Category: Reverend’s Notes
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Washington Marriage License Fees Are Increasing – Apply Before July 27, 2025!
Attention, lovebirds! If you’re planning to get married in Washington State, now is the time to act. Starting July 27, 2025, the cost of a marriage license will go up—so if you’re looking to save a little for the honeymoon or the florist, here’s what you need to know. 💸 What’s Changing? As of July…
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Get Ready for 2021
Part 1 – Get Ready It seems redundant to say that 2020 brought a lot of opportunities and threats. I mean, everyone who has lived through the past year knows about the changes a modern response to the global pandemic has wrought. Globally, societally, and individually we have each learned how to manage our lives…
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Oops, We Did It Again!
Weddings with Reverend Jim Beidle Wins the 2021 Couples Choice Award! 2020 started gamely enough, with two weddings in January and a handful of couples booking for later in the year throughout the first two months. Of course, everyone knows what happened in March. When Coronavirus arrived in the Pacific Northwest, it was “common knowledge”…
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Thoughts on Violence
I have been stewing over what to say since the news of Breonna Taylor’s murder hit wires almost a month ago. The needless loss of any human life profoundly saddens me. That it was at the hands of police during a botched raid incenses me. And that the cops involved are trying to cover their…