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BRIEF: Seattle pastor to visit Spokane to discuss baptism

By: Tracy Simmons

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July 25, 2014

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The Rev. Paul Hoffman, author of of “Faith Forming Faith” and “Faith Shaping Ministry” will lead a Faith Formation retreat at Salem Lutheran Church this weekend.

Hoffman specializes in the renewal of the Catechumenate process, which is described as a time of teaching and preparing for baptism.

In his books he describes how his Seattle parish was renewed and revitalized for mission after, “forming the faith of new Christians and leading them to the waters of baptism.”

Hoffman will deliver a lecture at 9:45 a.m Saturday that is open to the public. Weekend worship services will also be open to the public.

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Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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