We've been on the web since June 1994!		Thank you for visiting our web site! The links on the left should guide you around our site. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions... Our Sunday worship service is at 11:00 am with Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 am. The church is at the corner of 1st and C Streets in Rainier, Oregon. Here is a map. Rainier UMC PO Box 188, Rainier, OR 97048 503-556-3440 Email to webservant

• People are constantly expressing disagreement and they do it right out in the open.
• The pastor is always behind in her work.
• The Board can never seem to make ends meet financially, and they are forever giving money away.
• New groups keep cropping up and bumping into each other over schedules and competing over volunteers.
• A number of people occasionally miss meetings and insist on spending time with their families.
• The kids are noisy and all over the place, including worship.
• The hymnals are wearing out, the Coffee Hour is crowded and confusing.
• The front door is almost off its hinges.
• The electric bill is way over budget.
• It seems that an awful lot of people have keys and all kinds of groups are coming and going.
• The place is full of losers. People who have lost their loved ones, people who know they can't make it on their own; people who are losing, but also finding their lives in receiving and giving a lot of love, for Christ's sake.
  - borrowed from a Nehalem Bay UMC Newsletter, Nehalem, Oregon