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    music --- Betty Jean Bartholomew, director
  • adult choir sings every Sunday except the third Sunday of the month
  • choristers, singing group for children first grade and up
  • evensong/oratorio choir which includes singers from the community presents musical programs several times during the year
  • folk mass group, coordinated by Dick and Ty Zeller, sing the third Sunday of the month
    organ
  • A tracker pipe organ made especially for Church of the Resurrection by John Brombaugh and Associates, organ builders, was dedicated Nov. 14, 2004. Most present-day tracker organs which are patterned after 16 and 17th century northern European organs are completely mechanical (unlike most church organs with electrical and/or electronic components) and are noted for having a brighter sound. After services you are invited to visit the balcony and view the organ close-up. The organ page has pictures and further information.

 

     education and spiritual formation
    Sunday School for children and youth --- Fall,2007, based on Fruit of the Spirit Scripture (Galatians 5,22-23) Each lesson includes a Bible story, acivities, music, and prayer as well as incorporating teaching about the church year and worship in the Episcopal Church. Ages 3 to grade 3 meets 10:30 - 11:15 am and includes a children's worship service. Youth grades 4 - 8 meets 9:30 until main service which begins at 10:30 am.
    intergenerational Christian ewhichducation --- sessions between services on Sunday. Breakfast is served at 9:00 am, and education session begins at 9:30 am. All are welcome.
    Wednesday Bible study --- after Morning Prayer on Wednesday mornings.
    Bible Study and Prayer Group --- has weekly evening meeting in a home to study the Bible, especially the readings used on Sunday, and to pray.
    Footsteps of Faith --- is for seekers (Do I matter? Who is Jesus? Why does He matter? How does one pray?) and companions (those willing to share their own spiritual journey with a seeker, to pray for a seeker, to meet occasionally with a seeker outside of gatherings). Meets weekly in a home.

 
      outreach
    Reaching Out Committee --- coordinates our efforts to become more involved helping those in need in our area.
    FISH --- a weekly collection of nonperishable foodstuffs. Our contribution goes to United Methodist Church, Eugene, who maintains the central FISH cupboard for distribution to those in need locally.
    home starter kits --- are household items donated by parishioners and assembled into kits to assist mentally ill persons when leaving group living situations to live independently in an apartment. In fall, 2007, this program received a grant to expand.
    Interfaith Shelter Program --- administered by St. Vincent de Paul enables faith communities to provide sleeping room, two meals, and transportation for a group of homeless persons for a week. Church of the Resurrection usually hosts the group in February with over 100 people from the congregation signing up to cook, drive, clean-up, etc. during the week.
    United Thank Offering --- an annual collection of the national church which supports outreach programs in dioceses throughout the United States. People who have been touched by this program tell their stories.

 
      more activities
    Piecemakers --- meet weekly to piece quilts, hot pads and eyeglass cases which are then donated to local organizations such as Relief Nursery, SCAR Jasper Mountain [residential facility for abused children]. They have also made school bags for children in Afghanistan. Below the Piecemakers present Fr. Dennis with a birthday hanging they quilted, November, 2006.
    women's lunch bunch --- an informal group who meet to eat lunch and enjoy one another's company at a different restaurant each week.
    pen pals --- are people sending greetings and other mail to developmentally disabled persons in the community.
    Thanksgiving food drive --- to put together baskets with enough food for 2-3 weeks and then deliver to families