Resolution 4 called for the people of The Diocese of Olympia to include as a part of all meetings held during the 2013 year, the question: How will what we are doing here affect or involve those living in poverty? As I have attended or participated in various meetings and gatherings around the diocese, I am encouraged by the conversations I am hearing from the various groups as they discuss the reality of poverty in our midst.
The stories have ranged from as a community we are beginning to think more globablly to as an individual how one shops for groceries so that food is not being wasted. It has also carried an impact on how the congregation plans an event such as a picnic so that those on the margins are included.
What is your story? How have you or how has your community been transformed through this dialogue?
