All Saints’ Episcopal Church Welcomes You

On June 3, 1886, thirty-two young men, pages of the court of King Mwanga of Buganda, were burned to death at Namugongo for their refusal to renounce Christianity. In the following months many other Christians throughout the country died by fire and spear for their faith.

If you are looking for ways to help our immigrant and refugee communities here, check out the Tacoma Community House. It is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that provides English language education, counseling on employment and housing, and many other services. There are no special requirements for many volunteer job opportunities. For example, you can participate in “Talk Time”, where you sit at a table with people who know some English and let them talk to you about anything, and you talk back for one hour a month.

Easter season is upon us. It’s a period of 50 days beginning with our recent Easter Sunday and concluding with Pentecost, this year on June 8th. On May 4th, the Third Sunday of Easter, we will have a visit from the Rev. Cristi Chapman, our Canon to the Ordinary. She will celebrate and preach at our 9:30 service. Her appearance reflects a new policy that Bishop LaBelle has instituted. He intends to visit parishes in the diocese every three years, about as much as he can given the size of the Diocese of Olympia. Every year, however, each parish will get a visit from a diocesan official, and this is our time with Rev. Chapman. I’m looking forward to it. She was very helpful at the passing of Deacon Jeffrey, and she wants to maintain a relationship with us.