🍂 2025 Beavercreek UCC Fall Bazaar – October 11 🍁

Flyer with trees with fall leaves and a church steeple in the background, Beavercreek UCC Fall Bazaar Wide Variety of Vendors Offering Unique Creations

It’s time again for our FALL BAZAAR happening on Saturday, October 11th in our spacious Fellowship Hall from 9am – 4pm. This event has been happening at BUCC since 1999 and has become very popular. There will be an abundance of vendors with a wide variety of creative items to sell so it’s a great time to get started on your holiday shopping.

There will be a delicious lunch for sale around 11am – 2pm which will include sandwiches, chicken noodle soup, vegan soup and pieces of homemade pie. There will also be raffle drawings, baked goods, plants and more.

Tell your friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues about the Beavercreek Fall Bazaar and come join us for a great time.

All About Reiki Workshop…

10:00 – 2:00, Sat Sept 27

Hands open with light in between and words surrounding, including Reiki, Love, intention, joy family, kindness, and others

Beavercreek UCC
23345 South Beavercreek Road
Beavercreek, OR

Have you wondered what Reiki is or are you already practicing Reiki? Would you like to “tune-up” your rusty Reiki skills or would you like to learn how to “do” Reiki? What is “Universal Life Force Energy” and how can you become a conduit for healing? Why should I care about Reiki, what’s so special about it? What does Reiki feel like and how does it “work”? Do you want to connect with a monthly Reiki circle or Reiki prayer support group? Lots of questions!

Reiki is a holistic healing system that treats the whole being, at all levels: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. An energetic gift from the universe, always working for the highest good.

Reiki Master Carol Koshkarian will be leading this workshop. Carol has been practicing and teaching Reiki for over 13 years and will be answering all your Reiki related questions. After the instructional segment of the workshop, Level I Reiki attunements will be offered (suggested $50 donation) for those that are new to Reiki and/or those already attuned that would like a “booster shot”. The attunement process is a ceremony performed by a Reiki Master that connects each person to the unique, discreet Reiki energy channel. There will then be time to “practice” Reiki with each other.

For more information or to reserve your spot, contact Carol Koshkarian, at carolkosh@duck.com or 503.632.5001.

One Community One Book discussions Sept. 9 & 17

Pass it on, one community one book, Oregon City Public Library

The Oregon City Public Library is hosting a One Community, One Book (OCOB) community-wide read of "Big Jim & the White Boy" by David Walker & Marcus Kwame Anderson, and "James" by Percival Everett. These books reimagine Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," centering on Jim, an enslaved man, as the main character. It explores themes of race, family, and the quest for freedom, providing a deeper and more dignified portrayal of Jim's story compared to the original novel.

One Community One Book discussions are offered to promote literacy, but also foster community and create a shared experience through the magic of reading. BUCC will host 2 of the discussions on September 9, 6-7pm or September 17, 6-7pm.

Discussions of the book will be facilitated by Emmett Wheatfall, a local poet. Copies of both books are circulating among BUCC members. The library also is sponsoring a Book Giveaway.| Visit the Library lobby to pick up your free copy of the OCOB books (while supplies last). These are not library books; they are yours to take, read, and share with another community member! You can start reading now and plan on coming to one or both the discussion times. Invite your friends who like books and conversation!

For more information and to reserve your place visit the library website.

Meet us at Oregon City Pride!

Sep 6, 12:00 – 5:00 at Clackamas Community College

Several people gather holding a banner with a rainbow background that reads Beavercreek United Church of Christ Honoring Diversity

Now known as Beavercreek United Church of Christ (aka Ten O’Clock Church) the founding church incorporated in1882. Yep, we’ve been part of the community for 143 years! And boy, have we seen changes.

One of the major ones came in 1999 when we voted to become Open and Affirming (OnA): Committed to justice for all people. OnA, is an official designation in the UCC for churches that deliberately have chosen to commit to welcome, affirm, and advocate for the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer persons. We welcome our LGBT family and know that we are all utterly beloved by God.

“As we prepare for the Pride Festival on September 6, 2025, at our beloved Clackamas Community College, we want to invite you to be a part of something truly special. This festival isn’t just an event; it’s a powerful statement that love conquers all and that there is no room for hate in our vibrant community.” *

* https://oregoncitypride.com/

The Oregon City Pride event is an annual event dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community through arts, culture and advocacy. The festival aims to foster inclusivity, promote understanding and provide a safe space for individuals to express their identities. Come connect, shop, relax, and build community. Enjoy vendors, entertainment, speakers and activities. BUCC is a proud sponsor of the event and we want to meet you, so please visit our booth and know you are welcome at BUCC. Get there early to collect your “Q Wand”!

🐶 🐑 Blessing of the Animals 🐴 🐈 August 24, 2025

A dog, cat, rabbit, and other animals sit together peacefully in a field, with the words Blessing of the animals, august 24, 2025 during 10:00 worship

Time to bless and celebrate the Animals! Join us as we celebrate our love and gratitude for all they do for us and with us. Bring your pets, service animals, working animals, etc., or bring their photos to receive a blessing.

This is a super fun service and will have special animal themed music and of course coffee/social time afterwards.

We will be meeting in Fellowship Hall instead of the sanctuary for this Blessing of the Animals service. Animals need to be on lead or in carrier/kennel (dog, cats, bunnies, lizards, birds, etc) with large animals staying outside (horses, goats, sheep, etc).

RECENT VANDALISM AT OUR CHURCH

On the evening of June 13, a person threw a rock into two stained glass windows, shattering the protective safety glass and punched holes in the inner, stained glass panels. He also threw a brick through a front window of our Fellowship Hall. Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating the incident.

To our Beavercreek Neighbors,

Thank you for the many emails, phone messages, and offers of financial gifts following the recent vandalism at our church. We are deeply touched by your support.  

Although appalled by this demonstration of violence, we feel blessed knowing that many in our community stand with us and our message of love, acceptance, and inclusion. 

If you’d like to support our recovery efforts but aren’t sure how, please reach out to us at beavercreekucc@gmail.com , (503) 632-4553, or donate.

Thank you again for your love.

Annual Rummage Sale and Lunch – 2025

Fellowship hall building filled with items for sale

Come join us for another HUGE Rummage Sale in our church’s Fellowship Hall on Friday & Saturday, Feb. 28 & March 1st and the next weekend, March 7th & 8th. The doors will be open from 9 am to 4 pm each day.

There will be an abundance of vintage and collectable items along with clothes, shoes, books, housewares, bedding, seasonal decorations, toys, games, jewelry, tools, electronics, furniture, and much more.

The women’s group will be serving a delicious Lunch from 11 am – 2 pm each day. The lunch will include their famous chicken noodle soup, a vegan soup option, sandwiches and pieces of 🥧 HOMEMADE PIES!!

If you would like to donate items to our sale, we are seeking unique collectibles, craft items, tools, clothing, plants etc. Please be sure all items are clean and saleable.

If you have questions or need assistance with donating, please call Shelley at 503-655-0700.

Celebrate the 🌎 Earth on Saturday, May 18!

🌮 Tacos! 🔢 Bingo! 👯Costumes!

Our Earth Fest 2024 planning team is working hard to bring our third annual Earth Event for Beavercreek UCC. As an Earthwise congregation, we feel the need to do our part to raise awareness and take ecologically sound action for the Earth.

We are putting out the welcome mat for the entire greater Beavercreek area and offering a fun-filled night of Earth friendly education, taco dinner and 2 Bingo cards for a free will offering, (earth friendly prizes!), Earth Trivia and a costume contest. Come dressed as your favorite Earth Hero or Earth Villain (see costume suggestion section*).  Prizes for best adult and best child costume.

We are again partnering with Clackamas Soil & Water Conservation District, which brings a wealth of information about Earthwise practices. Our own Master Recycler, Lee Evans, will have a display on how you can recycle so much! We’ll also have a BUCC information table about our Earthwise efforts, the food pantry and Backpack Buddies programs.

Dinner will be tacos, with pork donated by Mulino based Campfire Farms, as well as vegan options. Deliciously prepared, sustainably and ethically sourced and produced. Read more about Campfire Farms and their Animal Welfare Approved program.

We have several different groups and activities already committed to having a presence at the event and are working on others. Special hands-on “earthly” activities for the kids are being planned.

Keep track of this event here and on Facebook.com/BeavercreekUCC.

  • Clackamas Soil & Water Conservation District

  • Equal Exchange

  • OSU Master Food Preservers

  • Fun activities for the kids

  • Master Recycling

  • BUCC Earthwise Congregation

  • Food Pantry and Backpack Buddies

  • Campfire Farms

Watch for more information and plan to attend with family and friends. It will be a fun evening for all.

COSTUME CONTEST!

This year we have added even more fun to BUCC Earth Fest. Come dressed as your favorite Earth Hero or Earth Villain!

There will be a prize for best adult and best kid’s costumes and so much to enjoy.
Putting on a costume can be very empowering and a chance to express your concern/love for our planet earth.

Costumes don’t have to be extravagant or full body, just earth themed. Use your
imagination (or Google it!). Here are some hero and villain suggestions, if you’re
stumped.

Heros: Trees, pollinators (bees, birds, bats, etc), any native animal, native plants, fungi, organic gardening, native insects, compost, recyclers, regenerative agriculture, bio-diversity, solar/wind energy, habitat restoration, sacred ground, etc.

Villains: Plastic, pollution: air, water, land, radioactive, noise, light and thermal, neonicotinoids, deforestation, herbicides and super weeds, invasive exotic species (plants and/or animals), monocultures, agricultural runoff, loss of biodiversity, greenhouse gases (CO₂, methane, nitrous oxide), fast fashion, forever chemicals (PFAS*), etc.

2024 Annual Rummage Sale and Lunch (and 🥧 pie 🥧)

Come join us for another HUGE Rummage Sale in our church‘s Fellowship Hall on Friday and; Saturday, March 1st & 2nd, and the next weekend, March 8th & 9th. The doors will be open from 9 am to 4 pm each day. There will be an abundance of vintage and collectable items along with clothes, shoes, books, housewares, bedding, seasonal decorations, toys, games, jewelry, tools, electronics, furniture, and much more.

The women’s group will be serving a delicious lunch from 11 am - 2 pm each day. The lunch will include their famous chicken noodle soup, sandwiches and pieces of:

🥧 HOMEMADE PIES!! 🥧

If you would like to donate items to our sale, we are seeking unique collectibles, craft items, tools, clothing, plants etc. Please be sure all items are clean and saleable. If you have questions or need assistance with donating, please call Shelley at 503-655-0700.

2023 Beavercreek Fall Bazaar

It’s time again for our FALL BAZAAR happening on Saturday, October 14th in our spacious Fellowship Hall from 9am - 4pm. This event has been happening at BUCC since 1999 and has become very popular. There will be an abundance of vendors with a wide variety of creative items to sell so it’s a great time to get started on your holiday shopping.

There will be a delicious lunch for sale around 11am - 2pm which will include sandwiches, chicken noodle soup and pieces of homemade pie. There will also be raffle drawings, baked goods, plants and more.

Tell your friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues about the Beavercreek Fall Bazaar and come join us for a great time.

People browse items in a large room, with a Christmas tree on one end, and a rack with clothing on another. There's a corss on one wall, and windows line the back wall.

2023 Annual Rummage Sale and Lunch

Come join us for another HUGE Rummage Sale in our church's Fellowship Hall on Friday & Saturday, March 10th & 11th, and the next weekend, March 17th & 18th. The doors will be open from 9 am to 4 pm each day. There will be an abundance of vintage and collectable items along with clothes, shoes, books, housewares, bedding, seasonal decorations, toys, games, jewelry, tools, electronics, furniture, and much more. The women's group will be serving a delicious lunch from 11 am - 2 pm each day. The lunch will include their famous chicken noodle soup, sandwiches and pieces of HOMEMADE PIES!!

A variety of rummage goods spread on tables under a roof with prominent rafters and windows in teh background

If you would like to donate items to our sale, we are seeking unique collectibles, craft items, tools, clothing, plants etc. Please be sure all items are clean and saleable. If you have questions or need assistance with donating, please call Shelley at 503-655-0700.

Beavercreek Fall Bazaar is back

After a two year hiatus, the FALL BAZAAR is back and it’s happening on Saturday, October 15th, 2022, 9am to 4pm. This event has been happening at BUCC since 1999 and has become very popular. There will be an abundance of vendors with a wide variety of creative items to sell so it’s a great time to get started on your holiday shopping.

There will be a delicious lunch for sale from 11 am to 2 pm that will include sandwiches and pieces of homemade pie. There will also be raffle drawings, baked goods, plants and more. Tell your friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues about the Beavercreek Fall Bazaar and come join us for a great time.

Shoppers hold items in a church hall, with a variety of items on tables, including a Christmas tree and decorations, and clothes hanging the foreground

Northwest Regional Women’s Retreat at Salishan Resort on the Oregon Coast

Northwest Regional Women's Retreat XIII will come to the Oregon coast at Salishan Resort November 4-6, 2022.

This is a beautiful opportunity to come together as women for spiritual renewal, personal growth, and relaxation. You will rekindle old friendships and make new ones. Rev. Jennifer Garrison is the keynote speaker, Rev. Christina Kukuk is our worship leader, and the ever-effervescent Linda Srb and Susan Moore will lead our music.

There are workshops from arts and crafts to spiritual expression and exploration. And, of course, there's the beach! Explore the retreat at www.nrwr.org, then find a friend and sign up. The theme is Waves of Peace - come and immerse yourself in this gathering of women.

Beavercreek United Church of Christ Welcomes Rev. David Zaworski

Beavercreek United Church of Christ (BUCC) is pleased to welcome Rev. David Zaworski as its interim sabbatical replacement pastor while its current pastor, Rev. Jennifer Seaich, is on leave from June 5th through September 10th, 2022. Pastor Jennifer has plans for travel in Europe and the U.S. to pursue a personal interest in baking, as well as dedicated time for rest and for personal and professional reflection, study, and spiritual renewal. The sabbatical is made possible by a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment, a private foundation, through its Clergy Renewal Program.

Rev. Zaworski has been both a full-time and an intentional interim pastor, serving churches in Forest Grove, Condon, Portland, Enterprise, Pocatello and others. BUCC feels very fortunate to have his experience and steady presence during the sabbatical time.

The Lilly Grant requires a church-focused sabbatical plan and a related series of localized activities by the congregation as well.  Using Lilly funds, BUCC has engaged the services of the Rev. Jennifer Garrison (formerly, Brownell) as a consultant to the congregational portion of the grant. In the Lilly grant application, the church wrote, “Our goal for sabbatical renewal is to reflect, reimagine, and rekindle our relationship to the community around us. One outcome is to better understand the spiritual needs of the community in traditional and alternative ways…How do we foster contemporary relationships with the community?”. BUCC is very pleased to have Rev. Garrison with us to facilitate conversations around change, hospitality and outreach.

A free 🌎 Earth Day 🌱 event, April 22 & 23

A free 🌎 Earth Day 🌱 event, April 22 & 23

The first Earth Day took place 52 years ago, and unfortunately as earth citizens we haven’t been moving in the right direction to avert the climate change situation we now find ourselves in. As an Earthwise congregation, we feel the need to do our part to raise awareness and take ecologically sound action. Join us for a free Earth Day event! Film, speakers, land blessing, kid activities, native plant sale, food, and more.

2022 Annual Rummage Sale

Vintage and collectable items along with clothes, tools, books, house wares, baby items, crafts, furniture, electronics, and much more! Proceeds from this event support the operating expenses and missions of Beavercreek United Church of Christ. For the safety of our volunteers and shoppers, masks are required.

Friday, March 18, 2022 9 am—4 pm

Saturday, March 19, 2022 9 am—4 pm

Friday, March 25, 2022 9 am—4 pm

Saturday, March 26, 2022 9 am—4 pm

Annual Rummage Sale is Back!

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Now that things are safer we are opening our doors for another HUGE Rummage Sale in our church's Fellowship Hall on Friday & Saturday, July 16th & 17th, and the next weekend, July 23rd & 24th - 9am to 4pm each day.  There will be an abundance of vintage and collectable items along with clothes, shoes, books, housewares, bedding, seasonal decorations, toys, games, jewelry, tools, electronics, furniture, plants and much more.

If you're looking for our lunch menu, we're sorry to report that we will not be serving food this year.  Our famous lunch will be back next year.

The proceeds from this event will be used to support the church's local & wider missions and operating expenses.     For the safety of everyone, masks will be required.

If you would like to donate items to our sale, we are seeking unique collectibles, craft items, tools, clothing, furniture, etc.  Please be sure all items are clean and saleable.  If you have questions or need assistance with donating, please call Shelley at 503-655-0700.