Tom Joldersma died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on August 11, 2020. He endured, with grace, Parkinson’s Disease for 14 years and Lewy Body Dementia for five. Tom was born on June 10, 1940, the second of six children born to Gary and Agnes (Zwier) Joldersma in Holland, Michigan. Graduating from Calvin College […]
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Grief Workshop 3/24
Being with Grief: An Introduction to Grief Ritual Sunday March 24, 1:30-4:30 pm Please join us as we activate, explore and honor the many threads of grief that affect us all ~ personal, societal, ancestral and planetary. We will create an opportunity to open into our sorrows and to find joy in community through writing, […]
New Scholarship Program at SPSCC in honor of Gladys Burns
Scholarships in honor of Gladys Burns, a founder of our congregation in 1952, will begin rolling out next fall at South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC)! An intense, six-month effort by the League of Women Voters of Thurston County and the college has raised over $33,000, surpassing the initial goal of $28,000. Heartfelt thanks go […]
Community Dinner FAQs
The Thursday Community Night Dinners have been a great success so far! And I’ve heard some wonderings and questions, and I know many of you are curious just how this is working, so here we go: Just how are we paying for these dinners? Folks are wondering, how is this funded. We didn’t have a […]
“Since I Been Down” Film Screening Next Steps
Did you join us for the film “Since I Been Down” and hear from Dr Gilda Sheppard this past Sunday? Dr Sheppard gave us some next steps we can do, including commenting on these bills: Five of the Bills are now in the House Rules Committee (Feb 13 Cutoff) HB 1268 Sentence Enhancements1268 […]
