Grand Dominion Jazz Band will appear at this year’s Dixieland Jazz worship service, June 30, at 10:00 am, in United Churches sanctuary. Members of the Worship Ministry are the hosts of the band and will be covering details of their performance here, including building logistics and local publicity.
The performance is a fund-raising benefit for the young musician scholarship fund 
of the Greater Olympia Jazz Society. Thank you, Grand ...
When: August 23-25, 2013
Where: Pilgrim Firs
With Barbara Brown Taylor’s An Altar in the World as our guide, our church members and friends are invited to share in a unique retreat experience to discover the holy in our everyday lives. Inspired by these words, we will explore and discover those practices that connect us with God and with each other. We’ll experiment with ...
Join Us Sunday, April 7, at 9:00 and 10:30 am
Lara Crutsinger-Perry will will be preaching on the events that occurred the week after Easter and to the doubting Thomas in all of us. While Easter is a time of joy and celebration for us, the days following the crucifixion were ones of fear and confusion for the disciples.
Learn what Thomas has to tell us about how to be Easter ...
Read more...40-DAY JOURNEY with Howard Thurman participants are invited to gather for shared reflection and conversation as the season of Lent – and our shared daily meditation – concludes. Whether you were in a weekly group or participated in the readings in solitude, please join others on Saturday morning, April 13, from 9:30 – 10:30 am at the home of Dave and Susan Yarrow Morris. Please call the church or Susan (360-438-5044) for address or look in your church directory. Coffee and ...
Read more...Palm and Passion Sunday, March 24, 9:00 am Chapel and 10:30 am Sanctuary
We will begin our observance of this holy week by waving our palms singing “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” From this celebration, we will find ourselves immersed in the stories of Peter, Judas and Jesus on their way to Jerusalem.
Maundy Thursday, March 28, 6:30 pm in the Chapel
Derived from the Latin word mandatum, meaning “commandment,” Maundy refers to the commands ...
On Easter Sunday join in a celebration of new blossoms. At both the 9:00 am and 10:30 am services, you are invited to bring a single blossom to worship. Bring a cutting from your garden, something picked from the side of the road or a stem purchased from the grocery store. We will celebrate the resurrection in a special prayer service using the beauty of God’s creation on ...
March 13
Holden Evening Prayer
6:30 pm Chapel
Linnaea Arnett, Cantor
As you observe your Lenten journey, Linnaea Arnett and Elsa Peters invite you to gather in worship on Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30 pm in the Chapel for a simple service of prayer and singing in the style of the ecumenical community of Holden Village. Holden Village is a Lutheran retreat center located in the North Cascade Mountains whose nightly worship services have a distinctive rhythm and pattern which allows for both continuity ...
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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...This Lent, we will de-clutter our lives in a different action in worship each week. We’ll center ourselves in song and try to move forward to whatever might happen on Easter morning. No matter what spiritual practice you make, we hope you’ll find the opportunity to declutter by removing these items from your life this Lent.
This Sunday February 17, in both worship services, you’ll be invited to share this item: Shoes to protect another foot.