NEHALEM NEWSPAGE

NEHALEM NEWSPAGE

L'Arche Nehalem 8501 SE Stephens Portland, OR 97216
(503) 251-6901 Fax: 251-6952 e-mail: mail@larche-portland.org web site: www.larche-portland.org

APRIL 2005

Our mission is to create a place to call home for people with developmental disabilities and those who share life with them.

ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT!

Garden Party: Saturday, April 9, 10:00 a.m.-- 2:30 p.m. at Nehalem House
We're looking for volunteers to join with us and volunteers from the Community Independence Project (CIP) to prepare and plant the garden beds at Nehalem House. L'Arche Nehalem is participating in CIP's pilot project designed to respond to the hunger problem in Portland. 75% of the food from our garden will go to L'Arche Nehalem and 25% will be donated to CIP for use in a food distribution network.

Community "Town Hall" with Susan: Sunday, April 17 from 1:30 -- 3:00 p.m. at Neahkahnie House
We invite all extended community and daily-life members to share some time with Susan Mitchell, snjm to hear the direction of her discernment and call to be Community Leader. The community will be invited to ask questions and offer considerations for Susan's further discernment at this time. Refreshments will be served!

Mary Ann Ramey safely completed her road trip to Mobile, Alabama. We send her our love and support and she begins her role as Community Leader of L’Arche Mobile April 1.
Thank you to all of our Shamrock Run volunteers who made this annual fundraiser a great success!
Nehalem House has a new van!! We have just acquired a 2005 Dodge Caravan from Gage Auto Sales. The folks are thrilled. We didn't know how much longer we could nurse the old red van along with its broken-down side door. Our Van Drive is now complete, and we are humbled and grateful to everyone who helped. The overwhelming generosity of the following people made it possible to replace the second of our two over-the-hill vans:

Mary Jane Curran, In Memory Of Mark and Jane Curran
Kate Deane
Greg Gage, Gage Auto Sales
Ellen Vejarano
Chet and Erin Gardner

Kevin Reedy
Anonymous
Maryann Henry
Anne McNally

L'Arche Nehalem is continuing the process of discerning a new Community Leader / Executive Director for our community. Susan Mitchell, snjm, is serving as acting director and has offered to let her name stand in the discernment process for the next Community Leader. After soliciting input from a wide sample of Nehalem's daily-life and close extended community, the Discernment Team felt the consensus is to proceed with a closed process at this time with Susan as the sole candidate. Susan has entered into a personal discernment process and will be meeting with different segments of the community in the coming month to share her thoughts and hear feedback. At the end of April, Susan will have an interview with the Discernment Team, who will then give a recommendation to the Board. The members of the Discernment Team welcome questions or input about the process. The members of the team are: Joan Eads, L'Arche USA (206-306-1330), Amy Barcia, Leadership Team Representative (503-251-6901), Pat Boose, Board Rep. (503-653-6865), Dan Barcia, Assistant Rep. (503-251-6940) and Clarissa Schoenberg, Extended Community Rep. (503-282-2474).

Prayer Night

Wed., April 13, 7:00 p.m.
Nehalem House

LIFE IN THE HOMES

Beginning in April, the assistant team at Nehalem House will be Justin Wilcox (who moved over from Neahkahnie House) and Ben Luginbuhl. New assistant Sam Moniz joins Dan Barcia and Monica Ranaghan at Neahkahnie House. We invite our extended community members to come by for a visit or a meal to meet our new assistants and share the gift of your continued presence in the lives of our core members. Let us know when you can come and we’ll set a place for you at the table or brew a cup of tea!
Marilyn Petruzzelli and Amy Barcia gave a presentation on L’Arche Nehalem to a Social Work class at Warner Pacific University. N The community enjoyed seeing Jeff Deeks perform at his spring PHAME recital. N Adam Richards had a great week attending his brother’s wedding in Florida.
We are grateful for Denae Overman, who has completed her two-year commitment to our community. Her plans are to work for a few months and to begin school winter term.
Anna Koza has also transitioned out of her role as assistant at Nehalem House. She will continue to live in Portland and participate as a member of our extended community.
Last month’s list of new cooking volunteers omitted Pat McConnell, who has been helping out monthly.

BIRTHDAYS	ANNIVERSARIES
April 7: Maureen Cleary April 8: Anna Koza April 11: Denae Overman April 26: Ben Luginbuhl April 29: Cindy Leonard	April 29, 2001: Robyn Dowell April, 2002: RoseMary Lyons joined the Board

CELEBRATIONS

Wed., April 13, 7:00 p.m., Nehalem House: Prayer Night
Wed., April 20, 7:00 p.m., Neahkahnie House: Robyn Dowell's 4th Anniversary
Wed., April 27, 7:00 p.m., Neahkahnie House: Cindy Leonard’s Birthday--cake and presents
Sun., April 24, 12:00 noon, Neahkahnie House: Picnic Lunch and outdoor games to celebrate Ben Luginbuhl’s birthday. Call Neahkahnie House to RSVP!

I am what you see. / If you see a person, I'll bloom wondrously and I'll teach you to see / What's really important for a human to be. / I am what you see in me.

"I Am What You See" Doug Westberg

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