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...
Introduction and a brief survey from the Housing Crisis Working Group
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2023 Vestry/BAC Days
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...
The springtime edge of a bleak question
Dear friends in Christ, Not quite a year ago, I stood on a small rise at the back of the property where I grew up in Hood River. The home I’d known since I...
Thanksgiving Message from Bishop Akiyama
“For whom and for what are we thankful?” The question rang through the worship space like a rung bell. I was not the officiant in this liturgy and therefore had...
The Bishop’s Close and Elk Rock Garden Listed for Sale
View as a PDF Dear Friends in Christ, Last Thursday, November 17, 2022, we officially listed the Bishop’s Close and Elk Rock Garden on RMLS. Since...
Demonstrating hospitality to others and to ourselves
One of the hardest things we are called to do as Christians is to extend hospitality as Jesus taught. Earlier this week, we participated in one of the great...
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