Christmas Eve Dinner at Holy Trinity
On Christmas Eve, Holy Trinity had another dinner for its neighbors, with a Christmas party. We served dinner to a small army of volunteers and to somewhere between 45 and 65 of our neighbors. There were so many people walking around and coming and going that it was hard to keep an accurate count of [...]
Who I Am
I’m Julia, the Watermark Intern of the Diocese of Spokane. I grew up in Silver Spring, a Maryland suburb of DC, and I went to Swarthmore College, in the Philadelphia area. I moved here for this internship in mid-August, and I’ll be here till mid-July. People often ask me whether I’d been to Spokane before [...]
My Favorite Part of My Job
Actually I have several favorite parts of my job, but one of them is delivering fliers for Holy Trinity’s dinner ministry. We have a list of 19 social-service agencies to take fliers to, and I do most of the deliveries. I don’t have a car, so I ride my bike to all those places. [...]
“You’re coming too!” Campers and volunteers of all ages experience the sacraments at Camp Cross
After stomping twice, over 200 leaders from around the Diocese chanted together, “I’m going to Camp Cross, and you’re coming too!” The next day, clergy and lay people from Grangeville to Oroville, from the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist to the Episcopal Churches of the Resurrection, wore badges to the closing Eucharist of Diocesan [...]
Transforming the silence at Camp Cross
A few feet of snow, a chilling breeze, absolute silence . . . . Hiking into Camp Cross last February to shovel snow off the pontoon boat, Camp’s beauty seemed isolated, singular, and alone. Months later, walking through a camp settling into the quiet of fall, I cannot help but feel behind it the vibrancy [...]
Camp launched into summer with labors of love
Summer is underway and Camp is in full swing! Thanks to the passion and commitment of so many in May and June, we are set to have an amazing season. With so many individuals from around the Diocese inviting others to join them, we had a record breaking 49 people – ages 2 and up [...]
Staff cheers campers along their epic race
I’m not sure anyone saw the guy who won Spokane’s Bloomsday race quite as many times as I did. Standing on the corner of Broadway and Oak, cheering at the top of my lungs, I could see that tall Kenyan in the eyes of every boy and girl who looked up at me, heard my [...]
Passion + presence = communication
For our youth, the remoteness of Camp Cross is one of its greatest features. It is a place away. Likewise, our youth events held in and with congregations from around the Diocese are times away; times to rediscover a bit of themselves. These away times are important aspects of formation but, as has been continually [...]
Invite and include: this camp is your Camp
Barak Obama, whatever your opinion of the candidate, has run a very unusual campaign. Like Howard Dean in 2004, he has built an incredible network of internet based support. Unlike Howard Dean, his campaign hasn’t fizzled out because of an inability to mobilize on the ground. Instead, his deputy campaign manager, Steve Hildebrand, explains, “(the) [...]
Building our spiritual home and living in the external world
Our greatest service to young people is to teach them to be “good architects of their internal homes,” emphasized Mark Andrus, Bishop of California, at the recent Episcopal Camps and Conference Centers’ annual conference. In the spirit of Lenten reflection, therefore, let’s look at how Camp Cross helps youth develop internal homes to help them [...]
