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Monthly Newsletter from JVC Northwest with news, updates, resources, & job opportunities. JVC Northwest News Help fill Classrooms, Clinics, and Community Centers Encourage others to become JVs in the Northwest We’re excited to offer 150-160 JV positions this upcoming service year, and to (re)open the Bend, Ore. community! Who do you know that can fill vital positions? Encourage them to apply! Next year, JVs can teach/tutor; provide health services/nursing; offer legal assistance; welcome and orient refugees/immigrants; accompany Indigenous communities; support people with disabilities, addictions, and mental illness; and so much more. The JV Application Deadline is Feb 10 (rolling after that). Give a call, email the Interest Form, grab a coffee, share our Facebook or Instagram post, or send a text- that could be all it takes to encourage someone to apply. Inspire someone today. Crossroads Call for Submissions Send in your FJV Update! Share what's happening in your life by submitting an update to Crossroads! We are preparing for the Spring 2017 edition of our biannual newsletter, Focus, and we’re asking former JVs to send in their news for Crossroads, the alumni updates section of the newsletter! This info can include weddings, births, adoptions, awards, promotions, milestones, community reunions, etc. Send in your 2-3 sentence update, including a picture if possible, to Zach by January 20, 2017. Love is Love is Love How will you share your love on Valentine’s Day? Next month we launch our annual Click Campaign. Make a donation between February 1st and 14th in honor or in memory of someone you love, whether they're a JV, your partner or spouse, a former community mate, or family member and we'll send them a handmade valentine! Stay tuned for more information as Valentine’s Day grows closer or get a head start on your 2017 giving resolutions by clicking here. Ruined Readers Book Clubs for 2017 Now forming for 2017 round of Ruined Readers across the country Based on the overwhelming success of the Ruined Readers Book Club that kicked off part of our 60th Anniversary Celebrations, groups will continue in 2017! Catch up with the 2016 selections on our Goodreads profile and check out all of the book club nominations from 2016. Email Alumni Coordinator, Sarah Jones, for more information. If you're interested in participating in or hosting a club in your city or submitting a book for consideration- complete our interest form here! Boston FJV Spirituality Potluck Friday January 27th, 7 pm, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Have you been missing your JV spirituality nights? Are you looking to explore with other young adults what role spirituality is playing in their lives after their Jesuit Volunteer experience? Or maybe you just make a mean casserole and want to share! If so, this event is for you! Boston FJVs are hosting a Spirituality Potluck! Please join us for two things that FJVs do so well, sharing food and faith journeys. We will meet for a potluck dinner on Jan 27th at 7pm in Jamaica Plain. Our hope is to eat and socialize for about an hour and then have a little activity around spirituality. Please RSVP to Sarah at swolfe718@gmail.com to get the address and so we have a sense of how many to expect! Looking forward to seeing you there!! Build a Fulfilling Life After Your JV Service: Techniques to Thrive in Career, Community, and Beyond, by Better Understanding Who You Are Today A workshop for Recent FJVs, Sunday January 29th, 7-8:15 pm, St. Joseph’s Parish, Seattle, Wash. Do you sometimes struggle with how to choose a meaningful career and build a strong community in your post-JV life? Creating your life after being a JV can be “both empowering and frustrating,” as one FJV puts it, but there is a vital step you can take to deepen and streamline your process: stop and take stock of who you are today. This workshop, facilitated by Sara Jones (a former Lutheran Volunteer and Peace Corps Volunteer, and now a professional coach), will help recent FJVs (having served within the last 1-3 years) carve out empowered, self-aware paths for post volunteer life. Light food and drink provided. Click here to get more information. RSVP for this event to Zach at outreach@jvcnorthwest.org (space is limited). Juneau JV & FJV Potluck Sunday, February 12th, 6:30 pm, Shrine of St. Therese, Juneau, Alaska Juneau area FJVs are invited to break bread with the Alaska JVs during their Winter Retreat at the Shrine. Share a meal and fellowship with Jesuit Volunteers currently serving in Juneau, Sitka, Anchorage, and Bethel. Dinner will be at 6:30 pm and FJVs are welcome to stay for Coffeehouse—a retreat tradition of sharing of talents (musical and otherwise)—at 7:30 pm. RSVP to Alaska Program Coordinator Grace Badik at gbadik@jvcnorthwest.org with number of people coming and what dish you’re bringing to share. Please keep the sharing dishes vegetarian. RSVP by Monday, Feb. 6th so we can plan accordingly! 60th Anniversary Event in Spokane, WA Friday, February 24, 2017, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash. Coordination of a 60th Anniversary reunion/fundraising gathering in Spokane, WA is well underway! The event will take place on Gonzaga University's campus the evening of Friday, February 24, 2017. The event will begin with a Mass in the Student Chapel (in the Administration Building) and be followed by a social hour and evening program in the Herak Club Room (in the McCarthey Athletic Center). This event is generously sponsored by Catholic Charities Spokane. If you're in the area, we'd love for you to join us! Click here to register to attend. FJV 50K Relay Race in Portland is Back! April 1, 2017, Forest Park, Portland, Ore. JVC Northwest will once again put on a 50K relay race through Forest Park in Portland, this time on April 1. Even though it's on April Fool's Day, you'll only be a fool if you miss it! Online registration will be available in February on our JVC Northwest Events page. This event's lead coordinator will once again be FJV Chris Chiacchierini (Portland, OR '91-92), an avid runner who can be reached on Facebook or email with your questions. Save the Date: 2017 Seattle Gathering and Fundraiser June 3, 2017, Seattle University, Seattle, Wash. This year's event will wrap up our 60th Anniversary celebrations by honoring all Jesuit Volunteers who served at Copper Valley School (CVS) in Alaska. This special place is where our history began and we want to take the opportunity to honor and recognize the women and men who came to serve at (and in some cases build!) Copper Valley School. All from the JVC Northwest community are invited to attend, with a special invitation to those who served at CVS. If you are interested in helping coordinate the event or offering suggestions on how to honor our CVS volunteers, please email Zach at outreach@jvcnorthwest.org. Events, Resources, & Reflections Celebrating Brigid of Kildare: Annual St. Brigid Day Saturday February 11, 5:30 pm, Agape Community, Ware, Mass. Brigid of Kildare, revered in Irish and Celtic history as the mid-wife of Mary and the God-Mother of Jesus, is one of the most potent symbols of Christian womanhood for all times, whose life is packed with ancient tales, whose soul life gives impetus to women in a church still learning how to integrate their gifts. Mystic poet, light-bringer in the darkness of winter, Brigid protects land and harvest. The event offers an opening bonfire,evening of song, prayer, poetry and homage to St. Brigid , the spirituality of women and a turning toward the season of spring. As participants slowly walk the path, often to the sound of an Irish drum or Bodhrain, guided by candle luminaries, they arrive at Brigid House, to dedicate ourselves as peacemakers. Click here for more information. Walking in the footsteps of Jesus: A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land May 14-27, 2017 Sponsored by the Loyola Institute for Spirituality, this Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, under the Guidance of Fr. Felix Just, S.J. and Ms. Gail Gresser, will take travelers on a journey to discover why the Holy Land is often called the "Living Bible." Getting to know the land where Jesus lived helps participants to understand his teachings more clearly, know and love him more intimately, and follow him more faithfully. This Biblical pilgrimage will explore the land of Jesus with stops in Caesarea, Cana, Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem, and many other places of Biblical importance. Click here for more information. After Volunteer Experience (AVE) Reflective program for women transitioning from service and discerning vocation After Volunteer Experience is a re-entry program sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati and an outreach to young adult women who have participated in postgraduate service domestically or internationally. Transition after a year or more of volunteer service can pose significant challenges. AVE provides a reflective space to integrate the volunteer experience and discern future directions in life and ministry. The program includes room, board, and meals for 1-3 months in Southern New Mexico, intentional community with Sisters of Charity, program structure customized to participant's needs, weekly volunteer experience at the US-Mexico border, spiritual direction and overall health counseling, and career planning and development. Click here for more information. Catholic Volunteer Network Discernment Retreats Catholic Volunteer Network (CVN) now hosts discernment retreats for current volunteers and alumni who are contemplating their next steps. Join CVN for a weekend retreat and enjoy the opportunity to get away from the busyness of life and join with others in the spirit of discernment. These retreats are made available free of charge thanks to the support of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Travel stipends are also available. Retreats will take place all across the U.S. in the upcoming months. Click here for more details. JVC Northwest Recommends Below are things being discussed in the JVC Northwest community. Do you have a blog, book, movie, podcast, song, poem, article, etc. you want to share? Email Sarah. This month we are featuring two blog series by the Ignatian Solidarity Network. #JVReflects explores the intersection of faith and justice from the perspective of Jesuit Volunteers serving as long-term volunteers both domestically and internationally with Jesuit Volunteer Corps and Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest. The reflections specifically focus on the cornerstone values of the Jesuit volunteer experience: spirituality, simple living, community, and social justice. Click here to access past posts and subscribe to receive more in your inbox. Just Parenting provides a framework for discussion around the intersections of parenting, faith and social justice from the perspective of parents touched by the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola through Jesuit schools, parishes, and other organizations. Click here to access past posts and subscribe to receive more in your inbox. Jobs and Educational Resources Positions available at JVC Northwest No opportunities available at this time Other Job Opportunities Youth Development Program Director Waking the Village, Sacramento, CA Director of Youth and Family Ministry Church of the Little Flower, Berkeley Heights, NJ Sisters Initiative Coordinator Catholic Volunteer Network, Takoma Park, MD Social Ministry Director for St. Francis Dining Hall Assistant Director of St. Francis Dining Hall St. Francis Parish, Portland, OR AmeriCorps Program Director Heart of Oregon, Bend, OR Executive Director Good Shepherd Volunteers, Queens, NY Volunteer Coordinator The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Washington DC Campus Ministry Retreat Graduate Assistant Community Service and Action Graduate Assistant Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL College Persistence Counselor Long term Substitute Faculty Chicago Jesuit Academy, Chicago, IL Communications and Administrative Associate Leadership Roundtable, Washington DC Development Director Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship, Seattle, WA Assistant Campus Minister Archbishop Carroll High School, Washington DC Mentor (50+ Adult Volunteer) Big Brothers Big Sisters Puget Sound, Seattle, WA Tutor (50+ Adult Volunteer) Boys & Girls Club of King County, Kirkland, WA Weekly Volunteer (50+ Adult Volunteer) Program Volunteer (50+ Adult Volunteer) Boys & Girls Club of King County, Sammamish, WA Educurious Expert/Tutor (50+ Adult Volunteer) Opportunity Youth Job Fair Mentor (50+ Adult Volunteer) Educurious, Seattle, WA Executive Director Dispute Resolution Center, Yakima, W Staff Attorney Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Wenatchee, WA Pastoral Migratoria Formation Coordinator Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago, IL Live-In Associate Lydia’s House, Cincinnati, OH Information & Referral Assistant Disability Rights Oregon Multiple Positions Back on My Feet (BoMF), Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, and more Corporate Accountability International, Boston, MA & remote Eviction Defense Collaborative, San Francisco, CA FaithHappenings, multiple cities, USA HealthRIGHT 360 Resource Center, San Francisco, CA Home Start, San Diego, CA Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC), multiple places throughout New England La Clínica del Pueblo, Washington, DC L’Arche Portland, Portland OR L'Arche Syracuse, Syracuse, NY (live-in & live-out positions) Northwest Center, Seattle, WA Pathways to Housing, Washington, D.C. Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO St. Labre Indian Catholic School, Ashland, St. Xavier, Pryor, MT United Communities AmeriCorps, Southwest Oregon See more job details on our website. Does Community News Reflect Your Community? Monthly Community News is your JVC Northwest online news source. Do you have something to share with the JVC Northwest community? Submit job postings, events, resources, and feedback by the 10th of each month here. Update Your Info STAY CONNECTED Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest | P.O. Box 22125, Portland, OR 97269 Unsubscribe rhb@rspdc.com Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by info@jvcnorthwest.org in collaboration with Try it free tod