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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2022
RELIGION BRIEFS
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Anchor Baptist Church
Calvary 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
SEASIDE — Calvary Episco-
pal Church, 503 N. Holladay Drive,
off ers the Holy Eucharist on Sun-
day at 9:30 a.m. For information,
call 503-738-5773.
Astoria Christian Church
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
For service information and
updates, go to astoriachristian.org
or bit.ly/AstoriaChristian, call 503-
325-2591 or email AstoriaChris-
tian@gmail.com
Astoria First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church, 349 Sev-
enth St., holds a worship service
at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. The service
is also broadcast at fb.me/astori-
afi rstbaptist. There is also a His-
panic worship service, Iglesia Cris-
tiana Vida en Cristo, that begins at
10 a.m. in the church basement.
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
Presbyterian Church
Astoria
First
Presbyterian
Church, 1103 Grand Ave., holds a
worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday.
The Clatsop Emergency Food
Bank, in the basement at 1103
Grand, is open from 3 to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday, except on
holidays.
The church offi ce hours are from
9 a.m. to noon Monday through
Thursday. For information, call
503-325-1702, email offi ce@fpcas-
toria.org or go to business.face-
book.com/fpcastoria
Bethany Free
Lutheran Church
On Sundays at Bethany Free
Lutheran Church, 451 34th St.,
Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m., and
the service is at 11 a.m. “Glad Tid-
ings” is at 8:40 a.m. on KAST 1370
AM.
On Mondays, confi rmation is at
6 p.m.; Brown Bags is at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays; and the Bethany Sewing
Mission is at 10 a.m. Thursdays.
The Women’s Missionary Federa-
tion meets at 11 a.m. on the second
Thursday of the month.
For information, go to bethany-
free.com or call 503-325-2925.
Common Ground
Interspiritual Fellowship
First Church of Christ,
Scientist
Sunday morning services and
Sunday school at the Christian Sci-
ence Church, 632 11th St., 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.
Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church, 1545
Franklin Ave., holds Sunday ser-
vices at 8 and 10 a.m.; the later ser-
vice is livestreamed on Facebook
and YouTube.
There are weekday morning
prayer services at 8 a.m., and an
evening prayer service on Wednes-
days at 7 p.m., with contemplative
music by Jennifer Goodenberger,
which is livestreamed, as well.
The Grace Food Pantry is open
from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and
Thursday.
Church offi ce hours are from
10 a.m. to noon Monday through
Friday. For information, call 503-
325-4691, email offi ce@graceasto-
ria.org, or go to graceastoria.org
Olney Community Church
The non-denominational Olney
Community Church, 89351 Oregon
Highway 202, meets at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday for breakfast. Sunday
school is at 10 a.m., and the wor-
ship service is at 11 a.m. All are
welcome.
A Wednesday prayer meeting
is at 2 p.m. For information, call
the church at 503-325-3394, or Ed
Hortsch, pastor, at 503-791-4475.
Flag retirement set
Pacifi c Unitarian Universalist
HAMMOND — The Asto-
ria Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution
will hold a fl ag retirement at
the museum in the historic area
at Fort Stevens State Park at
1 p.m. on Tuesday, Flag Day.
The event is open to the public.
The Pacifi c Unitarian Universal-
ist Fellowship now meets in person
at noon Sunday at the First Presby-
terian Church, 1103 Grand Ave. The
sanctuary entrance is on 11th Street
between Grand and Harrison ave-
nues. The service is also held via
Zoom; for information, go to pac-
uuf.org
Peace First Lutheran
Peace First Lutheran Church
holds Sunday services 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. and 6 p.m., with noon-
time prayers following the fi rst ses-
sion, at 565 12th St. For Bible study
Zoom links, email the church offi ce.
Church offi ce hours are Monday
through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For information, call 503-325-6252,
email
offi ce@peacefi rstlutheran.
com or go to peacefi rstlutheran.com
Pioneer Presbyterian Church
WARRENTON — For service
information, call the church at 503-
861-2421 or go to pioneerchurchp-
cusa.org
St. Brendon the Navigator
Orthodox Church
St. Brendan the Navigator Ortho-
dox Church, 820 Alameda Ave.,
holds Vespers is at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Light snacks follow in the Commu-
nity Hall.
On Sunday, Rev. Sergey Kako-
rin, priest-in-charge, leads the con-
gregation through Matins beginning
at 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy begins
at 10 a.m., followed by a potluck in
the Community Hall.
Masks are optional. For ques-
tions, or to learn more about the
Orthodox faith, contact Kakorin at
360-904-7794 or sergeykakorin@
gmail.com or go to orthodoxasto-
ria.org
St. Mary,
Star of the Sea Parish
For information about ser-
vices at both the Astoria church or
the Hammond Mission, or about
the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pan-
try, call 503-325-3671, email
offi ce@stmaryastoria.com or go to
stmaryastoria.com
Decorating
inside
the
halls takes place at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, and fi nal dec-
orating will begin at 9 a.m.
Thursday.
Students raise funds
for nonprofi ts
Student grant makers from
Astoria and Warrenton high
schools presented their checks
to the nonprofi ts of their choice
at an event held in May at the
Astoria Golf & Country Club
as part of the CommuniCare
program, supported by the
Harold and Arlene Schnitzer
CARE Foundation.
Each group was guaranteed
$7,500 for grant-making. Stu-
dents could double those funds
by raising an additional $750,
which the foundation matched
10 to 1. Students also had the
option to reserve up to 25% of
their CARE Foundation funds
for in-school grants.
Warrenton High School
raised $19,990. The Asto-
ria Warming Center received
$3,869; Helping Hands Reen-
try Outreach Centers, $7,093;
the Assistance League of the
Columbia Pacifi c, $5,159; and
the Sunset Park & Recreation
Foundation, $3,869.
Warrenton in-school grants
totaled $2,716.50. The Home-
work Club received $129; The
Warrior Closet, $322; Warrior
to Warrior Pantry, $657.50;
athletics and classroom projec-
tor TV, $322; wrestling camp
scholarships, $774; and the
welding program, $512.
Astoria High School non-
profi t grants totaled $12,000.
Bikers Against Child Abuse
was given $3,500; Helping
Hands Reentry Outreach Cen-
ters, $6,300; and The Healing
Circle Inc., $2,200.
Astoria in-school grants
amounted to $3,817.64. Dis-
tributive Education Clubs of
America received $3,600; and
Astoria’s CommuniCare chap-
ter was given $217.64.
For information about the
Harold and Arlene Schnitzer
CARE Foundation, go to
schnitzercare.org
— The Astorian
Washington
State Parks
off ers free days
ILWACO, Wash. — Three
free days are being off ered by
the Washington State Parks
and Recreation Commission in
June.
The fi rst is Saturday, in
celebration of National Get
Outdoors Day, the second
is Sunday, in recognition of
Free Fishing Day, and the
third is June 19, in honor of
Juneteenth.
This means visitors to state
parks will not need a Dis-
cover Pass for a day-use visit
on those days. The Discover
Pass is required to access lands
managed by the Washington
Department of Fish and Wild-
life and the Department of Nat-
ural Resources. For informa-
tion, go to parks.state.wa.us
Scandinavian festival
seeks fl owers
The Astoria Scandinavian
Midsummer Festival is seeking
fl owers for the upcoming fes-
tival, which takes place June
17, 18 and 19 at the Clatsop
County Fairgrounds.
Flowers can be dropped off
at the fairgrounds on Thurs-
day morning or call 503-325-
1288 by Wednesday to arrange
for the court to pick them up on
Thursday morning.
Anyone wishing to join in
the preparation for the festi-
val is welcome. The decoration
schedule is as follows: Swag
making and wrapping of the
midsummer pole is at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday. Those wishing to help
should bring gloves and clip-
pers, if possible.
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