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Intern Pr. Jae Bates welcomed to Jubilee Collective and Messiah community

Jae Bates, the new pastoral intern for Jubilee Collective, received a warm welcome from the Messiah Community at a pair of meet and greet events on Nov. 22.  Pr. Jae will be splitting time  between Peace Lutheran in Tacoma and Messiah and Jubilee Collective in Vancouver at least through May while finishing Masters of Divinity studies. The...

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This Holiday Season, Offer the Gift of Remembering to Those Who Are Grieving

We all know someone who is grieving during this Holiday season. This article from Kenneth Haugk, the founder of Stephen Ministry, provides some ideas of how you might help a person in grief. If you are interested in learning how to help someone who is grieving, please contact Dianne Dawson, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , or Cathy Haywood, guitar32...

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Opportunity to help serve Afghan families being resettled in Vancouver area

In August of this year the collapse of the Afghan government occurred sooner than intelligence projections had estimated, and evacuation of foreigners and vulnerable Afghans became significantly more urgent. Many of the Afghans supported the US and NATO forces in their attempt to ensure democracy in Afghanistan. The US has temporarily housed many o...

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Church display invites guests to draw deeper into Advent

Messiah guests are invited to enter deeper into the season of advent this season through a display in the Church Narthex. The display will feature a new tree each week focusing on the theme of that week's advent gospel message. The first week was hope, the second week peace, and the third and fourth weeks will be love and joy respectively as we jou...

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Pr. Kathy's Book Club will discuss "Reason for Hope" by Jane Goodall this Wednesday, Dec. 1

First Wednesday of each month | 10:00-11:30am via Zoom. Direct link to this Zoom book club meeting » Pr. Kathy facilitates stimulating conversation among Messiah's book club participants each month, drawing upon overarching themes from various storylines in each book. She also provides theological perspective. Lack of conversation is never a challe...

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