St. Columba's Welcomes a 2nd Deacon!

In September, we will welcome a second deacon to our congregation- The Rev. Stephen Tellari.  We are fortunate to have Steve joining our community, and fortunate to have two deacons ministering in our community.  (Mary Moon will continue to serve at St. Columba's Church for, hopefully, many more years to come.)  Steve will begin liturgical duties in September, but you will already see him around on Sundays (with his wife Shirley Cowin Hickey).  

Steve will also begin contacting you as individuals and families, seeking to get to know you and your interests a bit better. Steve will be serving liturgically alongside of Mary Moon, but will have a different set of ministries in our community (more on this later).  Deacons are assigned by BIshop Rickel, and I am very grateful to him that we will have two as part of our congregation.  

About the Rev. Stephen Tellari

      Steve Tellari: advocate,  teacher, administrator, public information officer, union president, and deacon in the Episcopal Church in Western Washington,  was born in Rugby, CO, to Steve Tellari,Sr., union organizer for the Coal Mine Workers, and Pamela Kirkland, union organizer for Communications Workers. Tellari taught for the Peninsula School District, Gig Harbor, WA.  He instructed courses through the University of Puget Sound, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University.  Currently, his advocacy at the Center for Career Alternatives, a non-profit in Kent, involves adjustments in immigration status for refugees, asylees, immigrants, and supervision of student programs such as GED preparation, WA state test preparation, SAT/ACT workshops, and grant writing.  His work is funded by the King County Housing Authority, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Kent School District, federal funding from School’s Out, and the Supplemental Educational Services, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.  Having served as co-chair of the Kent School District Alliance for Diversity, he also served on the Citizens Budget Review Committee.  Honored by the Washington PTA, he received the Washington State Leadership Award for his fundraising and grants totaling 3.5 million for reorganization of the high schools and an additional $100,000 for a playground for disadvantaged children in the Covington area.  He was recognized by the South King Council of Human Services for mobilizing the involvement of others in the areas of poverty and racism.  As a deacon, he has just completed an assignment at St. Clement of Rome, Episcopal, Seattle, WA.  Working in public policy is his goal. Trained by the Washington Education Association as a community organizer, he completed this summer the national training in community organizing sponsored by the Industrial Areas Foundation, Chicago, IL.   He is married to Shirley Cowin Hickey, elementary teacher, Kent Education Legislative Association chair and past Kent Education Association president.  They have two children and three grandchildren. 

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at jrlander@saintcolumba.org

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Six women gathered for Women's Bible Study at the Hamilton's on May 17th for a meal, fellowship and to discuss the future of this group.

All those attending (and two additional women who could not attend but sent messages) voiced their desire for this group to continue. There was some discussion of schedule conflicts during the summer.

The women decided that during the summer months and September the Women's Bible Study will meet only once a month, on the 3rd Monday: Augusts 16, September 20.

We will return to our normal twice per month schedule starting in October, meeting on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. We will divide our time so that there is time for dinner and fellowship, bible study using the following Sunday's Gospel reading, intercessary prayer, followed by dessert, and finishing no later than 8:30.

WOMEN’S CURSILLO REUNION GROUP

Any woman who is looking for a Cursillo Reunion Group please contact Pat Jarvis 206-824-6736.