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Title	The Spire
Date	September 01, 2010
	Volume 73 / Number 9 A Change of Seasons A Thank You From Ned Allyn Parker Our Pastoral Staff: Transitions Imminent! Columbarium Taking Shape A Conversation with the Bible and Dr. Flora Wilson Bridges John Mbaria Granted Official Status Think Inside the Box: Clean Greens Farm and Market at SFBC Crusing the Duwamish River with Refl ections and Prayers Earl Sutherland Honored John Merrill Memorial Award to Dennis Raymond Brook Stanford Named to Advisory Commission From “Java & Jesus” to “After Words” Light to Live In: 2010 Baptist Peace and Justice Conference Senior Retreat on Prayer Hits Home Seattle Jazz Vespers Begins 9th Season with The Susan Pascal Quartet SFBC Choir Plans for October Tour A Concert by Award-Winning Vocalist Cynthia Clawson Money Talk Annual Women’s Retreat - PASSION: I will not die an unlived life! Labyrinth Walk September Events - Homecoming Calendar
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Title	The Spire
Date	August 01, 2010
	Volume 73 / Number 9 Children, Youth, Singles and FamiliesMinistries Candidate to Preach August 22nd Notice of Special Congregational Meeting August 22nd Senior Lunch, Sunday, August 8th The Hand of Fellowship - Our New Members Birth Announcements First Light Ignites Possibilities with Eco Spirituality/Social Justice Ministries Book Discussion Group - Toward a True Kinship of Faiths The July 3rd Picnic in the Parking Lot Annual All Church Picnic August 22nd Summer in Honduras Youth Help Out in Gray’s Harbor Playwright Jean Mattson Talks About “Petticoat Prerogative” Our 140th Anniversary Photograph A Christian-Buddhist Ponders Death Once Again Racially Profiled US Seeks Money Transfer Technology from Kenya Experiments with Faith Identities in an Interfaith Context Join the Choir and Come on Retreat August 28th and 29th 2010 Annual Women’s Retreat Duwamish River Ecojustice Boat Tour August 2010 Calendar
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Title	The Spire
Date	July 01, 2010
	Volume 73 / Number 7 Notice of Special Congregational Meeting Our Pastoral Staff: Looking Forward Hilltop House Annual BBQ One Great Hour of Sharing Carol Tegenfeldt and Joel Hoefle at SFBC “Making Lemonade” Dr. Gretchen Gundrum Returns Linfield College Scholarship Named for Walt Pulliam Looking Back, Looking Forward Sunday School Wraps-up 2009-2010 People News Rev. Bruce Chittick Appointed Nancy Roberts-Brown Honored Sami Hoag Named Outstanding Educator Evergreen Association Hosts Annual Barbecue Have you Registered for the Summer Seniors Retreat? Join the Choir and Come on Retreat New Carpeting to Be Installed in Fellowship Hall Now We’re Energy SMART! Membership Forms New Groups Annual All Church Picnic ABW Reports a Truckload of Pennies “Hey, that’s MY church!” A Benediction July 2010 Calendar
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Title	The Spire
Date	June 01, 2010
	Volume 73 / Number 6 What Does it Mean to be Welcoming and Affirming to Transgendered People? The Ordination of Bruce Chittick ABW Luncheon June 12th - Love is in the Air Richard Conlin to be Guest Speaker Praise All Ways! — June 13th Retreat - Experiments With Faith in an Interfaith Context Summer Seniors Retreat — Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Welcome to Social Justice Ministries — Sowing Justice in 2010 Acknowledging the Importance of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Awareness Education Youth and Burmese Attend Mariners Game The Largest Oil Spill Ever Seeking Donations for the Trinity Thrift Shop Seattle Green Festival Columbarium An Invitation to Haiti “Over Coffee” The Meaning of Matthew Pastoral Search Update Update on Alice Bryant Peace Park Inside Reaching Outside Time to Apply for a Scholarship! June Calendar
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Title	The Spire
Date	May 01, 2010
	Volume 73 / Number 5 Giving a Part of Ourselves to the Homeless Pentecost 2010 Bruce’s Chittick’s Ordination Council Former Companis Worker, Paul Raushenbush, to Preach on Companis Celebration Sunday Companis Honors Patrick Green An AWAB Update Progress on Finding Our New Youth Pastor First Light Series Returns May 2nd Marcus Borg’s The Heart of Christianity Diverse Harmony, Best Friends Forever - A New Musical Undoing Racism’s Year-End Celebration Ruth Draper Doctoral Chamber Recital Music Sunday Good Communications Reflections of Easter Sunday 2010 Steeple Dropouts? Senior Retreat - Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep May Calendar and Looking Ahead
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Title	The Spire
Date	April 01, 2010
	Volume 72 / Number 4 Care Sharing: A Presentation by Marty Richards The Perfect Tenant - Rauschenbusch Center for Spirit and Action Thank You for making SING US HOME a Success! Video Link to SING US HOME Concert Saving Paradise Eastertide – An Uprising! My Tulips Bruce Chittick On His Way to Ordination Progress on Finding Our New Youth Pastor! Seattle First Baptist: A Peace Church? Presenting Honey to an Unknown Figure Administrator Update ABW Ministries Answers the Call For Haiti Community News Seattle Jazz Vespers Presents SWOJO Labyrinth Walk Hilltop House - 11th Annual Art Show April Calendar
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