Please join us in our church of the heart-buildings may vary:

Sunday, January 29th for our Speaker on

Understanding and Respecting the Transgendered

Metanoia Peace Community's Sunday Evening Service  (for any religious or no religious affiliation-we are about community) is currently held at Lincoln Street UMC (by bus lines 14 or 71, 5145 SE Lincoln St, Portland, Oregon 97215).   Plan to arrive by 4:15pm. Our service usually runs from 4:30 till about 6:00pm.

On the 29th we are having a potluck after-so bring something to share and be prepared to make a label of all ingredients. 

You are invited to hear the voices of women from the Occupy Portland Livestream as part of the Metanoia Peace Community's Sunday Evening Service held at Lincoln Street UMC (by bus lines 14 or 71, 5145 SE Lincoln St, Portland, Oregon 97215) on January 22nd.  Plan to arrive by 4:15pm. Our service usually runs from 4:30 till about 6:00pm.

Part of our service includes discussion, or Q & A with our guest speakers, so here's your chance to ask an Occupier and imagine where you might fit in to social justice in Portland!

Bring your friends, and family and stay for dinner!

   All are welcome to join us in a new space that we are trying out in January, 2012 while John, our founder is taking a month off in anticipation of his retirement June 30, of this year.

Lincoln Street UMC by bus lines 14 and 71.

5145 SE Lincoln Street, Portland, Oregon, 97215

Our meeting time is the same-come at 4:15pm so you can get settled in and we start at 4:30pm on Sundays.  Come be our dinner guest afterward.

Childcare is offered By Danielle B. in the children's playroom for ages 10 and under.

Sunday, January 15th, Tim Winslea (Lincoln St UMC minister)

Sunday, January 22nd, Voices from Occupy Portland

Sunday, January 29th, A Trans Momma's journey

If you have questions, drop me an email

Peace,

Shannon

creativewoman at gmail dot com

All are welcome to a cozy living room church service on Sundays in May at Metanoia Peace Community to hear 2 Metanoia members Darrell and Heather talk about Henri J.M. Nouwen's The Life Of The Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World  which you can find at an independent bookstore like Powell's Books. http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780824511845-13

Guests are welcome from any or no faith traditions!  Come as you are!

If you visit, arrive at 4:15 to hear, discuss your take on the subject, try out communion, sing a few songs, and perhaps you will stay and share a simple dinner and conversation we offer as our gift to you.

Supervised child care (outside in good weather) for young ones-age 9 and under.

Metanoia Peace Community recently began an exploration of Elaine E. Heath's The Mystic Way of Evangelism: A Contemplative Vision for Christian Outreach which you can find at an independent bookstore like Powell's Books. http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9780801033254-0

Guests are welcome from any or no faith traditions!

If you visit, arrive at 4:15 to hear, discuss, or maybe stay and share a simple dinner with us, this is the line-up during the period of Lent:

Our small yet mighty community will be looking at the ideas from the blog post by Arlene Goldbard, of the San Francisco area Shalom Center (available here http://arlenegoldbard.com/2011/01/11/baseless-hatred-baseless-love/) continuing in the Metanoia tradition of both exploring diverse spiritual leaders of our time and agitating a revolution of love.If you would like to visit us, you will be welcome into our cozy fireplace living room, invited to throw in your 2 cents about the search for a loving response, and be our guest  for dinner afterwards as we gather in a simple meal, family style (sitting at our two long dining tables).Sunday Service starts at 430pm.  Childcare for young ones (age 9 and under) available.Looking forward to meeting you,Shannon  

A fantastic meeting of Reconciling UMC's was held on Saturday at the Peace House featured Dr Carol Waymack and her transgendered son offering plenty of informative leadership on what transgendered and intersex folks face and the shifts towards more acceptance that are emerging and are needed.  From my point of view, time is here for taking bold stands of support  to counter the hurtful rejection many gender diverse people face from peers and family, especially when invoking some kind of religion.  I have seen Facebook exchanges from "friends" of a transgendered youth who give a lot of persistent harrassment and negative labelling.  When challenged, the harrassing youth claim to be knowing what is best for their trans friend, or that they have some kind of prohetic vision that tells them their friend is going to be hurt worse by coming out and following the path of their own identity.   I see that these kids THINK they are suportive, howeve

One little goal setting meeting can lead to big changes.  We shall see.  At this time we know one thing is changing-how some of us see our mostly (but not all) white group.   I and others are looking in the mirror wondering if we have been blind to our white privilege and if there is more we can do to have meaningful multiracial participation in our Metanoia Peace Community.  It wasn't racial integration that I had proposed-but it seems right on to see diversity in all its' colors and stripes.      

Frodo has a very broad spiritual background that embraces many traditions and centers on female divine imagery and women's experience.  Frodo visited us on Valentine's day this year and brought a valentine message of divine love through the experience of trees and water.   Many of us checked in as to what messages we gained from meditating on a tree within our visual distance.  How lovely to hear each person find a message in the tree that was about something especially relevant to that person.  What a refreshing focus to consider the metaphor in the bible of water as the Divine in contrast to a strict father image heavily relied on in Christian traditions.I will find the verses she used and post them here later.If you wish to learn more about Frodo-you can visit her organization SIster Spirit home.teleport.com/~sistersp/