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Weekly Rector's Note
Outdoor Service & More
posted on Jul 12, 2024 Dear Saints, I am so excited for our Outdoor Service this Sunday! It will be held on the north end of the campus so that we can have shade from the trees. It will also give us a great view of the mural and newly updated accessible entrance and p...
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Social Justice & Advocacy / Committed to Racial Justice & Allyship
Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 10, 2024
posted on Jul 10, 2024 Gifts We are showered every day with gifts, but they are not meant for us to keep. Their life is in their movement, the inhale and the exhale of our shared breath. Our work and our joy is to pass along the gift and to trust that what we p...
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Weekly Rector's Note
Staying cool this Sunday
posted on Jul 3, 2024 Dear Saints, This Sunday, we will be commemorating Independence Day with special prayers and songs in our services. Also, with the warmer temps upon us, we have a plan in place to cool the Nave and Parish Hall for worship. Dedicated volunteers...
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Weekly Rector's Note
An Exciting Week!
posted on Jun 28, 2024 Dear Saints,
It's been an exciting week for the Episcopal Church with the 81st General Convention taking place in Louisville, KY.
We have a new Presiding Bishop elect, The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe. You can read more about him here .
Navajolan...
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Committed to Racial Justice & Allyship
Juneteenth Portland Pickles Game 2024
posted on Jun 21, 2024 Thank you to everyone who supported the Voices Project through the Juneteenth Portland Pickles game. This month we say "till we meet again" to Rev. Leroy Barber who is moving to Atlanta. Our prayers go with him and his wife Donna with gratitude f...
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Weekly Rector's Note
Ways to Serve this Sunday
posted on Jun 21, 2024 Dear Saints, It's great to be back after spending some time in Victoria, BC. We got to worship at Christ Church Cathedral while we were there and appreciated the warm welcome we received from their community. Tomorrow night is the newcomers pot...
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Woodstock Pantry / Outreach Programs
Thank you SE Portland Rotary Foundation
posted on Jun 13, 2024 The members of the SE Portland Rotary Foundation came by this last week with a check for $20,000 for the Woodstock Pantry build! It arrived the day before the invoice for the remainder of the construction was due. A huge thank you to this organiz...
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Social Justice & Advocacy / Committed to Racial Justice & Allyship
Social Justice & Advocacy Column June 11, 2024
posted on Jun 11, 2024 Church at the Margins As long as the Church bore witness from the margins in some sense, and as long as we operated from a minority position, we had greater access to the truth, to the Gospel, to Jesus. In our time we have to find a way to...
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Committed to Racial Justice & Allyship / Social Justice & Advocacy
Juneteenth Portland Pickles Game
posted on Jun 6, 2024 Come celebrate Juneteenth with The Voices Project at the Portland Pickles game on Wednesday, June 19th! 50% of proceeds from tickets purchased here will benefit The Voices Project. Tickets will be delivered to your email up to 24 Hours prior to...
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Weekly Rector's Note
Celebrating Women's Ordination and the Philadelphia Eleven
posted on Jun 6, 2024 Dear Saints, We have a very special service coming up this Sunday! Our worship at 8:00am and 10:15 is designed to represent parts of the ordination for the Philadelphia Eleven, the first women who were ordained in the Episcopal Church, with rea...
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