Dear Ones of St. Columba's,Last week was Good Shepherd Sunday, otherwise known as the Fourth Sunday of Easter. I love our St. C's tradition around this day, which is to let ...
Save the Date: St. Columba Day Weekend Celebrations June 25th & 26th
Published on Thu, 12 May 2022 16:28
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Sunday, June 26th: On St. Columba Day we will have a special liturgy with music and food to follow the 11am service.Saturday, June 25: Mead Making, Yard Games, Food and ...
Thursday, May 26th: Ascension Day Eucharist @630pm with Dessert Potluck to Follow
Published on Thu, 12 May 2022 12:46
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Ascension Day, a celebration marking the time when Holy Scripture says Jesus ascended to sit at the right hand of God the Creator. Come join us as we celebrate this important ...
From the Associate Vicar: Powerful Change Agents
Published on Fri, 6 May 2022 12:00
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
Dear One’s of St. C’s, When I first heard the feminist understanding that our power is found in community from Dr. Kimberly George, I literally stopped in my tracks and had to ...
Children and Youth: Learn & Vision Meetings May 22 & 29
Published on Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:50
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Join Alissa and Meghan on May 22 and May 29th after the 11am service to help us vision for the next phase of children, youth, & family ministry here at St. Columba's. We ...
Masking Optional
Published on Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:35
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Beginning on April 24th, we are no longer requiring masks for indoor worship at St. Columba's. We do, however, encourage and support mask wearing for anyone who chooses to do ...
From the Associate Vicar: That All Would Be Welcome
Published on Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:09
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
Dear St C’s. As most of you know last Sunday was Elaine’s last Sunday on staff. And now as a community we need to discern what is next for our Children, Youth, and ...
All are welcome to join Mother Meghan on a walk that usually happens on the last Thursday of every month at 9am, but due to Meghan being out of town will happen on May 5th at ...
St. C's Honey For Sale this Sunday!
Published on Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:15
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Honey will be for sale this Sunday after both church services.Click here to pre-pay online for up to 4 jars of honey. You can pick up your order on Sunday or during the week. ...
From The Vicar: Easter, Masks, and Continuing to Re-Gather
Published on Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:57
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
Dear ones of St. Columba's,We are finally here - able to gather together inside our building for Holy Week and Easter, for the first time since 2019. I have so many feelings ...
1st Quarter 2022 Donation Statements
Published by Becca DeShaw on Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:59
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First Quarter 2022 Donation statements have been emailed. If you did not get one please get in touch with Becca accounting@stcolumbakent.org. Please note! this is not the ...
Come and sing on Easter Sunday
Published on Thu, 7 Apr 2022 12:38
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Will you join us to sing in a choir for Easter Sunday, April *17* [corrected]?With the COVID rates going down, it's time to start choral singing again at St. Columba's. No ...
Upcoming Work Party! April 9th 9am-Noon
Published on Thu, 7 Apr 2022 06:39
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Help us get our property beautiful for Easter! We will be power washing, mowing, pick up trash, clean windows, trimming, and more on April 9th! Let Meghan know if you ...
Holy Week Schedule
Published on Wed, 6 Apr 2022 14:25
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Join us for Holy Week!Palm Sunday, April 10: 9 & 11 a.m.Maundy Thursday, April 14: 7 p.m.Good Friday, April 15: 12 noonStations of the Cross Liturgy: 7 p.m.Great Vigil of Easter, ...
Anyone who is interested in learning more about the Episcopal Church is welcome to join this class. If you are interested in being confirmed on May 7th we strongly encourage ...
From the Associate Vicar: Stations of the Cross
Published on Thu, 31 Mar 2022 19:31
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
Dear Ones of St. C's,Believe it or not we only have one more week of Lent before we enter into the mystery of Holy Week together. I wanted to let you know that we will be ...
From The Vicar: Mutual Ministry
Published on Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:30
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
Dear Ones of St. Columba's,Did you know that you and I are engaged in something called Mutual Ministry? This is one of my favorite ways to describe the relationship between ...
Presentation this Sunday @10am: Learnings from an Antiracist Reading Group
Published on Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:48
Adult Formation
Presentation this Sunday @10am: Learnings from an Antiracist Reading Group A Group of six ladies, most from St. Columba’s, will report on their experiences as an antiracist ...
Pray with us in Lent using our Lent Booklet, "Offering Ourselves"
Published on Wed, 23 Mar 2022 04:30
Adult Formation
Pray with us in Lent using our Lent Booklet, "Offering Ourselves" that is found in your Lent Bag. Each week in Lent on Monday nights on Facebook Live at 6:30pm Martin, ...
From the Children, Youth, and Family Minister: A Fresh Start for St. C's
Published on Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:00
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
Hello dear ones, I’m writing to let you know that after Easter Sunday 2022 I will be resigning my position as Children, Youth, and Family Minister. I first started here at St. ...
From The Vicar: Imagine and Re-Imagine
Published on Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:00
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
Dear Ones of St. Columba's,I hope you will take the time to read this beautiful letter from Elaine Ogden, our Minister for Families and Youth. Elaine has been the support ...
From The Vicar: Masks at St. C's
Published on Fri, 11 Mar 2022 10:31
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
Dear Ones of St. Columba's,This morning I typed "when will kids" in to google and that was all it took for the algorithm to complete my search with "under five be vaccinated." I am ...
Adult formation March 13th @10am: 2 Year Anniversary of the Announcement of the First Covid Shut Downs
Published on Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:30
Adult Formation
On Sunday, March 13th at 10am we will mark, discuss, and process life since Governor Inslee first announced that school's would be shutdown and he limited large gatherings. ...
Bee update: We have moved the remaining viable hives to David’s house until the fence is built. We are working with Alissa and Stephen Olfert in finalizing details for the ...
From The Associate Vicar: Embodiment in Worship
Published on Fri, 4 Mar 2022 11:18
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
Dear One’s of St. C’s, This Lent at St. C’s we would like to put a special focus on embodiment in worship. Episcopalians make a point to actively involve our bodies in ...
From the Associate for Liturgy and Music: Taizé for Lent
Published on Thu, 3 Mar 2022 17:32
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
During the season of Lent, we will be singing music from Taizé, an ecumenical monastic community in France, during both eucharists on Sundays. Taizé songs are very ...
The Rite of Reconciliation
Published on Thu, 3 Mar 2022 16:27
Adult Formation
Lent is a season where we focus on repentance and returning to God so at St. C's we offer this time as a reminder of the Rite of Reconciliation, or Confession. This is a ...
Lent Bags Still Available
Published on Wed, 23 Feb 2022 20:20
Adult Formation
The Lent bags this year are full of resources that we hope will assist you in developing a personal Lenten practice at home. The purpose of all the things in the bag ...
From The Vicar: We're all Gonna Die
Published on Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:56
From The... - Letters to the Congregation
Dear Ones of St. Columba's,Earlier this week I attended a memorial gathering for an old friend of mine - a peer of Andrew's and mine from our days as musicians in Seattle's indie ...
Baptism & Beyond: Forming our Kids in Faith and Community
Published on Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:08
Adult Formation
Baptism & Beyond: Forming our kids in faith and communityLet us know you are coming this Sunday by clicking here. This last session - Session Three: Leading faith ...