The leadership of Bear Creek Church and the members of its Disability Ministry Team (GEMS) dream of becoming a church where persons with disabilities and their families are enthusiastically welcomed to worship and fellowship. We're working to become the kind of congregation where physical and psychological barriers are eliminated and where everyone works together to make BCC a place of unconditional acceptance, peace and safety for persons with disabilities and their loved ones.

TOPSoccer is here again!

Friday, March 26, 2010


The spring session of the TOPSoccer team hosted by Bear Creek Church is here.

March 30th – May 25th
Tuesday evenings 6:15-7:45pm

To register and for further information please contact Tom Eastwold at tdmleastwold@msn.com

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Joni and Friends Family Retreats 2010

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Joni and Friends family retreats are week long camps that are for families that have one or more members with a disability, the children are paired up with STM's (short term missionaries) who volunteer(and pay!) to work along side your family, helping the children through the various activities of the day, while the parents/caregivers have various workshops and pampering to attend. The evenings are filled with activties to attend as a family.

Scotts Valley, California
June 7 - 11, 2010; July 19 - 23, 2010
Mission Springs Christian Camp and Conference Center
For information, email Cheryl Birmingham cbirmingham@joniandfriends.org or call 510 727-8845

Rockaway Beach, Oregon
August 16 - 20, 2010
Twin Rocks Friends Camp
For information, email Jasmine Crawford .jafsoregon@gmail.com or call 541 842-0314


Links for more information.

Family Information

Short Term Missionary (STM) information

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Happy Valentine's Day

Sunday, January 31, 2010

from Bear Creek Church.

We are pleased to announce that Bear Creek Church is busy planning a second respite day event and we hope that your kids will be able to join us. Save the date:

Saturday, Feb 13

Ages 0-12

10 till 1 PM (check in at 9:45)

St. Mary's School grounds

(drop off in the gym)

As we wanted to give you parents a chance to have a meal "date", we are planning lunch this time. The kids will be lunching on a choice of peanut butter and jelly or cheese sandwiches as well as fruit. If that meal is not suitable for your child due to allergies or intolerances, please pack them a lunch.

If you plan to attend, please email us at bccsdm@gmail.com or call Tracy at 541-324-9758 or Faye at 541-324-9711. If your child attended our last respite day we have your child's information on file, we just need your RSVP to let us know about attendance. If this will be the first time please let us know so we can get an application form to you.

Thank you and we look forward to serving you by having fun with your kids!

The GEMS ministry of Bear Creek Church

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Celebration and Talent Show - Nov 20th

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Share your talent at the 7th annual Celebration and Talent Show November 20, 2000 from 7pm to 8:30pm.

Whether you are an expert or just beginning, we want to celebrate the talent god has given you.

This talent show is for everyone!!

All abilities are encouraged to participate. Children, adults, parents, and grandparents are welcome!

We will also share how God blessed the Chapter in 2009 and we will share some every exciting news for 2010!

Location:
Grace Bible Church

209 N. Pacific Hwy
Talent, Oregon

RSVP
Brent Olstad 541-864-9864


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BCC's G.E.MS Excited to Sponsor TOPSoccer!

Thursday, October 15, 2009


G.E.MS / BCC is going to be sponsoring a TOPSoccer program in the Rouge Valley. .

STARTING Tuesday Oct. 27, 06:45 to 07:45 and every Tuesday there after until Dec, 15, (excluding Nov. 24, Thanksgiving week). We will be playing soccer at Abraham Lincoln Elementary.

We are excited about having another opportunity to serve your families. Your children will have a blast playing soccer with us. Please consider joining us on Tuesday evenings.

More info about the TOPSoccer program can be found here.

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Respite Day Report

Sunday, October 11, 2009

We are very pleased with how it turned out. Being our first one we were not totally sure on how it would end up, but it ended up being such a wonderful day.

We were able to bless 13 children from 8 families and they all seem to enjoy themselves as did the volunteers from Church that worked with them.

The team is meeting to do some further fine tuning and planning but I think we’ll defiantly get another respite day up on the calendar.

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G.E.Ms (God’s Exceptional Miracles) Respite Morning.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Parents, would you like a few hours to get some rest, maybe get some shopping done, or to just breath?

We would like to help you.


Bear Creek Church's disability ministry is hosting a respite day for your children. They will be individually cared for by volunteers and have a morning of fun, including music, games, crafts and more. We will also have a separate room available for your children that need a quieter location.

~Details~

For: Children with disabilities ages 0-12 and their siblings.
When: Sat. Oct. 10th 9am-12noon. Check-in starts at 8:45am
Where: St. Mary's School (the meeting place of Bear Creek Church.)
816 Black Oak Dr, Medford, OR 97504

**You must pre-register your child(ren). All applications are due by Sept 26th. we still have openings, please apply.

**Spaces are limited, get your application in soon.**

Applications can be found to the left.

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Announcement - A Respite Day is Coming Up!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

The disability ministry team is pleased to announce that Bear Creek Church will be holding its first respite day on Oct 10 in the A.M.

We are still in the beginning planning stages so we may not have many answers yet,but mark your calendars and stay tuned to this site as in the next few weeks we will be updating it with more news, details and the application to fill out for your children to attend.

If you like you can sign up your e-mail at the bottom left to be notified when this website is updated.

Faye - for the team.

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Square Dance and Barbeque! - Aug 20th

Thursday, July 30, 2009

The Southern Oregon chapter of Joni & Friends is hosting a Square Dance and Barbecue on Thursday, Aug 20th.

All ages and abilities are welcome. This is the 7th Annual Square Dance and Barbecue where you will have a fun evening of good food and great fellowship.

Location:
Rogue Valley Square Dance Center
3377 Tablerock Road
Central Point

Please RSVP by August 17.
BCCSDM@gmail.com
or
olstad1@juno.com (this is Brent, organizer of the event and in charge of the SO chapter of J&F)

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Joni & Friends Family Retreat #2

A 8 member team from Church headed down to CA to serve at the 2nd Joni & Friends Family retreat in Scotts Vally, CA. July 19th-24th.

I was privileged to attend this one. It was my first time attending a J&F retreat, it is an absolutely amazing experience.


the 2nd team (minus 1) waiting for the families to arrive.



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