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 ...
We need your help for our TUCO Saturday Work party on April 13 between 9 am and noon!
We need your help cleaning up the lot and planting some spring bulbs. This includes weeding, pruning and an ongoing effort to reduce overgrown vegetation around the church. Bring your pruners and muscles and good cheer, and we will get the lot spruced up for Spring!
If you are planning on coming, let me (Mark Hunter) know at myxocephalus@comcast.net, so I will have an ...
Read more...Come help us celebrate the TUCO family and prepare for our celebration of Palm Sunday and Easter on March 23. We’ll be starting at 10:00 am in the Social Hall by making some special goodies together for coffee hour on Palm Sunday.
At the same time, we will be making some very special decorations for the Easter Season. Bunny Hooper will be there to direct her grand vision to children and adults that are eager to roll up their sleeves. We ...
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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 ...
Worship ministry welcomes flowers from your garden, or as a special contribution for someone special to you.
Please contact Pat or Bunny Hooper if you would like to provide flowers for Sunday worship in the season of Easter.
Pat can be reached at cnmpat@comcast.net or 943-8933 and Bunny at 866-8052.
Read more...The first reading of the Easter Festival music will be on February 23, at 9:00 am, in
the sanctuary. The reading/rehearsal will be followed by a light lunch at 11:30 am
in the Fireside Room. After the initial reading session, Festival Choir rehearses on
Wednesday nights at 7:00pm, starting on February 27, and continuing on March 6, 13,
20, and 27th. Dress rehearsal is March 30 at 9:00am in the sanctuary, followed by our
Easter luncheon in the Fireside Room ...
