by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 2, 2011 | Christianity, Church, Community Service, Culture, Faith and Culture, Gratitude, Life, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community
Originally published in print edition of The Oregonian, SW Weekly, July 2, 2011 Theodore Bennett celebrated his 88th birthday doing what he does twice a day, morning and evening — waving to passers-by outside his West Linn house, wearing his trademark red hat....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 26, 2011 | Community, Community Service, Kids, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Parenting, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news, Youth
Karlene Norby remembers her son Clifford, now 21 and an Eagle Scout, and West Linn Boy Scout Troop 149 raising money for a police dog several years ago. “The boys sold candy bars and raised over $1,000,” she said. The Scouts’ efforts, along with...
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 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 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...
