Our Social Justice & Advocacy Committee seeks to follow Jesus in the work of justice, peacemaking and advocating on behalf of the disempowered. Together we participate in justice initiatives and organizing events around issues such as food and housing insecurity, diversity and inclusion, and the protection and care of the environment.
Social Justice & Advocacy
Lewis Elementary Kids' Pride Parade
Join Lewis Elementary Kid's Pride Parade on Saturday, June 4, from 10 to 1pm. Meet at Lewis Elementary at 4401 SE Evergreen St.
Organizers are expecting approximately 400 to 500 participants and would like additional adults (on bikes or walkin...
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Hear Our Prayer This Day (A Prayer for Memorial Day)
In the quiet sanctuaries of our own hearts, let each of us name and call on the One whose power over us is great and gentle, firm and forgiving, holy and healing ... You who created us, who sustain us, who call us to live in peace, hear our pr...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column: How many more?
“Our public schools should be one of the safest places for students and educators,” the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teacher union, representing more than 3 million members, said in a joint statement with the Texas S...
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Message from Dn. Linda
The epidemic of gun violence in our country is dire. Lift Every Voice Oregon is currently gathering signatures on Initiative 17, which proposes reasonable changes regarding gun registration and ammunition sales in Oregon. Oregon Initiative Pet...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column: The Homeless Jesus
In the time and place in which Jesus ministered, most people lived under the subjugation of the Roman Empire and were considered expendable. Elite rulers extracted wealth from all the lands they conquered, pushing people to hunger, homelessness, ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column: Mothering
Carl Jung says, “Creativity comes from the realm of the mothers.” This too is part of Mother’s Day—to celebrate and practice our creativity and moral imagination. Creation spirituality and today’s creation story from science remind u...
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