Saturday, February 18, 8:30am to 3:30pm, St. John the Baptist, Portland

Panel discussion open to the public - Begins at 12:45

Bishop Michael Hanley, Rev. Alcena Boozer, OES Director of Communication Marty Jones, Multnomah Water & Soil Communication Coordinator Carolyn Myers LIndberg, and others take up the conference theme in a moderated discussion that will be open to the public. Follows lunch.

Want to know more about building and maintaining your church website? Are you trying to use Facebook and Twitter to communicate? Is your message getting out? Are your newsletter and bulletin really doing the job for you?

These questions and more are going to be addressed by professionals in the field of communications. People like Kerry Allman, website specialist for the Diocese of Olympia; Parker, community & village practice specialist; Mark Beard, international designer and creative director; Ian Doescher, social media guru, and others will be holding workshop sessions.

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You are invited to the third annual provincial Winter Talk, sponsored by the Indigenous Peoples Network of Province VIII, to be held January 6-8, 2012 at the Spirit Mountain Casino and Lodge in Grand Ronde, Oregon. It will focus on building on the successful discussions held at the 2011 Winter Talk surrounding the Church’s repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery at its 2009 Convention. The talk will be hosted this year by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Rev. Albert Krueger, Missioner for First Nations Ministry for the Diocese of Oregon.

The Episcopal Church Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) has updated and posted new educational materials and resources online, offering easy access and free downloading for a myriad of references, resolutions, etc., on Resolution C056, “Liturgies for Blessings.”

The materials are available in English and Spanish here or http://generalconvention.org/ccab/files/2

Good Samaritan installed the first solar array in the Diocese of Oregon, taking advantage of the Feed-In-Tariff program established by the Oregon legislature in 2009. Parishioners borrowed money from themselves, installed the solar panels, and are now enjoying a nearly 8% return on their investment.

Receiving Honorable Mention were St. Luke’s Waldport for continuing efforts to be green and sustainable in their landscaping, kitchen, and heating system, St. Aidan’s whose veggie garden this year provided 171 lbs of produce to SnoCap, and St. John the Baptist for a quarterly gathering of difficult-to-recycle items (like styrofoam), and a special St. Francis Day that included not just pets, but also photos of endangered species which were blessed with a special prayer, and a prophetic sermon by Deacon Julie Jensen quoting from the HoB Pastoral Teaching.