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Living Enrichment Center
Living Enrichment Center (LEC) was a New Thought megachurch and retreat center in the U.S. state of Oregon. Originally founded in the Scholls, Oregon farmhouse of senior minister Mary Manin Morrissey in the mid-1970s, the church moved to a 94,500 square foot (8,800 m²) building on a forested area of 95 acres (384,000 m²) in Wilsonville in 1992. Over the course of its existence, the congregation grew from less than a dozen to an estimated 4,000, making it the biggest New Thought church in the state.〔Robbin, Janine. ''Willamette Week''. ("The Profit Margin" )〕 Living Enrichment Center maintained an in-house bookstore, retreat center, cafe, kindergarten and elementary school, and an outreach television ministry.
Living Enrichment Center closed in 2004 as a result of a $10.7 million financial scandal. Edward Morrissey pleaded guilty to money laundering and using church money for the personal expenses of himself and his wife. He was sentenced to two years in federal prison. He was released in early 2007.〔(Accused Church Head Faces Congregation )〕〔(Ex-church leader falls far behind schedule in repaying $10.7 million )〕 Living Enrichment Center transitioned into New Thought Center for Spiritual Living.〔http://www.newthoughtcsl.org/ministers〕
==Founding==
The origins of the Living Enrichment Center were in a church called The Truth Center that Mary Manin Morrissey and her first husband started in the living room of their small farm in rural Oregon in 1974. The church was not successful, and in 1979 Morrissey and her husband took the family and their ministry on the road, offering workshops on building self-esteem in churches around the country.〔 After a year on the road, Morrissey founded a church in the Odd Fellows Hall in Beaverton, Oregon, after she felt she had received divine guidance to start a ministry.〔 A church management consultant advised Morrissey and her husband to name the church after what they aimed to do; as they aimed to enrich people's lives, they called themselves the Living Enrichment Center.〔
In November 1992, Living Enrichment Center acquired the former Callahan Center, in Wilsonville, which consisted of a three-level building on a lot.〔''Living Enrichment Center: The 21st Century Church''. LEC staff. Intro. Retrieved April 27, 2007.〕 The lot also included 13 cabins, with over 70 rooms, which were used for spiritual retreats conducted via the church's sister organization, Namaste Retreat Center. By 1997 the church were engaged in a campaign via a Portland Sunday TV message, advertising, and outreach programs, to grow the local congregation by an extra 200 members..〔''Living Enrichment Center: The 21st Century Church''. COMMUNICATION VEHICLES: 1. Local Congregation. 1997. Page 5.〕
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