Dear Alki UCC,
Palm Sunday was a protest.
When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, he did so as a community organizer. When crowds waved palm branches and laid down their cloaks, they were not just going with the flow. They were joining a public expression of dissent, an organized gathering to resist those at the top of the social order.
Many of us will be heeding the call of community organizers this Saturday, whether downtown or at the Alaska Junction. We’ll gather with crowds to raise signs of resistance, chant dissent and look out for one another. To remind ourselves that we are not alone in our distress about the state of our country. To collectively resist. To know that grassroots movements really do create change.
And on Sunday, we march again — a short walk on Hinds St to 63rd and back again. We’ll sing. We’ll raise signs and branches. Because every Palm Sunday we re-enact the first as an expression of worship.
But also because we follow a community organizer. We follow one who invites us to resist all that is not right in the world. We follow one who calls us to put love first.
In hope,
Pastor Emily
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Alki UCC Holy Week Services
and Events
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Maundy Thursday
April 2 at 6:00 pm
Alki UCC Parlor
Towel and Birdsong
A service of handwashing, soup and bread Communion meal;
flute by Daniel Self
Good Friday
April 3 at Noon
The good news is . . .
revealed through nonviolence
Led by Pastor Emily and Daniel Self,
a contemplative service of music and readings.
Easter Sunrise Service on Alki Beach
Sunday, April 5 at 6:15 am
Welcome Easter on Alki Beach!
Look for a bonfire near 57th Ave SW
and join a West Seattle tradition with pastors
from Alki UCC, Admiral UCC and Fauntleroy UCC.
A short service with communion will be offered.
We'll be there rain or shine, so dress warmly!
Easter Sunday Sanctuary Service
April 5 at 10:00 am
The Good News is . . . alive in the world
Celebrate the resurrection!
Service includes special music
by John Wells, Trumpet, and the Alki UCC Community Choir,
directed by Daniel Self.
Sermon by Rev. Emily Tanis-Likkel.
Community Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 5 at 11:30 am
A neighborhood tradition! All ages welcome …
come join in the fun and invite your friends!
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Alki UCC Outreach Ministry Team
Lenten Good News Corner
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Good News rooted in justice, mercy and faithfulness.
Alki UCC OPOP Team:
Maintaining relationship as the journey expands
Rihan and our One Parish, One Prisoner (OPOP) team are making progress in learning how to navigate relationships within the prison system.
A recent meeting centered on how money can hurt or help a relationship, and in the bigger picture, how we can support each other best by walking beside each other rather than taking on each other’s burdens and responsibilities.
With that in mind, our letters with Rihan have made us rethink how we communicate and understand ourselves. We’ve discussed how we want to show our support to Rihan now and when she’s released, and how we are relating with her as she works through prison’s many hurdles. We are also thinking about how to get the community involved to support Rihan when the time is right! — Emily D
About Rihan (pronounced Ryan)
She is 34 years old, has children, and will likely settle in the Auburn area upon release.
Her goals include working to finish her Associate in Arts & Sciences degree; she is currently taking chemistry, one of three natural science classes she still needs. She asks for our prayers ,,, chemistry is hard! —Your Alki UCC Outreach Team
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No Kings Rally this Saturday March 28
West Seattle Junction
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
or
Cal Anderson Park
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
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 We have the power and are claiming it together.
No Thrones. No Clowns. No Kings.
What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading from small towns to city centers and across every community determined to defend democracy. Our peaceful movement is bigger than ever.
Let's make a mighty noise ... either in West Seattle:
Julia P is bringing Alki UCC’s new banner to the WS rally and needs partners to carry one end. Join us at the Junction! West Seattle Indivisible link here for No Kings rally details and sign up.
... or downtown:
Information here from Seattle Indivisible on No Kings march from Capitol Hill's Cal Anderson Park.
West Seattle Indivisible reports access to their bus transportation to Cal Anderson and back to WS from Seattle Center for $25/person is currently waitlisted. Check it out here.
Please stay safe and grounded in principles of nonviolence
and de-escalation. Make your voices heard!
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Call for Singers!
Sign up by Monday, May 4
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Add your unique voice to
Earth Mother,
Alki UCC's Spring Community Concert
Thursday, May 14, 7:30 pm
All singers ages 16 and older of all experience levels are invited to participate.
The deadline to sign up to sing is Monday, May 4. The only requirement is to attend two mandatory rehearsals at Alki UCC on Wednesdays, May 6 and 3 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
The Earth Mother program, featuring the Alki UCC Community Choir and friends, celebrates themes of nature and motherhood through a range of provocative and compelling contemporary choral works by living composers. Selections by Frank Ticheli, Ola Gjeilo, Katarina Gimon, Dan Forest and other beloved composers are showcased.
To sign up, email music@alkiucc.org by May 4 to express your interest in singing with us. Digital music and rehearsal resources will be provided so that singers can study independently ahead of our two rehearsals.
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Sandy J would like you to know that longtime member, Ned C, recently wrote from his winter home in Snowmass to send his greetings to the congregation. He hopes to see you when he returns to Seattle with the advent of more reasonable weather! He reports that, ironically, Snowmass has had no snow this year!
Merciful God, we give you thanks.
We give you gratitude for the beauty of this life, for our relationships and our community of faith.
We pray for all those who grieve.
May they find strength and peace.
We pray for all who seek comfort, guidance or healing.
We lift them up to your loving care.
We pray for our wider world.
We pray for the earth, your good creation entrusted to our care. We pray for those affected by violence, war, and disaster. We pray for leaders to act with integrity and be held accountable for their actions.
In prayer, O God, you hear us and know us. In prayer, we are unburdened and restored. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Please contact the church office to add or remove a prayer request.
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6115 SW Hinds
Seattle, WA 98116
206/935-2661;
Church news/calendar updates at alkiucc.org.
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Worship this Sunday,
March 29
at 10:00 am
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Palm/Passion
Sunday
Bring a branch or greenery to wave in the procession!
The Good News is . . .
inspiring us to act
Rev. Emily
Tanis-Likkel
Cinda S
Liturgist
Scripture
Mark 11:1-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Daniel Self
Music Director
Music Highlights
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
This is the Day
#314, Community of Christ
#216, All Glory,
Laud, and Honor
Image:
Palm Sunday Was a Protest
by Nicolette Faison
A Sanctified Art
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Sunday Worship Livestreamed on YouTube
The Sunday worship Live Stream video appears at 10:00 am every week at the top of the page.
Please "subscribe" to the Alki UCC channel
in order to participate
in the live chat.
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Join in the fun of putting on an Easter egg hunt for neighborhood kids!
How you can help:
Purchase a bag of individually wrapped SMALL candy and bring to church this Sunday.
Nut-free confections, please!
Candy pieces must be small enough to fit inside a standard-sized egg.
We'll be stuffing plastic eggs during Hospitality Hour after worship.
Join us!
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Calling all
Cooks & Hosts!
Welcome Table Community Meal Saturday, April 4
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The Welcome Table thrives on faith communities signing up to provide the hot meal each Saturday. But every now and then we have a date in the schedule without a hosting congregation.
Calling all cooks/hosts to create a true community potluck on April 4, the Saturday before Easter.
It just takes a handful of you to say: "Yes, I can do that." Please think about what you can bring (casserole, salad, dessert, main protein, etc).
New Beginnings Church
1320 SW 102nd St,
in White Center
Please deliver food by 11:30 am, stay and help out till about 12:45 pm.
It's always a great time and such joy to ALL come together! Contact Cinda with your commitment to bring food and/or help out during the meal.
Thank you beloved community!
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Alki UCC Men's Group Resumes Monthly Meetings
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Join us for meetings the first Monday of the month from 7:00 to 8:30 pm:
April 6
May 4
June 1
2610A Marine Avenue es. Future venues to be determined in time.
The group's mission is to create a time for men to connect with one another and share what's on their mind in an open, caring environment of listening and support.
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Sunday Worship Livestream
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The Sunday worship Livestream video appears at 10:00 am every week at the top of the page. Sunday Worship recordings
are accessed at the same link.
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