving, storage & more
- Participate the days of the sale setting up, selling, providing food, cleaning up, whatever
- It¡¯s a project that includes EVERYONE and everyone¡¯s efforts are greatly appreciated.
- It has a clear goal, and a definite beginning and ending, i.e. no lingering commitments!
- There are great BARGAINS to be had! Judging from last year¡¯s performance,
the old adage:
¡°one person¡¯s junk is another person¡¯s treasure¡±
is certainly true at Central. - And, the yard sale brings much needed outside dollars into the congregation.
It¡¯s goin¡¯ to be a stretch! We are going to hold the sale 2 days again this year!!
We have set our goal again this year at $9,000 and will need lots of volunteers to help us reach that goal. Don¡¯t have much time? We hear you; that¡¯s true for all of us. So, we¡¯ve designed an action plan based on the principle that many hands make for light work. The project extends over 6 weeks. We start collecting merchandise on June 4th, (after Sunday School closes for summer vacation). Two (2) pricing teams are scheduled each week thereafter until the Yard Sale on July 14th & 15th. If you can contribute your time for one or more of those days, or on the days of the sale, you would be lifting the burden for everyone.
Have you cleaned your closets?
Don¡¯t forget about family, friends, and neighbors, who would be
thrilled to have you remove some of the unwanted stuff from their lives.
Or, make it easy on yourself and suggest they drop their things off at
the church anytime between 9:30am and 5:00pm weekdays from June 1st through
July 5th. Remember, we¡¯re looking for merchandise in good repair, AND big
items such as cars, boats, BBQ¡¯s, trailers, motorcycles, collectibles
- anything that boosts revenue.
Mark your calendar today¡¦ Yard Sale¡¦
July 14th & 15th