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Plan now for Easter baptisms!
posted on Feb 22, 2024 Baptism Preparation Sundays, March 17 and 24 following the 10 am service Easter Vigil has been a traditional time for baptisms in the church for hundreds of years. If you would like to be baptized or to arrange for a child to be baptized a...
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Science and Faith Memorial Scholarship Fund
posted on Feb 22, 2024 The Charlie Fahl & Chuck Eddy Science & Faith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Charlie Fahl was a professor of environmental science and academic dean at Alaska Pacific University, a long-time member of St. Mary's, and an enthusiastic outdoorsman w...
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Be Scam Aware
posted on Feb 15, 2024 You may have gotten emails recently claiming to be from one of the priests here at St. Mary's or other priests in the Diocese of Alaska. Email and texting scams are common, and we seem to be in the middle of another wave of them.
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Tips for catching "phishy" messages
posted on Feb 15, 2024 Scams that pretend to be people or organizations you know are called "phishing" scams because they put out a hundreds or thousands of "lines" - messages - in the hope of catching a few people off guard. It's a highly effective tactic and it's onl...
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From Exodus to Jesus and Beyond
posted on Feb 8, 2024 An online Lenten series workshop on Progressive Christianity, Social Justice, and the Bible
There is an amazing and often hidden alternative understanding of what it means to be Christian. From Exodus to Jesus and beyond, the Bible offers an...
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Invitation to a Holy Lent
posted on Feb 8, 2024 Once again, we enter the contemplative season of Lent, placing our feet on the path of pilgrimage and turning our hearts toward Jesus as we recall his journey to Jerusalem and the cross. There are many ways to engage with the Lenten season...
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Mardi Gras at St. Mary's
posted on Feb 1, 2024 Mardi Gras Jazz Mass Sunday, February 11 10 am service in the sanctuary
Many Christian traditions include a time of delightfully decadent celebration, often called Carnival, between the feast of the Epiphany and the beginning of the more ...
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Sweet Treats for Sale!
posted on Feb 1, 2024 Youth Group Valentine's Fundraiser Sunday, February 11 starting at 9 am Get 'em before you give up chocolate for Lent! The youth group is making chocolate-dipped strawberries for Valentine's Day - treat yourself or a loved one! Luscious b...
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Visiting priest on Palm Sunday
posted on Jan 25, 2024 It is a tradition at the Vancouver School of Theology Indigenous Studies Program for advisors to visit their students' home parishes at least twice during their time at the school. On Palm Sunday, March 24, the Rev. Dr. Ray Aldred, director of th...
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Annual Meeting
posted on Jan 25, 2024 St. Mary's Annual Meeting Sunday, February 4 following the 10 am service
Please note that there will be no 8 am or 4 pm services the day of Annual Meeting
Each winter, the congregation gathers to do the administrative work of the pari...
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