Name: A Joyful Noel
Start: 2026-12-09T19:30:00-08:00
Location: First Congregational Church United Church of Christ, Sanctuary

First Congregational Church United Church of Christ, Sanctuary

Experience the magic of the holidays as the Westside Community &amp; Youth Orchestra presents their free seasonal concert series. Join the community for an enchanting evening celebrating the season through the power of music and community spirit.

Local Event: A Joyful Noel

Washington County

Portland (OR) Metropolitan Area

Hillsboro

Oregon

A Joyful Noel

Experience the magic of the holidays as the Westside Community & Youth Orchestra presents their free seasonal concert series....

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

Internationally-renowned concert organist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nathanlaube" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nathan Laube</a> presents an exciting recital of thrilling organ music from a wide variety of eras and locales. This one-of-a-kind program features a diverse selection of works by Felix Mendelssohn, Dieterich Buxtehude, Charles-Marie Widor, and more! 
Laube's 75-minute recital showcasesboth his dazzling technique and his profound gift of listening carefully to the instrument and eliciting from it a thrilling range of musical colors – a combination perfectlysuited to the world-class&nbsp;<a href="https://www.trinity-episcopal.org/rosales-organ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Rosales organ</a>. He'll explore the organ’s full range of tonal colors throughout the program, which is offered in celebration of the organ's 40th birthday this year. 
<a href="https://nathanlaube.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Nathan Laube</a>, a truly generational talent of our time, is one of the world’s most elite organ performers and pedagogues. He is Associate Professor of Organ on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester New York and International Consultant in Organ Studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the United Kingdom. His extensive international recital career takes him continually to major concert venues and festivals around the world.
Trinity's pipe organ, built by Manuel Rosales and installed in 1986, is one of the finest pipe organs in North America. We celebrate its 40th anniversary this year with a series of concerts and events!

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Multnomah County

Portland

Fall Celebrity Organ Recital: Nathan Laube

Internationally-renowned concert organist Nathan Laube presents an exciting recital of thrilling organ music from a wide...

Breathing Room Yoga + Meditation Studio

Discover the transformative power of Kundalini Yoga - a dynamic blend of movement, breathwork, mantra, and meditation designed to awaken your inner energy and bring greater clarity, vitality, and peace.
In this monthly workshop we'll explore breathwork, Kriyas (prescriptive sequences combining breath and movement), mantras, and techniques to cultivate clarity of mind and deep peace.
No experience required! Come as you are, with an open heart - wearing comfortable clothes you can move in easily.
About Elena López
Elena brings together movement, breath, and mindfulness to help students reconnect with themselves and feel more present in their everyday lives. She teaches Kundalini Yoga, Vinyasa, Slow Flow, and meditation at Breathing Room, and also hosts sound baths that invite students to slow down, unwind, and settle into stillness.
Her approach blends movement, breathwork, mantra, and meditation, creating opportunities to explore your practice, quiet the mental noise, and build a deeper connection with yourself. Whether you’re looking for an energizing flow, a slower practice, or time to simply pause and reset, Elena welcomes you to come as you are.

Local Event: Kundalini Yoga Workshop

Kundalini Yoga Workshop

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Flow State is a monthly, music-driven Vinyasa flow set to an uplifting electronic dance music (EDM) soundtrack co-hosted by Breathing Room teachers Karen Adamczyk and Alexie Heimburger.&nbsp;
Beginning with a gentle warm-up, using fluid dance-inspired movement to shake off the week, awaken your body, and sync with the rhythm of your breath. From there, the intensity gradually rises into a strong, athletic Power Vinyasa practice. Expect creative sequencing, dynamic flows, and building heat as you cultivate strength, mobility, presence, and full-body energy.
The class will wind down with dance before settling into a deeply restorative, long savasana. This final stillness allows your nervous system to integrate the effort, movement, and joy of the practice.
No dance experience required - come move, breathe, and have fun. All levels welcome.

Local Event: Flow State: EDM Power Vinyasa

Flow State: EDM Power Vinyasa

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Shadow work is about facing the parts of yourself you usually avoid: the fears, doubts, and emotions you’ve buried. It’s not about judging them but understanding where they come from and how they shape you. When you bring these hidden parts into the light, you free yourself from old patterns and grow into a more authentic version of yourself.
Each month, we will gather in community to meet our shadows with compassion, curiosity, and gentle awareness. Together, we will create a safe and supportive space to explore the parts of ourselves that often remain hidden - the emotions, patterns, beliefs, and experiences that are asking to be witnessed, understood, and integrated.
During this two-hour healing experience, we will move through personal reflection, guided meditation, and community connection. Through guided shadow work prompts, journaling and community discussion, we will explore various themes with kindness for ourselves&nbsp;and for others. Guided meditation will help us connect internally, followed by community discussion and sharing (always optional) to remind us that we are not alone in our healing journeys.
We will close with a grounding sound bath to fully integrate our deep work and rebalance the nervous system before we part ways.
Each month will offer a new theme for exploration.
About Jess Spain
Jess Spain holds a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Child and Family Studies from Portland State University. Before COVID, she worked as a counselor for several years, with a focus on serving the Indigenous community in her area. During that time, she developed her own group curriculum centered on mindfulness, DBT skills, and emotional intelligence.
Jess is a Portland, Oregon Indigenous (Cow Creek Umpqua enrolled) spiritualist, Reiki Usui Master, mindfulness teacher, and astrologer. Her esoteric journey began in childhood and has continued to grow into an integral part of who she is today.
She is a Level 2 Reiki practitioner, sound healer, and certified 200-hour yoga instructor. Jess has been a formal meditation student since 2020, with ongoing training and education in mindfulness and meditation. In 2021, she attended Nightlight Astrology School, where she studied Hellenistic Astrology. She has found deep joy in exploring birth charts alongside healing work and using astrology as a tool to guide and support others.
Two Moons Wellness is Jess’s way of bringing together her culture, educational background, and esoteric studies into one practice—uniting body, mind, and spirit with universal flow. She believes in the transformative power of introspection, including shadow work, grounded in mindfulness, to help others connect more deeply with their higher selves.
Jess has applied these practices to her own life through mindfulness training and experienced a sense of inner peace, tranquility, and serenity she once did not believe possible. Through Two Moons Wellness, she hopes to share these transformative tools with others and help them discover greater peace in this life.
One of her greatest teachers said, “The only way out is in.”

Local Event: Shadow Work Immersion: ANGER

Shadow Work Immersion: ANGER

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Your monthly ritual... An invitation to come back to center.
Our nervous systems are constantly taking in information. Between work, screens, notifications, responsibilities, and the general pace of everyday life, our attention is often being pulled in multiple directions at once—with very little intentional time to slow down and rest.
This monthly nervous system reset is a dedicated space to do exactly that:&nbsp;support nervous system regulation.
This immersive sound bath experience uses crystal singing bowls, chimes, oceanic textures, and other therapeutic sounds to gently guide your system out of the noise and stimulation of everyday life and into a deeper state of rest.
For 75-minutes, there’s nowhere else you need to be and nothing you need to do. Simply get comfortable, receive the sound, and allow yourself to unwind.
Think of this as your recurring monthly ritual to come back to center - a space to intentionally step away from the busyness of life, reconnect with yourself, and give your body and mind the restoration you're craving.
Come as you are.
Yoga mats, blankets, and props are available for your use, but please feel free to bring anything that will help you feel even more cozy &amp; comfortable.
These sessions are open to all; no prior experience is needed.
About Kristi
Kristi Littman is a certified sound healing practitioner &amp; facilitation teacher whose heart-led approach blends nervous system awareness, intuition, and deep presence.
Since 2019, Kristi has held space for thousands of people through community sound baths, corporate wellness, sound healing training, and 1:1 mentorship. She blends crystal singing bowls, chimes, and oceanic tones to create immersive soundscapes designed to soothe the nervous system and realign the body’s natural rhythms. She often weaves in meditation and breathwork, offering grounded, intuitive guidance that helps participants soften, release, and remember their own inner wisdom.
Benefits of Sound Therapy:
<ul><li>Deep relaxation &amp; stress relief</li><li>Release tension</li><li>Energy cleansing &amp; balancing</li><li>Improved mental focus</li><li>Enhanced meditation &amp; mindfulness</li><li>Emotional release</li><li>Physical healing support</li><li>Spiritual connection</li><li>Improved sleep</li><li>Enhanced creativity &amp; problem-solving</li><li>Moments of clarity</li><li>Deep rest</li></ul>

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RITUAL: Immersive Soundbath

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