Alison Ippolito

Salt & Light Week of October 22-28

This Sunday
+ ENCOUNTERING other +

SALT & LIGHT SUNDAY GATHERING
October 22, 2023
10:00-11:30am

Rev. Julia Nielsen, Presider & Living Word (Matthew 22:15-21)

Arvella Hietala, Assisting Minister

Jane Keating, Children’s Accompaniment Circle

Pastor John Rodgers, Communion Presider

  • Ali Ippolito, Lonnie Phelps and guests, musicians

  • John Rodgers, Communion Setup

  • Chris Evans, Usher


In-Person:
5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97211

COVID Protocol:
Masks are optional.

Zoom Info:
https://zoom.us/j/5032877553
Mobile: +1 408 638 0968
Meeting ID 503 287 7553
Passcode 910512

Click here for a PDF of this Sunday’s bulletin.

Zoom access to the Salt & Light service has changed.

What is staying the same:

  • Anyone seeking to attend the service on Zoom will be able to participate in prayers (via chat) and communion.

What is changing:

  • There will no longer be slides guiding participants through prayers, readings and songs, but a PDF of the bulletin will be shared via Zoom chat. If you’d like a PDF emailed to you before Sunday for printing at home, email alisfingers@gmail.com.

  • Zoom chat, breakout rooms and group discussions will no longer be facilitated by staff or volunteers.

  • There will only be one camera giving the wider view of the Sanctuary.

What do you think about these changes? Whether or not you regularly attend services on Zoom, please fill out this Zoom Feedback Survey. CMLT will review the feedback and may integrate it into how we host services on Zoom in the future.

Take the Zoom Feedback Survey here!

Thank you for your feedback! It is an expression of deep care for this community to share your experiences and thoughts, and we appreciate it.

Regina & others at last week’s Kid-Centering S & L service

children’s accompaniment circle

LAST SUNDAY:

It was our first “Youth & Friends” Service! 

We listened to what our youth wanted for the first of three youth-centered services.

We started the day early with Hot Cocoa. Our theme continued with “Encounter.” Adults and youth were all together— singing, playing, making a community art project, sharing a prayer and a blessing. Future Youth & Friends are November 19th and December 17th.

THIS SUNDAY:

“Encountering Other”

What could this mean to us?

Our Modern Sacred Text is "Bees Were Better.” A good day to notice bees in our garden and depending if it's raining we could get some of our Leaven garlic in the ground.

Sunday, October 29th CAC is at the Leaven Retreat. If your young people are going to be with you at S&L and you are looking for ideas, you are welcome to contact Jane before Oct. 27th.


Create a Welcoming Space for All

Your participation is NEEDED to prepare the sanctuary for Sunday gatherings. All age groups are WELCOMED to help with the following simple tasks:

  • candle-lighting

  • flowers

  • greeters/ushers

  • hospitality

Talk with or email: Jenny or Darrel at cmlt@leaven.org

Interested in Zoom-hosting? Talk with or email:
Brent, botanu@gmail.com



SACRED PRESENCE & ACCOMPANIMENT
(spa)

SPA team members accompany and facilitate responses to the needs, opportunities and transitions of community members, the people in their lives and our community as a whole. We invite leadership in the creation and integration of rituals - prayer circles, community blessings, rites of passage - to accompany and mark transitions and life passages of all ages.

Email SPA Co-Chairs or Pastor Alison with inquiries and requests.
Rev. John Rodgers Email
Mira Wood Bolaños Email (Inglés y Español hablado)
Pastor Alison Killeen Email


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Salt & Light Week of October 15-21

This Sunday: kid-centering service!
+ ENCOUNTERING the sacred +

SALT & LIGHT SUNDAY GATHERING
October 15, 2023
10:00-11:30am

Pastor Alison Killeen, Presider

Valerie Silliman, Mayra Ramirez, Jane Keating & Jenny DuVander, Worship Planners

  • Ali Ippolito, Lonnie Phelps and Micah Gorans, musicians

  • John Rodgers, Communion Setup

  • Chris Evans, Usher


In-Person:
5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97211

COVID Protocol:
Masks are optional.

Zoom Info:
https://zoom.us/j/5032877553
Mobile: +1 408 638 0968
Meeting ID 503 287 7553
Passcode 910512

Click here for a PDF of Sunday’s bulletin.

Zoom access to the Salt & Light service has changed.

What is staying the same:

  • Anyone seeking to attend the service on Zoom will be able to participate in prayers (via chat) and communion.

What is changing:

  • There will no longer be slides guiding participants through prayers, readings and songs, but a PDF of the bulletin will be shared via Zoom chat. If you’d like a PDF emailed to you before Sunday for printing at home, email alisfingers@gmail.com.

  • Zoom chat, breakout rooms and group discussions will no longer be facilitated by staff or volunteers.

  • There will only be one camera giving the wider view of the Sanctuary.

What do you think about these changes? Whether or not you regularly attend services on Zoom, please fill out this Zoom Feedback Survey. CMLT will review the feedback and may integrate it into how we host services on Zoom in the future.

Take the Zoom Feedback Survey here!

Thank you for your feedback! It is an expression of deep care for this community to share your experiences and thoughts, and we appreciate it.

Create a Welcoming Space for All

Your participation is NEEDED to prepare the sanctuary for Sunday gatherings. All age groups are WELCOMED to help with the following simple tasks:

  • candle-lighting

  • flowers

  • greeters/ushers

  • hospitality

Talk with or email: Jenny or Darrel at cmlt@leaven.org

Interested in Zoom-hosting? Talk with or email:
Brent, botanu@gmail.com



SACRED PRESENCE & ACCOMPANIMENT
(spa)

SPA team members accompany and facilitate responses to the needs, opportunities and transitions of community members, the people in their lives and our community as a whole. We invite leadership in the creation and integration of rituals - prayer circles, community blessings, rites of passage - to accompany and mark transitions and life passages of all ages.

Email SPA Co-Chairs or Pastor Alison with inquiries and requests.
Rev. John Rodgers Email
Mira Wood Bolaños Email (Inglés y Español hablado)
Pastor Alison Killeen Email


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Salt & Light Week of October 8-14

This Sunday
+ ENCOUNTERING COVENANT +

SALT & LIGHT SUNDAY GATHERING
October 8, 2023
10:00-11:30am

Pastor Alison Killeen, Presider

Rev. Julia Nielsen, Scripture Reflection on Exodus 20:1-20

Matt Smith, Assisting Minister

  • The Seat-of-Our-Pants Choir, special music

  • Ali Ippolito, Lonnie Phelps and guest musicians

  • Jane Keating, Children’s Accompaniment Circle

  • John Rodgers, Communion Setup

  • Chris Evans, Usher


In-Person:
5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97211

COVID Protocol:
Masks are optional.

Zoom Info:
https://zoom.us/j/5032877553
Mobile: +1 408 638 0968
Meeting ID 503 287 7553
Passcode 910512

Click here for a PDF of this Sunday’s bulletin.

Zoom access to the Salt & Light service has changed.

What is staying the same:

  • Anyone seeking to attend the service on Zoom will be able to participate in prayers (via chat) and communion.

What is changing:

  • There will no longer be slides guiding participants through prayers, readings and songs, but a PDF of the bulletin will be shared via Zoom chat. If you’d like a PDF emailed to you before Sunday for printing at home, email alisfingers@gmail.com.

  • Zoom chat, breakout rooms and group discussions will no longer be facilitated by staff or volunteers.

  • There will only be one camera giving the wider view of the Sanctuary.

What do you think about these changes? Whether or not you regularly attend services on Zoom, please fill out this Zoom Feedback Survey. CMLT will review the feedback and may integrate it into how we host services on Zoom in the future.

Take the Zoom Feedback Survey here!

Thank you for your feedback! It is an expression of deep care for this community to share your experiences and thoughts, and we appreciate it.

Welcome Vita, granddaughter of Marilee & Mac!

Children’s accompaniment circle (cac):
a community of spirit

Last Sunday:
ENCOUNTERING COMMUNITY
Welcome, Vita! What a perfect day to come to CAC and get to know one another. We had an opportunity to practice listening with "Rose & Thorns", we shared a tour of the building (with play stops) and visited the garden for a fresh snack. 

This Sunday: 
ENCOUNTERING COVENANT
What will guide a "Community of Spirit?"
What do we want to lift up in our CAC time each week?
What agreements can we make together and have lots of fun in the process?


Create a Welcoming Space for All

Your participation is NEEDED to prepare the sanctuary for Sunday gatherings. All age groups are WELCOMED to help with the following simple tasks:

  • candle-lighting

  • flowers

  • greeters/ushers

  • hospitality

Talk with or email: Jenny or Darrel at cmlt@leaven.org

Interested in Zoom-hosting? Talk with or email:
Brent, botanu@gmail.com



SACRED PRESENCE & ACCOMPANIMENT
(spa)

SPA team members accompany and facilitate responses to the needs, opportunities and transitions of community members, the people in their lives and our community as a whole. We invite leadership in the creation and integration of rituals - prayer circles, community blessings, rites of passage - to accompany and mark transitions and life passages of all ages.

Email SPA Co-Chairs or Pastor Alison with inquiries and requests.
Rev. John Rodgers Email
Mira Wood Bolaños Email (Inglés y Español hablado)
Pastor Alison Killeen Email


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Salt & Light Week of October 1-7

This Sunday
+ ENCOUNTER +

SALT & LIGHT SUNDAY GATHERING
October 1, 2023
10:00-11:30am

Pastor Alison Killeen, Presider & Scripture Reflection on Philippians 2:1-13

Joe Morgan, Assisting Minister

  • The Seat-of-Our-Pants Choir, special music

  • Ali Ippolito, Lonnie Phelps and guest musicians

  • Jane Keating, Children’s Accompaniment Circle

  • Chris Evans, Usher


In-Person:
5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97211

COVID Protocol:
Masks are optional.

Zoom Info:
https://zoom.us/j/5032877553
Mobile: +1 408 638 0968
Meeting ID 503 287 7553
Passcode 910512

Click here for a PDF of this Sunday’s bulletin.

Zoom access to the Salt & Light service has changed.

What is staying the same:

  • Anyone seeking to attend the service on Zoom will be able to participate in prayers (via chat) and communion.

What is changing:

  • There will no longer be slides guiding participants through prayers, readings and songs, but a PDF of the bulletin will be shared via Zoom chat. If you’d like a PDF emailed to you before Sunday for printing at home, email alisfingers@gmail.com.

  • Zoom chat, breakout rooms and group discussions will no longer be facilitated by staff or volunteers.

  • There will only be one camera giving the wider view of the Sanctuary.

What do you think about these changes? Whether or not you regularly attend services on Zoom, please fill out this Zoom Feedback Survey. CMLT will review the feedback and may integrate it into how we host services on Zoom in the future.

Take the Zoom Feedback Survey here!

Thank you for your feedback! It is an expression of deep care for this community to share your experiences and thoughts, and we appreciate it.

Philippians 2:1-13: "A Community of the Spirit" 

Children’s accompaniment circle (cac) this sunday

Last Sunday:

We put the finishing touches on the piece of Community Art that was created by many at The Collab opening. 

This Sunday: 

We will find the perfect spot to display this "Giant Wild Caterpillar". 

What will they reveal to us about their story?

ALSO, It's garlic planting season and we have some nice plump Leaven garlic to plant...

Create a Welcoming Space for All

Your participation is NEEDED to prepare the sanctuary for Sunday gatherings. All age groups are WELCOMED to help with the following simple tasks:

  • candle-lighting

  • flowers

  • greeters/ushers

  • hospitality

Talk with or email: Jenny or Darrel at cmlt@leaven.org

Interested in Zoom-hosting? Talk with or email:
Brent, botanu@gmail.com



SACRED PRESENCE & ACCOMPANIMENT
(spa)

SPA team members accompany and facilitate responses to the needs, opportunities and transitions of community members, the people in their lives and our community as a whole. We invite leadership in the creation and integration of rituals - prayer circles, community blessings, rites of passage - to accompany and mark transitions and life passages of all ages.

Email SPA Co-Chairs or Pastor Alison with inquiries and requests.
Rev. John Rodgers Email
Mira Wood Bolaños Email (Inglés y Español hablado)
Pastor Alison Killeen Email


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Salt & Light Week of September 24-30

This Sunday
+ green: water +

SALT & LIGHT SUNDAY GATHERING
September 24, 2023
10:00-11:30am

Pastor John Rodgers, Presider

Fumi Tosu, Scripture Reflection on Exodus 16:1-15

  • Jenny DuVander, Assisting Minister

  • The Seat-of-Our-Pants Choir, special music

  • Ali Ippolito, Lonnie Phelps and guest musicians

  • Jane Keating, Children’s Accompaniment Circle

  • Chris Evans, Usher


In-Person:
5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
COVID Protocol: Masks are optional.

Zoom Info:
https://zoom.us/j/5032877553
Mobile: +1 408 638 0968
Meeting ID 503 287 7553
Passcode 910512

Click here for a PDF of this Sunday’s bulletin.

Zoom access to the Salt & Light service has changed.

What is staying the same:

  • Anyone seeking to attend the service on Zoom will be able to participate in prayers (via chat) and communion.

What is changing:

  • There will no longer be slides guiding participants through prayers, readings and songs, but a PDF of the bulletin will be shared via Zoom chat. If you’d like a PDF emailed to you before Sunday for printing at home, email alisfingers@gmail.com.

  • Zoom chat, breakout rooms and group discussions will no longer be facilitated by staff or volunteers.

  • There will only be one camera giving the wider view of the Sanctuary.

What do you think about these changes? Whether or not you regularly attend services on Zoom, please fill out this Zoom Feedback Survey. CMLT will review the feedback and may integrate it into how we host services on Zoom in the future.

Take the Zoom Feedback Survey here!

Thank you for your feedback! It is an expression of deep care for this community to share your experiences and thoughts, and we appreciate it.

last day of summer from our beloved River, the Willamette

Children’s accompaniment circle (cac) this sunday

We will all be in church together for the Modern Sacred Text reading of "At the River Clarion” by Mary Oliver.

Her first line is, "I don’t know who God is exactly."

What a prompt for CAC to make art together!

Create a Welcoming Space for All

Your participation is NEEDED to prepare the sanctuary for Sunday gatherings. All age groups are WELCOMED to help with the following simple tasks:

  • candle-lighting

  • flowers

  • greeters/ushers

  • hospitality

Talk with or email: Jenny or Darrel at cmlt@leaven.org

Interested in Zoom-hosting? Talk with or email:
Brent, botanu@gmail.com



SACRED PRESENCE & ACCOMPANIMENT
(spa)

SPA team members accompany and facilitate responses to the needs, opportunities and transitions of community members, the people in their lives and our community as a whole. We invite leadership in the creation and integration of rituals - prayer circles, community blessings, rites of passage - to accompany and mark transitions and life passages of all ages.

Email SPA Co-Chairs or Pastor Alison with inquiries and requests.
Rev. John Rodgers Email
Mira Wood Bolaños Email (Inglés y Español hablado)
Pastor Alison Killeen Email


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Salt & Light Week of September 17-23

This Sunday
+ green: earth +

SALT & LIGHT SUNDAY GATHERING
September 17, 2023
10:00-11:30am

Pastor Alison Killeen, Presider

Deacon Matthew Smith, Scripture Reflection on Genesis 2:4-7

  • Darrel King, Assisting Minister

  • The Seat-of-Our-Pants Choir, special music

  • Ali Ippolito, Lonnie Phelps and guest musicians

  • Arvella Hietala, Children’s Accompaniment Circle

  • John Rodgers, Communion Setup

  • Chris Evans, Usher


In-Person:
5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Zoom Info:
https://zoom.us/j/5032877553
Mobile: +1 408 638 0968
Meeting ID 503 287 7553
Passcode 910512
Covid Protocol: Masks are optional.

Zoom access to the Salt & Light service has changed.
What is staying the same:

  • Anyone seeking to attend the service on Zoom will be able to participate in prayers (via chat) and communion.

What is changing:

  • There will no longer be slides guiding participants through prayers, readings and songs, but a PDF of the bulletin will be shared via Zoom chat. If you’d like a PDF emailed to you before Sunday for printing at home, email alisfingers@gmail.com.

  • Zoom chat, breakout rooms and group discussions will no longer be facilitated by staff or volunteers.

  • There will only be one camera giving the wider view of the Sanctuary.

What do you think about these changes? Whether or not you regularly attend services on Zoom, please fill out this Zoom Feedback Survey. CMLT will review the feedback and may integrate it into how we host services on Zoom in the future.

Take the Zoom Feedback Survey here!

Thank you for your feedback! It is an expression of deep care for this community to share your experiences and thoughts, and we appreciate it.

Children’s accompaniment circle (cac) this sunday

Our Green Season theme this week is Earth / Soil, with earthy activities being led this week by Arvella Hietala!

Create a Welcoming Space for All

Your participation is NEEDED to prepare the sanctuary for Sunday gatherings. All age groups are WELCOMED to help with the following simple tasks:

  • candle-lighting

  • flowers

  • greeters/ushers

  • hospitality

Talk with or email: Jenny or Darrel at cmlt@leaven.org

Interested in Zoom-hosting? Talk with or email:
Brent, botanu@gmail.com



SACRED PRESENCE & ACCOMPANIMENT
(spa)

SPA team members accompany and facilitate responses to the needs, opportunities and transitions of community members, the people in their lives and our community as a whole. We invite leadership in the creation and integration of rituals - prayer circles, community blessings, rites of passage - to accompany and mark transitions and life passages of all ages.

Email SPA Co-Chairs or Pastor Alison with inquiries and requests.
Rev. John Rodgers Email
Mira Wood Bolaños Email (Inglés y Español hablado)
Pastor Alison Killeen Email


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Salt & Light Week of September 10-16

This Sunday
+ green: wind / air +

SALT & LIGHT SUNDAY GATHERING
September 10, 2023
10:00-11:30am

Pastor Alison Killeen , Presider & Scripture Reflection on Exodus 12:1-14

  • Amy DeWallace, Assisting Minister

  • The Seat-of-Our-Pants Choir, special music

  • Ali Ippolito, Lonnie Phelps and guest musicians

  • Jane Keating, Children’s Accompaniment Circle

  • Chris Evans, Usher


In-Person:
5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Zoom Info:
https://zoom.us/j/5032877553
Mobile: +1 408 638 0968
Meeting ID 503 287 7553
Passcode 910512
Covid Protocol: Masks are optional.

Zoom access to the Salt & Light service has changed.
What is staying the same:

  • Anyone seeking to attend the service on Zoom will be able to participate in prayers (via chat) and communion.

What is changing:

  • There will no longer be slides guiding participants through prayers, readings and songs, but a PDF of the bulletin will be shared via Zoom chat. If you’d like a PDF emailed to you before Sunday for printing at home, email alisfingers@gmail.com.

  • Zoom chat, breakout rooms and group discussions will no longer be facilitated by staff or volunteers.

  • There will only be one camera giving the wider view of the Sanctuary.

What do you think about these changes? Whether or not you regularly attend services on Zoom, please fill out this Zoom Feedback Survey. CMLT will review the feedback and may integrate it into how we host services on Zoom in the future.

Take the Zoom Feedback Survey here!

Thank you for your feedback! It is an expression of deep care for this community to share your experiences and thoughts, and we appreciate it.

a plate full of Leaven-grown watermelon

Children’s accompaniment circle (cac) this sunday

Our Green Season theme this week is AIR = Spirit, Wind, Breath.

You are invited to come together and investigate what is going on in Exodus 12:1-14, there's so much! 

We can also share our last watermelon that CAC started from seed in February and the whole congregation helped transplant in the spring. (Extra seedlings went to NAYA Community Garden, Eloheh Farm and Vernon School Garden).

Create a Welcoming Space for All

Your participation is NEEDED to prepare the sanctuary for Sunday gatherings. All age groups are WELCOMED to help with the following simple tasks:

  • candle-lighting

  • flowers

  • greeters/ushers

  • hospitality

Talk with or email: Jenny or Darrel at cmlt@leaven.org

Interested in Zoom-hosting? Talk with or email:
Brent, botanu@gmail.com



SPA: SACRED PRESENCE & ACCOMPANIMENT

SPA team members accompany and facilitate responses to the needs, opportunities and transitions of community members, the people in their lives and our community as a whole. We invite leadership in the creation and integration of rituals - prayer circles, community blessings, rites of passage - to accompany and mark transitions and life passages of all ages.

Email SPA Co-Chairs or Pastor Alison with inquiries and requests.
Rev. John Rodgers Email
Mira Wood Bolaños Email (Inglés y Español hablado)
Pastor Alison Killeen Email


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Salt & Light Week of September 3-9

This Sunday
+ green: fire +

SALT & LIGHT SUNDAY GATHERING
September 3, 2023
10:00-11:30am

Rev. Julia Nielsen, Presider & Scripture Reflection on Exodus 3:1-15

  • Micah Gorans, Assisting Minister

  • Ali Ippolito, Lonnie Phelps and guest musicians

  • Stacy Carleton, Children’s Accompaniment Circle

  • Chris Evans, Usher


In-Person:
5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Zoom Info:
https://zoom.us/j/5032877553
Mobile: +1 408 638 0968
Meeting ID 503 287 7553
Passcode 910512
Covid Protocol: Masks are optional.

Zoom access to the Salt & Light service has changed.
What is staying the same:

  • Anyone seeking to attend the service on Zoom will be able to participate in prayers (via chat) and communion.

What is changing:

  • There will no longer be slides guiding participants through prayers, readings and songs, but a PDF of the bulletin will be shared via Zoom chat. If you’d like a PDF emailed to you before Sunday for printing at home, email alisfingers@gmail.com.

  • Zoom chat, breakout rooms and group discussions will no longer be facilitated by staff or volunteers.

  • There will only be one camera giving the wider view of the Sanctuary.

What do you think about these changes? Whether or not you regularly attend services on Zoom, please fill out this Zoom Feedback Survey. CMLT will review the feedback and may integrate it into how we host services on Zoom in the future.

Take the Zoom Feedback Survey here!

Thank you for your feedback! It is an expression of deep care for this community to share your experiences and thoughts, and we appreciate it.

Jane’s Seastars

Children’s accompaniment circle (cac) this sunday

We have a special guest for CAC. Welcome Stacy! (Mom of Oskar & Svea). Stacy is very creative & fun, enjoy your time together!

Jane is with her [Seastar] family this weekend.

Wherever you are, stay close and have fun & we'll see you next Sunday!

Create a Welcoming Space for All

Your participation is NEEDED to prepare the sanctuary for Sunday gatherings. All age groups are WELCOMED to help with the following simple tasks:

  • candle-lighting

  • flowers

  • greeters/ushers

  • hospitality

Talk with or email: Jenny or Darrel at cmlt@leaven.org

Interested in Zoom-hosting? Talk with or email:
Brent, botanu@gmail.com



SPA: SACRED PRESENCE & ACCOMPANIMENT

SPA team members accompany and facilitate responses to the needs, opportunities and transitions of community members, the people in their lives and our community as a whole. We invite leadership in the creation and integration of rituals - prayer circles, community blessings, rites of passage - to accompany and mark transitions and life passages of all ages.

Email SPA Co-Chairs or Pastor Alison with inquiries and requests.
Rev. John Rodgers Email
Mira Wood Bolaños Email (Inglés y Español hablado)
Pastor Alison Killeen Email


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