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==Founding==
[[Image:Lecfromcopter.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Living Enrichment Center's facilities and grounds in Wilsonville]]

The origins of the Living Enrichment Center were in a church called The Truth Center that Mary Manin Morrissey and her first husband, Rev. Haven Boggs, started in the living room of their small farm in rural Oregon in 1974.<ref name=Green>{{cite book | last = Morrissey | first = Mary Manin | title = A Miracle in Motion: The Green Balloon Story |isbn = 1-886491-00-3 | publisher = Random House | year = 1997 | pages=13–17 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=Green/> After a year on the road, Mary and Haven founded a church in the [[Independent Order of Odd Fellows|Odd Fellows]] Hall in [[Beaverton, Oregon]], after they felt they had received divine guidance to start a ministry.<ref name=Green/> A church management consultant advised them 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.<ref name=Green/>

In November 1992, Living Enrichment Center acquired the former Callahan Center, in Wilsonville, which consisted of a three-level {{convert|94000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} building on a {{convert|93|acre|m2|adj=on}} lot.<ref>''Living Enrichment Center: The 21st Century Church''. LEC staff. Intro. Retrieved April 27, 2007.</ref> 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.<ref>''Living Enrichment Center: The 21st Century Church''. COMMUNICATION VEHICLES: 1. Local Congregation. 1997. Page 5.</ref>