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Looking for some new and exciting Lenten materials? Resources, meditations and study guides for experiencing a reflective Lenten season have been compiled by the Mission Staff of the Episcopal Church.

Resources currently include:

Seeking God’s Justice for All:  Exposing the Doctrine of Discovery Part Three
Seeking God’s Justice for All is the third part of an ongoing Lifelong Faith Formation resource which responds to the 2009 General Convention resolution D035 in which the Episcopal Church repudiated and renounced the “Doctrine of Discovery” a set of legal and ecclesiastical documents and policies which gave the full blessing and sanction of the Church to the colonizing dispossession (genocide) of the Indigenous peoples and lands of the Americas.

Elder Abuse Awareness
A Lenten series as a way in which you might consider hearing and seeing what is often not perceivable (elder abuse) so that the reach of love, healing, and reconciliation might be available to them.

Ecumenical Lenten Carbon Fast
Beginning Ash Wednesday and throughout Lent, participants will receive a daily email with the day's suggested carbon-reducing activity.

May 7 - 9, 2012
Oregon Garden Resort
Silverton, Oregon

The Annual Clergy Conference will be held at the Oregon Gardens from May 7 - 9.  The topic this year is liturgy.  Check-in for the conference is from 3 to 6pm on Monday.  The conference concludes on Wednesday by 12pm.

Register for rooms directly with the Oregon Gardens.  For more information, you can start registering for rooms now, see their website: http://www.moonstonehotels.com/Oregon-Garden-Resort.htm. 

Conference registration will be coming soon.  Watch your e-mail for more details on registering for the conference.  Please note that room registration and conference registration are two separate things, and unless you are not staying at the hotel, you need to do both. 

The Power of the Potluck:
Nourishing the Church’s Role in Healing Democracy

Are you sick of politics as usual?  Do you wish we could start addressing our national problems like adult human beings?  Are you wondering what will get us out of this impasse to move  forward toward a more just community?

In this interactive workshop, Marla Martin Hanley will guide participants to explore and practice, in a series of “global café” conversations, Parker Palmer’s five “habits of the heart” (described in his new book “Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit”).  

One woman leader from your church is invited to attend as a guest of the Diocesan ECW Board.  Additional women are welcome for a registration fee of $10 which includes lunch.

Registration Deadline is March 10. Click here for registration form: Women Leader Registration Form 2012