PNW Union of Black Episcopalians, Western Ore. & Wash.

04/06/2025

South Sudan's political landscape is fragile and recent violence between government troops and armed opposition groups has escalated tensions.

10/31/2024

Pan-African Ministry Summit is happening next weekend, 11/9-10!! We'd love to see you there!

Join us as we gather with our African congregations and friends from around the US and the African continent to celebrate and share our diverse cultures and ministry contexts.

05/05/2024

This Tuesday from 6:30-8 pm, Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton will be presenting over Zoom the Doctrine of Discovery: The Episcopal Church, Indigenous Peoples, and the Necessity of Decolonizing Christianity. All are welcome for this event...and our screening + panel discussion of Covenant of the Salmon People on 5/14!

To prepare for our Covenant of the Salmon People screening and panel, The Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton will present on the history, impacts, and current influences of the Doctrine of Discovery as well as the transformative changes that are empowering Indigenous people in the Episcopal Church.

02/06/2024

12/06/2023

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry fell while visiting Syracuse, New York, and suffered a subdural hematoma, or brain bleed, that required surgery, The Episcopal Church’s…

11/22/2023

10/18/2023

Some highlights from the liturgy & potluck at St. John San Juan, Olympia celebrating St. Philip the Deacon and St. Simeon the Eu**ch.

10/13/2023

Hi all, our chapter is hosting a liturgy & potluck tomorrow, 11 am - 2 pm at St. John San Juan, Olympia. We'll be celebrating St. Philip the Deacon and St. Simeon the Eu**ch, along with regathering amidst a very tough week. We'll provide cheesesteaks, sides/drinks/desserts are most welcome!

Join the PNW Chapter of UBE for a liturgy and potluck celebrating St. Philip the Deacon and St. Simon the Ethiopian Eu**ch.

06/12/2023

Hi all! We are delighted to invite you to the Juneteenth service and potluck BBQ hosted by the Black/African American Circle. It is this Saturday, 6/17, at 12 pm at Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle. https://ecww.org/event/juneteenth-liturgy-potluck-bbq/

We will be welcoming Sound of the NW Choir (https://www.thesonw.org/) and drummers from Gansango African Music & Dance (https://gansango.com/) for the service. Beverly+ was our liturgist (and unfortunately will be unable to join), Carla+ will be presiding, and Malcolm+ will be preaching. We will post the livestream link when it's available for folks unable to join!

Hope to see you there and don't forget to RSVP for the potluck!! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084da4ac2baafbc16-juneteenth

The Black/African American Circle invites you to a special Juneteenth liturgy and potluck BBQ at Saint Mark's Cathedral!

04/18/2023

This is a reminder that we're having our April meeting tonight at 7 pm. Let us know if you need the Zoom link! 💚

04/03/2023

WEEK SIX: The Sixth Sunday of Lent, April 2, 2023 (Palm Sunday – Holy Week)

SCRIPTURAL FOCUS: Matthew 21:1-11 From Hosanna to Crucify Him

This week of very high emotions to very low emotions, from “Hosanna in the highest heaven” to “crucify him,” we call Jesus’ passion. He will sacrifice self, suffer, and die for our sake. He will give everything he has that God’s will, will be done. How has Jesus’ passion impacted your life, spiritually and practically?

UBE FOCUS: How has Jesus’ passion impacted UBE’s work and the faith and spirituality of its members?

UBE RESPONSE: UBE creates connection and family for black clergy and laity in The Episcopal Church where connection and family might not otherwise exist. Through weekly prayer meetings and monthly bible study, UBE members grow deeper in biblical knowledge and understanding and unite for prayer in small group settings that invite truth telling and vulnerability. We enrich members spiritual lives by introducing them to the lives of black saints and make sure that all our gatherings include prayer, often a special prayer authored by the late Rev. Dr. Harold Lewis, a black Episcopal theologian of significance. Out of scriptural and theological foundations, UBE demonstrates and teaches our members how to speak truth to power and move the Church to a more complete manifestation of God’s Beloved Community,

Are you willing to donate $25 or more this week to see these works of UBE continue?

DONATE HERE - EARMARK EASTER APPEAL 2023: https://www.ube.org/DONATE/lenten---easter-appeal.html