Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts

Bahá’ís to dedicate bench at Park at Town Center in Shoreline

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

The Bahá’ís of Shoreline have donated a bench
Photo by Deborah Todd

The Bahá’ís of Shoreline have provided a donor bench to the City of Shoreline commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh, the Prophet Founder of the Bahá’í Faith. The bench was installed recently in Shoreline’s Park at Town Center.

The Park at Town Center is a newly developing space in the center of the City of Shoreline that will continue to evolve as it provides an inviting space for community gatherings, public art, performances, and informal recreation.

It is bordered on the east and west by Midvale and Aurora Avenues North, respectively, and on the south and north by N 175th Street and N 185th Street.

The Dedication of the bench will be held this Saturday, December 30th, at 1pm., closing out a year of celebrations by Bahá’ís around the world marking this significant event. All are welcome.



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Lights of Unity: Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County public menorah lighting at Lynnwood City Hall

Sunday, November 19, 2017



In light of recent tragic events in Texas, Las Vegas and around the world, the Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County invites you to celebrate the Festival of Lights with “Lights of Unity”, celebrating the light and joy of our shared freedoms and the immeasurable value of every human being.

The sixth annual Lynnwood public Menorah Lighting Ceremony will take place at 6:00pm on Tuesday, December 12, at the Lynnwood City Hall 19100 44th Ave W, Lynnwood 98036.

The event will feature speeches by the Rabbi of the Chabad Jewish Center and Lynnwood Mayor Nicola Smith, as well as the kindling of the giant nine-foot Menorah, delicious Holiday treats and musical performance by the Seattle based Klez Katz Klezmer band.

Join the community at a public display of unity at this exciting Menorah Lighting Ceremony. Bring the kids and make this your special Chanukah celebration. We encourage everyone to bring a candle to light in unity.

Chabad Centers all around the world are dedicated to spreading light and goodness in their respective communities. Chabad’s answer to the darkness and destruction is an increase in light and warmth.

The kindling of the Menorah each night of the holiday highlights Chanukah, a celebration for all time.

"It is a holiday that enriches our lives with the light of tradition," said Rabbi Berel Paltiel, director of the Chabad Jewish Center. "In ancient times our ancestors rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem with the Menorah. Today, we rededicate ourselves to making this world a better and brighter place." 

Chanukah also propagates the universal message that ultimately good prevails over evil, freedom over oppression and light over darkness.

In its Chanukah outreach campaign, Chabad of Snohomish County joins thousands of Chabad centers across the globe that are staging similar public displays of the Menorah and its symbolic lights. From Australia to Africa, Columbia to Hong Kong, New York City’s statue of liberty to the White House lawn, hundreds of thousands will experience the joy of Chanukah with Chabad.

For more information, contact the Chabad Jewish Center at 425-741-9633.



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Islamic speaker to make presentation at Richmond Beach Congregational Church Saturday

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Shoreline Bosnian Mosque
Photo by Mahar Dizdar
The imam of the Bosnian Mosque in Shoreline, Begzudin Jusic, will speak about Islam Saturday, November 4, at 7pm at the Richmond Beach Congregational Church.

The dessert potluck with mosque members is scheduled for 7-9pm on the lower level of the church at the corner of Richmond Beach Road (1512 NW 195th St, Shoreline).

Sponsors promise plenty of time to ask questions.



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Historic Torah in Lynnwood for the Holiday of Shavuot

Monday, May 22, 2017

Photo by Terry Ballard
Stained glass Torah in Free
Synagogue of Flushing
By Rabbi Berel Paltiel

Seventy-eight years ago, a Torah scroll was sentenced to death along with the Jewish people. Now it will be in Snohomish County, as part of a whirlwind tour that will include hundreds of communities all across the globe.

On Kristallnacht, the “night of broken glass” when more than 1,400 synagogues were torched and 7,000 Jewish businesses were destroyed across Germany, fourteen-year-old Isaac Schwartz of Hamburg knew he had to act. Seeing a pyre of Torah scrolls and other Jewish sacred items left unattended, he bravely doused the flames and attempted to recover the holy objects. His heroic efforts yielded a single Torah scroll.

A Torah scroll, which contains the Five Books of Moses, is the most sacred object in Judaism. An authentic handwritten parchment scroll can take up to a year to craft at the deft hands of a sofer (trained scribe). It is then stored in the ark in the front of the synagogue and read only during services.

As the situation continued to deteriorate rapidly, Schwartz had the scroll buried in the ground along with a number of other sacred items. There it lay for the duration of the Holocaust until it was retrieved by Schwartz and his family. But the trauma had taken its toll, and much of the scroll had been rendered unusable.

Recently, the relic was purchased from the Schwartz family by philanthropist Leonard Wien and donated to the Jewish Learning Institute, which operates hundreds of adult educational franchises at Chabad Centers across the globe.

Over a period of 18 months, a sofer painstakingly rewrote the faded letters and replaced parts of parchment that were beyond repair.

Having been finally completed last year, the newly refurbished Torah has been sent on a historic mission, hopping from community to community, in a spiritual gesture of unity that spans continents, cultures, and generations.

The historic scroll will be present at the Chabad Jewish Center of SnoCo in Lynnwood, where it will be used on the Holiday of Shavuot, (May 30 - June 1) the day which the Jewish people first received the Torah on Mount Sinai over 3300 years ago.



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Rabbi Manis Friedman to lecture in Lynnwood Mar 5

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Rabbi Manis Friedman will lecture in Lynnwood
Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County welcomes world-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher Rabbi Manie Friedman.

Rabbi Friedman will lecture at the Chabad on Sunday, March 5th on the topic: "Are you Living or Just Existing? How to lead a stress-free and meaningful life."

Rabbi Friedman will be making his first appearance ever in Snohomish County. The evening will get underway at 6:00pm with meet and greet, followed by the lecture at 6:30pm.

The event will take place on Sunday March 5th, 6:00pm at the Chabad Jewish Center located at 18717 76 Ave W #B Lynnwood 98037

Cost to attend is only $10 person, Sponsor - $180

Reserve online

Rabbi Friedman’s first book, "Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore?", published by Harper San Francisco in 1990, was widely praised by the media.

In an effort to empower women in Judaism, he founded the world’s first yeshiva exclusively for women, Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies in Minnesota, where he continues to serve as dean. Since its opening in 1971, 22,000 women of all ages, backgrounds, and from all over the world attended the institute.

His most recent film: 'The Lost Key to Intimacy' was voted the winner of the Best Documentary at the Houston International Film Festival in 2015. The film was released to the public in January.

Rabbi Friedman is a noted Biblical scholar, recognized for his sagacious grasp of Jewish mysticism.


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Public Menorah Lighting and Fire Show

Monday, December 5, 2016

#3 Judaica Menorah
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Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County invite you to celebrate the Festival of Lights at the fifth annual public Menorah Lighting Ceremony.

The Chanukah celebration will take place at 5:00 pm on Monday, December 26, at Lynnwood City Hall at 19100 44th Ave W, Lynnwood 98036.

The event will feature speeches by the Rabbi of the Chabad Jewish Center, Lynnwood Mayor Nicola Smith and Police Chief David, as well as the kindling of the giant nine-foot Menorah, a fire show, face-painting and and delicious Holiday doughnuts.

Chabad Centers all around the world are dedicated to spreading light and goodness in their respective communities. Chabad’s answer to the darkness and destruction is an increase in light and warmth.

The Jewish Center will host a public community-wide Chanukah celebration where the message of religious freedom is brought to the street.

The kindling of the Menorah each night of the holiday highlights Chanukah, a celebration for all time.

"It is a holiday that enriches our lives with the light of tradition," said Rabbi Berel Paltiel, director of the Chabad Jewish Center. "In ancient times our ancestors rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem with the Menorah. Today, we rededicate ourselves to making this world a better and brighter place." 

Chanukah also propagates the universal message that ultimately good prevails over evil, freedom over oppression and light over darkness.

In its Chanukah outreach campaign, Chabad of Snohomish County joins thousands of Chabad centers across the globe that are staging similar public displays of the Menorah and its symbolic lights. From Australia to Africa, Columbia to Hong Kong, New York City’s statue of liberty to the White House lawn, hundreds of thousands will experience the joy of Chanukah with Chabad.

Join the community at a public display of unity at this exciting Menorah Lighting Ceremony. Bring the kids and make this your special Chanukah celebration.

For more information, contact the Chabad Jewish Center at 425-741-9633



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Menorah lighting in Shoreline is a joyous occasion

Monday, December 7, 2015

German Kunin, Jesse Salomon and Rabbi Yechezkel Rapoport at Shoreline City Hall.

Photos courtesy Chabad Russian Program

150 joyful people braved the rain, dark, and cold to witness the lighting of the menorah on the steps of Shoreline City Hall on Sunday afternoon for the first day of Chanukah.

In front, Irene Pletner and Nina Krutik
are surrounded by Hanukkah participants

Rabbi Yechezkel Rapoport of the Chabad Russian Program led the event, which celebrates the victory more than 2,100 years ago of a militarily weak but spiritually strong Jewish people who defeated a ruthless enemy that had overrun ancient Israel and sought to impose restrictions on the Jewish way of life, prohibit religious freedom and force the Jewish people to accept a foreign religion.

For Rabbi Rapoport, Chanukah also has a modern meaning.
"In America, a nation that was founded upon and vigorously protects the right of every person to practice his or her religion free from restraint and persecution, the Menorah takes on profound significance, embodying both religious and constitutional principles.”

Shoreline Councilmember Jesse Salomon
stretches to light the first light

Shoreline Councilmember Jesse Salomon had the honor of lighting the menorah and addressing the crowd. He spoke about the First Amendment, Religious Freedom, and his personal experiences in Israel.

Anna Berezhok and her little one
enjoyed the event

In the party that followed the lighting, Eitan Yoffe won the kids' raffle and Rima and Abraham Press won the raffle for adults.

Marina Suleymanova was kept busy
frying donuts for the crowd

Hot donuts were made on site and served to the crowd.

Meanwhile, in Lynnwood, the South Snohomish county menorah lighting was held inside Lynnwood City Hall, and the speakers included Lynnwood Mayor Nicola Smith, and County Council Executive-elect Dave Somers.



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Eight foot Menorah to light up Shoreline as part of world's largest Chanukah observance

Tuesday, December 1, 2015


This Hanukkah, Jewish Community commemorates pnce-every-seven-years tradition

Chabad Jewish Russian Center will ignite a public eight-foot menorah erected at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline 98133, followed by a community-wide celebration on the first night of Chanukah, which falls on December 6, 2015.

Public Menorah Lighting, Shoreline City Hall, December 6th 4:00pm, free and open to the public.

The ceremony will feature Shoreline City Councilman Jesse Salomon. Following the menorah lighting ceremony, people will dance, sing and eat the night away, with freshly made donuts and chocolate gelt.

The public menorah lighting was organized by Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yechezkel Rapoport, director of Chabad Jewish Russian Center, who remarked,

“The Menorah serves as a symbol of Shoreline's dedication to preserve and encourage the right and liberty of all its citizens to worship G-d freely, openly, and with pride. Specifically, in America, a nation that was founded upon and vigorously protects the right of every person to practice his or her religion free from restraint and persecution, the Menorah takes on profound significance, embodying both religious and constitutional principles.”

Shoreline's menorah is one of thousands of large public menorahs sponsored by Chabad throughout the world, helping children and adults of all walks of life discover and enjoy the holiday message.

This year’s Hanukkah celebrations bring added significance as Jewish communities worldwide celebrate the year of Hakhel, a once-every-seven-years opportunity to celebrate Jewish unity and learning. Throughout the year, Jewish synagogues and organizations are hosting communal gatherings for men, women and children dedicated to encouraging Jewish observance.

Throughout the State of Washington, Chabad will be presenting scores of Chanukah events and celebrations, including public menorah lightings, Menorah Parades, Latkes parties, Giant Dreidel Houses, “Chanukah Wonderlands” and more. Information about Chanukah and a local schedule of events here.

Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, recalls the victory more than 2,100 years ago of a militarily weak but spiritually strong Jewish people who defeated a ruthless enemy that had overrun ancient Israel and sought to impose restrictions on the Jewish way of life, prohibit religious freedom and force the Jewish people to accept a foreign religion. During the occupation of Jerusalem and the Temple, the Syrian Greeks desecrated and defiled the oils prepared for the lighting of the Menorah, which was part of the daily service in the temple. Upon recapturing the Temple from the Syrian Greeks, the Jewish people found only one jar of undefiled oil, enough to burn only one day, but it lasted miraculously for eight days until new, pure olive oil was produced. In commemoration of this event, the Jewish people celebrate Chanukah for eight days by lighting an eight-branched candelabra known as a Menorah. The Menorah is placed in highly-visible place to publicize the miracle, with its message of hope and religious freedom, to all. Today, people of all faiths consider the Chanukah holiday as a symbol and message of the triumph of freedom over oppression, of spirit over matter, of light over darkness.

Chabad Jewish Russian Center offers Jewish education, outreach and social service programming for families and individuals of all ages, backgrounds and affiliations. For more information, contact Rabbi Yechezkel Rapoport, Chabad Jewish Russian Center, at 206-387-3919.



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Islam: Perceptions, Misconceptions and Context for the 21st Century

Monday, January 12, 2015

A free presentation on Islam 101: Perceptions, Misconceptions and Context for the 21st Century will be held on Thursday, January 15, 2015 from 7-8:30pm in the large meeting room of the Shoreline Library, 345 NE 175th, Shoreline.

What does it mean to be Muslim in a modern world?
What if much of what we believe about Islam is incomplete or simply wrong?

For more than 1.3 billion people across the world and many people in Washington state, Islam is not only their religion but also a way of life.

Led by scholar David Fenner, this presentation focuses on Islam and the many aspects that form the substance of a rich culture, traditions, and a way of life. Fenner provides an accurate view of Islam, and creates an open atmosphere and encourages free dialogue to promote greater understanding of Islam, its history and its place in the modern world.


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Lighting up the night with a giant Menorah

Monday, December 1, 2014

The Rabbi lights the Menorah at a
previous year's ceremony

December 21, 2014, 3pm, Wilcox Park 5215 196th St SW, Lynnwood 98036

The Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County and the Lynnwood Diversity commission invite you to celebrate the Festival of Lights at the third annual public Menorah Lighting Ceremony.

The Chanukah celebration will take place at 3:00pm on Sunday, December 21st, at Wilcox Park at 5215 196th St SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036. The event will feature speeches by the Rabbi of the Chabad Jewish Center and Lynnwood Mayor Nicola Smith, the kindling of the giant nine-foot Menorah, and delicious Holiday doughnuts. 

Chabad Centers all around the world are dedicated to spreading light and goodness in their respective communities. Chabad’s answer to the darkness and destruction is an increase in light and warmth. The Jewish Center will host a public community-wide Chanukah celebration where the message of religious freedom is brought to the street. 

The kindling of the Menorah each night of the holiday highlights Chanukah, a celebration for all time. "It is a holiday that enriches our lives with the light of tradition," said Rabbi Berel Paltiel, director of the Chabad Jewish Center. 
"In ancient times our ancestors rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem with the Menorah. Today, we rededicate ourselves to making this world a better and brighter place." Chanukah also propagates the universal message that ultimately good prevails over evil, freedom over oppression and light over darkness.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their own candle
to light away the darkness

In its Chanukah outreach campaign, Chabad of Snohomish County joins thousands of Chabad centers across the globe that are staging similar public displays of the Menorah and its symbolic lights. From Australia to Africa, Columbia to Hong Kong, New York City’s statue of liberty to the White House lawn, hundreds of thousands will experience the joy of Chanukah with Chabad.

Join the community at a public display of unity at this exciting Menorah Lighting Ceremony. Bring the kids and make this your special Chanukah celebration. We encourage everyone to bring a candle to light in unity.

For more information, contact the Chabad Jewish Center at 425-741-9633.


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Chanukah begins at sundown on Wednesday

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

The Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County will celebrate the Festival of Lights at the second annual public Menorah Lighting Ceremony at 4:00pm on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the Centennial Plaza in Downtown Edmonds.

They provide this information about the Festival:

Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, recalls the victory - more than 2,100 years ago - of a militarily weak, but spiritually strong, Jewish people over the mighty forces of a ruthless enemy that had overrun the Holy Land and threatened to engulf the land and its people in darkness.

The miraculous victory of religious freedom was compounded by a second great miracle that took place when only one jug of sacred oil was found still pure and sealed. The Maccabees poured the one-day supply of oil into the great Menorah and rekindled the Menorah that had been desecrated and extinguished by the enemy. The small amount of oil did not burn out at the end of the first day, but continued to burn continuously for eight days, until the special process for preparing new oil could be completed.

Lighting the Chanukah Menorah reminds us of these events and also serves as a symbol and a message of triumph of freedom over oppression, of spirit over matter, of light over darkness.

Today, Jews all over the world light their Menorot, in thanks to G-d who has saved them “To enjoy these days at this season.” Each night an additional light is kindled until, on the eight day, the Menorah is ablaze with eight beautiful lights.

Because of the great significance of oil in the story of Chanukah, it is traditional to serve foods cooked in oil. Among the most popular are delicious Potato Latkes.

The Syrians decreed that the teaching or studying of Torah was a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.

But the children defiantly studied in secret; and when Syrian patrols were spotted, they would pretend to be playing an innocent game of Dreidel.

The Dreidel is a four-sided spinning top also called a Svivon, in Hebrew. On each side is a Hebrew letter: “Nun”, “Gimmel”, “Hay”, and “Shin”. The letters stand for the phrase “Nes Gadol Hayah Sham - a great miracle happened there”. It is traditionally used to play a lively Chanukah game.

On Chanukah, it is traditional to give all children Chanukah Gelt (money). This beautiful custom adds to the children's happiness and festive spirit. In addition, it affords us an opportunity to give them positive reinforcement for exemplary behavior, such as diligence in their studies, and acts of charity.


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Lighting up the night with a giant menorah in Edmonds

Thursday, November 14, 2013


The Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County invites you to celebrate the Festival of Lights at the second annual public Menorah Lighting Ceremony. The Chanukah celebration will take place at 4:00pm on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the Centennial Plaza in Downtown Edmonds.

The event will feature speeches by the Rabbi of the Chabad Jewish Center and Edmonds Mayor Dave Earling, the kindling of the giant nine-foot Menorah, and delicious Holiday doughnuts.

Chabad Centers all around the world are dedicated to spreading light and goodness in their respective communities. Chabad’s answer to the darkness and destruction is an increase in light and warmth. The Jewish Center will host a public community-wide Chanukah celebration where the message of religious freedom is brought to the street.

The kindling of the Menorah each night of the holiday highlights Chanukah, a celebration for all time. "It is a holiday that enriches our lives with the light of tradition," said Rabbi Berel Paltiel, director of the Chabad Jewish Center. "In ancient times our ancestors rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem with the Menorah. Today, we rededicate ourselves to making this world a better and brighter place." 

Chanukah also propagates the universal message that ultimately good prevails over evil, freedom over oppression and light over darkness.

In its Chanukah outreach campaign, Chabad of Snohomish County joins thousands of Chabad centers across the globe that are staging similar public displays of the Menorah and its symbolic lights. From Australia to Africa, Columbia to Hong Kong, New York City’s statue of liberty to the White House lawn, hundreds of thousands will experience the joy of Chanukah with Chabad.

Join the Edmonds community at a public display of unity at this exciting Menorah Lighting Ceremony. Bring the kids and make this your special Chanukah celebration.

We encourage everyone to bring a candle to light in unity.

For more information, contact the Chabad Jewish Center at (425) 286-7465. Centennial Plaza in downtown Edmonds is located 121 5th Avenue North, Edmonds, WA 98020.


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Kingdome Community offers alternative Halloween festival Oct 25

Wednesday, October 9, 2013


Kingdom Community Worship and Outreach Center will be hosting its 3rd annual Harvest Fest, October 25th at 7:00pm, on the campus of Shoreline Community College in the gym. This event is an alternative to Halloween for the whole family. There will be lots of candy, games, toys, food, door prizes and music. Join us for this free community event! Shoreline Community College is located at 16101 Greenwood Ave. North, Shoreline, WA 98133. For more information, call 206-234-7859. 


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Feast of St. Michael and all Angels at Church of the Redeemer Sept 29

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Everyone is welcome to celebrate the Feast of St. Michael and all Angels with the people of Church of the Redeemer. There is a single, combined service for this celebration on Sunday, September 29, 2013, at 10:30am.

The Christian education program for children starts for this program year on this day at 9:30 am. The adult program starts on Sunday, October 6.

This is the first Sunday the choir sings for the program year.

What about angels?
The scriptural word “angel” means literally a messenger. Often, the depiction of these spirits in Christian art is in human form, with wings, swords, and dazzling clothes. Unfortunately, this has led many to dismiss angels as another mythological beast, like a unicorn, griffin, or sphinx. 
The Bible only names four angels: Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael. The Archangel Michael is the powerful agent who wards off evil, and delivers peace at the end of life’s mortal struggle.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6211 NE 182nd Street, Kenmore, Washington, near the north end of Lake Washington.

For more information, call Church of the Redeemer at 425-486-3777.


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Painting in the park: Shoreline church helps maintain parks

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Jesse Garten, 12, of Shoreline paints a railing Saturday morning.
Jesse says his family does volunteer work nearly every Saturday morning.
Photo courtesy My Edmonds News


Dozens of volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Shoreline Congregation, which includes members from Edmonds, Shoreline and other nearby cities, spent their Saturday morning sprucing up Edmonds City Park.

Led by former Edmonds City Councilmember Richard Marin, the volunteers sanded and painted 66 metal guard rails — each one 20-feet long — located between the park’s road and turf and play areas. According to Marin, the work at the park was one of seven local projects that the congregation was involved in Saturday, all in response to President Obama’s call to honor Sept. 11 as a Day of Remembrance and a National Day of Service. Other efforts included work at a women’s shelter and the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), Marin said.


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Blessing of the Pets October 6 at Bethel Lutheran Church

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Blessing of the Pets October 6 at 12:30pm at Bethel Lutheran Church

"And God said, 'Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind...'"

This year Bethel Lutheran Church (17418 8th Ave NE) will be bringing back a semi-old tradition: a simple Blessing of the Pets service in the Lower Parking Lot.

While all of God's creatures are welcome to attend, those who might struggle to "love their neighbor as themselves" should be crated or otherwise contained.

Questions?  Contact Pastor Ode.


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Celebrate the feast of the Holy Cross at Church of the Redeemer

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Celebrate the feast of the Holy Cross on September 15, 2013, with the people of Church of the Redeemer. This is at 6211 NE 182nd Street in Kenmore.

There are services at 8:00am (simple, no music) and 10:30am (music). If interested, learn a couple hymns and a Taizé chant at 10:00 am for the following service.

Origins of the feast of the Holy Cross

The Emperor Constantine had a complex of buildings built as a shrine on the site of the resurrection of Jesus. Excavation and construction at the shrine was under the direction of Constantine’s mother, Helena.

It was during the excavation under Helena’s direction that a relic was found. This relic is believed to be a piece of the true cross on which Jesus was crucified.

The dedication of the buildings of the shrine was on September 14, 355. The celebration of the feast of the Holy Cross is normally on the anniversary of this dedication. 

For 2013, Church of the Redeemer transfers this celebration to September 15 so we can celebrate it on a Sunday.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6211 NE 182nd Street, Kenmore, near the north end of Lake Washington. View a map and get directions.

The heart of community life is worship in the Episcopal tradition. Art and music in worship vitally deepen worship. Community life expresses itself in the world with service to people, locally to internationally,

For more information, call Church of the Redeemer at 425-486-3777 or send a message. The Episcopal Church welcomes you.


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Child holocaust survivor Lillian Boraks-Nemetz at Lynnwood Jewish Center Sunday

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz
Author and child holocaust survivor Lillian Boraks-Nemetz will speak at the Chabad Jewish Center in Lynnwood this Sunday, June 23rd at 4pm. Suggested donation $10. The Center is at 19626 76th Ave W Suite B Lynnwood WA 98036.

Hear Lillian share her fascinating life story, followed by an open question session. All are welcome. Mike Schanche of Congressman Rick Larsen’s office will share remarks on behalf of Congressman Larsen.

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz was born in Warsaw, Poland. As a child, she was incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto for eighteen months. For the remainder of WWII Lillian was hidden under a false identity.

In 1947, she and her family moved to Canada, living first in Montreal, then Vancouver, and finally settling in Victoria.

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz is the author of a trilogy for young readers (The Old Brown Suitcase, The Sunflower Diary, and The Lenski File) and two volumes of poetry. She has translated and co-translated into English two poetry collections written by Polish émigré poets. She teaches creative writing in the Department of Continuing Studies at the University of British Columbia.

In her novel, The Old Brown Suitcase, an immigrant girl comes to Canada from Poland. Her suitcase is filled with memories of the Warsaw Ghetto where she left behind her parents and sister.


“To witness and experience, arguably the worst period in history, yet still have the dignity and strength to rebuild from the ashes, is beyond admirable. It is super-human.   It is our honor and privilege to have Mrs. Lillian Boraks-Nemetz come and share her experiences with us.” Said Rabbi Berel Paltiel of the Chabad Jewish center.

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International Race Unity Day Picnic June 9

Monday, May 13, 2013



International Race Unity Day Picnic
Sunday, June 9, 2013
12 noon to 5:00 p.m.
Paramount Park in Shoreline, 
NE 155th Street and 8th Ave NE
public event
sponsored by the Shoreline Baha'i Community
contact info: Laura Silver 206-227-2391


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Chabad launches Torah studies course in Lynnwood

Friday, April 5, 2013



Torah Studies: A Weekly Journey into the Soul of the Torah
New Season Explores Judaism’s Relevance in Modern Life

Chabad of Snohomish County Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) will launch a new Torah Studies course in October. Classes will be held at the Chabad Center, 19626 7th Ave W Suite B, Lynnwood WA 98036., beginning April 10th, 7:30 – 8:30 pm, and continue for eleven consecutive Wednesday evenings. Like all of Chabad’s courses, this latest adult education offering is designed for people at all levels of Jewish knowledge.

“This course is truly novel in the way it probes the depths of classic Jewish thought to address the issues we face in contemporary Jewish life”, says Rabbi Berel Paltiel, the course instructor. “I am looking forward to the great discussions that these texts no doubt will generate. The dialogue among participants is often my favorite part of the class.”

Some of the topics to be addressed are the Jewish perspective on realizing your true potential, human struggle, and the power of a single action. The season will also touch upon the seasonal holidays.

Interested students are welcome to attend the first session free, without obligation to continue. The fee for the entire course is $54, which includes the course textbook. Students are invited to call Chabad at (425) 640-2811 to enroll or visit the website.


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