. . Melody George, RiversWay Friends Community in Portland, recently moved with her husband Gil and her daughter Amy Roseanne from Tacoma, Washington. She has developed a Coping with Vicarious Trauma workshop and wrote a Psalm of Lament that we also wanted to share here. . . . In our fast paced culture, we are [...]
By Myrna Tuning, Homedale Friends Church, Southern Idaho . “Hospitality: Showing God’s love by opening one’s heart and home to God’s children.” My definition, not Webster’s. “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have entertained angels without knowing it” (Heb. 13:2, NIV). We entertain friends and family. But strangers? When did [...]
“We feel honestly the pull of many obligations and try to fulfill them all. And we are unhappy, uneasy, strained, oppressed, and fearful we shall be shallow….because we have hints that there is a way of life vastly richer and deeper than all this hurried existence, a life of unhurried serenity and peace and power….I [...]
Experiencing – Being like Jesus Simple and sustainable ways of “being” How can we “be like Jesus”? What would it look like for us to demonstrate God’s love and truth (as in John 4) in southwest Portland? These were the questions that RiversWay Community, a ministry point of NWYM, was discerning in spring 2008. At [...]
A TIME FOR CELEBRATION: PRODOLA’S FIRST GRADUATE By Nancy Thomas, Friend Serving Abroad in Latin America The evening of August 13, 2009, the Latin American Leadership Development Program (PRODOLA in Spanish) passed a milestone. PRODOLA was accredited in 2007 to meet the need for adequate training for Christian leaders in Latin America. Made up of [...]
by Karen L. Oberst and Cindy Prince This summer Klamath Falls Friends partnered with the OSU Extension Agency, through Patty Case, to sponsor a Garden Camp. We own a lot next to the church where we have grown vegetables for the last few years, which we have shared with the neighborhood and donated to the [...]
by Tonya Comfort, Reedwood Friends Early this year, when conversations were centered around the economy and what could be done to help struggling families both in our community and beyond, the idea of a community garden took root. This was one idea that quickly bore fruit (puns intended!). Not far from our main church facility, [...]
By Ron Mulkey, Metolius Friends Seven years ago, close friends came together with a dream of starting a community garden on unused church property at Metolius Friends Church. Their hope was to give back to the community something tangible and God-breathed, a community garden that would eventually be embraced and sustained by the community of [...]
by Mike Kelly, Netarts Friends . This garden grew in my heart and mind a year ago. The reason for the garden is not easy to define, something like: Sunday school children going to the garden to eat peas from really cool organic packaging… a ministry of learning. Linda (my wife) teaching people the many [...]
