[ Jan 15, 2010 to Jan 24, 2010. ] Medical and constructions teams will work in Belize Jan. 15-24, 2010, as part of the 12th mission trip. Work will take place in Dangriga, about 100 miles south of Belize City.
There will be daily clinics at the local hospital and the construction team will continue work on St. Matthew’s Anglican Church/ school building. For information [...]
Is the Anti-Racism Task Force out of a job? Some people say that the Diocese doesn’t need an anti-racism program, because “It sounds so negative” or, alternatively, “Racism really isn’t the problem any more.”
We can rejoice that many of the harmful expressions of historical racism are gone. Yet there is a hard drive, sometimes called [...]
The Jubilee Ministry of Prosser and St. Luke’s Jubilee Center, Coeur d’Alene, are the recipients of the 2008 Volunteer Encouragement Grants in the amount of $500 each. The announcement was made by the Rev. Christopher Johnson of the Domestic Justice and Jubilee Ministries, Episcopal Church Advocacy Center.
The Rev. Debora Jennings, contact person for the Prosser [...]
At the 2008 convention banquet, Bishop Waggoner announced the gift of $2500 from an anonymous donor to the Social Justice and Outreach Ministries Commission to inaugurate the Poverty in Diocese of Spokane fund. In a November conference call, commission members began identifying possible beneficiaries from throughout the diocese. The intent is that checks from the [...]
The following is an address by Gloria Waggoner to the 2008 Lambeth Spouses Conference:
I am Gloria Waggoner from the Diocese of Spokane which includes the inland area of Washington State and North Idaho. Washington State is located in the uppermost northwest region of the United States. It is an area of intense agriculture, providing [...]
Four congregations each received the maximum $400 matching grant from the 2008 diocesan budget’s MDG allocation to further their Millennium Development Goal projects. Those awarded are: St. James’, Pullman, to supply vitamins to under-nourished school children in Belize (MDG #1 & 2); Church of the Resurrection, Spokane Valley, for general support of Christ the King [...]
Additional matching grant funds are available for local congregations from the MDG allocation in the 2008 diocesan budget. Congregations may apply for up to $400 to match their own investment in MDG-related projects. You can review the packet for more information or contact Char Mills, co-chair of the MDG subcommittee.
When Church of the Nativity in Lewiston hosted our Diocesan Social Justice and Outreach Ministries Commission in June of 2007, Nativity’s Outreach Committee used the occasion to raise funds for KIVA (www.kiva.org), doing microfinance in developing countries. A wonderful Mexican lunch was prepared for the visitors who donated what they would have spent in a restaurant, bringing [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
