Diocesan News
Bishop Akiyama’s Christmas Message
Read as a PDF. https://youtu.be/TmArwxB6-EM 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...
Bishop’s message to wear masks indoors this winter
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...
Introduction and a brief survey from the Housing Crisis Working Group
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...
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...
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