Unleashing Our Energies and Passions: Excerpt from the Pastor’s Annual Report
Dear Church Family, Year after year our church shows signs of vitality. This can be seen both in how we care for each other and how we care for those
Continue readingA Spiritual Practice for Easter: Bunnies with Jelly Bean Shoes
Dear Church Family and Friends, This Easter season I invite you to undertake a spiritual practice that will add meaning to your life. More specifically, I invite you to think
Continue readingThe Magic of Stories: A Letter from the Pastor
Dear Church Family and Friends, Almost every week either Eunita or I will exchange ten or more children’s books at the library for a new batch. Our selections are made
Continue readingChurch Makes UCC News for Gun Violence Prevention Focus
Our church’s public stand in support of background checks on all gun sales in the state of Washington put us in our denomination’s news.
Continue readingA Spiritual Practice for Lent
Dear Church Family and Friends, Lent is a time of pilgrimage, of walking on the path that leads us back to a conscious awareness of God. One does not need
Continue readingSounding God’s Bell: A Letter from the Pastor
Dear Church Family and Friends, In her book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard writes, “I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that
Continue readingCome Down, O Love Divine: Letter from the Pastor
Dear Church Family and Friends, As I insulated myself in the cozy confines of my home office Sunday morning during the time I normally would be worshiping in our church,
Continue readingPoetry That Inspires Love and Laughter: Worship This Sunday
The humorist and pianist Victor Borge once said, “Laughter is the closest distance between two people.” Laughter cannot only bring us close to other humans. It can bring us closer
Continue readingChurch Goes the Distance for Background Checks on All Gun Sales
Olympia, WA– On Thursday, January 30th, members of a statewide advocacy organization called the Faith Action Network gathered on the front steps of the state legislative building in Olympia to
Continue readingSpiritual Growth Audio Book Club
This is the book club for people who don’t have time to read! Each month we meet at a restaurant to discuss an audio book to which we have listened.
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