page_title: Living Enrichment Center
section_title: Life Keys programs
hierarchical_section_title: Living Enrichment Center / Life Keys programs
caption_attribution_description: English: The above photograph, taken in 1997, depicts an employee of Living Enrichment Center with "The Welcoming Jesus" statue of Jesus Christ. The statue was commissioned by world famous sculptor Lorenzo Ghiglieri specifically for Living Enrichment Center. I release my ownership of this image, taken at Living Enrichment Center a few years back.
context_page_description: Living Enrichment Center was a New Thought organization and retreat center in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was founded in the farmhouse of senior minister Mary Manin Morrissey of Scholls, Oregon, in the mid-1970s; the church moved to a 94,500 square foot building on a forested area of 95 acres 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. Living Enrichment Center maintained an in-house bookstore, retreat center, café, 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. Living Enrichment Center dissolved in 2004, from which several ministries emerged including New Thought Center for Spiritual Living., Celebration Church and Whole Life Center in Lake Oswego.
context_section_description: In April 1997, LEC launched Life Keys, a weekly taped television show hosted by Morrissey that was syndicated across several states including Washington, California, Arizona, and Texas, mainly on public access stations. The LEC also produced audiotapes, CDs, and video cassettes of Morrissey's Sunday talks, which were available for purchase through LEC's bookstore. Often, audio cassettes of a Sunday service were available immediately after service. The audio tapes were also available via a mail subscription. Though most of the talks on Life Keys were delivered by Morrissey, some were recordings of talks given by visiting speakers such as Gandhi, Williamson, and Dyer.
  Life Keys was discontinued in 2004 when LEC filed for bankruptcy and closed. Morrissey's last talk distributed in the Life Keys series was entitled "The Right Questions to Ask" and was recorded on August 1, 2004. It was also her last talk as senior minister of LEC. In this last talk, Morrissey said her life was in "disarray", that her husband is in a mental hospital for depression and that she herself needed to take a break.
caption: Living Enrichment Center had many statues, including "The Welcoming Jesus" by world-renowned sculptor Lorenzo Ghiglieri.
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