by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 21, 2011 | Author/Speaking Events, Authors, Christianity, Church, Communication, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Faith. Culture. The Arts Connection, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Outreach, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection
For this month’s Writers Connection Thursday Sept. 22, we make our annual trek to the Oregon State Penitentiary for a Writing Outreach. We will present essays on the topics of 1) Re-entry into Society 2) Does rehabilitation work? 3) Second Chance – What do you...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 10, 2011 | Church, Community Service, Faith, Faith and Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach
By Cornelia Seigneur – Special to The Oregonian When Michelle Therrell reflects on the labyrinth walks offered at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility every other Monday, she gets teary-eyed. “A lot of people say when you come to prison you find...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 8, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Children, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Moms, Parenting, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
My daughter is home from Germany, so it is with joy that I write about Week 8 Adventure with Kids ~ Summer 2011, with her along! Rachel’s fiancé Stefan is also with us as well as my nephew Burkhard, whose sister Birgit had visited us for the summer 2005. The twins...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 8, 2011 | Children, Christianity, Culture, Faith, Huffington Post, Justice, Kids, Outreach
Elaini Garfield, 22, has wanted to travel to India to assist in an orphanage since she was 10 years old. Her heart has been to help those who are hurting. But then, her own hurts have halted that goal. Instead of reaching her dream of traveling to India someday,...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 31, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Adventures with Kids, Church, Community, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Outreach, Parenting, Youth, Youth Ministry
I just returned from five days away at Riverview Bible Camp on the Pend O’Reille River as a junior high church camp counselor. I had a cabin filled with 10 almost-eighth grade girls, and my 13-yeard-old twin sonswere in tow, part of a cabin filled with...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 24, 2011 | Church, Community, Community Service, Justice, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Writing
Joelle Baker and her 9-year-old son Kurt serendipitously fell into a day of fun at Tualatin Community Park earlier this month. “I heard these people speaking Spanish, and kids were gathered for piñatas and there were snow cones. Then, a lady asked us to join...
