Angie DeRouchie's Blog

2009-06-12T08:27:00.000-07:00

This event is part of a Parliament of World Religions process of hosting gatherings around the world prior to their December World Parliament in Melbourne, Australia.

Several in Portland will be taking what we learn from this event to Melbourne, and returning to share what we've learned in a Post-Parliament event intended to further energize our work

Our intent is to gather the wisdom of this area in terms of the ethics and activities we share. Please go to our own event web page to learn more and to print a flyer that we hope you will post, extract information for announcements in your organization bulletin, and forward to friends.

This event will be highly interactive and engaging--no panels or speakers--and we hope each person will make new friends across the region and deepen existing relationships. Please confirm your attendance by RSVPing from the website so we can include you in our food and beverage planning.

We hope to see you July 26th at the First Methodist Church on SW 18th and Columbia from 4-7PM.

2009-04-17T08:31:00.000-07:00

"Men occasionally stumble over the truth,

but most of them pick themselves up and

hurry off as if nothing ever happened."

Sir Winston Churchill

British politician (1874 - 1965)

A message from AbleChild: A Non-profit parents rights organization

2009-03-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

Defeat Mother's Act by Mother's Day!

Please Take Action and Call Your Representative

Ablechild has been following The Mother's Act, a bill that clearly violates informed consent and places mothers and children at risk. This bill would mandate the government to screen all new mothers for subjective mental conditions. We would like to update you on this act and request that you take the time to familiarize yourself with it.

Ablechild strongly opposes The Mother's Act. This special interest bill entitled The Mother's Act should fool NO MOTHER into thinking it is harmless! It is truly lethal. Take a look

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BQtDir%2Bw0XJcTl/kstdOw9Cm3hLBecyb

Every call, fax and e-mail to your representative counts. It is simple. Tell them you strongly oppose the Mothers Act by going here.

For more information and understanding of this act and the consequences that could result if this form of legislation gets passed into law please view http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UNWXwErgBGn5s6citW40QEqDTBFwulIY

Once again, thank you for making a difference!

Patricia Weathers
Sheila Matthews
Co-Founders
Ablechild
http://www.ablechild.org/
203-594-1700

Copyright 2001- 2007 Ablechild (Parents for Label and Drug Free Education). All rights reserved. Ablechild is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, Section 501(c) (3) charitable organization, and donations are deductible under the provisions of the IRS Tax Code. Ablechild and the Ablechild logo is a Trademark of Ablechild, Inc.

Thanksgiving Service another highest ever

2008-12-17T12:02:00.000-08:00

Yet another successful Inter-religious Action Network Thanksgiving service! Another highest ever on attendance and on funds raised for Family Bridge. THANK YOU to all who contributed to this success. Here are some photos: ThanksgivingCollage2008.pdf

VERY COOL "WELCOME TO PLANET EARTH" VIDEO

2008-11-04T10:08:00.000-08:00

This is a short, animated sci-fi video created by four students of the ESMA Film School in Montpelier, France that I thought was worth passing on: http://www.flixxy.com/film-school-short-animation.htm

3rd Annual FESTIVAL OF FAITH!!

2008-10-14T14:06:00.000-07:00

!!SAVE THE DATE!!

Sunday, October 26th

10:00 to 5:00

at Portland State University

It's the 3rd annual Festival of Faith, brought to you by the

Interfaith Council of Greater Portland!

Talk about perfect timing: we've got the anti-Islam DVD distributed by the Oregonian, anti-Scientology rhetoric by the teenage Internet terrorists, and the continued fuzzying of the Church/State separation line by yet another contentious campaign.

Come find out for yourself: there will be 20 different reglions or religious organizations presented, plus great music, table info, cookies and a keynote address from David Leslie (Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon).

All the latest and greatest gets added here, right off the planning committee's presses (check back often for up-to-the-minute info):
http://www.ifcgp.org/

2008-09-10T09:41:00.000-07:00

Inter-Religious Dialogues

A Special Program of the

Inter-Religious Action Network of Washington County

Four evening sessions from 6:30 to 9:00

First meeting, Tuesday October 28 (place to be announced)

Subsequent meeting dates will be determined by the group

Topics to be discussed:

Session one— Getting to Know Each Other

Session two - How We Know God

Session three—How Do We View Salvation?

Session four - From Exclusivism to Pluralism

Each four-session facilitated dialogue group will be limited to 12 people who commit to attending all the sessions. Everyone is invited to participate, but we will try to make sure that many different religious backgrounds are represented in each group.

The group will be facilitated by Emily Gottfried (Jewish) and Matthew Egan (Lutheran).

11th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, “Sacred Gathering, Thankful Giving”, 2008 theme

2008-09-04T16:58:00.000-07:00

Faith Communities Of Washington County

Dear Friends,

The Inter-Religious Action Network of Washington County (IAN) is in the planning stages of our 11th Annual INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE, which is traditionally held the Sunday before Thanksgiving in November on 11/23/08. An offering is given each year to the Family Bridge Homeless Shelter. We invite representation from each faith tradition to join in participation as well as the planning of this event. This year the inter-religious worship service will be from 5:30 - 6:30 pm with a fellowship meal to follow the service. We invite all faith communities throughout Washington County to gather together for an evening of rich diversity. It will be hosted by and held at the LDS church on 2220 NE Jackson School Road in Hillsboro.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, and in the true meaning of Community, we invite and ask the various faith communities to bring something to the table. We offer to you an opportunity to contribute to the event by way of helping with the logistical details of the evening--from inviting members of your congregation to sing in the inter-religious choir, to providing a portion of the meal, or providing promotional work to promote the event. We are contacting your faith community in advance, to seek your desire as to how you would like to engage your congregants. In the past, we have had as many as 750 folks gather together in worship and the fellowship meal.

Please contact DeAnne Dewey with any comments or questions and your choice of service and outreach by Oct. 15th. We look forward to hearing from you.

DeAnne Dewey
IAN Chair
gomusicdewey@comcast.net
503-844-2941 hm.
503-819-1610 cell

Scientology Today: Scientologist in Action—Tim Bowles

2008-08-28T07:59:00.001-07:00

Scientology Today: Scientologist in Action—Tim Bowles

Neat story! This Youth For Human Rights group is pretty cool and amazing!

Posted using ShareThis

WALK FOR UNITY RIDES AGAIN!!

2008-08-13T15:20:00.000-07:00

Get ready: The Walk for Unity is Sept 7!! Here are the details: Walk For Unity 2008.pdf

5th Annual Human Rights Summit

2008-08-10T09:17:00.000-07:00

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Youth For Human Rights is hosting a three-day series of events. Festivities begin on September 5th with a ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters, New York. Then the presentation of the 2008 International Human Rights Heroes Awards at the elegant Roosevelt Hotel. The following day will be the Human Rights Conference followed by an Inter-Religious Parade and Service on Sunday afternoon, September 7th at the Dag Hammerskjold Plaza in New York. For more information, go to their site: www.youthforhumanrights.org

WHILE YOU'RE THERE, SIGN THE PETITION ASKING OUR GOVERNMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE DECLARATION!

Good quote for today

2008-07-09T16:24:00.000-07:00

I increasingly get those emails from friends, the ones with a subject line of "I don't usually pass on joke emails, but THIS one is just too funny." And they're right; some very funny people out there.

Here's a line from one I got the other day, under the heading GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED: Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.

Support this neighborhood festival!

2008-06-17T15:03:00.000-07:00

It is Good in the Neighborhood season again! A fabulous food/music festival in NE Portland. There's even a parade. Come on down and join the fun!

Here's the schedule of performers: 2008GoodintheNeighborhoodFlyer.pdf

Leave it to Oprah to FINALLY get the real Tom Cruise to arrive!

2008-05-23T13:49:00.000-07:00

Just in case you missed it, here's a link to the May 2nd Oprah interview with Tom Cruise at his home in Colorado. What a beautiful home! I'm proud of Oprah for riding on the snow mobile.

The show is broken up into a bunch of different segments. They're numbered, but not listed in numerical order, so just cycle through to find #1, then go from there.

http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=80695e31-b25b-4687-9234-6b4a077c0622

Some very interesting stats passed through my email...

2008-05-23T13:46:00.000-07:00

Dear Natural Health Practitioner,

10 States have sued Eli Lilly regarding Zyprexa:
Alaska, Connecticut, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia.

5 states have sued Janssen regarding Risperdal:
Arkansas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas

3 state have sued AstraZeneca regarding Seroquel:
Arkansas, Pennsylvania, South Carolina

The latest in Arkansas is typical -- Attorney General Dustin McDaniel filed suit Tuesday against drug manufacturer AstraZeneca claiming the company encouraged doctors to prescribe a dangerous drug to children and the elderly for uses beyond its federal approval, harming patients and costing the state millions of dollars.

You can find copies of the lawsuits States have filed here: www.psychsearch.net/lawsuits.html along with newspaper articles about the suits.

Yours in health,

Michael Russell
Service Consultant
ULAN NUTRITIONAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Building Successful Nutritional Practices, Step-by-Step
Toll-free (866) 418-4801 Local (727) 442-7101

2008-05-21T12:11:00.001-07:00

Wow: has it really been two months since I've been here?! I've taken on a new volunteer role, heading up our local Volunteer Minister Corps (http://www.volunteerministers.org/), which has kept me plenty busy. We've had our yellow tent out all over town, teaching people what they can DO about various situations in their life. Tons of stories, wins.

Starting in June, look for our touring tent to start showing up along the Oregon coast, making stops from Seaside to Tillamook throughout the Summer!

Looking for news about our local activities? Check out our local site: http://www.theyellowshirts.com/

New Video Channel

2008-03-15T13:49:00.001-07:00

This is a new web video site for information on Scientology and Scientologists.

I had the pleasure of "talking to" (little joke there--there isn't any actual talking, just them yelling at you) a couple of the Anon protesters last month, who kept saying something like "we're not protesting you, we're protesting 'the church' above you." Such a ridiculous statement; Scientology is of/by/for/about people.

So this is a great site: http://www.scientology.org/

"anonymous" and Scientology

2008-02-12T11:45:00.000-08:00

Well, they're right: any group with these self-proclaimed goals is definitely not a friend of the Church of Scientology!

10 February 2008

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY STATEMENT ABOUT “ANONYMOUS”

“Anonymous” is a group of cyber-terrorists who hide their identities behind masks and computer anonymity.

Long before selecting Scientology as its latest target, “Anonymous” destroyed the websites of thousands of MySpace users. When Fox News exposed their activities, “Anonymous” hackers crashed the Fox website and issued a perverse manifesto in a July 2007 video message on the Internet:

“We are the face of chaos. … We ruin the lives of other people simply because we can. … Hundreds die in a plane crash. We laugh. The nation mourns over school shooting, we laugh. We’re the embodiment of humanity with no remorse, no caring, no love, or no sense of morality.”

“Anonymous” is perpetrating religious hate crimes against Churches of Scientology and individual Scientologists for no reason other than religious bigotry. “Anonymous” initially justified its attacks by claiming that the Church’s requests to some websites to remove a stolen video of an internal Church event somehow constituted an affront to free speech. In fact, the Church, as would any copyright owner, had simply sent routine notices that the video constituted a copyright violation. Similar notices are sent daily by the television and recording industries to those who display pirated, copyrighted works.

“Anonymous” alleged “free speech” justification is belied by the fact that the video in question has been seen by millions. It is “Anonymous” that has repeatedly attempted to suppress free speech through illegal assaults on Church web-sites so as to prevent Internet users from obtaining information from the Church. They have also engaged in other harassment including threats of violence in telephone calls, fax transmissions and e-mails, not to mention the Anonymous mailing of white powder to dozens of our Churches, requiring the services of law enforcement.

“Anonymous” claims of altruistic purposes are no different than those heard from any terrorist or hate group. We are not the first to be targeted. Using Scientology’s prominence, “Anonymous” hopes to garner more attention. “Anonymous” has publicly proclaimed its guiding materials to be the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf.
Quite obviously, this group is not just anti-Scientology, it is anti-freedom of religion and anti-free speech.

Religious bigotry of any nature is deplorable and profoundly affects the entire community. The hate crimes of “Anonymous” should be condemned.

Anyone desiring information about the Church of Scientology or the context of the pirated video should visit the Church website at www.scientology.org to form their own opinions.

___________

The actions of “Anonymous” will not interrupt the Church’s normal activities serving its parishioners and the community, and the Church is working in coordination with local authorities to minimize the negative impact of this mask-wearing, cyber-terrorist group.

Consumers Union/Consumer Reports petition

2008-02-04T09:22:00.000-08:00

This petition is being circulated by Consumers Union/Consumer Reports:

Sound off on TV drug ads!

If we have to sit through all those prescription drug ads on TV, why shouldn't we tell the FDA how those medicines really work?

Sign our petition to require a toll-free number and Web address on those aggravating drug ads so consumers can easily report how well those drugs work, or if they have side effects.

Viva Viagra? Viva Consumer Voice!

Inter-religious Action NW 2008 MLK event

2008-02-04T08:41:00.000-08:00

What a lovely MLK event we had this year! Here are some pics:http://morespamfordero.googlepages.com/mlk.gif

PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE!

2008-01-31T10:15:00.000-08:00

You are invited...

The Inter-Religious Action Network of Washington County 3rd Annual Mayors’ Interfaith Luncheon

“Unity in Diversity”
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Kingstad Center
15450 SW Millikan Way • Beaverton
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM, Doors open at 11:30

Keynote Speaker
Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana
In 2006, Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana became the 18th Senior Rabbi to serve Congregation Beth Israel in Portland. Born in Houston, Texas, Rabbi Cahana comes from several generations of rabbis including his late father and his older brother. Rabbi Cahana began with a career in theater, then theatrical design. Soon however, family tradition of the rabbinic life called him, leading to his ordination in 1994. Rabbi Cahana integrates his rabbinical training with his theatre background to create an environment in which prayer becomes an art form.

Sacred Words from Many Faiths

Music from
Oscar Eugenio

Special Guests
Mayor Teri Branstitre, Banks
Mayor Craig Dirksen, Tigard
Mayor Rob Drake, Beaverton
Mayor Tom Hughes, Hillsboro
Mayor Keith Mays, Sherwood
Washington County Chair Tom Brian

Tickets are $25 per person • RSVP Required
RESERVATION DEADLINE—February 8

Please mail your check made out to the Vision Action Network to:
Mayors’ Interfaith Breakfast
Inter-Religious Action Network

c/o Vision Action Network

3700 SW Murray Blvd., Ste. 190

Beaverton, OR 97005

For more information call 503-846-5792 or email van@co.washington.or.us

THE INTER-RELIGIOUS ACTION NETWORK OF WASHINGTON COUNTY (IAN)

The IAN invites people from all faith communities to come together to build respect for our diversity and to provide leadership for the improvement of life in Washington County.

MLK Day March

2008-01-15T08:54:00.000-08:00

Sisters of the Road's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March

Come on down and join in the fun. Always an inspirational event. The Youth For Human Rights group will be joining in this year!

Details: http://morespamfordero.googlepages.com/MARTINLUTHERKINGDAYMARCH.pdf

Tom Cruise bio

2008-01-14T11:49:00.000-08:00

Cruise wins award following portrayal of would-be Hitler assassin
By The Associated Press

Hollywood star Tom Cruise, who portrays a Nazi officer who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in his latest movie, has won a German film award for his willingness to take risks in his movies, media company Hubert Burda Media said Wednesday.

Cruise was presented with the "courage" prize during the 59th annual Bambi Awards ceremony in the northern city of Duesseldorf on Thursday. The prize committee said Cruise has pursued brave projects that otherwise would not have been made, including his newest film, Valkyrie, which details the failed Operation Valkyrie plot to kill Hitler.

Cruise plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, who tried to assassinate Hitler with a briefcase bomb on July 20, 1944. "Tom Cruise is making an international public familiar with a story that has never before been the theme of a major Hollywood production: the German resistance against the Third Reich," the competition jury said in a statement.

Will Smith Defends Cruise/Scientology

2007-12-06T12:05:00.000-08:00

Cool video running on You Tube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PjZEVKUkNOE

Inter-religious Action NW 2007 Thanksgiving event

2007-12-01T08:34:00.000-08:00

Another year of coming together in Washington County. This year we had about twice the crowd we expected, which was fun, fun, fun. It was a collaborative effort this year with the Methodist churches making the pies, the LDS hosting and doing all the work, Hands On Portland (surprise, surprise; last we'd heard they "didn't do religion", so that was either amazing or hypocritical) doing food prep, Scientology churches doing the table decor and infrastructure parts like plates, cups, etc. I don't know who did the soup and salad, but I hear it was delicious! Here are some photos: http://morespamfordero.googlepages.com/test.gif