Sunday Eucharist | 10:30 (Choral)
June 14, 2024 Many folks living around us are in a relationship with trees, or so say readers of the Seattle Times.[1] Maybe you’re one of them. It happened to me, too. Back in Missouri, as Dee and I were hiking…
Friends from our Greening Ministry Team enjoyed our first outing together at the Tacoma Nature Center on Saturday May 25, which took place from 1:30-3pm. Loren and CJ, who are naturalists at the Nature Center, led us on a walk with…
When you are out for a walk, do you ever find trash? Do you ever pick it up? On a recent Saturday morning, I joined approximately 20 other individuals who were as eager as I was to help pick up…
May 5 to May 8 Rogation Days are an old tradition in the church, especially in the Anglican and Episcopal traditions, although they originated in France in the fifth century. In England Rogation Days are associated with the blessing of…
Over 150 people were individually received or confirmed by the bishop in a glorious service at St. Mark's cathedral on Saturday, April 27. Folks from Christ Church accompanied King and Dee Schoenfeld, and Michael and Kathy Collier as they were received into the Episcopal Church.
Christ Church has waited a long time for consistent clergy leadership, and while waiting, leaders have stepped forward to try new things in order to stay connected and deepen relationships. This week, we celebrate this mutual ministry that we share, which not only is about celebrating my new arrival, but our new work together.
Everything we do after the confession and reminder of our forgiveness, sing, pray for one another, listen to the stories of God’s people, share a meal, is a communal and habit-forming practice of becoming who we are created to be, a people joyful enough to sing together, compassionate enough to pray for one another, and inclusive enough to eat with friend and stranger.