"Replenish the Root: Kalapuyan Stewardship of White Oak Savannas” Aron Wagner, Visitor Services & Learning Coordinator at Five Oaks Museum

The Five Oaks Museum in Hillsboro is a gathering place of vibrant art, culture, history and storytelling. Visitor Services & Learning Coordinator Aron Wagner will join us this Sunday as part of our “journey to learn more, do better, and honor the stories of those who came before us and are still here.”  For over 600 years, people, plants, and animals have gathered under a grove of five Oregon white oak trees standing tall in what is now Hillsboro, called Chatakuin (Place of the Heavy Stone Mortars) by the Tualatin Kalapuya. If these trees could speak, they would tell stories of how they thrived with Indigenous land stewardship. They would recall the changes caused by colonial settlement, agriculture, and urban growth. The oaks would applaud generations of caretaking efforts. They would remind us that we, the people who live here, are also part of nature. Ultimately, the oaks would show that when humans and land care for one another, we can weather the changes of the future. 

We will be organizing an optional field trip to visit the museum for a private tour on Saturday, August 24th at 10:30. A link to RSVP will be in the Zoom chat and went out in the Service Announcement for today’s service.

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Multi-Platform Worship (both in-person & online)

Sunday at 10:30 AM

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Meeting ID:  275 194 110

Phone In:  (669) 900-6833