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

MAY 2005

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

 

Special Spring Social Slated

Please join us for a very special L'Arche Board Spring Social with a very special guest and a beautiful new locale. This year's event will be Wednesday, June 8 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Historic Laundry Building on the campus of Mary's Woods/Holy Names Province at Marylhurst (Lake Oswego), Oregon. Sr. Kathleen Stupfel, snjm, a beloved homilist and teacher, will speak on The New Cosmology: Protect Diversity, Foster Interdependence. She will give us a glimpse into the new movement towards a spirituality based on honoring the diversity and interconnectedness of all in our universe. The 30-minute program will begin at 6:45, with the rest of the time for hors d'oeuvres, libations, and conversation with friends old and new. Mark your calendar!

Starlight Run: Volunteering Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!

Help with the Starlight Run, stay for the Starlight Parade, make $15 for L'Arche&emdash;there's no downside!! Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 4, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. to help with the downtown Starlight Run. We have committed to bring 20 people, and L’Arche Nehalem receives $15 for each volunteer. We gather at the Lincoln High School track at SW 18^th and Salmon. Invite a friend to join you and call Amy (503-251-6940) to sign up!

NEWS

• Congratulations to Robyn Dowell, who was baptized at Sandy Baptist Church April 10. • And to Ava Kelley, daughter of former assistants Brian and Erin Kelley, who was baptized the same day at St. Andrew Catholic Church. Marilyn Petruzzelli has the honor of being Ava’s "L’Arche Aunt"! • Chet and Erin Gardner (brother and sister-in-law of Amy Barcia) gave birth Wed., May 4 to Chester Michael, weighing in at 8 pounds, 2 ounces. Mother and linebacker are doing fine…
• Thank you to the LaSalle High School Community 101 class in collaboration with the PGE Foundation and Maybelle Clark MacDonald Foundation for the $600 grant to help us attend the L’Arche Regional Gathering in Spokane in June.
• P.H.A.M.E. will hold its Spring Recital Wed., May 25 at Vernon Presbyterian Church, 5425 NE 27^th. Our own Jeff Deeks will be performing as P.H.A.M.E. previews its upcoming production of Titanic!

LIFE IN THE HOMES

• Welcome to Kristina Rinella, our University of Portland Summer Volunteer. Kristina just completed her freshman year at UP and will be joining the team at Nehalem House for the months of May and June.
• Adam Richards has begun Special Olympics softball. He is a great pitcher!
• WE’RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OUR FAITHFUL VOLUNTEERS. A special thank you to Sandy McDonald-O’Lear who has volunteered her services as a Registered Nurse for the past five years. We are grateful for her recruiting Colleen Casey to share in this volunteer service. • Three Warner Pacific students are coming one afternoon a month to help out at Nehalem House.

This month, we are having some very special celebrations. Please mark your calendar to attend one or all!

Wed., May 11, 7:00 p.m., Neahkahnie House: Solidarity Night

Dan Barcia will share his experience of the L’Arche Inter-Zone Retreat in Honduras and invite us to express our solidarity with the L’Arche communities in Latin America. L’Arche Nehalem has a commitment to contribute $1500 to help support these communities. We welcome you to contribute to this effort.

Sat., May 14, 10:30 a.m., Neahkahnie House: Coffee Morning and Garden Liturgy

Gather at 10:30 a.m. for coffee, bagels, and visiting, followed by a Garden Liturgy at 11:00 a.m. led by extended community member Dave Lyons. Dave’s garden liturgies originated at the Portland Catholic Worker House and are a time to reflect on our relationship with the earth, our food, and the interconnectedness of all life!

Wed., May 18, 7:00 p.m., Nehalem House: Prayer Night

Come help us bless and mission Jerry Deas, our community’s delegate to the L'Arche International Federation Meeting in Assisi, Italy.

JOURNEYS

• Board President Jerry Deas is our community’s delegate to the L’Arche International Federation Meeting in Assisi, Italy, May 23-30. Jerry will be participating in the culmination of the Mission and Identity Process that L’Arche communities around the world have been engaged in for the past 3 years. We are grateful for Jerry's dedication to L'Arche and look forward to hearing about the results of worldwide L'Arche's three-year soul-searching process. Come help bless him and send him off at Prayer Night (details above).

BIRTHDAYS	ANNIVERSARIES
May 8: Rosemary Lyons May 15: Clarissa Schoenberg	May 3: Doug Westberg (6 years) May 31: Joni Smith (18 years) June 1: Cindy Leonard (18 years) June 1: Dan Barcia (5 years)

L’ARCHE MUGS FOR SALE

L’Arche US Western Region is selling beautiful handmade ceramic mugs with a L’Arche logo for $16. There are only four left. Call the office (503-251-6901) if you want to reserve one for yourself or to give as a gift!

CELEBRATIONS

• Wed., May 11, 7:00 p.m., Neahkahnie House: Solidarity Night
• Sat., May 14, 10:30 a.m., Neahkahnie House: Coffee Morning and Garden Liturgy
• Wed., May 18, 7:00 p.m., Nehalem House: Prayer Night
• Wed., June 1, 7:00 p.m., Nehalem House: Joni Smith and Cindy Leonard’s 18^th Anniversary Party
• Wed., June 8, 6:00 p.m., Mary's Woods, Marylhurst, Oregon: L'Arche Board Spring Social

WISH LIST

• Double bed size sheets
• Lawn mower