Welcome Welcome to evergreen... we try hard to make the heart of this community be relationship. Our relationships with one another and our relationship with God. We invite everyone, regardless of where they might be at spiritually to come and be a part of evergreen, seek God with us, and see if this life of following Jesus isn't for them as well. No promises of an easy road... just people to walk it with you.
 "Is sex a picture of heaven?" Bell wonders. It's all about God and sex and heaven, he says: "...they're connected. And they can't be separated. Where the one is you will always find the other." Bell's book isn't a sex manual, an exploration of the differences between men and women or a marriage how-to, though all of that is here. Instead, it's the story of God becoming human, of humans mirroring God and love made manifest in the chaos of our humanity. Sex God is about relationships revealed in a way that elevates the human condition and offers hope to those whose relationships are wounded. |
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yet more articles by (some of) Evergreen's elders |
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The newest venture of the Evergreen Community and Evergreeners Brian Goff and Jonathan Ridenour is called Evergreen Clinical, a low/no-cost mental health clinic currently running out of/sharing space with our office near the Hawthorne Lucky Labrador Pub.
EGC is a non-profit clinic offering psychological services to uninsured and under-insured people in PDX. We believe that spiritual issues should be intertwined into therapy as we attempt to view our clients as holistic people and fellow travelers in life’s journey.
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evergreen and church planting... |
From the beginning of Evergreen we've tried to make it a guiding principle that we always want to be growing, introducing more and more people to life in the way of Jesus, but never allow the community to get so large that people would find it difficult to know others and be known themselves.
The only way we can see to make that a reality is through church planting- the starting of other missional communities. |
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 While thinking through community in the last week I felt that this weeks’ article would do well with an outside, trusted voice. In this case, Eugene Peterson says this about the centrality of community in the way of Jesus: “I didn’t come to the conviction easily, but finally there was no getting around it: there can be no maturity in the spiritual life, no obedience in following Jesus, no wholeness in the Christian life apart from an immersion and embrace of community. I am not myself by myself. Community, not the highly vaunted individualism of our culture, is the setting in which Christ is at play.” Pg. 226 |
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Ways to Serve
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Click here for a basic rundown of all the ways to be involved. |
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New Folks HomegroupNew to Evergreen?
The next New Folks Homegroup is close to getting underway. This will be on these four dates @ 6pm:
Sept. 28th
Oct. 5th
Oct. 12th
Oct. 26th
If you're newer to Evergreen (either Quimby or Hawthorne) or have been around for a while but would like to connect with some more people, I highly recommend this! We'll meet for four consecutive weeks to get to know each other, to give you a chance to ask questions, to have some discussions and to eat some food.
Check here for location and more info and to ask questions
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this week...
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NO gatherings @ the Lucky Labs this Sunday due to camping trip. |
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coming up...
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No Lucky Lab Gatherings This week, there will be NO gatherings at either Lucky Lab location due to our annual camping trip. We will however be having a gathering at 10am @ the campsite if you would like to drive out to Champoeg State Park on Sunday morning. |
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Fall Homegroup schedule
Click here to see all of the locations. Truly getting to know people can be difficult on a Sunday morning. Homegroups are where this happens. It is where we seek to live out community and get involved in each others lives. Check one out. |
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Theology On-Ramp
Created for Community Theology On Ramp... this is a 6 week exploration of some of the basics (and not-so-basics!) of Christian thought and belief. Click here for more info and to grab a spot |
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