Speaker: Dan Ball - Celebrant

Family: Our Spiritual and Ecological Connections to Wildlife

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PDF of the Program This special presentation will be by Bill Weiler, a 40-year Columbia Gorge resident, and retired Wildlife Biologist with both the Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish & Wildlife.  Bill established the Columbia Gorge Outdoors (GEO) 30 years ago.  Twenty-eight thousand area students have participated in GEO’s environmental education programs.  Bill grew … Continue reading Family: Our Spiritual and Ecological Connections to Wildlife

Honoring our Ancestors Ceremony

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PDF of the Program Do you know that your ancestors impact your life more than you know? What do youknow about who came before you? Come learn the science of ancestor influence viabiology and epi-genetics. Come experience the emotional and spiritual connection withyour ancestors via contemplation, honoring and singing and dancing with our specialmusic guests. … Continue reading Honoring our Ancestors Ceremony

Braver Angels with Keith Harding

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Braver Angels is a national nonprofit civic organization dedicated to bridging the partisan divide in America through political depolarization. Founded in 2016 following the divisive presidential election, the movement aims to foster “patriotic empathy” by bringing together conservatives (“Reds”) and liberals (“Blues”) on equal terms. Rather than trying to change participants’ minds or force a centrist consensus, the group … Continue reading Braver Angels with Keith Harding

What Are My Freedoms For?

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Reminder: 9 am All-Ages Popup Choir Practice and New Member Ceremony this week. Our Fellowship stands in a centuries-long religious tradition that has seen God, and the good in history, to be present in the unfolding of freedom. Examples include: the freedom of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt,  the emancipation of slaves in … Continue reading What Are My Freedoms For?

Rebuilding Celilo Village

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In 1937, Bonneville Dam flooded the ‘usual and accustomed places’ of the Native Americans who had lived along the Columbia River for at least 10,000 years. The federal government promised 400 acres as mitigation in fishing access sites. Sixty years later they had delivered only 40 acres. In 1998, that was all to change. The remaining sites … Continue reading Rebuilding Celilo Village

Hood River Shelter Services, Rowena Fire Recovery and Regional Efforts to Address Houselessness

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Mid-Columbia Community Action Council, or MCCAC, is a local non-profit organization focused on preventing and eliminating poverty and houselessness across Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman counties. MCCAC operates the Hood River Warming Shelter, in addition to other housing stabilization programs. After the Rowena Fire, MCCAC has stepped in to support many households re-stabilize as a … Continue reading Hood River Shelter Services, Rowena Fire Recovery and Regional Efforts to Address Houselessness

Tales of Death and Other Thresholds

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Presented by Storyteller Will Hornyak in person and online. Oral traditions around the world are replete with stories of crossing life’s final threshold.  Will Hornyak weaves together a variety of myths, stories and poems from Irish folktales to Arabian legends that offer unique perspectives upon life and death, the mortal and the immortal.  The old myths speak to us … Continue reading Tales of Death and Other Thresholds