Kent Lutheran Church will host a Block Party downtown featuring about 17 organizations as a way to build and celebrate community.

The free event open to all goes from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at Kent Lutheran Church, 336 Second Ave. S. Free food and musical entertainment are part of the lineup.

When Pastor Tormod Svensson started his job in October 2023 at Kent Lutheran, a church press release described him as having a heart for social justice and a goal of reaching out to the unchurched and the marginalized. This Block Party is certainly part of that outreach.

“With the way the world is right now, the political climate and so forth, it’s very divided,” Svensson said in an Aug. 8 phone interview about the reasons for an event to build and celebrate community. “Another reaso

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