July 10, 2025
Texas FloodingWe have all heard the news this week of the horrific flooding and loss of life in Texas this week. As I have read through my news feed, I […]
Category: Fr. Birch
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July 3, 2025
With the great green growing time of summer upon us, we travel too much to make ongoing classes viable. To stay green and growing, as we did last year, beginning […]
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June 26, 2025
June is Pride Month. On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. This wasn’t unusual at the time—LGBTQ+ spaces were […]
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June 19, 2025
Today is Juneteenth, which marks a pivotal moment in American history—the end of slavery in the United States. It commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, […]
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June 12, 2025
With a wonderful Pentecost Picnic behind us (Thank you Hospitality Team!!!) we are entering the long, slow months of Ordinary time. With many of us traveling, Christian Formation for all […]
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June 5, 2025
PentecostThis Sunday, June 8, is the Feast of Pentecost, when we mark the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the followers of Jesus. It has sometimes been called “the birthday […]
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May 29, 2025
Looking up to the skies… Don’t forget our Eugene/Springfield Ascension Day service and dessert potluck this evening. The service begins at 6:00. The Rev. Ryan Baker-Fones will be preaching. For […]
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May 22, 2025
Changing the world It is saddening, infuriating, and even disorienting to see world events that are almost completely out of our control hurting so many people. I would love to […]
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May 15, 2025
This week Bishop Akiyama led the clergy of the Diocese in a discussion of fear. Leading us through the book “Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear: Choosing Trust over […]
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May 8, 2025
Ascension Day ServiceFor the last months the clergy and many of the wardens of the Eugene and Springfield area churches have been meeting together. As all the smaller congregations in […]