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What's Happening

Tuesday, January 1

Office Closed

Wednesday, January 2<= /p>

8:= 30 am - UMW Executive Mee= ting

10 am - UMW Unit Meeting

6:30 pm—ESL Registration

7 pm Women’s A/A - Parlor

8 pm - M/A - Parlor

Thursday, January 3

9 am - Women’s Bible Study<= o:p>

6:= 30 pm - Evening Bell Choir

6:= 30 pm—ESL Registration

7:= 30 pm - Choir Rehearsal

Saturday, January 5

5:30 pm - N/A - Youth Room

Sunday, January 6

9 am - Sunday School

10 am - Worship with Communion

Monday, January 7

6:15 pm - Committee Meetings=

7 pm - Boy Scouts

7:40 pm - Administrative Council<= o:p>

Tuesday, January 8

9:30 am - Soul’s Journey

Wednesday, January 9<= /p>

9:30 am - Miriam Circle

12:30 pm- Love Circle<= /span>

6:30 pm—ESL Class

7 pm - Women’s A/A - Parlor=

8 pm - M/A - Parlor

Thursday, January 10<= /p>

9 am - Women of Faith<= /span>

9 am - Women’s Bible Study<= o:p>

5:= 30 pm—”Sharing the Journey” Men= ’s Group

6:= 30 pm—ESL Class

6:= 30 pm - Evening Bell Choir

7:= 30 pm - Choir Rehearsal

Friday, January 11

9 am—Health Concern Meeting=

Saturday, January 12<= /p>

5:30 pm - N/A - Youth Room

Sunday, January 13

9 am - Sunday School

10 am - Worship=

Monday, January 15

7 pm - Boy Scouts

7:= 30 pm—Women’s Evening Fel= lowship @ Susan Jensen’s

7:= 30 pm—Men’s Bible Study @ Lar= ry Aldrich’s

This is YOUR newsletter.

Deadline for January 15 Edition Is Monday, Janua= ry 8 at Noon. E-mail ar= ticles to: laura@hillsboroumc.org

It Takes a Village/ Congregation To Rai= se a Child Introducing t= he “Church Buddy” program.&nbs= p; We have an amazing church; with lots of adults whose own children= are now grown and on their own. The HUMC children can greatly benefit from= your gifts of friendship and mentoring. So, we are going to begin the proc= ess by introducing “Church Buddies.” As a church buddy – we req= uest that you learn about this child and take a general interest in their l= ives. If the relationship develops, you may find yourself a “life lon= g friend” to a wonderful individual that you might not have known oth= erwise. You might even find a spiritual gr= andchild. You can sign = up on January 13^{th and choose a=
child who isn’t in your own family or one will be chosen for you This has great possibilities for=
helping us to all grow through intergenerational relationships and to stre=
ngthen our church “community.”}

For= more information contact Sandra Hunter 503-640-1775 or e-mail sandra@hillsboroumc.org .

We spend January 1 walking through our = lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be pat= ched Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the roo= ms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential.

~El= len Goodman

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves.&= nbsp; The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Da= y.

Adult Education Classes Beginning

"Poetry To Nourish Your Soul"=

9 AM Sundays, beginning January 7<= /o:p>

10 weeks

Led by Rev. Barbara Schultz<= /span>

Book: "Twenty Poems to Nourish You= r Soul" selected by Judith Valente and Charles Reynard.

"Good poetry has the power to star= t a fire in your life. Great poetry can alter the way we see ourselves.&nbs= p; It can change the way we see the world. Poetry at its best calls f= orth our deep Being, bids us live by its promptings; it dares us to break f= ree from safe strategies of the cautious mind; it calls to us, like the wil= d geese from an open sky". (from Ten Poems to Change Your Life b= y Roger Houseden).

Contact Barbara if you are interested s= o she can order books. Ok to drop in but contact Barbara so she can tell yo= u which poem the class will be reading

"Living the Questions"

Led by Rev. Gwen Drake

Beginning January 7

9AM, Sunday

Discover the relevance of Christianity = in the 21st Century and what a meaningful faith can look like today. = This DVD study will expose you to ideas and concepts that have been taught = and discussed for generations in seminaries.

Gwen's Notes

It's a br= and new year! It is a time when some people make new year's resolutio= ns and some refuse to make new year's resolution. What ever you do wh= en the year changes, there is definitely a feeling of beginning again, star= ting over, doing things different whether you acknowledge it or not. = And that is what we are doing at Hillsboro UMC. I hope that you will = consider making it a goal to participate in something you have never partic= ipated in at church--whether that be a Sunday School class, singing in the = choir, ringing bells, helping with many of the volunteer jobs, inviting som= eone new to church, or use your imagination. Be bold. Do someth= ing new. Scare yourself a little!

After saying that, there are a few of y= ou that may need to practice saying "no" as your new thing. = We all need to take good care of ourselves. It is important to love = ourselves as well as our neighbors and God. That sounds a lot like th= e Great Commandment, doesn't it? It is. So, when you think of s= omething new to do this year, also consider doing less if you are one of th= ose people who like being a "human doing" instead of a "huma= n being."

Happy New Year! I'll see you in c= hurch.

Blessings, Gwen