With Advent, another beginning as a new priest starts
her service at Hope Lutheran and All Saints Episcopal
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Bessie Wetze" Newspaper l ibrary
University o f Oregon
Eugene, OR 1 403
VOL. 125
NO. 49
8 Pages
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
W ith this y e a r ’s
Advent season comes a new
beginning for All Saints
E p isco p al
and
H ope
Lutheran churches-a new
priest.
The Reverend Janis
Johnson, an Episcopal priest,
began as pastor for the joint
ministry of Hope and All
S aints in H eppner on
December 1.
The Rev. Johnson,
54, is originally from Old
Willapa in Washington State.
She graduated from high
school from Raymond High
School there and attended
Seattle Pacific College, now
Seattle Pacific University,
w here she receiv ed a
bachelor of arts degree in
German in 1974. During her
studies at Seattle Pacific, she
had the opportunity to spend
the summer of 1972 studying
in Vienna, Austria.
A fter g rad u atio n
from college, she substitute
taught high school for a
short time and then went to
work for the W ashington
State Employment Security
Department as a vocational
counselor for single parents
on public assistance. She
worked for the department
for 15 years in a variety of
capacities, which included
developing a m entorship
program for w om en on
public assistan ce and
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
developing a series o f self
esteem retreats for them.
She then w ent to
work for the Department of
Social and Health Services
where she
d
i d
community
p ro g ra m
cL’w k p iu t
wor k i n g
o
n
cE\ek^mci1
of housing
programs,
a drop-in
center for
t e e n
p a r e n ts ,
disaster
r e l i e f
The Rev.
Janis Johnson
her job and moved to New
York City where enrolled in
the Theological Seminary of
the Episcopal C hurch in
Chelsea. The seminary, a
cloistered community that
spans a city block, is located
on the estate of the w riter of
“The
N ight
B efore
Christmas", Clement Moore.
“1 had a great time there and
met wonderful people,” said
the Rev. Johnson. During her
stay in New York she was
able to impose ashes on Ash
Wednesday at Ground Zero
w hich w as “one of the most
m oving experiences I ’ve
ever had." she said. "We
stood there until there were
no m ore ash es on o ur
hands." She was at St. Paul's
Chapel, which was used as a
respite site for Ground Zero
workers, until she and others
were forced to leave.
After her graduation
from seminary in May of this
year, she retu rn ed to
Washington State where she
worked as an unpaid deacon
in the Kenmore Church of
the Redeemer, around an 80-
mile commute from where
she lived in Olympia. "It was
a great parish: they’ve just
been a loving community."
said the Rev. Johnson, who
adds that some of the parish
members from there will be
in H ep p n er for her
ordination.
plan n in g and n u m ero u s
domestic violence services.
Then, she says, she
got tired of meetings and
went back to being a social
w orker prim arily dealing
w ith teen p aren ts and
women in domestic violence
situations. It was during that
time she felt a call to go to
seminary. She enrolled at
Fuller Theological Seminary
and took classes on the
history first six centuries of
Christianity. It was during
that tim e she saw an
Episcopal shield on the side
of the road and felt a call to
not just study religion, but to
becom e a priest. So she
entered the process of holy
ordination. She retired from continued page 2
Murray Drugs’ decorated tree wins people’s choice award; light parade, gingerbread
contest winners announced
HHS Class of 2008 won the light parade school category
Murray Drugs won
the People’s Choice Award
for decorated C hristm as
trees auction held Friday
night at the Heppner City
Hall with their entry, "Tree
of Hope”. The auction was
held in conjunction with the
Stroll Heppner and Light
Parade. The money raised
will go to Pioneer Memorial
Home Health and Hospice.
The Heppner High
School Class of 2008 won
first place in school category
for the light parade; J&G
Concrete won first in the
com m unity category; the
Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Rodeo Court
won first in the court entries;
and Glenn Baker won first
in the individual entries with
his Scrooge outfit. Baker J&G Concrete won the community light parade category
had also won the Scrooge
c o n test in w hich voters
donated money to his jar
placed at the Bank of
Eastern Oregon. He, Cliff
Green, George Koffler and
David Sykes, all Heppner,
competed for donations for
the downtown loud speaker
system and Baker brought in
the most money.
Each light parade
winner received $75.
W inners o f the
C ham ber-W illow C reek
Diner Gingerbread House
Contest were: three to five
years - Charles Cason; six to
nine
years -
Ella
M cC orm ack; and 10-12 Strolling Heppner
years - McKenzie Correa.
Each winner received $20.
Irrigon High School cheerleaders,
boosters aid sick baby
The Irrigon High School Cheerleaders and Knights
Pride Booster Club hosted a cake and dessert benefit raffle
for the Jacob and Amy Taylor family on Tuesday, Dec.5,
during the Irrigon/ lone games. The Taylors’ baby, Kya,
was born prematurely and very ill.
For more information please call Dana Izaguirre at
922-2971.
Caroling planned Saturday
Pastor Keith Brudevold of the Heppner United
Methodist Church will lead carolers around town on
Saturday. Dec. 9. Anyone interested should meet at All
Saints Episcopal Church at 3:30 p.m. that day for practice,
with caroling to begin around 4 p.m. The group will tour
the town and visit Willow Creek Terrace Assisted Living.
Carolers will travel by car.
Anyone who knows of shut-ins they would like to
include should let Pastor Brudevold know. Cookies and
hot drinks will he served at the church following the caroling
session.
Murray Drugs' tree won the people's choice award
Public gets look at new
flood plain maps
A public hearing to
discuss the new W illow
Creek Valley Hood maps
was sp arsely atten d ed
M onday
night,
as
go v ern m en t
o fficia ls
explained the new maps and
how the data was arrived at.
The new maps will be used
by lending institutions and
in su ran ce
ag en ts
in
d eterm in in g who m ust
purchase flood insurance
and the cost o f that
insurance. In addition the
maps will be used by the
co u n ty
and
local
communities for building
and
c o n stru ctio n
restrictions.
Charles Cason and his first place entry in the gingerbread
house decorating contest in the three to five-year-old category
D enise A tkinson of
FEM A was on hand to
p resen t the new map
info rm atio n and answ er
questions from the public.
The new maps cover the
cities of Heppner. Lexington
and lone, and people were
encouraged to check the
new maps as the flood plain
in many areas has shrunk and
property that was in the
flood plain may no longer be.
continued page H
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