Sunday Eucharist | 10:30 (Choral)
Beloved in Christ, There are two changes in our shared life I would like to tell you about. Deacon Donna Arellano Deacon Donna has decided she will not be returning to Christ Church as our Deacon. She shares her reasons…
Ministry in the Church is a bit like growing a garden: loose soil is ripe for planting, hardened and dry soil is tilled, watered, fed. Plants grow, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. Often plants sprout, unplanned, in unexpected places. Every plant is dormant for a season, drawing resources deep from the earth and getting ready for spring growth. And every plant is fed by what grew before it, plants that die become compost that is essential for new growth.
Each modification of the hymn serves to amplify the Jewish identity of Jesus, and the varied metaphors speak to God’s redemptive work through Israel, extended through Christians. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski encourages us to “imagine the redemptive landscape as not linear but looping and intertwining...."
Glory to God, whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the Church and in Christ Jesus, now and forever.(Ephesians 3:20-21) Dear Friends, This past…
All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. —Acts 2:44 Dear Fellow Parishioners, I am inspired by what’s happening at Christ…
All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. –Acts 2:44 Dear Beloved in Christ, As Christians, we are called to…
Praying with the Creator
Elin Gene GrattonJuly 11, 1947 – July 14, 2025 Elin Gene Gratton, beloved and long-time member of Christ Church, passed away at Tacoma General Hospital in the early evening of August 13th. She spent the weekend in the hospital, regularly…
As a child (perhaps extending a bit into adulthood), I had a somewhat bizarre fantasy: that I would be struck by lightning and all the untapped potential in my brain would be instantly unlocked, granting me fluency in all sorts…