Category: Fr. Birch

  • May 18, 2023

      Resurrection is an amazing church, full of life, love, and hope. It seems to me that Eugene should be beating a path to our door. Obviously that isn’t happening. […]

  • May 11, 2023

    It’s a little early, but it seems summer is here.    The Sunday after Easter is often called “low Sunday” because of a predictable decline in attendance. The pews usually […]

  • May 4, 2023

    “Hail the day that sees him rise!”   On Thursday May 18 the Church will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension, one of the seven Principal Feasts. (The others are […]

  • April 27, 2023

      We are well into the Easter Season, which means that summer is right around the corner. Soon our Christian formation classes will wind down, the choir will begin its […]

  • April 20, 2023

    Safeguarding Training   The church must be a safe place for vulnerable people. To ensure that, the canons of the national church and Diocese of Oregon mandate background checks and […]

  • April 6, 2023

    Triduum   Today we begin the Triduum, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Great Vigil, one of the oldest recorded traditions of our faith. This series of gatherings that comprise […]

  • March 23, 2023

    “Remain here and stay awake with me”   At the Maundy Thursday service we remember the institution of the Lord’s Supper as Jesus offered himself in bread and wine to […]

  • March 16, 2023

    Psalms, Poems, and Repentance:  A Lenten Morning Retreat  On Saturday March 25th Resurrection will be hosting a Lenten retreat. We’ll be learning using the practice of lectio divina both in community and in solitude […]

  • March 9, 2023

    Through the year we take moments to get our lives in order. We look at our finances at tax time, polish the house during spring cleaning. We have physical exams […]