Eileen “ikie” Nolan Kressel is a printmaker and painter, a retired Clinical Social Worker and
Registered Art Therapist who for over twenty years was a member of Inkling Studio in Portland,
Oregon. Ikie grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., received a B.A. from Hunter College and attended the
School … read more.
I am fond of telling stories about how children who grow up in the First Unitarian community remember highlights from their younger years here. I have loved hearing from adults, some my age and older, who still speak about their roles in our Christmas Pageant … read more.
The linked document shows proposed changes in red with commentary about the changes in the right margin.
“Almost Biblical.” That is how one staff member at the church described this week. Between the flood in our own Buchan building and the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, that description had me nodding my head in agreement.
In this week when the … read more.
Greetings –
It’s always a busy spring and Easter season here at First Church. Unfortunately, the sprinkler leak that flooded 3 floors of Buchan yesterday added additional work for all our staff. This is asking us to be flexible as we adjust our scheduled meetings and activities here … read more.
I always get the words wrong. The hymn “We Would Be One” is a favorite of mine and of many of us:
We would be one as now we join in singing
Our hymn of love to pledge ourselves anew…
My problem is that I learned different lyrics, … read more.
Ron Bloom, tapestry weaver, native of Brooklyn, New York, has
lived in Portland for the past ten years at Terwilliger Plaza where
he had his first exhibition. He has been a wool spinner and weaver
for fifteen years. In the late 1990s, retired from college teaching in
Baltimore, he … read more.
This is the season when preachers and teachers in religious communities search within themselves and in the world to justify hope. The renewal in the earth around us stands in stark contrast to the failures in human community, also around us. Human failures are now … read more.
