(For middle school and senior high teens)

Looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon?  Do you wish that there was more time to hang out with all your friends after church?  Do you want to meet more of the youth your age in the church?  Then come to The Drop-in.  It’s a youth fellowship, where you can play pool, ping pong, and board games, eat food, and hang out with the youth in our church.  It will be hosted at the Dugan’s house monthly, on Sunday afternoons.  The first one will be on November 29, from 2-5 PM.  Food will be provided; please bring $2 to help pay for lunch.  Hope to see you there!  Please contact the church for more information.

Evergreen hosts an annual service at 10:00 a.m. Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 26th), offering a simple liturgy encouraging those who attend to share with others the goodness of God and their gratitude.  The service is at the Evergreen building on the corner of Hall and Hart Road in Beaverton.  Call the church office at 503-626-1520 for more information about this or other events and happenings at Evergreen Church.

Each month on the “first Friday”, the women at Evergreen are invited to a hosted fellowship night.  Sometimes it is at the church and sometimes it is at someone’s home.   This is a great chance to invite friends and neighbors to a church event where they experience loving fellowship.  Ladies, please join us for the November First Friday that will be held on November 6th at he church. We will enjoy dinner together at 6:30 and if you like, work on a craft afterwards. Lorabelle Meeker will be on hand to lead the craft-time. This will be a great time to work on handmade Christmas gifts! Please call the church office for more information 503-626-1520.  We hope to see you there!

Volunteers from Evergreen joined 600 from 20 local congregations to host Compassion Beaverton, a free medical clinic offering basic dental and medical treatment for hundreds of people who lined up at Barnes School this past Saturday, October 10. Here is a seven minute Youtube video presentation of the event.

Please plan to be a part of our Wed. evening family night. Beginning Sept 9th from 6 – 8 pm we will enjoy a family style meal followed by programs for all ages. Adult classes include “What does the Bible Say About Missions” taught by David Hopkins, and “The Poetry of TS Eliot” taught by Kelly Williams. Contact Frank LeClerg at 503-626-1520 for more details.

Everyone is invited to attend our 2009 Missions Conference which is going to be held the weekend of September 26-27, 2009. First come out on Saturday evening and join the Recon group to hear Keith Thomas and family give a presentation of their work in Bugambilias, Mexico. Then come back on Sunday morning to hear Keith preach. After the service on Sunday we’re going to have a Mexican-theme potluck (cook up your favorite recipes.)

Aaron Hansen and James Trott have produced THIS VIDEO (Day 1) to tell the story of our most recent youth camp. More coming soon.

Registration packets are now available for RYM Camp at Suttle Lake this coming August 10-14. Expanded recreation includes white water rafting, kayaking lessons, wilderness hiking along with field and group games led by our team of college students from UW. The Reverend John Stone is our guest speaker and he is joined by eight additional seminar teachers to provide a high quality biblical/theological education. Suttle Lake Camp staff delivers sumptuous and delicious food and maintains beautiful grounds. We are running simultaneously and separately two camps: students rising to the sixth grade through students rising to the eighth grade are gathering at the Middle School Camp while students rising to the ninth grade through graduating seniors are welcome at the Senior High Camp. Scott Lowe and his band from Fort Collins is leading worship. Nathan Lewis’ pop music workshop and International Shorts Film Festival are back by popular demand. Ryan Hughs, campus minister at UW is hanging. Registrations are coming in from churches throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Our new emerging congregation, Reconciliation Saturdays invites you to worship on Saturday, July 25th at 6:00 p.m. Nathan Lewis is presenting the mission of Recon and mobilizing people to invite their friends to join. On Saturdays, Recon worships and shares a simple meal to promote relationships. On July 25th we are BBQing hamburgers and hot dogs. Recon is a “stepping stone” in reaching people in need of reconciliation and for relieving some of the needs, both spiritual and physical, that these people bring with them.

Evergreen’s annual camp out at Cougar on Yale Lake is this July 10-12. We are swimming, hiking, enjoying extended conversations. We are celebrating the 500th Anniversary of John Calvin’s B-day, by playing Bocce, the closest we can get to his favorite game, lawn bowling. Our missionaries to Guadalajara, Keith and Julie Thomas and their children are joining us. They are presenting an update on their work and Keith is preaching at camp on Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, back in Beaverton, David and Carolyn Hopkins are leading worship at 11 a.m. for all of you who are not camping this year. Wherever you choose to be, the Holy Spirit is present there. “Through all the world below, God is seen, all around/ Search hill and valley through, there’s he’s found.”