by Paul Schutz | Sep 12, 2024 | Community, Featured News
All Saints Episcopal Church in Portland has officially opened its new food pantry, marking the culmination of a project that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. As food donations piled up in the church’s sanctuary, the idea of creating a designated space for...
by Paul Schutz | Jul 10, 2024 | Blog, Community
Episcopalians from across the diocese—and a few from the Diocese of Olympia—gathered Saturday, July 6 at Grace Memorial Church in Portland for an in-person Safe Church training. Safe Church, Safe Communities is a comprehensive program within the Episcopal Church...
by Paul Schutz | Jul 9, 2024 | Blog, Clergy News, Diocesan People, Featured News, Uncategorized
The Rt. Rev. Sanford Zangwill Kaye “Sandy” Hampton, former assistant bishop of Oregon, passed into the life eternal June 28 in San Diego at age 89. Hampton was born in Passaic, New Jersey on April 11, 1935, and was raised in Manhasset, New York. He...
by Paul Schutz | Jul 8, 2024 | Blog, Community, Engaging Racial Justice Working Group, Featured News
On Saturday, July 6 at Sunset Memorial Park in Coos Bay, about two dozen people gathered around a new grave marker to honor and remember the life of Timothy Pettis. Though the grave marker was new, the tragedy underlying the gathering was not. Pettis was an African...
by Paul Schutz | Jul 3, 2024 | Blog, Clergy News, Diocesan People, Featured News
Rev. Beto Arciniega—known throughout the diocese as Padre Beto—will be retiring at the end of August, 2024 after many years of faithful service to the Church. He has served for many years here in the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon as missioner for emerging...
