Art & Music

Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts (www.ecva.org ) -- Online exhibitions of art, arts calendar, articles, essays, and newsletters

The Tudor Choir (www.tudorchoir.org) One of St. Thomas' Ensembles in residence. Includes a schedule of upcoming performances.

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Bible & The Book of Common Prayer

BibleGateway.com (www.biblegateway.com) Search many different Bible translations

Book of Common Prayer (http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/) All versions of the BCP, from the first version to the most recent

Lectionary Page (http://www.io.com/~kellywp/index.html) This page gives daily readings from Lesser Feasts & Fasts

Revised Common Lectionary (http://divinity.lib.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/)

RSV Bible online (http://www.hti.umich.edu/r/rsv/browse.html) Complete text of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible online, indexed by chapter

The Message (http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?
action=getVersionInfo&vid=65&lang=2) A modern paraphrase of the Bible by Eugene Peterson; used once a month in our services. To look up passages by book and chapter, click Bible-Book list.

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Couples & Relationships

Gottman Institute (www.gottman.com) Organization that applies leading-edge research on marriage in a practical, down-to-earth therapy and trains therapists committed to helping couples. Web resources include videos, FAQs, and tips (including "Marriage Tips 101").

PREP (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program) (www.prepinc.com) One most comprehensive and well-respected divorce-prevention/marriage-enhancing programs in the world. Includes tools for couples and reports on policy and research issues.

TherapistLocator.net (www.therapistlocator.net) Search for a marriage and family therapist or read about mental health issues of all types including adoption, adolescent behavior problems, sexuality issues, and domestic violence. Sponsored by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (www.aamft.org).

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Diocese of Olympia

Churches in the diocese (www.olympia.anglican.org/congregations/congregationsbycity.cfm) List of all the churches in the Diocese of Olympia, with links to their websites.

Diocese of Olympia (www.olympia.anglican.org) Official site of the diocese to which St. Thomas belongs.

Episcopal Voice (www.olympia.anglican.org/publications/voice.cfm) Downloadable version of the official monthly news publication for the Diocese of Olympia.

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Episcopal Church

Affirming Anglican Catholicism (www.affirmingcatholicism.org) Affirming Anglican Catholicism is for all Anglicans, all Episcopalians, who wish to affirm the faith of the Church as well as all the people of God who love, and seek to live, that faith. The ministry of Affirming Catholicism is largely a teaching ministry. We organize conferences and provide a constantly growing library of scholarly and inspirational writings. We address the issues most debated in the Church today with essays, papers and books written by some of the best minds in the Anglican Communion. This ministry is international in scope, and seeks to provide a crucial antidote to the rising tide of biblical fundamentalism that, in many parts of the Anglican Communion, is wreaking the historic Anglican commitment to a balanced theology.

Anglican Dictionary (www.stjohnspeterborough.ca/dictionary.htm) -- Definitions of terms used in the liturgy, from "Alb" to "Vestments."

Anglicans Online (http://anglicansonline.org/) Articles and news stories updated weekly along with links to over 6000 other sites; includes an introduction to Anglicanism and links to dioceses and parishes around the world.

Episcopal Bulletin Board (www.beliefnet.com/boards/discussion_list.asp?boardID=3752) Discuss the church and its traditions with other Anglicans and Episcopalians.

Episcopal Church USA (www.episcopalchurch.org) Official site of the U.S. Episcopal Church.

Episcopal Life Online (www.episcopal-life.org) Online version of national newsletter.

The Revealer (www.therevealer.org) The Revealer is a publication of the New York University Department of Journalism and New York University's Center for Religion and Media, one of ten "Centers of Excellence" financed by The Pew Charitable Trusts as part of an effort to stimulate innovative research and teaching in the interdisciplinary study of religion. The Center's goal is to develop and broaden scholarship, pedagogy, and public knowledge of religion and media, in all their forms.

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Health

Familydoctor.org (www.familydoctor.org)  User-friendly health information for the entire family; includes specific information for kids, teens, and parents; covers healthy living, self-care, drug facts for adults and the elderly.

General Pediatrics.com (www.generalpediatrics.com) Search for information on 200 different common health problems. Also includes links to hundreds of online resources.

Health On the Net Foundation (www.hon.ch/HONcode/) Provides useful guidelines for consumers and links to reputable governmental, commercial, and educational sites. The Code of Conduct helps “standardize the reliability of medical and health information available on the World Wide Web.”

National Episcopal Health Ministries (www.episcopalhealthministries.org) Resources for parish nurses and others working in health ministries in Episcopal churches around the U.S.; includes a FAQ, link list, and downloadable version of the NEHM monthly newsletter, Body & Soul.

New York Online Access to Health (www.noah-health.org) Huge list of consumer-oriented health topics and resources across the lifespan; includes useful information about medications and pharmacy issues especially for kids and the elderly.

QuackWatch (www.quackwatch.org) Provides quackery- and fraud-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere on the Web.

theStatus.com (www.thestatus.com) A free service available to people with serious diseases and conditions that enables families and friends to access information about them and their treatment without phoning or emailing the patient directly.

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Kids & Parents

Children at Worship (www.childrenatworship.org) A program designed to include children in worship services. Weekly liturgies call out the participation of each member of the community, no matter the age, through the common life of prayer and confession, story telling, art and music, and, where applicable, Holy Communion.

Faith at Home (www.faith-at-home.com) Resources for parents, including tips, articles, a blog, Godly play information, book lists, and an ezine.

Godly Play (www.godlyplay.org) is a Montessori-based Sunday School curriculum which we use on Chapel Sundays and other special occasions for children.

Living the Good News (www.livingthegoodnews.com/ecc.htm) produces the Episcopal Children's Curriculum, which we use in our Sunday School program.

National Parent Information Center (www.npin.org) Provides access to research-based information about the process of parenting, and about family involvement in education.

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Outreach

Episcopalians for Global Change (www.e4gr.org/index.html) Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation is a grassroots movement of people who believe God is calling us as a church and a people to a task equal to the name we claim whe we call ourselves Christians--being God's hands and feet at a moment in time when the miraculous is now possible. Our focus is on "what one can do". Whether it be, one person, one congregation, one diocese, one body of Christ or one church, it does not matter. What matters is that Christians are coming together to help others, just as Jesus instructed us to do.

FaithTrust Institute (www.faithtrustinstitute.org) This international, multifaith organization offers a wide range of services and resources, including training, consultation and educational materials, to provide communities and advocates with the tools and knowledge they need to address the religious and cultural issues related to abuse.

Help Katrina Communities (www.campcoastcare.com) Camp Coast Care is a join Lutheran-Episcopal project that puts volunteers from around the country to work helping people in Mississippi recover from Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina Crisis Center (www.er-d.org/newsroom_64626_ENG_HTM.htm) Continually updated information about Hurricane Katrina, communities in the affected regions, and what ERD (Episocpal Relief and Development) is doing to help. Also includes hymns and prayers, personal stories, and photos.

St. Paul's Stories (www.stpaulsstories.blogspot.com) A blog (web log) telling the stories of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and School in the Hurricane Katrina devastated Lakeview section of New Orleans. We are called to help the St. Paul's community raise awareness of its struggle toward a new beginning, in particular through the individual stories of clergy, laity and school children, teachers and parents. This comes as part of the national Episcopal Church's We Will Stand With You program, which pairs dioceses and parishes across the land with Episcopal congregations whose buildings and ministries were damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf States last fall.

Together We Build (www.togetherwebuild.org) An Interfaith Coalition of Christians, Jews, and Muslims seeking to find common ground and learning from one another as we work together to build houses for low-income families in East King County, Washington.

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Prayer

African Bible Study Method (http://www.takomaparkpc.org/AfricanBibleStudy.htm) One method of reading and contemplating the Bible, individually or in a group.

Daily Office (www.dailyoffice.org) Morning and Evening Prayers for each day of the year.

Sacred Space (www.sacredspace.ie) The website guides you through a daily prayer, screen by screen, inviting you to pause and reflect.

The Lectionary Page (www.io.com/~kellywp/) A monthly calendar that shows the readings, psalm, and collect for each Sunday; also includes readings for saints’ days and other holy days.

St. Placid Priory (www.stplacid.org) The Benedictine Sisters of St. Placid Priory, a small monastic community in Lacey, cultivate a contemplative spirit that leads to hospitality and works of justice. We witness Gospel values in building community. We are committed to nurturing spiritual growth in ourselves and others, collaborative leadership, stewardship of the environment, and taking risks in following God's call.

The Society of St. John the Evangelist (www.ssje.org) Website for the American branch of the oldest monastic order for men in the Anglican Communion.

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Religion (General)

Practicing Congregations (www.practicingcongregations.org) In recent years, a quietly growing and largely unnoticed vitality has begun to emerge in some of the congregations in historic mainline Protestant denominations. Dotted across the American religious landscape, some of the nation’s oldest churches have found new ways of living their faith in the world. The Project on Congregations of Intentional Practice is based on the assumption that what appears to be isolated mainline vitality may well be the beginnings of a new congregational style in American Protestantism, that of the intentional (or practicing) congregation. These congregations were not birthed from any church growth program, technique, or denominational strategy. Rather, they are local expressions of Christianity as a way of life practiced in community—birthed from the imagination and passion the community itself. This project is not a “how-to” program that invents or creates such congregations. Instead, we are studying what mainline Christians are already doing that fosters and deepens their faith as a way of life.

Practicing Our Faith (www.practicingourfaith.org) Resources to help contemporary people live the Christian faith with vitality and integrity in changing times. Covers 7 practices including hospitality, household economics, keeping sabbath, testimony, discernment, forgiveness, healing, and dying well.

Ship of Fools (www.shipoffools.com) Called the "magazine of Christian unrest," Ship of Fools includes humorous pieces including the Mystery Worshipper, Gadgets for God, The Fruitcake Zone and Signs and Blunders as well as features on current affairs. A favorite site of clergy.

Speaking of Faith (http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/index.shtml) Online audio version of public radio's weekly national conversation about belief, meaning, ethics, and ideas. It is produced and distributed by American Public Media. Speaking of Faith does not always have "religion" itself as a subject. Week after week, it grapples with themes of American life — asking how perspectives of faith might distinctively inform and illuminate our public reflection.

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Seniors

AARP (www.aarp.org) Provides information and resources for adults over 50; topics include health and wellness, economic security and work, long-term care and independent living, computers and technology, travel and leisure, and personal enrichment.

FirstGov for Seniors (www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Seniors.shtml) Information especially for seniors about consumer protection, health, computers, tax assistance, travel and leisure, and more. Sponsored by the National Partnership for Reinventing Government and the Social Security Administration.

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