Oct 27, 2022 | Accompaniment & Sanctuary, Feature, News
Thank you to everyone who joined our Accompaniment Training this week, it was great seeing new and familiar faces! For those who were unable to attend but would like to view the 2022 Accompaniment Training, you can watch it here. (passcode: @+PUrt55). Afterwards,...
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Oct 12, 2022 | Accompaniment & Sanctuary, Feature, News
The Church Council of Greater Seattle joins the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN), and dozens of local faith communities and organizations, in supporting the increased designation of funds to support the health, safety, and well-being of our migrant...
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Sep 23, 2022 | Accompaniment & Sanctuary, Feature, News
September 2022 Accompaniment Friends, A Salvadoran woman and her three-year-old son here in Seattle were recently granted asylum by an immigration judge. This decision – and her courageous testimony which led to it – brought joy to the hearts of all of us who...
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Aug 26, 2022 | Faith Land Initiative, Feature, News
The Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network (TWOCSN) has acquired a permanent home for “House of Constance”, in partnership with Seattle Mennonite Church and the Church Council of Greater Seattle’s Faith Land Initiative. TWOCSN’s “House of Constance” program will...
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Jul 18, 2022 | Feature, News
In June 2022, CCGS Faith Land Initiative team members E.N. West and Meli Morales traveled to Holden Village to co-teach “From Land Owning to Land Stewarding: Lessons in Discernment from the Faith Land Initiative”. E generously shared the following...
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Jun 23, 2022 | Accompaniment & Sanctuary, Feature, News
I would like to introduce myself in this brief bio as David Letterman would: “My next guest needs no introduction.” The guest, being myself of course. I am a guest in this country, after all. I was born and raised in Honduras. A third world country that has made me...
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