December 2008

• Art work of Spokane woman conveys faith and values locally to globally
• Sensitive truth-telling helps the Center for Organizational Reform heal groups
• Church leaders celebrate unity, urge more common action
• New AmeriCorps outreach coordinator expands Fig Tree capacity
• State association honors Fig Tree and editor for ecumenical leadership
• Malcolm Haworth begins service as ecumenical, interfaith consultant
• Hosting students, mission trips, travel keep family attuned to diversity
• Two local Reform Jewish congregations become one: Emanu-El
• Congregation Emanu-El begins its life with its own Torah scroll
• Life Center builds Habitat home for a member family
• Men’s and outreach minister finds he receives when he gives
• Aging agency director expects baby boomers to boost needs and volunteerism
• Women gain voices through photographic art in traveling exhibit
• EDITORIAL REFLECTION
  Sure, you can sleep in our shed tonight

November 2008

• Marshall Islands United Church of Christ retains Pacific traditions for people in Spokane
• Dialogue will explore opportunitie
• Walla Walla Roastery is a coffee shop that connects people, faith
• Documentary depicts parallels between immigrants and Advent Posadas
• FaithTrust Institute hopes religious institutions will be sanctuaries of safety
• Teens and adults feed hungry people through Fatima garden
• Serving in clinics abroad stirred commitment to fair trade
• Second Harvest plans for tough times
• Concert presents original songs telling stories of homeless people
• EDITORIAL REFLECTIONS
  - Workplace ethics engender productivity and healthy workers
  - Distribution of wealth can reflect justice and compassion

October 2008

• Faiths exchange insights on peace
• Faith empowers advocacy for abused women
• Emmanuel Family Life Center nears completion
• Ursuline tradition still inspires service projects
• Christ Kitchen mixes jobs, faith
• Lay Franciscan concerned about injustices to cancer patients
• Four churches build affordable housing
• Faith and politics intermingl
• editorial ReflectionS
  There are options when some faith-based nonprofits bail out on mores of faith for business mores

September 2008

• Cheney area rancher Maurice Robinette implements sustainable practices with his herd of 100 cattle
• Ecumenist Alice Woldt rebuilds state ecumenical agency - Washington Association of Churches
• Choir director Sharon Cowan of Spoaken advocates equity in her music and her life
• New fair trade retailer Kim Harmson learns about lives of producers as she prepares to educate customers at Kizuri in Spokane
• Whitworth University students experience history of spirituality in monastic community for a January term retreat
• Stephen Ministry trains laity in pastoral care: Barbara White facilitates the program at Audubon Park United Methodist Church
• Tom Ulvin's ski injuries created empathy to help help him educate seniors prevent falls through RSVP in Spokane
• Bioneers Satellite Conference and local workshops planned Oct. 17 to 19 in Spokane urge living in sync with nature
• St. Margaret's Shelter in Spokane receives Catholic Charities award for its efforts in cutting poverty

June 2008

• Thousands of children, youth, families and adults stretch their skills and faith at camps
• Partners strengthen ties with Anuak in Gambella, Ethiopia
• National United Methodist church staff member serves a church in Green Bluff
• Intern updates media literacy resources for Northwest Alliance for Respsonsible Media
• Martin Luther King, Jr., Family Outreach Center discerns if its bricks and mortar help it best serve its neighbors
• Farm workers in Pasco now live in 'green' affordable housing
• Iranian cyclists pedal path of peace and plant trees around the world.