Congregation Kol Ami is a Reform congregation that holds services at Bear Creek United Methodist Church in Woodinville. Congregation Kol Ami offers a variety of services and ministries to the Eastside Jewish community.
Aurora Church of The Nazarene is a family oriented church that exemplifies the true meaning of compassion and healing. The church provides recovery counseling services as well as programs for infants and newborns. Each Sunday service starts at 10am and welcomes the residents of Shoreline and its neighbors.
Bread of Life Christian Church in Seattle is a faith-centered group meeting for worship and also operates a preschool and daycare. With a focus on growing the mind, body and soul to become closer to the image of Christ, Bread of Life Christian Church organizes members into departments that help quantify the movement towards spiritual satisfaction.
Bread of Life Christian Church also hosts events around the area for residents to share in community enrichment.
Founded in 1959, Westgate Chapel in Edmonds is a large non-denominational church providing Bible teaching, study programs, youth programs and child care. Its goal is to help individuals see how relevant God is to everyday life. The church offers a variety of ministries and missions opportunities; check its website for more details.
Westgate Chapel's preschool was voted the favorite in a Patch Readers' Choice poll.
Local residents prefering to worship in the Angelical tradition attend Eucharist services at Christ Episcopal Church of Puyallup. A reuniting of Catholicism and Protestantism, probably the most notable distinction of the Episcopalian/Angelical tradition is that sermons and teachings are taken from what is called The Book of Common Prayer.
Like Catholics, the catechism is used as the basis for teaching and, as in Protestantism, there's a strong emphasis placed upon ensuring that the congregation is permitted to worship in their first or native language, as opposed to Latin. At Church of Puyallup new-comers can expect a liturgical mass filled with hymns and prayers which lead up to the Eucharist or Holy Communion. Christ Episcopal offers two Eucharists on Sunday and a Wednesday Eucharist that includes lunch.
Sammamish Presbyterian is a very active congregation that provides a sense of community. The music is both traditional and contemporary.
Programs are offered to individuals of all ages including children's and youth programs on Wednesday nights and throughout the year. Sammamish Presbyterian Church focuses on service and mission both locally and internationally. SPC also operates Glory Days Preschool.
The Stroum Jewish Community Center is a gathering place for people of all faiths intended for learning and exercise.
"The J" operates a broad array of services at their campus on East Mercer Way, including the Early Childhood Education child care and preschool, Center Stage performing arts program, cultural celebrations and educational programming with a focus on Judacia, and several competitive and non-competitive sports leagues.
Some facility highlights include a 25-yard, four-lane pool, a hot tub and dry sauna, a running track, two studios for exercise classes, a multi-purpose room, basketball and racquetball courts, a fitness center, a new "J-Cafe" espresso bar and free Wi-Fi. The SJCC is also host of the Mercer Island Holocaust Memorial, a tribute to victims who are related to Washington state residents.
Pine Lake Covenant Church charts its history on the Sammamish Plateau back to the 1960s, when Robert Larson helped buy land for a place to worship and to serve families. By 1982, residents from the area had signed a charter for a "new faith community"—one that would serve the areas around Issaquah and Redmond. The church was built. Members held their first church service on Easter in 1989.
Today, the Christian church is committed to being a "City on a Hill" and often weaves music and prayer together during worship services. Church members believe in one God who is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- A welcoming congregation for spiritually searching and growing persons and families from Catholic, Protestant or any other background
- An episcopal parish, part of the world-wide Anglican Communion
- A diverse congregation united by worship and service
Worshiping together since 1959, Lake Washington United Methodist Church focuses on the family and surrounding community. Pastor Kelly Dahlman-Oeth leads Sunday service at 10am and church groups include children, youth and adult groups. Music is a large part of the church with choir and musicians leading hymns. There are many services designed to help members get the most out of their worship including greeters who welcome members upon arrival Sunday mornings, worship crying rooms for families with little ones and wireless hearing aids and large print hymnals for use during the service.
Committed to service to God and the community in the classic Methodist tradition, Puyallup United Methodist Church continues its long history of ministry and engagement with the local community.
Pastor Rev. Ann E. Berney is vehement in her subscription to the Wesleyan model of faith and believes that promoting strong ministry and justice outreach programs is a vital aspect of her leadership.
United Methodist offers traditional Sunday service at 8:55am and celebration service at 10:35am, with Sunday School courses for nursery age through grade 12, as well as adult courses beginning at 9am. New comers planning to attend services over the holidays should take note of the special advent worship service schedule.
St. John's Episcopal Church has a mission statement that "is to live God's word in our daily lives by caring, nurturing and serving each other and the community." The church had a small congregation in 1916 that met once a month. The present church building was built in 1948; the Church School was built in 1952 and had 35 children when opening. The church has two services on Sunday, Bible Study on Wednesdays and every second Wednesday of the month, it meets in the Hunt Chapel at 10am. In addition St. John's has a thrift shop, Sunday school and a Youth Group program. The church has a choir and an Adult Forum that meets weekly.
Faith Lutheran Church holds Sunday worship at 9am and 11am, in addition to Sunday School at 10:10am. The church offers many other programs and outreach services, including bible study. Faith Lutheran School, located on the church grounds, provides a comprehensive education for pre-school and elementary students.
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church opened in 1965. Its current sanctuary has 1,500 seats. Chapel Hill also offers athletic and music programs. In the future, the church plans to expand its property with a youth center, a meeting room and a cafe. Reverend Dr. Mark James Toone is the senior pastor at Chapel Hill.
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church that offers worship services on Sundays at 9:30am, 11am and 6pm. A number of fellowship groups for youth and adults are available. The church also hosts three different scouting troops.
Edmonds United Methodist Church welcomes everyone to worship the church and be involved with the community. The church strives for diversity in its 400-plus congregation and is open everyday for the public. Come for Sunday worship at 9am.
This congregation of the United Church of Christ (CCMI) strives to be a welcoming Christian community that supports the understanding of God and Jesus Christ through the rites of sacrament, prayer retreats and bible classes. The United Church of Christ also does not support a centralized church or doctrinal authority, illustrated by the lack of wooden pews inside the church sanctuary.
The church also supports several local and national service causes through a number of Global Ministries including the Atlantic Street Center, Family and Social Services, SafePlace and Treehouse.
The church's airy, circular sanctuary overlooks a wooded hillside and a small outdoor amphitheatre through large windows. There is also a small memorial garden and children's play structure nearby.