Join us for the Weekly Saturday bike ride! We gather at eight o'clock Saturday morning at the Meeker Trailhead of the Foothills Trail, located across from Van Lierops Bulb Farm just off of E Pioneer Ave. Directions to the trailhead, as well as complete descriptions of each section of the trail, can be found at the Foothills Trail website. We ride all the way to Orting, a distance of approximately seven miles, where we'll be stopping for refreshment at the new Fox Hollow Coffee. At a leisurely pace, the ride out and back takes a bit less than an hour each way, so depending on how long we linger over coffee the whole trip is about two and a half hours. You should be back by 10:30 or so, in plenty of time to visit the downtown Puyallup Farmer's Market. All bicycles and bicyclists are welcome. Like to speed along then wait for the group while smugly enjoying your coffee? Great! Rather chat while rolling along at a fair mosey? Great! The Cornerstone Garage, behind the Office, is equipped with tire pumps, tools, and a bike stand, in addition to a wonderful new garage door. If you need to get your bicycles out of winter storage and tuned up, just contact Fr. Ben for a time to come by the garage. See you on the trail!!! 

Tapestry Singers' Spring Concert, 'Of Hope and Home: Longings of the Heart' Sunday, May 23^rd at 3 pm at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 10510 136^th St. E., Puyallup. Join us for music, a gift basket raffle, and refreshments after the program. Monies raised from the gift basket(s) drawings will benefit the Tapestry Music Scholarship to Emerald Ridge High School.

On Sunday, June 6th, there will be a training/refreshing session for all current and interested Altar Party members. The training will take place after each service that morning. If you are already involved in one of these ministries, please plan to attend so that we can all be on the same liturgical page as we worship. If you are interested in participating, or are simply curious, you are also invited to sit in and ask questions. Ministries included under the "Altar Party" label are: Lay Readers, Chalice Bearers, Eucharistic Visitors, Acolytes, and Servers. Serving at the Altar on Sunday mornings and other occasions of worship is both an honor and a responsibility. When done with faith, it can also be a joy! Thank you for your ministry, and we hope to see you at this training session.

In a previous week's edition of The Friday Letters, Fr. Ben announced two Book Study series' for this summer. The first book is An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor, running for three weeks beginning June 6th. The second book is To Heal a Fractured World by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks beginning on July 11th. The study series' will have both a real-time, in-person component, as well as an anytime, online component. You can get all the details by checking out the new CECoP Book Study Blog.

Planned Giving/Stewardship/Evangelism workshop, "Getting Your Affairs in Order, Acting on Your Values":

The Church Office will be closed on Tuesday, June 1^st for Memorial Day.

Support Our Troops: during the summer months, 7,500 single soldiers will be coming home to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. We would like to support these single soldiers and stock up their living quarters with non-perishable food and hygiene items. Examples of items that would be appreciated are: chips, pretzels, nuts, bottled water, hygiene items, and non-frozen TV dinners. We will collect them in the bins in the Parish Hall, and they will be delivered to JBLM. We won't need help with mailing packages this time, but we would appreciate any donations. --Kathy Frisbee