Dear Alki UCC,
Today is Maundy Thursday. Maundy is the Latin word for command or mandate. On this day, we are invited to remember Jesus’ instruction to his disciples for them to love one another as he loved them. On this day of Holy Week, as we wade ever closer to the mystery of resurrection, we pause and wonder at this teaching of Jesus.
We will meet this evening in the parlor at 6:00 pm for a meal of soup and bread, readings, songs and birdsong (aka flute music by Daniel). We will celebrate handwashing and Holy Communion by serving each other at the table. Our theme is Towel and Birdsong. The towel is a symbol of service, and birdsong a reminder to listen for God’s love.
If you can’t make it to our service, I invite you to have a mindful meal on your own this evening. A Maundy Thursday meal is simple. No elaborate planning or standing for hours over a stove required. You may wish to set the table and light a candle.
If you often eat in front of the TV or on the go, it might feel unusual to eat in the quiet with nothing else happening! What do you notice? Consider what it might have felt like to be in the room at the last supper that Jesus had with his disciples before he died, and his teaching to love one another as we have been loved by God. What do you wonder about? How do you respond?
We follow in the footsteps of Jesus, from the meal to remember to the shadows of Good Friday. We must move through the darkness to reach the dawn. Blessings to you on this most Holy Week.
In hope,
Pastor Emily
Image: Flow
by Carmelle Beaugelin Caldwell
A Sanctified Art
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Alki UCC Holy Week
Services
and Events
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Tonight!
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.
Image: Revealed through Nonviolence
by Lauren Wright Pittman
A Sanctified Art
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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!
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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.
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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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Tree Seedling Planting Party
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Sunday, April 12
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Alki UCC front Courtyard
 All ages are invited — youngsters to elders! As a participant in Grow It Forward's regional tree restoration project, Alki UCC friends and neighbors are hosting a planting party to settle 100 Douglas Fir seedlings into their new temporary home in the church micro-nursery. The young trees will be tended on-site for two years before being transplanted to regional river habitat restoration projects.
Bring gloves and trowels if you have them; trees, soil and pots provided. Rain or shine, stop on by, plant a few or a lot! See Julia C and Aly for details
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 Grow It Forward is a non-profit organization working with gardeners in the greater Seattle area to grow valuable native tree and shrub seedlings. 2026 is the 4th year of dedicated participation by Alki UCC volunteers and community friends.
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Alki UCC Outreach Ministry Team
Lenten Good News Corner
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The Good News is ... inspiring us to act
Community of Christ, look past the church's door
More than 20 folks from our church community participated in the third No Kings protest, joining more than 100,000 throughout the Seattle area. Pastor Emily preached a strong sermon (linked here) the following day on Palm Sunday. One of the hymns we sang in worship beautifully captures this week's Lenten message: The Good News is...inspiring us to act! The selection, Community of Christ by Shirley Erena Murray, is on page 314 in The New Century Hymnal. Here's an excerpt:
"Community of Christ, look past the church's door
and see the refugee, the hungry, and the poor.
Take hands with the oppressed, the jobless in your street,
Take towel and water, that you wash your neighbor's feet."
Joan S, one of Julia C's friends and a volunteer at WIN's Saturday Welcome Table, provides this perspective:
"This is such an important time! With so much to keep track of I've been listening to and supporting a lot of progressive Substack folks to help me understand our shared history and connect the dots circling the globe. I want to know what feeds our roots, trunk, branches, twigs.
It's an ugly time in many respects, but exciting to see how strong, resolved, and united we are as more is revealed. I have faith we'll eventually act on a new vision of ourselves with new respect.
Meanwhile, it's important to do what moves us, to breathe, take care of ourselves and each other, and ground! That's my take. Love, Joan"
This wraps up our six-week Lenten Outreach Team's Good News stories for the Alki UCC newsletter. We hope you have felt pride in all that our Church Family (that's YOU!) are doing for peace and social justice in West Seattle and beyond.
—Your Alki UCC Outreach Team
BTW - You are welcome to join!
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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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Worship this Sunday,
April 5
at 10:00 am
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Easter
Sunday
The Good News is . . .
alive in the world
Rev. Emily
Tanis-Likkel
Diane J
Liturgist
Scripture
Matthew 28:1-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Daniel Self
Music Director
John Wells
Trumpet
Music Highlights
Overture from Suite in D Major from "Watermusic" Georg Friedrich Handel
Arr. Michel Rondeau
ale Hale Hale NCH 236
Risen Today!
Arr: Jay Althouse
Christ Arose
Robert Lowry
Image:
Meet Me in Galilee
by Hannah Garrity
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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Calling all
Cooks & Hosts!
Welcome Table Community Meal this 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 this Saturday, April 4.
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
Monday, April 6
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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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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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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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6115 SW Hinds
Seattle, WA 98116
206/935-2661;
Church news/calendar updates at alkiucc.org.
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