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Mid-Week Lenten Soup Suppers and Services

We welcome you to our Mid-week gatherings during Lent. Lent is the 40 days before Easter. It is a more reflective, contemplative time in the church year where we reflect on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and consider what it means to follow Jesus.  Each Wednesday during Lent (March 12, 19, 26, April…

Meet New Member Mardene Eldred

I was born and raised in Blackfoot, Idaho on a dairy farm.  I am the oldest and have 3 younger sisters who live in three different states. I married in 1967. I had two kids, a daughter and a son. My daughter, son-in-law, two grandsons and their wives live in Lacey, WA.  My son lives…

Watchfulness and Response – A Message from Bishop Rick Jaech

Watchfulness and Response A Message from Bishop Rick Jaech   January 28, 2025   What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8)   Dear Members of the Southwestern Washington Synod,   As citizens of the United States and as followers of Christ,…