Events

UPDATED: 30 July 2010

Intown + The Portland Rescue Mission
August 5 • 5pm • Portland Rescue Mission • 111 W. Burnside
Intown has partnered with the Portland Rescue Mission, and has committed to serve our homeless friends downtown by providing volunteers on the first Thursday night of each month at 5 pm, and we’re up next on August 5. If you’d like to join up or have any questions, please contact Brooke Snelling at pcawithprm@gmail.com.

Summer Picnic
August 8 • After Morning Worship • The Park at SW 11th and Market
We will have our next summer picnic following the morning worship service next Sunday at the same location as before, one block south from the church. Lunch will be provided, but feel free to bring out chairs, blankets, frisbees, and more games to enjoy the park! Childcare for children up to 4 years old will be provided as well at the Teddy Bear Picnic.

Teddy Bear Picnic
August 8 • After Morning Worship • Downstairs Nursery
During the Summer Kickoff Picnic, all children four and under are invited to picnic with their friends and Teddy Bears after church until 1:30 in the downstairs nursery. A sack lunch will be provided (please let Faith Jansen know if your child has allergies). All Teddy Bears are welcome and there will be games and crafts.

Women’s Summer Reading—A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
August 10 • 7:30 pm • Prentiss Home • 2427 SE Ash St.
All women are invited to a summer book club focusing on understanding your “story.” We are reading Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, and the next meeting is on August 10. Email Melissa Fredette at melliefredette@gmail.com to RSVP or with questions.

Diaconal Offering August 15
We will be having our quarterly Diaconal Offering on Sunday, August 15. This offering is used to fund the ongoing work of the Deacons as they care for the material needs of those in our congregation. Please prayerfully consider a gift to this fund over-and-above your normal giving.

Giving Report
In the bulletin each week we provide a table that communicates our last three months giving. This is provided to enable members and regulars to stay updated and involved in the overall financial health of their church. The summer is a time where churches often experience a downturn in giving, and as you can tell, our last two months have reflected this. Please continue to prayerfully consider how you can consistently, sacrificially and joyfully support the mission of Intown so that the leadership can wisely allocate resources to ongoing works as well as extend ministry to new areas.

Intown Photo Directory
We have had many people join Intown during the last six months and thus our Directory is in need of an overhaul. We need to take pictures of those who have recently affiliated with our church and also need updated pictures from many who have been attending here for some time. In the next month, our Ministry Coordinator, Brian Landoe will be contacting you to set up a photo appointment on a Saturday or Sunday so that we can have an updated version going into the Fall ministry season.

Upcoming Sermon Series
Next week we will begin a 9-week series on the “Stories Jesus Told.” Then, on September 19th, we will launch our Fall ministry season with a series entitled “Help My Unbelief.” This series will address many of the reasons people give for not believing the Christian story as well as some of those questions that cause many believers great confusion. This series is designed to not only enable you to better answer the questions of those outside the church, but to also to provide a safe place for you to invite your friends to have their questions addressed in a winsome way. Additionally, the Community Groups will each participate in a study based upon this sermon series.