November 22, 2021

2021 State of the Sound Report

November 22, 2021/ Jeff Zahir

The Puget Sound Partnership has released the 2021 State of the Sound Report which quantifies the progress that has been made in 25 measures of environmental health. Each of these has been summarized by a stop-light measure from getting bad to getting worse and whether we’ve met the goals set in the 2020 plan.

In most cases the results are disappointing but in several categories it reveals that our collective efforts have, in fact, made a real difference. In addition to the 25 measures already being monitored, the Puget Sound Council has recognized that the human and social justice impacts of the environment are just as important to measure as the scientific, and economic impacts. They have added these as measures for future reports and will be measuring our progress on these elements of our shared stewardship of this treasured resource.

You may find the full report online at: https://stateofthesound.wa.gov/

Saint Benedict Episcopal Church

Worship is like a drama: The clergy, ministers and musicians are the prompters, the people are the actors, and God is the audience.
- Søren Kierkegaard

At St Benedict we celebrate with awe and obligation in a construct called liturgy. Liturgy is a Greek word that means “the work of the people.” Our services are focused through scripture reading, song, prayers, preaching, and the liturgy of the table, known also as Holy Eucharist.