Trudy Bradley Honored at EMO Annual Dinner
The Rev. Trudy Bradley, M.Div. alum and former Marylhurst faculty member, was remembered at the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon's Annual Community Awards & Celebration Dinner on April 25, 2013.
Wesley Taylor, Rel.D.
Department of Religious Studies
wtaylor@mymail.marylhurst.edu
Education
Rel.D., School of Theology at Claremont
BA, Willamette University
Classes Taught
Blessed are the Peacemakers: Ethical Issues in Peacemaking
Speech for Preaching
About
Wes Taylor has taught at Marylhurst University since 2002. He has been a United Methodist pastor for over 40 years.
He is very active in ecumenical, interfaith, and civic affairs. He served as President of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) and served on the EMO Board for 10 years.
He has published over 400 articles, stories, prayers, sermons, litanies, and curricula, etc. As well as teaching at Marylhurst, he serves on the Marylhurst Adjunct Faculty Council.
Wesley has been very active in affordable housing issues, food and homeless concerns throughout Oregon. He received the Everyday Hero Award from the Inter-Religious Council of Washington County (Oregon) in 2008.
In 2002, he was the founder of Tualatin School House Food Pantry, and also served as the first president of the Inter-Religious Council of Washington County. He served 8 years as a board member of the Vision Action Network.
Additionally, Wesley served several years as chair of a Hunger Task Force for the Methodist Church in Oregon and Idaho. He is also very active in anti-war activities and has been a pacifist all his adult life.
