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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2021
Dorband donates
photos to art museum
RELIGION BRIEFS
Anchor Baptist Church
Grace Episcopal Church
The congregation meets at the
Astoria Christian Church, 1151
Harrison Ave. On Sundays, the ser-
vice starts at 1 p.m.; Bible study is
at 7 p.m. Thursdays. For informa-
tion, email anchorbaptistastoria@
gmail.com
Astoria Christian Church
For service information and
updates, go to astoriachristian.org
or bit.ly/AstoriaChristian, call 503-
325-2591 or email AstoriaChris-
tian@gmail.com
For updates, food pantry hours
and in-person and livestream ser-
vice information, call the church
at 503-325-4691, email graceas-
toria4691@gmail.com or go to
graceastoria.org or fb.me/Grace
Astoria
Astoria First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church, 349 Sev-
enth St., holds a worship service
at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. The ser-
vice is also broadcast at fb.me/
astoriafi rstbaptist
Sunday school starts at 9:30 a.m.
There is no child care, but children
are encouraged to join the service.
For information, call the church
offi ce at 503-325-1761.
Astoria First United
Methodist Church
Pacifi c Unitarian Universalist
The Pacifi c Unitarian Univer-
salist Fellowship holds a service
via Zoom at noon on Sundays. For
Zoom information, go to pacuuf.org
Peace First Lutheran
Open for worship on Sun-
days at 11:30 a.m., 1076 Frank-
lin Ave. Masks are required. For
livestream service information,
email the church offi ce at offi ce@
unitedmethodistastoria.org or call
503-325-5454.
Common Ground
Interspiritual Fellowship
Common Ground Interspiritual
Fellowship holds a service from
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday, via
Zoom, which is open to all belief
systems, including the spiritual but
not religious. For information, go
to cgifellowship.org. For the Zoom
link, email info@cgifellowship.org
First Church of Christ,
Scientist
A Thanksgiving day service is
being held at 10 a.m. Thursday at
the Christian Science Church, 632
11th St. All are welcome.
Sunday morning services and
Sunday school are held at 10 a.m.;
enter on 11th Street.
Wednesday evening testimony
meetings are at 7 p.m. Those wish-
ing to attend by phone can get
details by calling 971-320-0294.
The Reading Room hours are
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Thursday, except holidays;
enter on Franklin Avenue.
Astoria photographer Roger
Dorband was featured in the Uni-
versity of Oregon magazine
Oregon Quarterly for donating
photographs from two book collab-
orations with the late award-win-
ning author and part-time Can-
non Beach resident Ursula K. Le
Guin — “Blue Moon over Thur-
man Street” and “Out here: Poems
and Images from Steens Moun-
tain Country” — to the Jordan
Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Olney Community Church
The non-denominational Olney
Community Church, 89351 Ore-
gon Highway 202, meets at
9:30 a.m. Sunday for breakfast.
Sunday school is at 10 a.m., and
the worship service is at 11 a.m. All
are welcome. A Wednesday prayer
meeting is at 3 p.m. For informa-
tion, call the church at 503-325-
3394, or Ed Hortsch, pastor, at
503-791-4475.
Peace First Lutheran Church is
holding a Thanksgiving Day ser-
vice 10 a.m. at 725 33rd St.
Sunday services are at 8:30
and 11 a.m. at 725 33rd St. The
8:30 a.m. service is also streamed
live at bit.ly/3rckrMd
Wednesday Bible Study is at
10:30 a.m., followed by midweek
Advent prayer, at 565 12th St.
Soup suppers are at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, followed by Advent
services at 7 p.m., at 725 33rd St.
Church offi ce hours are Mon-
day through Friday 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. For information, call 503-
325-6252, email offi ce@peace-
fi rstlutheran.com or go to peace-
fi rstlutheran.com
Pioneer Presbyterian Church
WARRENTON — For service
information, call the church at 503-
861-2421 or go to pioneerchurch-
pcusa.org
St. Mary, Star of the Sea
Parish
For information about the St.
Vincent de Paul Food Pantry hours,
and service and livestreaming infor-
mation at both the Astoria church
and Hammond mission, call 503-
325-3671, email offi ce@stmaryas-
toria.com or go to stmaryastoria.
com or bit.ly/stmaryastoria
The photographer found inspi-
ration for some of the photographs
in Oregon’s high desert land-
scape: “Though I have returned
many times, each morning when
I awaken there, I look out on the
land with a distinct sensation that
I’m seeing it for the fi rst time,”
Dorband said.
Dorband also donated mate-
rials and photographs from both
books to the University of Oregon
Libraries Special Collections and
University Archives, which hold
Le Guin’s papers.
The Astorian
One of the photographs Astoria
photographer Roger Dorband donated
to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Nerenberg promoted to
lieutenant colonel
The Offi ce of the Secretary of the
Air Force has announced the promo-
tion of Maj. Michael D. Nerenberg to
the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Nerenberg just completed his
15th year of active duty service as
a nuclear weapons
expert, and is cur-
rently working a
special duty assign-
ment in Washing-
ton, D.C.
Educated
in
Astoria, he is a
Lt. Col. Michael graduate of Astoria
D. Nerenberg
High School, where
he was a member of
the 1998 state champion boys basket-
ball team.
Nerenberg subsequently com-
pleted Air Force Reserve Offi cers’
Training Corps at Brigham Young
University in Provo, Utah, where he
rose to the rank of the senior cadet
colonel, and was commissioned as
a second lieutenant in the Air Force.
He is the son of Bill and Jan
Nerenberg, of Astoria.
State parks department
waives day-use parking
fees Friday
The Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department is waiving day-use park-
ing fees Friday in the 25 state parks
that charge a parking fee, including
Fort Stevens, Ecola, Nehalem Bay
and Cape Lookout state parks.
The parking waiver applies from
open to close at the 25 parks that
charge a $5 daily parking fee. A list of
the parks requiring day-use parking
permits is at stateparks.oregon.gov
Windermere collecting
winter clothes
Now through Dec. 17, Winder-
mere Real Estate brokers are col-
lecting winter necessities for com-
munity members in need during
Windermere’s annual Share the
Warmth campaign.
In the Astoria area, the donations
will benefi t Filling Empty Bellies.
The organization is specifi cally ask-
ing for coats, blankets, hats, gloves,
mittens and scarves for adults (sizes
S to XL) and children (all sizes).
Those who want to help can stop
by participating offi ces to drop off
donations. The Windermere offi ce in
Astoria, at 175 14th St., Suite 120, is
open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A list of all drop-off locations is at
helpsharethewarmth.com
Danish society holds meeting
The Lower Columbia Danish
Society meets virtually via Zoom
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Dec 2. The
public is welcome.
Members will discuss their Nordic
Christmas traditions and make a paper
Danish Christmas tree ornament.
Being or speaking Danish not
required; only an interest in Dan-
ish heritage, culture and traditions
is needed.
For Zoom information, go to
lowercolumbiadanes.org or call
503-325-2612.
Astoria Fire Department
holds food parade
The 33rd annual Astoria Fire
Department Holiday Food Parade
takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Dec. 6, 7 and 8.
The fi re engines, decorated with
lights and playing holiday music,
will be parading through neighbor-
hoods to pick up nonperishable food
items and donations for needy fam-
ilies this holiday season. Santa and
Bob the Elf will be riding along.
Residents are asked to fi ll a bag
with nonperishable food items and
leave it at the curb, or have it visible
when the fi re engines come through
the neighborhood.
The parade will start Dec. 6 in
Emerald Heights, then go to the
Alderbrook area, and fi nish after cov-
ering Uppertown from 37th Street
and Duane Avenue to 31st Street and
Marine Drive.
On Dec. 7, pick up will cover the
North Slope area, starting and ending
at Eighth Street and Franklin Ave-
nue. On Dec. 8, the parade will start
at Columbia Avenue and cover the
South Slope, ending at Ninth Street
and Niagara Avenue.
Bags of nonperishable food and
donations are also being accepted
at the Astoria Fire Department, 555
30th St.
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