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95 Reeses: The Rev. Suzanne Appelo and friends at Gull Harbor Lutheran Church of Olympia thought that reading the monthly newsletter for members was about as exciting as reading the tide tables. For October, they instead came up with “Gull Harbor Lutheran Church’s 95 Reeses,” a spinoff of Martin Luther’s theses. Printed on oversized parchments, events of the months made up some of the list of 95. Truisms like “You might be Lutheran if you only serve Jell-O in the proper liturgical color for the season” were spread among the church's schedule of events and birthdays. Gull Harbor then wrapped the large documents around a Reese’s peanut-butter cup and sent them on to readers, who this time got all the way to No. 95. To see how they did it, email rachelpritchett@msn.com.

Mission-site moves: Messiah Lutheran Church of Vancouver's North County Site has a new home at the Tri-Mountain Golf Course in Ridgefield. The synodically authorized worshiping community formerly met in a Ridgefield office building. The move followed lease talks. In Kingston, Faith Community Church, the synod’s second federated Episcopal/Lutheran congregation, soon will leave its home in a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. The flood-prone building will be torn down. Faith is expected to move to nearby Redeemer United Methodist Church.