“There is strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy.”
Bryan Stevenson, author of
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Dear Friends,
We are all broken. But realizing our brokenness deepens our compassion and enables us to become healers. The world needs wounded healers.
Blessings,
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Jan Musgrove Elfers
EMO President
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Next month: 2019 Interfaith Advocacy Day
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There is strength in knowledge and strength in numbers! Join with others of diverse faiths from around the state for the
2019 Interfaith Advocacy Day,
“Raising Diverse Voices of Faith to Strengthen Oregon Communities.”
Monday, March 4, 2019
9 am to 4 pm
Check-in opens at 7:45 am
Registration & Morning Session
St. Mark Lutheran Church
790 Marion St. NE, Salem
Afternoon Session
Oregon State Capitol, Salem
Registration
(includes materials and lunch):
$20 general, $10 students with ID
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This Week: Climate Lobby Day in Salem
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When:
Wednesday, Feb. 6
9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Where:
Elsinore Theatre
170 High St SE, Salem
Why:
Because our climate cannot wait! Oregon needs YOUR voice!
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As people of faith, we are called to live out a prophetic vision that prioritizes protecting the most vulnerable communities in our society and the abundant Creation in which we have the privilege to live.
This is a day when we have the opportunity to make an incredibly powerful statement to our legislators to pass the strongest bill on climate - and it’s a ton of fun!
This free event will feature a training about meeting with your legislator, free lunch, VIP speakers to rally on the Capitol steps for climate action and pre-scheduled meetings in the afternoon with a trained leader to ask your legislator to support climate legislation.
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Participate in "Public Witness in the Pews"
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With the goal of engaging congregants and strengthening communities through collective action, we are piloting a series of statewide worship bulletin inserts. Like EMO’s “Climate in the Pulpit” weekends in 2018,
we envision congregations around the state focused as one on a common issue during a given weekend of worship services. Congregants would take home inserts and hear a sermon, prayer or announcement on that topic.
Each insert would highlight one of four key areas of focus:
- Climate Justice
- Serving Refugees and Immigrants
- Peace and Reconciliation (Criminal Justice, Death Penalty Reform, Gun-Violence Prevention)
- Meeting Basic Human Needs (Youth Homelessness, Hunger, Income Inequality)
Contact Britt Conroy
, EMO Public Policy Director, at (541) 602-2050 or
bconroy@emoregon.org
about having EMO help you as a pilot congregation, print the inserts and prepare brief announcements.
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To learn more about upcoming EMO events and faith community events, visit our
Event Calendar
. If you would like to submit an event for our website, please fill out an
Event Form
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Interfaith Advocacy Day
March 4, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. @ St. Mark Lutheran Church and the Capitol Building in Salem.
Attend issue briefings and workshops on advocating for compassionate legislation regarding housing, hunger, health care, gun violence prevention, criminal justice reform, immigration and climate justice. Then join in a march to the State Capitol, where we will make our faith voice heard in meetings with our state legislators.
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Hearing the Cries for Justice
March 22 & 23, at First United Methodist Church in Eugene.
This regional summit will equip people of faith and goodwill to support their neighbors impacted by the legal system. This one-and-a-half day event will bring together experts in the field to share opportunities for people of faith to help change hearts, minds and society itself.
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EMO's Annual Benefit Dinner & Community Awards Celebration
April 24, 5 to 9:30 p.m. @ The Benson Hotel in downtown Portland.
Join us for the single most important annual fundraiser for EMO's vital ministries for Oregon's most vulnerable. We will also honor extraordinary individuals and organizations.
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Dining Out For Life Portland
April 25 at participating restaurants
We dine out to end HIV. You can too! When you dine at a participating restaurant on this day, between 20 to 35% of your bill goes directly to EMO’s HIV Day Center and the Partnership Project.
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March 2, 9 am to 5 pm @ Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Portland.
Free event to raise awareness about Human Trafficking and support for organizations doing work to combat this issue.
Register now
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Oregon Supreme Court Affirms Sentencing Reforms
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As a supportive partner of an amicus brief submitted by Partnership for Safety & Justice (PSJ), EMO was encouraged by thiscourt ruling last week.
In State v. Vallin, the Supreme Court of Oregon affirmed that the sentencing reforms EMO and our allies have championed do not violate Measure 10. This ruling will allow the Safety and Savings Act (HB 3078) of 2017 to continue to help make steps toward healing a broken justice system.
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Join EMO's talented team making a difference in Oregon! Below are our current open positions. Learn more, including our generous benefits package, on our
Employment
page.
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Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
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