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    Retreat Service Team

    Early in April the COOP Retreat Service Team ( along with 2 friends of the team) had a 4-day training retreat at Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey, where Doug and Benneth presented 4 lessons on contemplative service and each member of the team had an opportunity to practice.

    If you are feeling a tug to serve retreats, contact Benneth (button below) to help discern your call.

    Yours in service,
    The retreat service team:
    Doug Eaton
    Benneth Husted
    Ava Haney Martin
    Carole Cook
    Ellen King
    Mary Conley
    Matthew Pearl
    Roger Scullion

    Picture: L to R: Carole, Mary, Tom, Ava, Ellen, Doug, Marta, Roger
    Not pictured: Matthew and Benneth

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    No Frills Second Sits

    Mondays through Fridays 

    (sometimes we need help with that second sit)
    Mondays through Fridays
    4:30-5:00 pm (Pacific)

    No chit-chat, no extras.
    All are welcome.
    Drop in any time

    Contact councilcoordinating@gmail.com for login information.

    Photo by photo: Chewy on Unsplash

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    Forever Zoom

    Need a little support for your morning sit?
    Forever Zoom is a no-frills online group
    No chit-chat, no extras. All are welcome. Drop in any time.
    Mondays through Fridays
    7:00 – 7:30am

    Contact councilcoordinating@gmail.com for login information.

    Photo by Jackie Jabson on Pexels

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    Sunday Soup and Contemplation

    In-Person
    Every Sunday
    4:30 pm – Contemplative Practice & Sharing
    5:30 pm – Soup & Community

    At Dandelion House in Milwaukie
    A Catholic Worker Community

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    Centering Prayer for 12 Steps 2025 Spring Spirituality Series- Part One

    Many members of 12 Step recovery programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, NA, ACA, OA, SAA and others have found Centering Prayer to be transformative in their recovery work generally, and specifically as it pertains to emotional sobriety and practicing a daily 11th Step.

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    Labyrinth, Simple Supper, Taize (In-Person)

    First Fridays of the Month.

    Join others on the first Friday of the month for all or part of an evening of contemplative prayer and fellowship.
    Franciscan Spiritual Center
    3159 Furman Drive, Marylhurst, OR 97036

    5 pm labyrinth
    6 pm supper
    7 pm Taize

    This is a free event, but please RSVP so we may prepare space.

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    To the Contemplative Outreach Community

    Your generosity helps us pay our overhead for Zoom licenses, COOP website maintenance and monthly newsletter

    The donate button below will take you to our PayPal donation page.
    Small amounts are most welcome.

    COOP is a volunteer association without 501c3 non-profit status. Donations are not tax-deductible.

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    Word of the Week

    Be Compassionate and Loving. It’s Who You Are!

    To you who are listening I say:
    Love your enemies,
    do good to those who hate you,
    bless those who curse you,
    pray for those who mistreat you.
    Do to others as you would have them do to you.
    Your reward will be great,
    and you will reflect God’s love to all,
    because God is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
    Be compassionate and loving,
    just as God is compassionate and Loving.

    – Luke 6:27-28, 31, 35-36

    scripture and artwork from COLtd Word of the Week, 2/23/25
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