Outreach
Afghan Refugees – VART news (update)
Conversation Partners Are Needed for Afghan Refugees (update) An exciting opportunity is being offered to us. As you have watched pictures of the Afghan refugees in the last few months, have you wondered what they are like as people? We now have the chance to converse with Afghan refugees. The Diocese of Olympia is…
Read MoreAfghan Resettlement Team- VART News
The Afghan resettlement team is looking for a new place to store and sort the household kits. We’ve been working at Lewis Hall but the Unitarians are preparing to reopen services there. We need an area about the size of a small bedroom, could be unheated. We need regular access so we can bring deliveries.…
Read MoreGrocery Receipts Nourish Neighbors
Even though Covid has changed many traditions, CHS parishioners have continued to turn in their grocery receipts from Thriftway and IGA. In 2021 we received $1,418.86 from Thriftway and IGA as a result of turning in our grocery receipts. Last month’s receipts alone totaled a generous $16,500, which brought in $539.95 for this past January…
Read MoreAfghan Resettlement Team and other VART news
Afghan Resettlement team: The Vashon Afghan Resettlement Team had their first milestone this week: two household kits were delivered! Team members packed a community van and unloaded at the Refugee Resettlement Office and then the new home of an Afghan family. We delivered to Nafisa and her teen children. We didn’t share a language; fortunately,…
Read MoreWelcoming the Stranger
Welcoming the Stranger The New York Times Looks at Churches and Afghan Refugees What do Afghan refugees and churches like CHS have in common? As our faith community has prepared to ease the path of Afghan refugees to their new homes so have other faith communities across the U.S. In the usually secular pages…
Read MoreBilingual Books for Vashon’s Spanish-Speaking Children
Last year when Rotary agreed to build a bookshelf for the Spanish Community on the island, Church of the Holy Spirit, along with the Vashon School District, committed to donating books to stock the shelves. With input from the Spanish speaking community, the request was made for children’s bilingual books and sets of English/Spanish books.…
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