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Anna Studenny

503/231-5096, ext. 314

Header artwork by: Barb Greiner

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We currently hold a support group for women who have experienced domestic abuse. This group meets on Monday nights. Click here for more info.

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art for healing workshops

The Imago Dei Refuge and Jane McVay ministries are sponsoring a monthly series of five art workshops specifically designed for individuals recovering from various personal traumas. The Art for Healing workshops will be led by a local artist, and are suitable for all levels of artistic experience. Each workshop has a unique theme, and involves art-making in a variety of mediums, including watercolor, wire sculpture, multimedia construction, and collage. These workshops are planned to offer an opportunity for personal transformation and healing through creativity. The next workshop will be offered April 18. For more info and to register, click here.

TheUnnoticed.org

TheUnnoticed.org is giving its profits between January-June of 2008 to Jane McVay! Please shop from TheUnnoticed.org and give to Jane McVay.

free training

Community Against Domestic Violence is providing free domestic violence training to those who work in churches or with the churched. For more info, click here and here.

vision

Jane McVay will support, educate and aid those affected by domestic abuse. This includes abuse survivors, secondary victims, friends, family, the Church and the community.

mission

Community - Such healing would occur with both survivors of abuse and those who haven’t experienced abuse, but who desire to walk alongside survivors in their journeys.
Safety - Each survivor of abuse would not be isolated and feel safe enough to share her story.
Growth - Each participant would grow in his personal relationship with the Lord. He would also experience God’s love, grace and freedom.
Health - Each participant would lead a healthy, balanced life, which may include exercise, healthy diet, healthy relationships, and healthy relationship with the Lord.

origin of name

The name “Jane” is a name used to describe an unidentified woman (i.e. Jane Doe), therefore it is a name all kinds of people can relate to. No one has the exact same story as me, but everyone can relate to, on some level, the experience of pain, loss, guilt, shame, distrust, betrayal--in other words, true grieving.

“McVay” is an assimilation of the Hebrew word “miqveh.” Strong's Complete Word Study Concordance says miqveh means “something waited for. A masculine noun meaning hope. The word is used four times and is highly significant theologically. It is used twice as a designation for the Lord. King David, shortly before he died asserted that as for humans, their days were without any hope in this life (1 Chronicles 29:15). But Jeremiah answered this challenge in the midst of drought, famine, and sword. Jeremiah cried out to the Lord, calling Him the Hope of Israel in parallel with Saviour (Jeremiah 14:8). He also viewed the day of the Lord prophetically at a time when there was no positive outlook for Judah. Jeremiah asserted that the Lord was the only hope Judah had; to turn from Him would result in shame (Jeremiah 17:13). Those who returned from exile and established the community found themselves near the brink of rejection, but one brave soul was moved to assert that there was still some hope in Israel to be spared (Ezra 10:2). The word has within its root meaning the thought of waiting for the Lord to act.”

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