Reflections on Gun Violence
Executive Director Michael Ramos reflects on a prayer service he attended this past Sunday regarding gun violence, specifically the Parkland shooting, and offers a prayer: Hearing the names of the Florida shooting victims, seeing their pictures, listening to synopses... Read more...The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: The Musicality and Peace of Touch
It’s a Seattle tradition. Every Sunday night at 9:30 pm, people pour into the candlelit nave of Saint Mark’s Cathedral to listen to the Compline Choir sing meditative plainsong. Thousands of other people fill the mystical space by listening to the service on the... Read more...Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated from January 18-25 each year. The theme for the week in 2018, “Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,” is inspired by Exodus 15:6. The resources for the week have been prepared by members of different churches... Read more...
Michael Ramos & Church Council Receive Award
What an honor, for us and for you too. Michael Ramos and The Church Council of Greater Seattle received the 2017 Advocating Faith Leader & Faith Community Award at Faith Action Network’s (FAN) annual dinner on November 19, 2017. Hundreds gathered in a... Read more...“Much needed antidote to despair”
Much needed antidote to despair. That’s how one participant described our Weaving Our Strengths Conference held on September 30th at University Congregational Church. The day was full of connecting – through music and worship, seeing old friends and making... Read more...Upcoming Events
Apr
28
Sat
10:00 am
4 Questions Thriving Leaders Ask
@ Lake Washington Christian Church
4 Questions Thriving Leaders Ask
@ Lake Washington Christian Church
Apr 28 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Most churches spend lots of time and even money asking the 2 worst questions leaders can ask: How do we get more members for our church? How do we get more money? Leaders of Thriving[...]
7:00 pm
Michael Stern plays benefit for ...
@ Seattle Mennonite Church
Michael Stern plays benefit for ...
@ Seattle Mennonite Church
Apr 28 @ 7:00 pm
Folk music concert by Michael Stern, local song writer and musician, with friends Erika Kirsch and Jeffrey Powel to benefit Seattle Fellowship of Reconciliation. Featuring songs of compassion, humor, justice and peace and including kid-friendly[...]
May
12
Sat
12:00 pm
Mother’s Day Vigil 2018
@ Northwest Detention Center
Mother’s Day Vigil 2018
@ Northwest Detention Center
May 12 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Hosted by The Church Council of Greater Seattle, Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIRJ), University Unitarian Church, Our Lady of Guadalupe Episcopal Church, la Banda Gozona, and Trio Guadalevín. Faithful resistance /ˈfāTHfəl rəˈzistəns/: perseverance, mutual[...]
May
24
Thu
7:00 pm
Raising White Kids: An Anti-Raci...
@ The Well at Queen Anne United Methodist Church
Raising White Kids: An Anti-Raci...
@ The Well at Queen Anne United Methodist Church
May 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Powerful and difficult conundrums exist when it comes to raising white children in a society that is one of the most racially diverse in the world, while also being full of racial tension and inequity.[...]
Sep
29
Sat
all-day
Save the Date: Weaving Our Stren...
@ Mercer Island Presbyterian Church
Save the Date: Weaving Our Stren...
@ Mercer Island Presbyterian Church
Sep 29 all-day
Save the Date! The 2018 Weaving Our Strengths Conference will be on Saturday, September 29.