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?
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
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
In her 2021 book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred, Victoria Loorz “explores the wild roots of faith and helps us deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it.” This Sunday, we will gather outside at the forested home of Dan Ball and Lori Golze to … Continue reading Church of the Wild
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
Fire is an essential element of life on earth. We couldn’t live without fire. Yet we need to understand it and manage fire to protect our lives and precious things like homes, wildlife and beautiful landscapes. Jurgen will present the role of fire and what you can do to protect the things you love. PDF … Continue reading Fire: A Force of Life
Sometimes it seems like the things we are drawn to or that we like best, are not always the things that are good for us. Why do people have such a hard time letting go, even when we are letting go of something or someone we know is hurting us? How can we learn to … Continue reading Letting Go of the Things that Hurt Us
Recently returned from the South of France where she went to explore the legends of Mary Magdalene, the Cathars, and the Divine Feminine, Jennifer Wright will present the findings from her journey which began with a question: In our patriarchal culture, can we find the Feminine? Come discover how history has buried the Feminine and how and why … Continue reading In Search of the Divine Feminine
