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Donate Holiday Cards and 2027 Calendars
Donate your extra holiday cards and 2027 calendars for others who can use them!
Place them in the blue food bank cart, next to the nursery.

 

Ripe Blackberries available for picking
There are blackberries ripe for picking by the playground and will not last much
longer!

Blessing of the Animals Sunday Oct 11th 11:30am - Front of Church
All are invited to a fun blessing of all God’s animals of the world. You don’t need a
pet to enjoy this service. Invite your friends, neighbors, and relatives!
Bring your pet, a picture of pet, cell phone pic, or name of pet to be blessed by
Pastor Cathy. Pets receive a certificate and treats! The service will be held outside
near the main doors to the sanctuary building.
We’ll also have a memorial table- bring names or pictures of past beloved pets.
“Blessing of the Animals” is done in October near the Feast of St Francis. St Francis
is the “Patron Saint of Animals”

October Pet Food Drive
Donations of pet food will be delivered to the Renton Salvation Army Food Bank
and Kent Animal Shelter (Regional Animal Services of King County - RASKC).
Donation collection boxes throughout October in the narthex and preschool
entrance and outside by front door.
Donations can help someone on a limited income keep their beloved pet and can
help the shelter provide food and other items.

UWF Annual Quilt/Craft/Gift/Bake Sale Oct 4th 11:30am-2:00pm

The women of United Women in Faith (UWF) invite you to their annual Quilt,
Crafts, Gifts and Baked Goods sale, after worship on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
Our Fairwood United Women in Faith have been busy sewing, creating, baking and
cooking. You’ll find plenty to enjoy. All proceeds will support local, national and
international missions for vulnerable women and families. Examples of missions we
support locally include Vision House, Vine Maple Place, and Atlantic Street Center.
A Preview of some of the quilts and crafts are at the link below.  You can also reserve/purchase quilts from that link.
UWF Quilt/Craft Sale Preview


Book club
Join us this Thursday for our monthly book club discussion of “The Correspondent!”
We meet at 7:00pm in-person in BH-2 (labeled as Classroom 2, left side of hallway)
or online via Zoom! Contact Donna S. for the Zoom link.

Our next several books will be:
October 22nd, 2026: The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison
December 3rd, 2026: Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
(Note that we will NOT meet on the 4th Thursday of November)
January 28th, 2027: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
February 25th, 2027: Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon

New Church Online Calendar
Please be aware that we have a new calendar on our website under the Events
Page.
There is a grid view, and a list view.
Click on the event and you will see the room numbers.
If you have questions, you can reach out to Heather Spates or the office.

Fall Kickoff Flyers
Our Fall Kick Off Flyers are available today!
Be sure to take one to see what events are coming up!

Bible Study Starting Sept 8th Tuesday's 9:45am- 11:15am

Join Pastor Cathy today after worship for a monthly Sunday study of “How the Bible
Actually Works” by Peter Enns. It’s easy to read and filled with compassion and a
goal to help readers with the ever-present task of understanding a collection of
documents, books, and letters, thousands of years old, in a 21st century world.
Today we’ll be working through chapters 1-4.

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