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Opening Homes and Hearts

Finding Community through Service

2026 Collins Lecture with John Fugelsang

2026 Collins Lecture with John Fugelsang

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Where Do We Go from Here?

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Q&A with Andrea Omojola

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Finding Refuge: Stories of resilience among refugees

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Natural gas is toxic. People need to know.

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Bridging the Gap at the Day Center

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Family Reunited

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Always Step Out in Faith

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A Chance to Thrive

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Martes Latinos: Food pantry expands service to the Latino community

Immigration Reform Policy

Groundbreaking Immigration Reform Policy

CME Church

Understanding: The CME Church

Congregation Opens Cottage Doors to Newly Arrived Refugees

Congregation Opens Cottage Doors to Newly Arrived Refugees

Volunteering in the Family

Volunteering in the Family

EMO's 50th Anniversary

Celebrating 50 Years of Ecumenical Leadership in Oregon

Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith: My experience as a volunteer home provider

Wildfire and urban heat threaten Oregon's livability and safety.

Creating Shelter in Oregon’s Changing Climate

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A Conversation We Need to Have

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Building Tools for Affordable Housing on Congregation Land

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My Path to Citizenship

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Feeding Our Neighbors

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My (Second Home) Journey

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Combating Antisemitism

Voters' Guide

Voters’ Guide

Measure 114

Measure 114: Reduction of Gun Violence

Measure 113

Measure 113: Government Accountability

Measure 112

Measure 112: Remove Slavery as Punishment

Measure 111

Measure 111: Right to Health Care

President's Blog September 2022

President’s Blog: September 2022

Religion and the Democratice Experiment

Religion & the Democratic Experiment

Q and A with Tim Overton-Harris

Q&A with Tim Overton-Harris

Understanding Evangelicals

Summer 2022 VOICE: Understanding Evangelicals

Presidents' Blog August

President’s Blog: August 2022

Understanding Unitarians

Understanding Unitarians

My Refugee Story

My Refugee Story

Feminist Anti-war Resistance

Feminists Launch Global Anti-war Resistance

Gun Violence

These Are the Stakes

Presidents Blog July 2022

President’s Blog: July 2022

The Power of Red

President’s Blog: June 2022

EMO President's Blog May 2022

President’s Blog: May 2022

Presidents Blog April 2022

President’s Blog: April 2022

President's Blog

President’s Blog: March 2022

President's Blog February 2022

President’s Blog: February 2022

Faith and the Vaccine

Faith and the Vaccine

President's Blog January 2022

President’s Blog: January 2022

President's Blog December 2021

President’s Blog: December 2021

When Oceans Collide

President’s Blog: November 2021

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President’s Blog: October 2021

Cat: the story of generous donor

Cat: The Story of a Generous Donor

Olivia: The story of a Jesuit volunteer

Olivia: The Story of a Jesuit Volunteer

Story of Staff Member Yahya

Yahya: The Story of a Staff Member

Sylvia: Story of a volunteer

Sylvia: The Story of a Volunteer

Alonzo Tucker

Reckoning with Racism

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President Jan Musgrove Elfers announces retirement

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Honoring the Electoral Process 2020

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American Heroes

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Observing the Holy Days of April

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EMO Statement on Covid19 Pandemic

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The Coronavirus and Communities of Faith

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End Gun Violence Sabbath

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Standing strong against hate

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To the Trump Administration: Stop dismantling the refugee resettlement work, America’s greatest faith-government partnership!

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The Prophetic edge, mutual accompaniment and the Common Table

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Words Do Matter

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Reflection on the Fourth of July

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Faith Leader Letter to help prevent gun violence – sign on today

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Youth Justice bill passes – hooray!

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Keep acting for justice!

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EMO supports Justice Reinvestment Accountability and Equity Act

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SOAR Immigration Legal Services Client Spotlight

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Lift Every Voice: Why EMO wants to prevent gun deaths.

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EMO Amicus Brief success

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Portland State University students explore “why prisons?”

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Justice for Migrants: Beyond Labels

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Criminal Justice Sabbath: It’s all one struggle

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Historical context for the prison abolition movement

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