OCCV NEEDS YOU!
We are looking for: Multnomah and Washington County chairs to coordinate 5 meetings a year
A banquet chair for a donor dinner
Volunteers (administrative, creative team, networkers, coordinators)
If you are interested in any of these areas, or know of somebody who has similar interests, contact Seth at OCCV.
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OCCV is looking for Congregational Leaders. A Congregational Leader attends 4-5 educational meetings on OCCV’s main issues (health care, poverty, human trafficking, and the environment) and shares that information with their community on how to be effective advocates for the most vulnerable and marginalized in Oregon.
Click here to download the informational brochure. If you are interested in being a Congregational Liaison, please contact Stephanie.
OCCV’s INTO Action: A Benefit-cial Evening Art Event was a major success! Thank you to all who attended and made the event what it was!
We would like to hear your comments and feedback about the event. If you have a few minutes, please take our online survey, it will help us in future event planning.
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Click the following link to view OCCV’s 2009 Legislative Agenda
Also, if you are interested in other bills and legislation for the 2009 session, click here to visit the Oregon State Legislature’s website
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“When I was sick…”
Would your church or small group like to receive a presentation on health care? We are now signing up churches, small groups, organizations, colleges, and groups of friends to hear a 50 minutes presentation on a theological reflection of the current health care system. It is our hope to create the discussion in the Christian community around biblical values and ethics for caring for the sick and uninsured. If you would like to sign your group up, please e-mail emily@occv.org. Presentations will be made available throughout Oregon beginning January 15, 2009.
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Make sure to visit our online Events Calendar to see what’s happening locally!
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You can also visit our Facebook page by clicking here!
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Recent Media on Faith & Politics, Poverty, Health Care, and the Environment:
Daniel Bryant: Guest Viewpoint: Inquiry into use of torture can cleanse our national soul; The Register-Guard, June 15, 2009
Bill Graves: Health Care Reform Bills Clear Oregon Legislature; The Oregonian, June 11, 2009
Atul Gawande: The Cost Conundrum; The New Yorker, June 1, 2009
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Torture: An Unchristian Response; The Oregonian, May 6, 2009
Check out our Media & Resources page for more news
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About the Oregon Center for Christian Values
American political discourse on Christian moral values typically focuses its attentions on the right side of the scale:
…yet where is the Christian voice on all these other moral issues? The purpose of the Oregon Center for Christian Values is to inspire, educate, and organize a grassroots network of Christian leaders in Oregon to renew our commitment to the fullness of Christ’s vision for humanity and to be faithful citizens for both social and spiritual transformation in our communities.
Please prayerfully consider: Is God calling you to join such a movement for renewal?
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ROOTED IN THE WORD. TRANSFORMING OREGON
“The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.”
Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963.