Rooted in the Anglican tradition, St. Johnâs is a member of the Diocese of Olympia, which includes all of Western Washington. We are served by two bishops, the Rt. Rev. Vincent Warner, Bishop Diocesan, and the Rt. Rev. Nedi Rivera, Bishop Suffragan. We also serve as a diocesan mission center for other Episcopal churches in Southwest Washington.
St. Johnâs is a community of faith that believes that God works with us and through us to build a strong Christian foundation for our lives.
Everyone who comes through the doors â newcomer or old-timer â is at a different place in a journey of faith. We are committed to helping everyone examine his or her values, strengths and needs, and ways we can grow, both individually, as a congregation and in reaching out in compassion to the community.
St. Johnâs services, programs and activities are built on the Episcopal Churchâs three-legged stool of Scripture, reason and tradition that help all in their walk with Christ.
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We present our own season of national and international touring artists from a broad spectrum of genres and styles. Our real purpose, however, is to provide the support services needed by the many local performance groups who call the Center home.
Our multi-purpose facility contains a 983-seat proscenium theater with four seating levels and adjacent lobby spaces, as well as a smaller Stage II black box theater with its own lobby. The Center's stages and lobby areas are available for rental - not only for regional performing arts groups and touring artists, but also for workshops, seminars, receptions, parties, video shoots... just about anything you could think of.
Opened in 1985, our facility has played host to thousands of events, with almost 2,000,000 people crossing our threshold. Our history did not start in 1985, however. The Washington Center is really the grandchild of the old Liberty Theater, a 1924 vaudeville house which stood on the same ground the Washington Center does today. The Liberty Theater was renovated and refurbished in 1948, becoming the Olympic Theater movie house. The Olympic was then taken down to just a few exterior walls in the early 1980??s, and completely rebuilt as the Washington Center. While the building's facade still retains elements of the 1924 architecture, the interior is contemporary and modern.
The Washington Center building is owned by the City of Olympia, and the Washington Center for the Performing Arts is a private, not-for-profit organization with a long-term contract to operate the Center. We are a real success story in public/private partnerships, with each party bringing its strengths to the table.
---www.washingtoncenter.org
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Learn about the establishment of Washington's state capital and the construction of the imposing capitol building in the exhibit Olympia: Her Present, Proud Position.
Interior of Museum featuring two floors of exhibits, the museum offers interpretations of regional Native American history and a series of interesting temporary exhibits. The gardens surrounding the museum mansion feature a sample of native Northwest plants in the ethnobotanical garden. The museum store features a nice selection of Northwest products and gifts.
---www.wshs.org
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