When Diocesan Convention convenes on October 17 at St. John’s Cathedral, elections for key diocesan offices will be an essential part of Convention business. These officers follow through on decisions made at Convention and manage diocesan affairs during the year.
Do you know of someone who might be interested in serving the Diocese? Would a suggestion [...]
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Nominations for Diocesan Office
Apr 10, 2008 – 12:54 pm
New endowment established for Camp Cross
Feb 25, 2008 – 6:32 pm
Determination and sure commitment have been at the foundation of Ed and Joyce McClanahan’s lifelong passions. These happily include Camp Cross, where they met, and where Ernie Campbell performed their wedding ceremony.
Joyce says, “We are a Camp Cross family. Our six children have all attended multiple times, and our son, Paul Meyer, spent three wonderful [...]
Back from Belize
Feb 23, 2008 – 6:37 pm
“What is snow like?” was one of the most frequently asked questions by the Belizean children. Ralph Schmidt (Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Spokane Valley), one of the Diocese of Spokane participants in this year’s mission trip, noted that the children were shivering when the temperature dropped below 75 degrees.
Others from our diocese included Mike [...]
Small but mighty community and congregation feed hundreds
Feb 1, 2008 – 11:57 am
Volunteers from the St. James Episcopal Church Food Bank collected $698.87 in cash donations and 625 pounds of food at Brewster Marketplace on a Monday and Tuesday in late November.
“People were extremely generous,” food bank director Mike Lundstrom said. “We are absolutely thrilled with the donations. We plan to make this an annual [...]
St. James’, Brewster, joins international Jubilee Center network
Feb 1, 2008 – 11:53 am
St. James Episcopal Church Food Bank, Brewster, Washington, was designated a Jubilee Center of the Episcopal Church by resolution of the Church’s Executive Council in late October, 2007. St. James, a congregation of seven active communicants, has operated this ecumenical food bank for fifty years and is a member of a consortium of food banks [...]
In the news - Women of the Silver Valley
Jan 14, 2008 – 12:34 pm
The Episcopal Church in the Silver Valley (Idaho) was recently profiled in an article from the recent edition of the Fig Tree. Be sure to take a look to see some of the exciting ministry that is happening here in the Diocese of Spokane.
A small group of elderly women in a small North Idaho church [...]
eMinistry Christian Formation and Outreach Ministry Projects – your input requested
Jan 10, 2008 – 5:00 pm
The eMinistry education network, based in the Diocese of Spokane, has received a Roanridge grant through the Episcopal Church’s Office of Congregational Development to offer ten classes in the area of Christian Education/Formation and fifteen classes in the area of Outreach Ministry. eMinistry will also develop and offer a class on how to create a [...]
St. John’s Ephrata lasagna dinner raises funds for Endowment Campaign
Dec 17, 2007 – 3:59 pm
By Eileen Beckwith
“Enliven our imaginations to dream big dreams, and open our hearts to share all we have to build the future of your Church, that we may live and serve in Jesus’ name.”
~ From the Renewing Our Mission Campaign Prayer
Members of St. John the Baptist in Ephrata gathered in mid-November for a fundraiser lasagna [...]
“A Widow Bit” – Mary Koch starts new column
Dec 14, 2007 – 5:49 pm
Many of us appreciated Mary Koch’s syndicated column “Journal of Healing” that looked at issues around being caregivers. After the recent death of her husband, John Andrist, Mary has begun a new web-based column addressing some of the issues arising at the loss of a spouse. The column is updated each Sunday. Mary, who lives [...]
Where did the 2007 diocesan MDG money go?
Dec 14, 2007 – 12:51 pm
Robert Runkle
Social Justice and Outreach Commission Chair
Well, for starters, we allocated $6,900.00 to a variety of worthwhile efforts and agencies throughout the world. In accordance with the 2006 Diocesan Convention resolution, these funds were budgeted for 2007, and Diocesan Council asked the Social Justice and Outreach Ministries (SJOM) Commission (sponsor of the Convention resolution) [...]