Category: Fr. Birch

  • April 17, 2025

    We enter into the Triduum today, and begin our walk with Christ from the upper room to the garden, the cross, the tomb, and the skies. You are all in […]

  • April 10, 2025

    Holy Days American Christianity has a tendency to skip the cross and leap to Easter.  The holiest week of the Church Year begins this Sunday with Palm Sunday. The 8:00 […]

  • April 3, 2025

    Scam Warning In the last few months several congregations in the Diocese have been targeted by email and text message scammers. This now has spread to Resurrection. Here are a […]

  • March 27, 2024

    Most of us know that the Sundays IN Lent are not Sundays OF Lent. Regardless of the season, every Lord’s Day is a feast day and, during Lent, Sundays bring […]

  • March 20, 2025

    Ministry for Education Beginning this Sunday we will have a new minister among us. Michelle Cornwell will be joining us for the next months as she completes the field education […]

  • March 13, 2025

    The Episcopal Church in Eugene Last year Resurrection and St. Matthew’s began some initial experiments to see what it would be like for our churches to work together. As you […]

  • March 7, 2025

    Formation During Lent As promised this past Sunday, adult formation for Lent will begin this coming Sunday, March 9, at 9:15 am in the yurt. (Don’t forget to change your […]

  • February 27, 2025

    Last week our Vestry voted unanimously to send a letter to Bishop Mariane Budde of the Diocese of Washington commending her for gracefully speaking truth to power in calling President […]

  • February 20, 2025

    One of the great things about being part of the Episcopal Church is that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. By maintaining connections among many other parishes, Dioceses […]

  • February 13, 2025

    This week a message from our bishop Diana Akiyama: Dear Friends in Christ, Recently the phrase “Please, Lord, don’t fail me now” popped into my head. I couldn’t place where […]