Lent has begun

Cincinnati chili!

Rare time using the pulpit

We began Lent at Stevi UMC tonight, kicking it off with an amazing soup supper. Belinda contributed an awesome batch of Cincinnati Chili, Charles' favorite!

Charles is preaching a series of sermons during Lent using John Wesley's sermons as a starting point. The first one was received very well!

Printing & Painting

 The studio class had a critique of the experiments today, Charles got good remarks on his six efforts.

Home life

Two from Cornwall

"Is that grass?"

The February thaw has been in full-swing for a couple of weeks and the ourdoor kitty, Patches (or Patch) has enjoyed not needing to put on snow shoes!

Charles got two nice buttons from a friend in Cornwall, Sue Handford, it is so nice to be thought about from such a long distance away!

Playing around @ SUMC

About once a quarter Stevi UMC holds a family games night, complete with food, fun, and fellowship! This time twenty were on hand and what a time we had!!!

a bit of Bayeux

Charles finished a tiny project for the Women in Art class. They were to recreate a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry using embroidery styles. His came from Tituli #41 -- Hoc Est Wadard (Here is Wadard).

We love Wednesdays!

There is a lot to love about our church, a special part is the Worship on Wednesday (WOW) soup & reflection gathering each week.

Art at PDX

"Semblance" by Whitney Nye

"River Tide" by Jennifer Williams

"Lifeline" by Charles Schweigert

"Wings III" by Barbara Paanakker

"The Secret Cell" by Jeane Myers

While waiting for his delayed flight in Portland, Charles had the chance to check out some cool art on display. Some two dozen works by Oregonian artists made for a pleasant stay in Concourse A!