St. Clare’s/Blue Ocean Joint Bible Study Group

Martin Heggestad will lead a seven-week Bible study group open to people from Blue Ocean as well as St. Clare’s. We will use Seven Stories: How to Study and Teach the Nonviolent Bible, by Anthony Bartlett, which offers an innovative and exciting take on scripture as...

Music & Stories

Adult Choir begins this Sunday, September 8, at 10 a.m. Rehearsals begin on Thursday, September 12, at 7 p.m. No auditions: all are welcome! Story & Song begins on Tuesday, September 10, at 5 p.m. Story & Song is for children (preschoolers and younger) and a...

Intern Starts September 8

I am pleased to share the news that the bishop has given us an intern, Kelly Scheu, who is in the ordination process to become a vocational deacon. She will begin September 8. Her call is to outreach ministry and taking the Good News of the gospel out into...

Reiki

Janie Little recently completed training as a Reiki practitioner. She has had an interest in Eastern medicine for awhile, and one of her flying partners really got her more interested before retirement. Reiki is an old Japanese technique for stress reduction and...

Backpack Drive

Our backpack drive to benefit children through the Neighborhood Peace Center was very successful! We collected 70 backpacks filled with supplies. Thank you all for your generosity.  Katie Oppenheim has been an early and  big supporter of this outreach...

Back Door Food Pantry News

Our annual Food Gatherers’ Carrot Credit award letter arrived, and it is hard news: we received $10,000 less than last year, bringing our 2019 award to $18,000. To put this in perspective, over the past 5 years, our grant has decreased by a total of $20,000.  The...