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AAPI Retreat
April 26-29, 2023 | Austin, TX Some of our Circle segued into AANHPI Heritage Month in the company of Asian/Pacific Islander lay and ordained leaders from across our church in Austin, TX late last week. Vinh, Katya, Adrienne, and Maria traveled to meet up with Tina (a postulant at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin)…
Category: Circles
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Canon’s Blog: 1/6/2023
The holidays were the dizzying mix of emotions and activities for me. I had the hone to preach at the Christmas Day service at St Matthew San Mateo, Auburn. It was a pajama mass. It was a strange joyful experience to be in PJs for Eucharist. I felt a little bit like a child which…
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St. Matthew ~ San Mateo, Auburn
Written in 2010 St. Matthew’s Parish began in 1895, worshipping in the Grand Army of the Republic Hall in the city of Auburn (which until 1893 was known as Slaughter.) At the 1896 diocesan convention, St. Matthew’s became a mission of the Episcopal Church. Eighty-nine years later, at the 1985 convention, St. Matthew’s was accepted…
Category: Ethnic Congregations
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St. John South Sudanese Episcopal Church, Tukwila
Written in 2010 St. John’s South Sudanese Episcopal Church has been worshipping together for approximately nine years. They currently meet at the Church by the Side of the Road in Tukwila. The congregation is made up of members who have come from South Sudan, most of whom are refugees who have come to Seattle from resettlement camps…
Category: Ethnic Congregations
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Holy Family of Jesus, Tacoma
Updated in 2024 In the fall of 1980, St. Matthew’s, Tacoma, sponsored a Cambodian (Khmer) refugee family. The family was one of many from Cambodia who had fled to refugee camps on the Thai border due to the genocide reign of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge, and relocated to the United States through humanitarian…
Category: Ethnic Congregations
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St. Peter’s, Seattle
Written in 2010 The love of God calls St. Peter’s to invite all people to a life of faith through worship, education, service, and spiritual development. Christianity was introduced to Japan by Francis Xavier in 1549 (the year of the First Book of Common Prayer). For 250 years, Christians were persecuted and executed. In 1859,…
Category: Ethnic Congregations
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La Iglesia San Juan ~ St. John, Olympia
Written in 2010 El ministerio español en la Iglesia de San Juan es centrado en la celebración de la palabra y los sacramentos de la iglesia histórica con el pueblo de Dios. La Misa es celebrada en español cada domingo a las 6:00 p.m. El clérigos del San Juan, Padre Donald Maddux y Diácono Tony…
Category: Ethnic Congregations
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La Iglesia de la Resurrección, Mount Vernon
Written in 2010 La Iglesia de la Resurrección provides sacramental and pastoral ministry to the Hispanic community of the Skagit Valley. Intrinsic to its pastoral ministry are its social and justice and advocacy work. Its worship services are in Spanish. Resurrección began as a ministry in migrant farm worker camps in 1998. The next stage…
Category: Ethnic Congregations
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Church of the Holy Apostles, Bellevue
Written in 2010 In 1990, at the suggestion of the diocese, St. Margaret’s located at 2440 SW Roxbury in the White Center area of Seattle merged with St. James of Jerusalem, the Seattle congregation which had ministered to Chinese Episcopalians in the diocese since 1978. The newly formed mission was renamed Church of the Holy…
Category: Ethnic Congregations
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Canon’s Blog: December 17, 2022
Saturday December 10th I spent most of the day preparing for my trip to Arizona. The Arizona trip would combine family vacation with some work. The main event was the graduation of my niece Monique Hebert. Monique is receiving her Masters of Advanced Studies from Arizona State University. We spent a few days in the…
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