Did you ever have news that was so exciting that you could not wait to share it with others? The Good News that fills our spirits with joy is about the radical abundance, abiding love, and healing power that Jesus shares with us when we respond to his call to follow him. All of the gifts that we have been given are ready to burst forth to serve our neighbors and share our love with a world in need.
Why make a proportional gift?
Recently retired Bishop of Olympia, the Rt. Rev. Greg Rickel, stated that the tithe is only the beginning point. As Christians we give one hundred percent of what we have in gratitude for God who gave us everything there is. We’re all in.
When you make a proportional gift:
You set aside your first fruits, dedicating a portion of your wealth, works, and wisdom to God. This is a sacred act.
Your financial gift rises and falls with your income – it is right-sized to your household.
Giving back to God is a life-time journey; setting a percentage allows you to step up your giving over time.
2026 Pledge Form
It takes more than money to operate ministry in our church.
With gratitude we accept the many gifts of our members as volunteers, servers, ambassadors, and friends in and outside our community.
Thank you for all you do!
Weekly Interviews and Reflections
Interview with John Banger
October 5, 2025
Stewardship Committee
Jean Good & Gretchen Pozarycki
October 19, 2025
Interview with Michelle Clinger
October 26, 2025
Letter from Priest-in-charge The Rev. Kyle Cuperwich
September 15, 2025
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior…”
Luke 1:46-47, NRSV
Dear Family of God,
As Christians we are story tellers. We have an ancient narrative, one that describes the beginning of time and the relationship between God and God’s Creation. We see this story grow through the prophetic tradition until our story recounts the life and gifts of the Son of God. But the story doesn’t end with the Resurrection just as it did not end with the Cross, it continues on in each of us today as we encounter and are transformed by the Good News.
Luke’s Gospel is bookended by the animated story-telling of two women named Mary. Early in the Gospel, Mary the mother of Jesus, tells us of her encounter with an angel who informs her that she will bear a child who will change the world. She proclaims her joy: “Tell out my soul! The Greatness of the Lord!” At the end of the Gospel, another Mary, Mary Magdalene, visits the tomb to discover it empty and receives instructions from the Risen Christ to go tell the others. She carries this Good News with jubilance to the Disciples.
What is your Good News; the idea, dream, challenge placed in your heart by God, that needs to be shared? What is the ministry to which you are called which will change the world, sharing your talents, gifts, and love with your neighbors?
Our Stewardship Campaign this year focuses on these stories – the ones inside you, the ones you are still writing, the ones we tell about those who have gone before us. We are all a part of this ongoing narrative – the ongoing Creation. As you pray about how you will share your gifts with Calvary this year, think about how God is calling you to tell out your soul, to spread the Good News far and wide. Hear the stories that we share weekly throughout the campaign that relate the creative spark in us with the ways in which we are called to serve God and love our neighbor.
Tell out my soul! The Greatness of the Lord!
Yours in Christ,
The Rev. Kyle Cuperwich
Priest-in-Charge, Calvary Episcopal Church
Letter from Wardens Karen Sammer & Jean Good
September 22, 2025
Dear Fellow Parishioners,
We are inspired – so inspired by you. When we look around our congregation and observe all that is happening we can so easily understand how God’s dream is at work here. Through our formation as disciples, the sermons we hear about love and service, and the many creative ideas that you all bring to our outreach, in-reach, and community, we are a vibrant, thriving community.
It has been especially important to us this year as there is so much angst and dread in the world around us, that we have a church full of generous, loving, creative people who find new ways to seek and serve Christ in all people. We are making a difference in our community, we are changing the world.
Our annual campaign this year asks us to share two big things with our congregation. Firstly, we are asked to share our gifts. Those ideas and talents and passions that God has planted inside you are grown in your generous heart to be shared with the world. Secondly, you are asked to share your story with us and with the world around you. That is how we grow God’s kingdom and cast the net wider.
Soon you will receive a letter from the Stewardship Team with the materials you need to consider your pledge or promise to share your time, talent, and treasure with us. In these coming days, we invite you to pray, to listen, and to continue sharing yourself with our community in the many ways that you do.
Tell out my soul! The Greatness of the Lord!
Your Wardens.
Karen Sammer & Jean Good
Letter from Stewardship Committee Jean Good & Gretchen Pozarycki
September 30, 2025
Dear Friends,
Our Stewardship campaign is a chance to reflect on the many ways that we are connected to each other. Our theme this year focuses on the stories we tell and the ways we are called to share our words, our actions, our love, and our joy with the world. This year, with all that has been going on in the news, in our homes, schools and offices, and ever-shifting economic forecasts, the one constant has been the connections we have formed here in our church.
Our stories bring us together. Each of us has a story to tell, a reason why we found this congregation and continue to participate. Each of us has dreams, ambitions, and great ideas, just as each of us has struggles and moments of difficulty. One of the parts of our Good News is that we can bring our whole selves, all our story, to this place and to these people, and receive the support, encouragement, and praise that we need.
We will be hearing so many stories in our campaign this year: artists, musicians, poets, weavers, and more. Each of them focuses on the inspiration they receive from God and how their soul transforms those inspirations into art, music, words, and objects. This same process happens in you as you seek ways to share your gifts from the inspiration and blessing you have been given.
With this letter, we are sending campaign materials for you to use in your discernment for how you will share the Good News of your transformative creativity and abundance with us and with our neighbors. Each hour spent volunteering, each good idea that you have, each dollar that you donate is transformed through prayer and Grace into ministry and mission. We could not be an example of love and compassion in our community without your many and various gifts. Please return your pledge cards by November 2 so that we may include them in our ingathering and bless them.
Tell out my soul! The Greatness of the Lord!
Your Stewardship Committee,
Jean Good & Gretchen Pozarycki