Our 2026 Sierra Service Project (SSP) team spent the first week of August in Del Norte County, California —ancestral land of the Tolowa Dee -ni’ people. They helped build safer structures, tended gardens that nourish communities, and restored sacred lands. To explain more about the history of
Read more →Our ‘Ohana has been busy this Spring, painting pantries for the Burrito Brigade, hiking at Dorris Ranch on Mother’s Day, supporting South Eugene High School theatre and helping to keep our immigrant neighbors safe. Looking ahead as the school year comes to an end, we’ll be celebrating
Read more →From April 10– 12, our ‘Ohana Youth high school group traveled to Lincoln City for a retreat centered on the theme “God’s Grace and Our Response,” building on our ongoing exploration of Love Over Fear. It was a deeply joyful and renewing weekend of connection, laughter, and
Read more →A Centers for Disease Control report shows a three-year decline in youth suicide rates for those 24 and younger in Oregon. Data from 2021 indicates that Oregon had the 22nd highest youth suicide rate in the U.S., down from the 11th highest in 2018. Yet, Lane County’s
Read more →‘Ohana is an idea in Hawaiian culture. The word ʻOhana means family in the Hawaiian language, but in a much wider sense, to include not only one’s closer relatives, but also one’s cousins, in-laws, friends and neighbors. The idea is also that family and friends are bound together and everyone must work together, never forgetting
Read more →We are a group of youth who share a common desire and commitment to explore with one another some of the great and imponderable questions in our lives. Our goal is not the certitude that may come with finding answers to such questions, but the insight and
Read more →First Congregational church is an affirming and welcoming community that celebrates the lives and love of all people. We welcome LGBTQ+ individuals and people of color who have too often been excluded from leadership and full participation within traditional communities of faith. We are rooted in the
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