by Communications Director | Jul 21, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Blog, Featured News
Dear friends in Christ, “The Diaconate just might be what saves the church in these times.” These words came from a clergy colleague years ago. We were at a conference and the discussion topic was the changing church. Our focus had been primarily on the...
by Communications Director | Jul 8, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Blog, Featured News
Dear Friends in Christ, I recently read a quote that stuck with me: “The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.” The author is Jim Hightower, columnist and long-time populist from Texas. Those words continue...
by Communications Director | Jun 23, 2021 | Community, Featured News
This post was written by Christine Thum Schlesser, Director of the Trinity Iconography Institute program at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. Trinity Iconography Institute celebrates its 25th anniversary as one of the only year-round iconography...
by Communications Director | Jun 17, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Blog, Featured News
June is the month we observe, celebrate, and lift up integrity. When we describe a person as one who has integrity, we are saying they are honest, upright, and treat others with respect. We think of such people as well-integrated; they have faced...
by Communications Director | Jun 15, 2021 | Featured News
June 15, 2021Available as a PDF. The Closing of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Drain, Oregon After 70 years of ministry, the congregation of St. David’s Episcopal Church in the town of Drain, Oregon decided to end its time as a mission of the Episcopal Church in...
