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United Methodist focuses on ‘practical’ worship
gregation according
By LAUREN MURPHY
to Baker.
Of the Keizertimes
They have two
The United Methodists
worship teams, one
believe in what founder John
more traditional that
Wesley called, “practical di-
has a piano and or-
vinity.”
gan, and one more
They have an emphasis on
contemporary that
Christian living and putting
will play newer songs
faith and love into action.
one might hear on
They are a global denomina-
the radio.
tion with s mission to “make
Becoming a mem-
disciples of Jesus Christ for
ber is a fairly simple
the transformation of the
process that usually
world,” according to the
just means being in-
United Methodist website.
volved and sharing
Keizer Clear Lake United
the same beliefs.
Methodist Church incorpo-
KEIZERTIMES/Lauren Murphy
“Sometimes peo-
rates the global mindset by
being an “open door church.” Clear Lake United Methodist is located in north Keizer on ple take a class, but
it’s case by case,”
They partner with fi ve other Wheatland Road North.
Baker said. She said
United Methodist Churches
that if someone was
(UMC) in the area to provide
baptized by a different denomination
the best service to the most people,
re-baptism is not required.
particularly with the youth (middle
“We believe baptism is the work of
and high school) and young adults
the Holy Spirit and as United Meth-
ministries.
odists we recognize your baptism no
The youth group (grades 6-12) and
Keizer is home to more than a doz-
matter what denomination you come
young adult groups (age 18-29) meet
en churches of various religious af-
fi liations. Matters of Faith is a series
from.” she said.
weekly to provide a space for younger
aiming to explain what makes these
One thing that sets the Method-
people to fellowship with people their
places of worship different and
ists apart from other denominations
own age.
unique.
of Christianity is their focus on the
“All of those people in that age
different ways one can experience
range get together from all those
churches. It was like three over here while someone else fi nishes the wor- Christ. It is not only focused on prayer
and six over here, so it was just better ship service, and drive to Keizer Clear or scripture or worship, but incorpo-
to bring them all together,” said Rev. Lake UMC to preach there. After the rates all of those elements.
A typical Sunday at Keizer Clear
Alyssa Baker, one of the pastors for the service at Keizer Clear Lake UMC,
they will drive back to the Salem First Lake UMC starts with worship. Af-
Salem United Methodist Churches.
The Open-Door churches in Sa- UMC and preach for the second ser- ter a couple songs there is a meet and
greet time which is followed by more
lem have six pastors, but they rotate vice.
The second circuit is Morningside singing, a time of prayer and then a
through the different churches.
reading of scripture.
Baker said the preachers operate UMC and Trinity UMC.
Baker said all the churches read the
The children, fi rst through eighth,
on what they call “circuits.” Circuit
one includes a downtown UMC and same scripture but the pastors sermons grades are invited to go to Sunday
Keizer Clear Lake UMC. A preacher are unique to the individual who’s School and the pastor will give the
sermon.
will start downtown at Salem First teaching it.
Keizer Clear Lake is an older con-
After that, offerings are collected,
UMC, preach, leave after the sermon
then they update the church on what
the other open-door churches are do-
ing. Services conclude with a time for
corporate prayer. After service is over,
congregants will stick around and talk.
Once a month there is a time of com-
munion.
The United Methodists as a de-
nomination belief in serving the com-
munities where they are placed. Keiz-
er Clear Lake UMC
is involved with the
Keizer Community
Food Bank.
They have a quilt-
ing group that meets
to make quilts for
those experiencing
homelessness, and a
Rev. Baker
group that meets to
work on individual
projects.
They have a community garden
that donates food to the food bank.
They have a feed the children minis-
try which helps feed Lake Labish Ele-
mentary School.
Due to COVID-19 concerns ser-
vice is canceled until further notice.
Baker said that the church is attempt-
ing to live stream sermons on Face-
book, but they are still new to online
church and it is a process that will take
time to perfect.
The church can be found on Face-
book as Keizer Clear Lake United
Methodist Church.
Keizer Clear Lake UMC is located
at, 7920 Wheatland Rd N. Under reg-
ular operating circumstances service is
at 10 a.m. with Sunday school for chil-
dren from 4-years-old to 5th grade.
For more information visit their
website at www.kclumc.org. To see
the UMC statement of beliefs, visit
www.umc.org/en/what-we-believe.
Keizer
Chick-fi l-A
only a
possibility
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
For the last few weeks, ru-
mors have swirled about the
possibility of a Chick-fi l-A
restaurant in Keizer Station.
While it may still material-
ize, it is far from certain and
a map supposedly showing
the location being circulated
on social media sites doesn’t
match up with any in the
city’s possession.
Keizer Community Devel-
opment Director Nate Brown
addressed the rumors at a
meeting of the Keizer City
Council Monday, March 2.
“We know that the devel-
opers are talking with Chick-
fi l-A, but they are in talks with
lots and lots and lots of peo-
ple,” Brown said.
It would take a master plan
revision and the issuance of a
building permit for the restau-
rant’s logo to begin appearing
on site maps held by the city.
Neither of those things have
happened. That doesn’t mean
the developers haven’t created
mock-ups hoping to entice
Chick-fi l-A to Keizer.
The area where a resaurant
could be placed is being de-
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and the Confederated Tribes
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