The Feast of St. Cecilia: Patron of Music and Musicians
We had a lovely
musical celebration and dedication of our
1960/1976 Schlicker/Rosales pipe organ, 1875 Chickering square grand piano, and new Suzuki ToneChimes.
you can view the video here
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All are welcome to St. Aidan’s –
persons of every race, language, age, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability and economic level. We celebrate and are blessed by our many diverse God-given gifts. In accordance with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we hold that discrimination of any kind is outside God’s intent for God’s people and we affirm our Baptismal Vow to uphold the dignity of every human being. We affirm that all relationships are founded on the principles of God’s love, justice and peace.
Statement of Purpose
Our mission is to spread the Promise of Jesus Christ in and beyond our community
through worship, education, fellowship, and outreach.
Land Acknowledgement
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church occupies the traditional, ancestral, unceded and ceded lands of many tribes throughout Western Oregon. Following multiple treaties between the federal government and Indigenous peoples, Indigenous communities were forcibly removed from the land St. Aidan’s now occupies to reservations throughout Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are part of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians. Indigenous people are valued, contributing members of the Episcopal community in Oregon and there are multiple sovereign tribes represented among our parishioners and staff.
St. Aidan’s is comprised of faithful Christians who confess our historical participation in, and ongoing benefit from, the displacement of Indigenous peoples throughout Western Oregon. We accept our responsibility for understanding the continuing impact of that history on these communities. In the spirit of our Baptismal Covenant, self-reflection, worship, reconciliation, and partnership, we are committed to learn from our past mistakes and be instruments of justice and peace for all people in today’s world.
This statement is in accord with the 80 th General Convention of the Episcopal Church and The Episcopal Church in Western Oregon.
Prayer for the people of the world who have died
or who mourn for loved ones lost due to war, gun violence or any kind of oppression.
O God our Father, whose beloved Son took children into his arms and blessed them: Give us grace to entrust all your beloved children to your everlasting care and love and bring them fully into your heavenly kingdom. Pour out your grace and loving-kindness upon all who grieve; surround them with your love; and restore their trust in your goodness so that they may find their way back to peace. We beseech you to send your Holy Spirit to take away the anger and violence that infects our hearts and make us instruments of your peace and children of the light. In the Name of Christ who is our hope, we pray. Amen.
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church
17405 NE Glisan Street
Portland, OR 97230