by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 31, 2011 | Community Service, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Oregonian stories, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach
By Cornelia Seigneur, Special to The Oregonian At Christmas Earlene Beko decided to do something different for her seven grandchildren — give them each 50 dollars and a challenge: use the money to help someone else. They had till Easter. “I thought,...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 27, 2011 | Children, Community, Culture, Family Life, Gratitude, Moms, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Parenting
West Linn viola player Michelle Mathewson is organizing a Kairos Ensemble Benefit Concert for PHAME Academy of Art at The Old Church tonight, Friday, May 27. Starting at 7:30 p.m., Mathewson’s ensemble will highlight a variety of local professional musicians,...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 21, 2011 | Church, Community, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Justice, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach
Sunday May 29 will bring together the West Linn and Beavercreek locations of Northwest Contexture Congregations for a “Big Serve” day, a yearly event that replaces regular church services with an outreach project. This is its year for Big Serve day. The...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 18, 2011 | Author/Speaking Events, Church, Communication, Community, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Faith. Culture. The Arts Connection, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection
This month’s Writers Connection is set for Thursday, May 26 at 7 p.m. at the East Atrium at Rolling Hills Community Church, 3550 SW Borland Road, Tualatin Oregon. Writers of all genres are welcome to this informal networking session. We share work,...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 16, 2011 | Christianity, Church, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Outreach, Refugees
Paul Metzger asked me to speak at the John 17:23 Network meeting tonight, which focused on refugees. I was honored to share the story of our friendship with Sudan refugees from North Portland — Jima and Wang’s—family, as well as the larger Sudanese Portland...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 14, 2011 | Church, Community Service, Faith, Faith and Culture, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Outreach
My (FIRST!) Christianity Todaymagazine story for the May 2011 print edition of the magazine is a “Who’s Next?” feature on Paul Louis Metzger which is now on newstands and on their website as well. The link is at the end of this post–(though I would...