by ECWO | Dec 23, 2022 | Bishop's Message, Featured News
Dear friends in Christ, Tomorrow evening, I will preach and celebrate at St. John the Evangelist’s (Milwaukie) Christmas Eve service. As you know, I had planned to preside at Christmas Eve services at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, which is a traditional expression of...
by ECWO | Dec 21, 2022 | Bishop's Message, Featured News
Read as a PDF. The other day I was talking to a friend who is deep in grief after losing her beloved. “I’m tired of the sermons I’ve heard lately about hope – telling me to hope. I am not there, and it’s not helping.” One of the central messages of Christ’s...
by ECWO | Dec 15, 2022 | Bishop's Message, Featured News
Dear Friends in Christ, Over the last several weeks, there has been a rise in hospitalizations in Oregon due mainly to influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19. Physicians in our state have joined with state officials to urge the public to wear a...
by ECWO | Dec 12, 2022 | Community, Creation Care, Featured News, Working Groups & Task Forces
In July of 2022, Bishop Akiyama commissioned a Housing Crisis Working Group for the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon in response to the evident emergency in our towns, cities, and nation. There are currently six of us, lay and ordained, from around the...
by ECWO | Dec 8, 2022 | Congregational Life, Featured News
We are offering Vestry Days for all Clergy in Charge and their Vestries/BACs to kick off their 2023 year together. Each Convocation has a location and date and two facilitators from the Diocese to lead the day. We will work together to onboard new Vestry/BAC members,...
