PARISH VOICES

Sunday, January 11, 2026 — We shared a glorious afternoon celebrating our post Theophany Blessing of the Waters at the Edmonds Waterfront. Congrats to Titus who was the first to retrieve the Cross and all those who took the Polar Plunge into the blessed waters of the Puget Sound!

It is our cherished tradition to have our homes blessed with the water sanctified on Holy Theophany. Fr. Tom will be visiting parish homes from January 6 through the end of the month, leading a prayer service and blessing each house with this life-giving water. Why We Bless Our Homes We bless houses for the same reason we bless anything—to restore that particular thing to its correct purpose. When we bless something, we reclaim it for God and restore it as a means of communio

Creation Touched By The Creator When Jesus is being baptized by John the Baptist, we are called to embrace the miracle of how creation participates in our salvation story! Our hymns at Epiphany reveal that: "Today, the uncreated one is, by His own will, touched by the creature. Today, the prophet and forerunner approaches the Master but pauses in awe. Today, the waters of the Jordan are turned into healing by the presence of the Lord. Today, paradise is opened to all humankin