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Applicants must have: • knowledge of basic accounting and computer skills • experience with Microsoft Office Suite of products including advanced Microsoft Word and Excel skills • experience using database management systems • have or be able to obtain a Notary Public • excellent interpersonal, oral and written communica- tion skills • a positive disposition. Applications outlining qualifications and demonstrating how your experience and skills match the job require- ments are due by May 28, 2021. Please submit your resume and cover letter in person: Gary Manly, General Manager Council awarded Nguyen with a $2,000 grant last year to complete the project. Nguyen was among only five artists in Eugene and the surrounding area to receive the award through the Artist Grant program. Her project began sim- ply as “A Portrait of Cottage Grove.” She aimed to piece together a mosaic of the com- munity through portraits of local people. The concept was inspired by Nguyen’s steady increase in affection for Cottage Grove over her 15 years in the area. “I really like Cottage Grove,” she said. “I’m actual- ly surprised how much I like Cottage Grove.” Things didn’t begin this way, however. Growing up in a small New Jersey town of 10,000 people, Nguyen was at first apprehensive of fully en- gaging the community after moving here. “I kind of assumed people would do a lot of gossiping because I saw that before and I was just very cautious,” she said. Then she noticed a tenden- cy for people to smile as they walked down the street or passed her by, which she ini- tially found to be somewhat off-putting. “But after a couple weeks, I was like, ‘I think they’re just nice,’” she laughed. “I had also lived in big cities, so maybe I just had a different viewpoint.” Since then, her relation- ship with Cottage Grove has blossomed. Eight years ago, Nguy- en established what would become the local landmark game store Delight down- town and also develop an Worship Directory COTTAGE GROVE: 6th & Gibbs Church of Christ 195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822 10:00am Christian Education: Pre-K through 5th Tim Baker, Senior Minister www.6thandgibbs.com First Presbyterian Church 3rd and Adams St 541-942-4479 Rev.: Karen Hill Worship: 10:00am Sunday School: 10:00am fpcgrove.com Calvary Baptist Church 77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290 Pastor: Riley Hendricks Sunday School: 9:45am Worship: 11:00am The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm Hope Fellowship United Pentecostal Church 100 S. Gateway Blvd. 541-942-2061 Pastor: Dave Bragg Worship: 11:00am Sunday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday www.hopefellowshipupc.com “FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE” Church of Christ 420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565 Sunday Service: 10:30am Cottage Grove Bible Church 1200 East Quincy Avenue 541-942-4771 Pastor:Bob Singer Worship 11am Sunday School:9:45am AWANA age 3-8th Grade, Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm www.cgbible.org St. Andrews Episcopal Church 1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050 Rev. Lawrence Crumb “Scripture, Tradition, Reason” Worship: Sunday 10:30am All Welcome Seventh-day Adventist Church 820 South 10th Street 541-942-5213 Pastor: James D. Boram Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40 Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00 Our Worship Directory is a weekly feature. If your congregation would like to be a part of this directory, contact us today! S entinel place right now, I think hav- ing a different perspective on: What does it mean for us to live together? What does it mean for us to be a society as human beings? I hope maybe that will bring some light.” The project has been a pe- riod of personal development for the artist as well. Nguyen said the work has granted her a much deeper look at the people she lives alongside and made her aware of her own preconcep- tions about others. “Not just superficial nice- ties but a real embrace by ac- quaintances, neighbors and strangers,” she said. The final project will in- clude portraits from the cur- rent project as well as others Nguyen had previously cre- ated. With just a few more paintings to finish, the book is due to be reach the public this fall. Nguyen’s Kickstarter page can be found under the title “Garden of People, A Portrait of Cottage Grove,” where pre-orders will be made available. ‘You are not alone’ By Rev. Karen Hill Pete is survived by his loving family: his moth- er Jo; his sister Patti, her husband Gary, and their daughter Catelynn; his brother Mike; his brother Louie, his wife Tina and their daughters Neeka and Makiya. Pete loved action movies and westerns, but his favorite was “The Ten Commandments.” He loved country and Gospel music. He made the church potluck rounds – his family said, “He never met a potluck he didn’t like. Pineapple upside down cake was his favorite dessert.” Christmas and Hal- loween were his favorite holidays; he loved to dis- tribute candy and to see the children’s costumes. Family vacations, fish- ing, camping and swim- ming also brought him great joy. As did his job at the Bookmine. Pete was dedicated to the Bookmine, to Gail and his work there. Pete was a gentle gi- ant. His big size some- times scared people, but only until they saw his good heart – his kind- ness. Everything changed for Pete at age 19 when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. May is Mental Illness Aware- ness Month and the theme this is year “You are not alone.” This theme is so fitting for Pete’s story. Pete was not alone in his illness. His diagno- sis was hard and painful for everyone. It took a long time for him to get some stability – for the medications to advance enough to help him. His mother was his advocate, finding good doctors for him, search- ing for medications to help him, keeping him safe and comfortable at home. Pete’s family included him and cared for him and so did the com- munity. Neighbors and friends knew Pete and looked out for him. Pete had a place in this com- munity, and unlike so many other people with serious mental illnesses, Pete was not alone. The love that Pete re- ceived at home and in the community made all the difference in his life. Remember the words from the Apostle Paul from I Corinthians: “[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things … And now faith, hope and love, abide these three; and the greatest of these is love.” Love – real love – the nitty gritty kind of love made a difference in Pete’s life. What a gift and privilege to know and be known by Pete – to love and be loved by Pete. Dentistry is our profession, people are our focus. Birch Avenue Dental Dentistry is our profession, people are our focus. Confession: 4 PM to 5 PM Saturdays or by appointment St. Philip Benizi, Creswell 552 Holbrook Lane Sunday 8 am C ottage G rove stood out right off the bat was the roughly 90 percent of Cottage Grove listed as white in the U.S. Census. “So I was thought, ‘Okay, this is not going to be really culturally diverse,” Nguyen said. “But after talking to one of my first interviews, I real- ized that … each family has its own culture.” She was surprised, also, to find that many of her subjects were first or second genera- tion immigrants, often of Eu- ropean descent. From her interviews, she incorporated a collage of anonymous quotes into the project. “So in the end, the ‘Por- trait of Cottage Grove’ is now ‘Garden of People’ because it’s really an exploration about society through this town,” she said. Nguyen is hoping that, as experiential art, her proj- ect can allow people to walk away feeling more connected to their community. “People are having a lot of difficulty and people are divided,” she said. “They’re polarized and they’re iso- lated. At this time and this Birch Avenue Dental Trinity Lutheran Church 6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373 Pastor: James L. Markus Sunday School & Adult Education Living Faith Assembly 9:15am 467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612 Worship Services Sundays: 9a & 11a Sunday Worship 10:30 am Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur Youth Worship Sundays: 11a (all 5:00pm TLC Groups ages welcome) Mondays: 5:30p (6th-12th grades) tlccg.com United Methodist Church Non-Denominational 334 Washington 541-942-3033 Church of Christ Worship 10am 1041 Pennoyer Ave umcgrove.org 541-942-8928 Preacher: Tony Martin “VICTORY” Country Church Cottage Grove Faith Center Sunday Bible Study:10:00am 33761 Row River Rd. 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