Not all of the Thurston County CROP Hunger Walk donations for this year are in yet, but it looks like another great year. We appear to be on track to raise about $45,000. It will be a couple of months before we know how much will come from the Feinstein Foundation as a partial match for the funds turned in by April 30. There were approximately 450 walkers and ...
The 33rd Thurston County CROP Hunger Walk is Sunday, May 5.
The 6.2 mile walk around Capital Lake is a great community event to fight hunger here and around the world. You can join the TUCO Team or donate on-line to a team member by going to: http://www.cropwalkonline.org/olympiawa
There is a CROP Hunger Walk table in the Narthex each Sunday to help with your registration, donation, and questions.
You can also ...
Read more...This is a regular blog on what happened in the latest MPJ meeting.
Centennial Celebration: Paula Lowe gave us an advance briefing on the planning for the churches 100th anniversary in 2016. We brainstormed ideas for that.
Donations during Lent. MPJ was asked to help distribute the donations accumulated during the Sundays of Lent. We have moved 75% of them and will cover the rest tomorrow, thanks to Sandee, Peter and our Food Bank pair. They are going primarily to people or ...
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We need you and your talents, or lack thereof, to perform in our Talent/ No Talent show on April 20 from 7-9 pm here at The United Churches. Perform a skit, a song, a dramatic reading; recite a poem; make stellar imitations; share some bad jokes – no matter where you are on the talent continuum, you ...
This is the first installment of a regular blog where I will be writing an abbreviated version of MPJ meeting minutes including information that could be of interest to TUCO members.
(Full meeting minutes are also available ).
Elsa’s Time: There was a brief discussion of Elsa’s activities relating to MPJ. She attended the homeless census, which was a bit disorganized. She agreed to notify MPJ if she encountered any issues relevant to MPJ between ...
Read more...The 2013 CROP Hunger Walk will take place Sunday afternoon on May 5. Please save the date and plan to join in the walk. This is Thurston County’s 33rd Walk and our Walk has ranked in the top two percent nationally in terms of money raised for many years.
The United Churches has been a major part of this success. More information will be coming soon and starting April 7, a table will be set up ...
On February 3, we share in the feast of communion as we remember the poor and hungry around us. As we will fill our bellies with the Spirit, we stock the shelves of the Thurston County Food Bank.
Bring your donations of non-perishable food items to worship on Communion Sunday!
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The Ugandan Orphans Choir is presenting a concert of lively, authentic Ugandan music, dance and story-telling in United Churches sanctuary, February 24, at 5:00 p.m. Come hear an engaging evening of music. The concert is part of a ten-month tour, raising awareness and offering opportunities for sponsorships of children through Childcare Worldwide.
Downloadable poster for this event.
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