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Reckoning with Racism Liturgy

On Sunday, May 29, the St. Michael’s Reckoning with Racism (RwR) group (formed in 2020) and clergy invite you to join us in a liturgy to experience our baptismal covenant more deeply and better understand our responsibility as Episcopalians to see and dismantle the systems that perpetuate racism. We look forward to sharing this experience with you.

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Transition Update – May 19

Congratulations! You have participated in small-group listening sessions, and you have shared comments with each other on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall. And you’ve done a great job on both. Now you have one more opportunity to participate in the process of defining St. Michael’s and selecting our new rector.

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History Sunday, Part V

The fifth and final session of The Rev. Dr. Caroline Litzenberger’s hybrid Zoom History Sunday series – 20th Century Renewal & Episcopalians in the Pacific Northwest is here to watch.

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From the Transition Minister

Over the last few weeks, I was blessed to visit my favorite retreat center (a Buddhist dhamma hall in Onalaska, Washington, at the foot of Mount St. Helens) to sit in silence for ten days of meditation. I’ve been known to joke—if asked for a strange fact about myself—that one of my quirks is that I am able to sit eerily still for intimidating amounts of time.

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Advocacy Action on May 15

The Advocacy Action Committee will gather signatures on a pair of gun control petitions this Sunday, May 15, from 10:00 until 10:50 am in the Gallery. The petitions would place IP17 (safer owners and less lethal ammunition) and IP 18 (stops proliferation of assault weapons), on the November ballot.

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Transition Update – May 12

A huge thank-you to everyone who attended one of the 14 Listening Sessions held by the Profile Committee. In all, 158 members of the St. Michael’s congregation contributed their ideas, suggestions, comments and questions regarding the search for our new rector. You told the Profile Committee what you value and how you see the future of the parish. 

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Youth Group May 1

This Youth Group gathering is actually happening THIS Sunday, May 1. All youth in middle and high school are invited to come to the Parish Hall on Sunday evening from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. The youth leadership is encouraging all youth to attend in order to participate in a Listening Session. The Profile Committee wants to hear from all parishioners, including our youth!

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History Sunday, Part IV

The Rev. Dr. Caroline Litzenberger will hold the fourth session in her hybrid History Sunday series—Radicals, Restoration & the American Revolution—this Sunday at 10:15 am as the story continues.

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