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Fall Cleanup
posted on Oct 14, 2021 Save the Date! November 7, after the 10:15 service, around 1 pm to 3 pm. "Grubby" Sunday-Intergenerational! Come to the service dressed in work clothes to help us clean up leaves, yard debris, mulch-spreading, and trimming from our beautiful gro...
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The Feast of All Saints
posted on Oct 14, 2021 On Sunday, October 31 we will celebrate the Feast of All Saints. We will enjoy special music and liturgy. There will be an opportunity to say prayers and light a candle for those whom we remember. There will also be refreshments after the service...
Read MorePre-Teen Ministry Column: Día de Los Muertos Altar
posted on Oct 14, 2021 You may take them home this Sunday, November 7.
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column: A Sacred Act
posted on Oct 14, 2021 Inspiration is not garnered from litanies of what is flawed; it resides in humanity's willingness to restore, redress, reform, recover, reimagine, and reconsider. Healing the wounds of the Earth and its people does not require saintliness or a p...
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Weekly Rector's Note
Rector's Note: Celebrating Dn. Kathleen
posted on Oct 7, 2021 Dear Saints, On one of the cold, damp days that we had this last week, I remember getting in my car and being so thankful that I was heading home to a warm, dry place. My next thought was of the houseless Portlanders who didn't have that luxury...
Read MoreA message from Bishop Diana: Tending the garden of our diocese
posted on Oct 7, 2021 Dear friends in Christ, My father was a masterful gardener. Although he was not a "master" gardener by those official terms, he loved gardening and everything about it. Our family summer vacations had to be planned around his garden because ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy
Social Justice & Advocacy Column: We have inherited a garden. We must not leave a desert to our children
posted on Oct 7, 2021 VATICAN CITY, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Pope Francis and other religious leaders made a joint appeal on Monday for next month's U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) to offer concrete solutions to save the planet from "an unprecedented ecological crisis...
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Weekly Rector's Note
Rector's Note: Celebrating the Feast of St. Francis
posted on Sep 30, 2021 Dear Saints, This Sunday we will celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. As the patron saint of animals and the environment, it's a tradition in many of our churches to offer animals blessings around his feast day, which falls every year ...
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Save the Date: The Feast of All Saints
posted on Sep 30, 2021 On October 31 we will celebrate the Feast of All Saints. Kids (and kids at heart) are welcome to wear costumes. We will enjoy special music and liturgy and refreshments after the service to celebrate our namesake day.
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Weekly Rector's Note
Weekly Rector's Note: The World We Want to Live In
posted on Sep 24, 2021 Dear Saints,
A few nights ago as I was pulling into our driveway, I saw that a few of our neighbors had stopped to talk while they were out walking their dogs. The group was comprised of people of different ages, races, abilities. One person w...
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