2022

March 2: Ash Wednesday

Our whole service today reminds us that we will die, and that even in that frailty God loves us and redeems us in Jesus. We should repent. We may fast or abstain. We may take on a spiritual discipline. We may give more. None of those things, though earns us salvation. None of them earns us God’s love. Through nothing we’ve done. As far as the east is from the west, so far has God removed our sins from us.

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February 27: The Last Sunday after the Epiphany

While we probably don’t experience those specific events, we do have our own kinds of mountaintop experiences, where we write glowingly of sunrises, soft breezes, warm friends, music, and quiet time. Whether we do or not, God is available to us, even in all the troubles that swirl around us in this world from Ukraine to those whom our systems fail and need to use our pantry and sock box. God is available to us in Bread and Wine eating Jesus’ Flesh and Blood. And God is available to us when we sit and pray, like Jesus did on the mountaintop with his disciples.

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Better Together: Faith Formation Mini-Conference

March 12, 9:00am | $20 Registration | Register here Better Together is for church staff, clergy, volunteers, and musicians who are deeply involved with faith formation in its many aspects. It’s for those who design programming for children & families, youth, adults, and across the generations; plan special faith-based events; create liturgy, music, and the

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A Gift of Love and Hope:?An End-of-Life and Legacy Giving Workshop with Bishop Rickel

March 5, 10:00am | St. Paul’s, Port Townsend Please join Bishop Rickel and end-of-life and legacy planners from around the diocese in a workshop focused on creating a legacy of love and hope. The work of attending to the details of pre-planning is a true gift to those you love and care about. It is

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January 23: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

In fulfilling the words from Isaiah, Jesus assures those who are oppressed that God is on their side and that they will be set free. Also in pronouncing that he is the fulfillment of of these words from Isaiah, Jesus sets the agenda for his church — his ministers and body in the world today…There is legislation pending in our own legislature that would make a huge difference in remedying mass incarceration — and there’s still work to go.

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