Last week, the Church Council hosted a powerful Immigration Organizing Faith Convening at First Church Seattle. We shared how we will be showing up in deep solidarity and mutual accountability with our migrant neighbors in the months and years to come, including through the relaunch of the Sanctuary Network.

This February 2025, Seattleites will be voting on initiative Prop 1A which has huge implications for funding a new housing tool in Seattle – social housing. Learn more about the campaign and an upcoming forum at the Church Council.

We invite the community to join us for an Immigration Organizing Faith Convening on January 16. Through this gathering, we will share how we will be showing up in deep solidarity and mutual accountability with our migrant neighbors in the months and years to come.

We’re hiring a Contract: Events Coordinator to play an integral role, collaboratively coordinating 2 larger events and supporting ad hoc events through May 2025.

Church Council staff share their proudest moments in 2024, and what they are looking forward to in 2025! We also say goodbye to E.N. West, Lead Organizer for the Faith Land Initiative.

Seattle city budget wrap-up: We are disappointed that City Council did not ensure the original JumpStart spending plan, allowing City Council to keep using JumpStart revenue as a slush fund to fill the city’s revenue shortfall. We believe the city needs more progressive revenue sources in addition to JumpStart. However, it is clear that our witness had an impact on Council members.

Our November 9, our 2024-2025 Faith Land Discernment Cohort (FLDC) gathered at Queen Anne United Methodist Church to begin their learning journey together!

The growing support for the Church Council gives us hope for our shared work together. This fall, we are inviting you to match this commitment with your financial support.

This Thursday (11/21), Seattle City Council will vote to approve the city's budget. The Church Council's Budget Roundtable will be present at the Specially Called City Council Meeting, offering public comment, as we have for the past 6 weeks.

We are excited to introduce our network to Grupo members who are leading our work. Today we share Adriana's story, one of our panelists from our recent forum on forced migration.