A week ago last Wednesday as Cyndi and I were on an airplane flying to North Carolina to visit our daughter, the governor of our state of Washington was announcing the first of the restrictions intended to blunt the impact of COVID-19 upon the residents of our state. By the time we had landed in […]
Coronavirus Update | March 14, 2020
In accordance with the governor’s mandate to limit large numbers of people meeting together, I want to let you know about changes to our events and programming. Preschool Following the policy of the Peninsula School District, and in accordance with Governor Jay Inslee’s emergency declaration to temporarily close schools in Pierce County, Chapel Hill Preschool will be closed […]
Let’s make it an adventure!
One of the most interesting sites in Rome actually lies UNDER Rome. 90 miles of catacombs were carved in ancient times as burial sites. But these underground cemeteries were transformed into churches when persecuted Christians began to worship in them during the first and second century. It was certainly not as convenient as an above-ground […]
Pastoral response to the coronavirus
UPDATED March 9, 2020 In AD 251, a plague struck the Roman Empire. We now believe it was measles, but then it was a devastating, mysterious illness that seemingly struck at random and ravaged the population. No one knew why or how the disease spread, so fear spread thick. It was recorded that five thousand […]