Meetings are on the 4th Tuesday
of the month at 6:30pm
on zoom.
All are welcome to join. Contact Deacon Liz Klein.
Grace’s Racial Justice & Environmental Team is featured
in the Hollywood Star News, December issue, page 4:
“Books with a Bent for Justice.”
https://grace-memorial.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/star_december_2023_v2.pdf
Contact the Church Office for Deacon Liz’s contact information and let her know that you would love to join!
Sunday, October 22nd, after the 10am service in the Parish Hall is the monthly State of Grace, and we will be blessing the
Anne North Memorial Library
in honor of Anne North, who died in August, 2022. Anne was a Grace Memorial parishioner and librarian who fought for racial justice her whole life.
Meeting Minutes
September 26, 2023
August 29, 2023
July 25, 2023
May 30, 2023
The Anne North Library was dedicated on Sunday, October 22, 2023 after the 10am service.
It is located in the Ella Brown Room.
Contact Deacon Liz if you would like to add more books to it.
PROGRAMS FOR ANTI-RACISM TRAINING Recommended by our Diocese
PROGRAMS FOR ANTI-RACISM TRAINING Recommended by our Diocese
DISMANTLING RACISM is a 1-day training that seeks to increase “racial understanding, healing and reconciliation.” It is offered by the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and is open to all clergy and lay leaders in faith communities. Classes are facilitated regularly throughout the year. More information, including upcoming trainings, can be found at centerforracialhealing.org.
SACRED GROUND is an 11-part film- and readings-based course that is part of The Episcopal Church’s anti-racist Becoming Beloved Community initiative, a long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in our personal lives, our ministries, and our society. Sacred Ground cohorts are facilitated regularly in our diocese. Upcoming cohorts in our diocese will be announced in our diocesan communication. For more information about Sacred Ground can be found at episcopalchurch.org.
PATHWAYS FOR BAPTISMAL LIVING ANTI-RACIST PROGRAMS The Episcopal Church in Western Oregon has partnered with Bexley Seabury Seminary to provide formational classes and resources to everyone in our diocese. Bexley’s Pathways for Baptismal Living program includes several classes that support the work of becoming a community of anti-racists. Learn more at bexleyseabury.com. I have signed up for Exploring the Doctrine of Discovery in the fall as recommended by Rev. Ernestein Flemister. It is a 4 week course Oct 1-Oct 29th.
Blessings, Liz Klein Deacon at Grace Memorial
SACRED GROUND is an 11-part film- and readings-based course that is part of The Episcopal Church’s anti-racist Becoming Beloved Community initiative, a long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in our personal lives, our ministries, and our society. Sacred Ground cohorts are facilitated regularly in our diocese. Upcoming cohorts in our diocese will be announced in our diocesan communication. For more information about Sacred Ground can be found at episcopalchurch.org.
The Episcopal Church:
Racial Reconciliation Resources
Race and Reconciliation at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church
The Rev. Ernestein Flemister preached on Sunday January 8,2023 at Grace Memorial, as we celebrated the Baptism of our Lord. She referred to our baptismal vows in the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) and especially the last 2 questions on page 305 in the BCP. “Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?” “Will you strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being?” She made the point that our response is “I will, with God’s help.” She also made the point that we do this work as a community, with God’s help. We must be open and honest and see the world through the eyes of Christ. We are God’s hands and feet and voice in the world. She advised us that this is hard, challenging work that we need to do together, as a community, over time. It was a wonderful sermon and I encourage everyone to watch it online.
1st Sunday after Epiphany: Sermon by The Reverend Ernestein Flemister
As we begin this new year, there are many opportunities for us to grow and learn more about race and reconciliation. We are developing a Race and Reconciliation Team, collecting books on dismantling racism and social justice and will be advising on opportunities to take Sacred Ground. Let us keep this conversation going. Let us each find ways to live out our baptismal vows and strive for justice and peace and respect the dignity of every human being.
Additional links for learning:
The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing: https://www.centerforracialhealing.org/
Sacred Ground (A film-based Dialogue Series of Race & Faith) https://www.episcopalchurch.org/sacred-ground/
Blessings, Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Klein