After two-year legal battle, Chabad Jewish Center of Pierce County to open on Tacoma's West End
- After a two-year legal battle and nearly a year of construction, an Orthodox Jewish group is about to open its $2.4 million synagogue and education building between two houses on Tacoma’s West End.
Lama Chuck Stanford, Rime Center & Monastery, Kansas City, Mo.: Buddhism is a nontheistic religion; therefore prayers are not directed to a supreme being. Yet, all of us have wishes or aspirations that are often manifested through prayers.
Three reverends, a pastor and a rabbi walked into an art museum on Saturday, but this was no joke.
The new pastor at St. John United Church of Christ in the eastern Missouri town of St. Clair doesn’t play softball, but members of his church do. Or at least they did until their pastor’s sexuality prompted a boycott within their church league.
Samples of a dozen foods that were served at a Buddhist monastery, including noodles, spring rolls and teas, have been sent to a state lab in hopes of detecting what might have sickened 150 people.
First Congregational Church, one of Tacoma’s oldest and most historic houses of worship, has stood as a spiritual fixture near Wright Park for 104 years. That legacy could end soon. The church will be put up for sale in the next two weeks and could be demolished.
During its 137 years, First Congregational Church of Tacoma has amassed a colorful and significant history. Here are some highlights:
Jon Kitna, the former NFL quarterback now teaching and coaching at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, challenged men Friday at the annual Pierce County Prayer Breakfast to become spiritual leaders in their homes and communities.
A PBS television genealogy series will feature a Tacoma-raised rabbi on Sunday.
More than 300 people rallied for religious freedom Friday in downtown Tacoma, protesting President Barack Obama’s mandate that employee health plans include contraceptive coverage.
The Rev. Duke Tufty, pastor of Unity Temple on the Plaza, Kansas City, Mo.: My first response to this question was to recall the “most famous” people who had religions founded upon their teachings. For the most part, however, they weren’t religious people.
City Council meetings in Puyallup start with the Pledge of Allegiance and a roll call of council members.
A proposed law giving families a way to stop autopsies for religious reasons, prompted by the recent case of a Jewish hiker who died on Mount Rainier, passed out of a legislative committee before a key deadline this week.
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