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Some of you know we use “Prepare-Enrich” as our go-to curriculum for pre-marriage and couples classes. In the article below, find 5 tips to help make “date night” a thing for you and your partner/spouse. In addition Fr. James offers this bit of practical advice:    “Annaka and I found date *night* not to be an easy thing for us to accomplish. We had children to get a sitter for, the expense of a night out, and we were usually looking at Friday night after a full work week. We were exhausted by then, tired, a little negative, and falling […]

    July 30, 2025     Synod Resources Administration, Compensation Guidelines, Constitutions, Financial, Personnel Policies, Pulpit Supply, Immigration, Transition Latest Letters and Press Releases from the Synod and Churchwide Upcoming Events links to event info embedded if applicable October 11 Installation of Bishop Keith Marshall @ Gloria Dei, Olympia – 2pm   As this is the last eNewsletter edition with Bishop Rick Jaech as our Synod Bishop, let us offer a prayer of Thanksgiving for his ministry as he concludes his call. Let us pray. Almighty God, through your Son Jesus Christ you gave the holy apostles many gifts […]

St. Christopher’s Community Church <office@stchristopherolympia.org> Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM Reply-To: “St. Christopher’s Community Church” <office@stchristopherolympia.org> To: James Thibodeaux <james.thibodeaux@gmail.com>         THE BEACON WEEKLY     Articles this issue…..      Zimzum Discipleship: Practices for a Christ-Centered Life – Lesson 2, The Transformational Power of Story July 3, 2025 The Beacon Newsletter 06/25/2025     This Week at St. Christopher’s… Week of July 7thMonday (07/07/2025)  Pastoral Care Coordinators Meeting – 12:00 pm  Mitford Series Reading Group – 1:30 pm  Brotherhood of St. Andrew Meeting – 6:30 pm                    Tuesday […]

Dear Friends, Our faith is grounded in the stories we have been given in Scripture. Ever since I was a kid, I loved Bible stories. I had a Show ‘n Tell combination filmstrip and record player with a good collection of both Old and New Testament content—like Noah’s Ark and David and Goliath to the Parable of the Lost Sheep and Jesus’ Last Supper.  The biblical narrative has a way of getting into our hearts and minds and changing us. If we’re intentional about it, that is. If we make space. Our second video in the Zimzum Discipleship series focuses […]

News from the Diocese of Olympia View as Webpage July 3, 2025           The Diocese of Olympia Celebrates Juneteenth Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom. It commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, TX, learned of the Emancipation Proclamation, which formally ended their enslavement. This year, on June 21, the Black/African American Circle hosted a Juneteenth celebration at St Mark’s Cathedral. African drumming and dancing by VCBynum Arts & Education and by the Awal Alhassan & Sohoyini West African Dance Company brought an international flair to the celebration. Drawing from his Kenyan heritage, […]

News from the Diocese of Olympia View as Webpage June 20, 2025           Diocesan Pride Now more then ever, it’s crucial we stand with our LGBTQIA2S+ siblings. Share what your church is up to and read more about Pride Month opportunities at the link below! MORE INFO Zimzum Discipleship: Practices for a Christ-Center Life Join us on our new three-year discipleship series on zimzum discipleship, of intentionally making space to live as a faithful apprentice of Jesus. The first lesson on The Sabbath is now available on the home for our zimzum discipleship series, where you […]

  June 25, 2025     Synod Resources Administration, Compensation Guidelines, Constitutions, Financial, Personnel Policies, Pulpit Supply, Immigration, Transition Latest Letters and Press Releases from the Synod and Churchwide Bishop’s Election Upcoming Events links to event info embedded if applicable June 29 Farewell Vespers at Holy Trinity, Port Angeles – 4pm July 6 Farewell Vespers at St. Andrew, Vancouver – 4pm July 13 Farewell Vespers at St. Mark’s/Narrows, Tacoma – 4pm   Congratulations, Bishop-Elect, the Rev. Keith Marshall! Voting members of the Southwestern Washington Synod elected a new Bishop last Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14, with the fifth […]

News from the Diocese of Olympia View as Webpage June 13, 2025           Diocesan Pride Now more then ever, it’s crucial we stand with our LGBTQIA2S+ siblings. Share what your church is up to and read more about Pride Month opportunities at the link below! MORE INFO Zimzum Discipleship: Practices for a Christ-Center Life Join us on our new three-year discipleship series on zimzum discipleship, of intentionally making space to live as a faithful apprentice of Jesus. The first lesson on The Sabbath is now available on the home for our zimzum discipleship series, where you […]

  June 18, 2025     Synod Resources Administration, Compensation Guidelines, Constitutions, Financial, Personnel Policies, Pulpit Supply, Immigration, Transition Latest Letters and Press Releases from the Synod and Churchwide Bishop’s Election Upcoming Events links to event info embedded if applicable June 29 Farewell Vespers at Holy Trinity, Port Angeles – 4pm July 6 Farewell Vespers at St. Andrew, Vancouver – 4pm July 13 Farewell Vespers at St. Mark’s/Narrows, Tacoma – 4pm   2025 SYNOD ASSEMBLY AND BISHOP’S ELECTION Congratulations, Bishop-Elect, the Rev. Keith Marshall! Voting members of the Southwestern Washington Synod elected a new Bishop last Friday and Saturday, June […]

News from the Diocese of Olympia View as Webpage May 30, 2025           Convene 2025 – Tomorrow! May 31, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm | Everett Community College Connect, Learn, and Convene with churches throughout Western Washington for a day of workshops and fellowship. There will be worship, exhibitors, lunch, four workshop sessions, and a plenary from the bishop. We are blessed to have an abundance of wisdom and gifts in our congregations! This is an opportunity to honor those gifts and learn from one another. Convene 2025 is designed with everyone in mind: vestries, bishop’s […]

  May 28, 2025     Synod Resources Administration, Compensation Guidelines, Constitutions, Financial, Personnel Policies, Pulpit Supply, Immigration, Transition Latest Letters and Press Releases from the Synod and Churchwide Bishop’s Election Upcoming Events links to event info embedded if applicable June 13 – 14, 2025 Synod Assembly @ PLU   2025 SYNOD ASSEMBLY AND BISHOP’S ELECTION 2025 Synod Assembly — June 13 & 14 — PLU Olson Auditorium Friday, June 13th, 2025 7:30am  Registration starts 8:30am   Official Business starts 3:00pm   Official Business ends Saturday, June 14th, 2025 8:30am   Official Business starts 3:00pm   Official Business ends *times are subject to change* Additional Events Friday Social Hour […]

  May 14, 2025     Synod Resources Administration, Compensation Guidelines, Constitutions, Financial, Personnel Policies, Pulpit Supply, Immigration, Transition Latest Letters and Press Releases from the Synod and Churchwide Bishop’s Election Upcoming Events links to event info embedded if applicable June 13 – 14, 2025 Synod Assembly @ PLU   2025 SYNOD ASSEMBLY AND BISHOP’S ELECTION 2025 Synod Assembly — June 13 & 14 — PLU Olson Auditorium Friday, June 13th, 2025 7:30am  Registration starts 8:30am   Official Business starts 3:00pm   Official Business ends Saturday, June 14th, 2025 8:30am   Official Business starts 3:00pm   Official Business ends *times are subject to change* Additional Events Friday Social Hour […]

News from the Diocese of Olympia View as Webpage May 19, 2025           Convene 2025 – Register Today! May 31, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm | Everett Community College Connect, Learn, and Convene with churches throughout Western Washington for a day of workshops and fellowship. There will be worship, exhibitors, lunch, four workshop sessions, and a plenary from the bishop. We are blessed to have an abundance of wisdom and gifts in our congregations! This is an opportunity to honor those gifts and learn from one another. Convene 2025 is designed with everyone in mind: vestries, […]