Some scenes from worship, conversation at Federal Way Chinese Fellowship

It was really something to take part in a worshiping community this new, this young, this strong today at Federal Way Chinese Fellowship, one of the synod's newest worship groups. Led by the Rev. Rowena Wang, the congregation is a mix of area residents who've previously worshiped in house churches, and also newcomers.

But Rowena Wang, it turns out, is only half the story. Husband the Rev. Mike Wang is a pastor at Grace Chinese Lutheran Church of Renton, up the road about 20 miles.

Together, they started both groups, and today both still work at each, Grace on Sunday mornings and Federal Way later in the day. So this pastor couple created two Christian Chinese worshiping communities in the long stretch between Tacoma and south of Seattle where there was none, in the space of four years.

More later.

Rachel Pritchett

Pictured top to bottom:

The Revs. Mike and Rowena Wang

Worshiper Ruth Liu, a former house-church worshiper, and my interpreter, Jeremy Taff. Thank you, Jeremy, you rock.

Left to right: The Rev. Rowena Wang and worshipers May Tee and Kam Ying Tsio