Apr
5
4:30 PM16:30

Easter Walk Wild Church

Join Echoes for our yearly Easter Walk . This meditative urban walk, is our version of an Easter Wild Church. Following along Whatcom Creek, we will trace the story of Jesus’ arrest, death, and return, connecting it with reflections on our local history and the sacred significance of the land we share.
All are welcome to wander and reconnect this Easter.

Our walk begins at Bellingham City Hall and follows Whatcom Creek en route to Maritime Heritage Park.

At several locations, we will read from the Biblical story of Jesus, providing a bridge from the sacred narrative to our own local history of the land we stand on. We will traverse paths, stairs, bridges, and waterways. We will gather around the Lummi-made totem pole of Salmon Woman to listen to this Coast Salish creation story, which reminds us that we are called to protect Salmon Woman’s children. We will share communion at the fish hatchery, blessing the new life that surrounds and dwells within us, embracing the infinite possibilities presented on Easter.

Walk Information:

  • Start: Bellingham City Hall, 210 Lottie Street. Parking is free on Sundays.

  • End: Maritime Heritage Park, 500 W Holly St.

  • What to Bring: This is an urban walk that includes stairs, pathways along a creek, and park pathways. We encourage sturdy footwear and layering of clothing, as we will walk in all weather.

Post-Walk Gathering:
Around 5:45 pm, following the Easter Walk, we will meander to Structures Old Town for light food, beverages, and time for Easter fellowship together.

RSVP & Questions:
Please email Pastor Emma at emma@echoesbellingham.org with any questions or to let us know you will be walking with us.

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Mar
30
6:00 PM18:00

Holy Week, Holy Wanderings

Holy Week is a time to reflect and Echoes invites you to a time of walking remembrance through downtown Bellingham.

Join Echoes for a Holy Week tradition as we embrace the wildness of this season and journey together on a Holy Wandering through downtown Bellingham.

This outdoor gathering (rain or shine) invites us to pause and reflect on the sacred story of Jesus’ last days, connecting his story to the place we call home. Holy Week is a Christian tradition honoring Jesus’ final seven days on earth, beginning with a processional in Jerusalem and culminating on the cross at Golgotha. Just as Jesus’ ministry was firmly rooted and shaped by the city and region he lived in, we are invited to love our cities (including Bellingham) and the people who dwell in them.

During our wandering, we will explore sacred scriptures and reflect on questions of faith and place:

  • How does the city cultivate your ideas of God?

  • How can our bodies help us more deeply understand the hopes and challenges of the city we share?

  • How do we make space to grieve what we’ve lost over the past year, including favorite shops, restaurants, and places in Bellingham?

Come join Echoes for this yearly tradition of Holy Wanderings through our beloved sanctuary, Bellingham.

Meet at Lutheran Community Services NW - 925 Forest Street Bellingham, WA 98225, you can park in the parking lot across the street. We’ll prepare ourselves for a 1.25 mile walk around town.

We’ll get some food downtown afterwards, let us know if you are planning on joining up with us along our walk, or afterwards!
Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Mar
23
6:30 PM18:30

Dinner Church

Come and eat with Echoes!

BAKED POTATO BAR is a feast for all flavors and appetites!

We provide the spuds/baked potatoes, and you provide the toppings like sour cream, vegetables, bacon, onions, hot sauce, butter, chili and any other delights you would like to adorn your potato with!

At Echoes, bringing yourself is always what matters most. So don’t worry about coming “empty handed”, just come, we love you. If you would like to help us with set up @ 5:45/6:00pm or with clean up @ 8:00pm we can use your help to make our meal hospitable to ALL!

Location - 2750 McLeod Road, Bellingham, WA 98225

We will collect food for the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters, so bring your donations of shelf stable foods to Dinner Church to help fill 4 food boxes in Bellingham’s north end neighborhood.

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions or to let us know you’re coming so we can save you a seat - emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Mar
16
6:30 PM18:30

Creative Church

Come create with Echoes during our monthly Creative Church!

Sometimes we need a prayer we can touch.
We often think of spirituality as something happening in our heads, but our faith has always been a physical thing. There is something holy about working with our hands. Whether you call it prayer, meditation, or simply finding your center, the rhythm of beads made of earthen material, offers a way back to ourselves.

On Monday, March 16th at 6:30 PM, we are gathering to string together more than just clay, ceramic and stone. We are stringing together our intentions, our worries, and our hopes. This is a space for the curious and the deeply spiritual alike to create a tool for the journey.
Join us in Bellingham for an evening of tactile grace with Echoes.

This no experience necessary, hands-on evening, will have you crafting personal prayer beads.
Whether you are a lifelong believer, a "spiritual but not religious" seeker, or just someone who needs a quiet hour of creativity, you are welcome at this table.

FREE - (a suggested donation of $1-5 dollars on a sliding scale is encouraged but not required)

Location - 925 Forest Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
(we will meet upstairs, follow the fence for a flag that indicates the entrance, the main doors on Forest & Laurel Street will be unlocked/open)

Contact Pastor Emma emma@echoesbellingham.org with any questions

For more information on Prayer Beads read this- https://littleshootsdeeproots.com/encourage/protestant-prayer-beads/

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Mar
9
6:00 PM18:00

Trivia Night!

Trivia Night - March 9 @ 6:00-8:00pm
Zeeks Pizza, 4216 Meridian Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

Join Echoes for a Fun evening of Trivia at Zeeks Pizza!
Since March has 5 Mondays, we're taking this one to connect with one another, share our knowledge and laugh together, because the world is hard.
There is a $2 buy in per person and teams can be made of 1-6 people.
We'll make as many teams as we need to ensure all are playing.
I'll buy a pizza for the group, come early around 5:30pm ish to help me save some tables!
Hope to see you there!

https://www.bellingham.org/eventdetail/31365/monday-trivia-at-zeeks

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Mar
2
6:30 PM18:30

Pub Church

Our monthly Pub Church gathers to discuss in community our connections to our faith, our neighbors and our joys and fears.

Tired of surface-level small talk? So are we. Join us at Menace Brewing for an evening of honest conversation, local beer, and community. We’re skipping the pews and the jargon to talk about the things that actually matter: the state of our world, the science of our minds, and what it means to hold onto hope when life feels heavy.
No pre-requisites, no judgment—just good questions and even better company.

Bring your questions, grab a beverage, and let’s see where the conversation leads.

This month we welcome Charis Weathers, the founder of Echoes and current Pastor of Burlington Lutheran Church. We are delighted to have her share in conversation with us while Emma is on vacation.

all are welcome.

Menace Brewing- 2529 Meridian St, Bellingham, WA 98225

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Feb
23
6:30 PM18:30

[Breakfast for] Dinner Church

This month we are having Breakfast for Dinner Church!

We’ll provide some waffles, pancakes and SYRUP and you bring the toppings, fruit, whipped cream, egg dishes, hashbrowns or your favorite breakfast side to share!

With the season of Lent/Mardi Gras and the lengthening of days its good to share with one another during these late winter evenings.

We’ll eat together, pray together, sing a song or two and recall the ancient stories of God’s People and how they have overcome the chaotic times of before.
Come and eat, theres room at the table for you.

We can use your hands to help us with set up beginning @ 5:45/6:00pm and with clean up @ 8:00pm. Your helps makes this community meal happen, so any help is good help.
All hands are helpful hands.

At all our Dinner Churches we will be collecting food donations for the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters. Please bring shelf stable foods, meals, seasonal vegetables, spices, coffee/tea & snacks to share with our neighbors in need.

Location: 4750 McLeod Road, Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Feb
18
5:30 PM17:30

Ash Wednesday Wild Church

Echoes invites you to a special Ash Wednesday* Wild Church gathering outdoors @ sunset.

In 2026, let us take this time together to acknowledge our mortality and the profound blessing of being here for another year, inviting us to be grounded in this present moment. We will gather at the edge of the water to engage with the elements: Earth, Shore, Sea, and Ash—a powerful reminder of our connection to creation.

Our Ash Wednesday worship recognizes that we are formed from the earth, our sacred ground. As we honor all that we receive from this place, we come together to receive the imposition of ashes as a tangible mark of our mortality, remembering the ancient truth: from dust we come, and to dust we shall return.
Finding Our Ground: Connected to Creation

Afterwards or in case of incliment weather we will go for beverages/snacks at -Mercato Delle Bonta 1211 Granary Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225

*Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, the 40 Days before Easter. Lent is an ancient word meaning lengthening-marking the time when the daylight lengthens.

Location: Waypoint Park Beach: 1145 Granary Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225

***Depending on the weather, we will gather on the beach. There is a gravel parking lot across from the park with ample spaces.

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Feb
17
7:00 PM19:00

Holy Hurt Book Study & Conversation

Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing

January 20-February 17 (Tuesdays)
@ 7-8pm on zoom

“Whether or not it manifests in clinically acute ways, and no matter the cause, the belief that a person is bad, untrustworthy and broken at their core is one of the most destructive things a person can be told or can come to believe.”

Hillary L. McBride's Holy Hurt explores the reality and far-reaching impact of spiritual trauma—the deep hurt caused by institutions and communities meant to be sacred. Drawing on clinical research and personal stories, the book offers a compassionate guide to acknowledging and healing these wounds, individually and collectively. Holy Hurt empowers those who have lived through spiritual trauma or witnessed it, as well as those who want to develop healthier church environments and prevent abuse.

Each Tuesday, January 20 through February 17, we will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:00 p.m. to explore the ways that religious and spiritual trauma can inform our relationships to self and others. As a community that seeks wholeness not harm, but hope to provide space for conversation and healing.

Feel free to come to any or all sessions for whatever amount of time you might have available.
The "plan" is to discuss two chapters each week:

Book Study & Conversation
1/20 Intro/Welcome
1/27 Chapters 1-2
2/3 Chapters 3-4
2/10 Chapters 5-6
2/17 Chapter 7-8

We encourage you to purchase the book from your favorite independent book store (or online).

Email info@echoesbellingham.org for the zoom link!

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Feb
10
7:00 PM19:00

Holy Hurt Book Study & Conversation

Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing

January 20-February 17 (Tuesdays)
@ 7-8pm on zoom

“Whether or not it manifests in clinically acute ways, and no matter the cause, the belief that a person is bad, untrustworthy and broken at their core is one of the most destructive things a person can be told or can come to believe.”

Hillary L. McBride's Holy Hurt explores the reality and far-reaching impact of spiritual trauma—the deep hurt caused by institutions and communities meant to be sacred. Drawing on clinical research and personal stories, the book offers a compassionate guide to acknowledging and healing these wounds, individually and collectively. Holy Hurt empowers those who have lived through spiritual trauma or witnessed it, as well as those who want to develop healthier church environments and prevent abuse.

Each Tuesday, January 20 through February 17, we will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:00 p.m. to explore the ways that religious and spiritual trauma can inform our relationships to self and others. As a community that seeks wholeness not harm, but hope to provide space for conversation and healing.

Feel free to come to any or all sessions for whatever amount of time you might have available.
The "plan" is to discuss two chapters each week:

Book Study & Conversation
1/20 Intro/Welcome
1/27 Chapters 1-2
2/3 Chapters 3-4
2/10 Chapters 5-6
2/17 Chapter 7-8

We encourage you to purchase the book from your favorite independent book store (or online).

Email info@echoesbellingham.org for the zoom link!

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Feb
9
6:30 PM18:30

Creative Church

Create in community with Echoes!

Bring a creative project that you have been working on or want to start. This month we’re giving you space to create. Knitting! Coloring! Sewing! Collage! Painting! Drawing! Any medium you want to express yourself in.

Use your Monday for some craftivism and make a Resistance Sign, banner or digital art.

We will also have card supplies if you want to create for others and spread joy by making or writing Spring cards for Seniors in Bellingham and Whatcom County. Simple art supplies will also be provided for you to try something different as well. Please just join us.

In our creative time we will watch the film Lynden. Its an important watch, come and learn.
In the film a 17-year-old girl adopted from Ethiopia leads a racial justice march in her small, conservative town, igniting a fierce cultural battle that divides friends, families and church members, and forces the community to confront deeply ingrained issues of identity and race.

https://www.welcometolynden.com/

Whether you want to create, watch the film, or just find space to breath in community- you are welcome.
Location: 925 North Forest Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Feb
3
7:00 PM19:00

Holy Hurt Book Study & Conversation

Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing

January 20-February 17 (Tuesdays)
@ 7-8pm on zoom

“Whether or not it manifests in clinically acute ways, and no matter the cause, the belief that a person is bad, untrustworthy and broken at their core is one of the most destructive things a person can be told or can come to believe.”

Hillary L. McBride's Holy Hurt explores the reality and far-reaching impact of spiritual trauma—the deep hurt caused by institutions and communities meant to be sacred. Drawing on clinical research and personal stories, the book offers a compassionate guide to acknowledging and healing these wounds, individually and collectively. Holy Hurt empowers those who have lived through spiritual trauma or witnessed it, as well as those who want to develop healthier church environments and prevent abuse.

Each Tuesday, January 20 through February 17, we will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:00 p.m. to explore the ways that religious and spiritual trauma can inform our relationships to self and others. As a community that seeks wholeness not harm, but hope to provide space for conversation and healing.

Feel free to come to any or all sessions for whatever amount of time you might have available.
The "plan" is to discuss two chapters each week:

Book Study & Conversation
1/20 Intro/Welcome
1/27 Chapters 1-2
2/3 Chapters 3-4
2/10 Chapters 5-6
2/17 Chapter 7-8

We encourage you to purchase the book from your favorite independent book store (or online).

Email info@echoesbellingham.org for the zoom link!

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Feb
2
6:30 PM18:30

Pub Church

Echoes gathers in pubs and breweries around Bellingham because conversation, connection and church can happen ANYWHERE.

Come and converse on topics that matter. No religious experience or spiritual background required, just questions. Bring an open mind. We’ll save you a seat.

We’ll meet out in the back of Structure Brewing: Old Town - 601 W Holly St, Bellingham, WA 98225

There will be heat lamps, but it is slightly colder out there, so dress in layers!

Find us by our laughter and questions/coloring sheets/markers!

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Jan
27
7:00 PM19:00

Holy Hurt Book Study & Conversation

Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing

January 20-February 17 (Tuesdays)
@ 7-8pm on zoom

“Whether or not it manifests in clinically acute ways, and no matter the cause, the belief that a person is bad, untrustworthy and broken at their core is one of the most destructive things a person can be told or can come to believe.”

Hillary L. McBride's Holy Hurt explores the reality and far-reaching impact of spiritual trauma—the deep hurt caused by institutions and communities meant to be sacred. Drawing on clinical research and personal stories, the book offers a compassionate guide to acknowledging and healing these wounds, individually and collectively. Holy Hurt empowers those who have lived through spiritual trauma or witnessed it, as well as those who want to develop healthier church environments and prevent abuse.

Each Tuesday, January 20 through February 17, we will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:00 p.m. to explore the ways that religious and spiritual trauma can inform our relationships to self and others. As a community that seeks wholeness not harm, but hope to provide space for conversation and healing.

Feel free to come to any or all sessions for whatever amount of time you might have available.
The "plan" is to discuss two chapters each week:

Book Study & Conversation
1/20 Intro/Welcome
1/27 Chapters 1-2
2/3 Chapters 3-4
2/10 Chapters 5-6
2/17 Chapter 7-8

We encourage you to purchase the book from your favorite independent book store (or online).

Email info@echoesbellingham.org for the zoom link!

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Jan
26
6:30 PM18:30

Dinner Church

  • 2750 McLeod Road Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)
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Join Echoes for our monthly Dinner Church!

We will gather for food IN community, recognizing the importance of gathering around the table together! This month we will have a pasta feast! We will have pasta, red sauce with optional meat toppings keeping the base sauce vegetarian! We will have a simple lasagna as well.

Please bring a salad, garlic bread, parmesan cheese, dessert, drink or anything that screams PASTA feast to you!

We will feast together with food, sing simple songs, share in reading and prayer, and spend time together in conversation. The world feels/is on fire. Come and find some space to commune with the sacred.
This dinner is free and open to the public.

Location: 2750 McLeod Road, Bellingham, WA 98225

We will gather food donations to fill the food boxes with the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters on the 4th Tuesday of the month. Bring your donations for distribution!

Contact Pastor Emma with what you might be bringing so we can ensure there is enough! emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Jan
20
7:00 PM19:00

Holy Hurt Book Study & Conversation

Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing

January 20-February 17 (Tuesdays)
@ 7-8pm on zoom

“Whether or not it manifests in clinically acute ways, and no matter the cause, the belief that a person is bad, untrustworthy and broken at their core is one of the most destructive things a person can be told or can come to believe.”

Hillary L. McBride's Holy Hurt explores the reality and far-reaching impact of spiritual trauma—the deep hurt caused by institutions and communities meant to be sacred. Drawing on clinical research and personal stories, the book offers a compassionate guide to acknowledging and healing these wounds, individually and collectively. Holy Hurt empowers those who have lived through spiritual trauma or witnessed it, as well as those who want to develop healthier church environments and prevent abuse.

Each Tuesday, January 20 through February 17, we will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:00 p.m. to explore the ways that religious and spiritual trauma can inform our relationships to self and others. As a community that seeks wholeness not harm, but hope to provide space for conversation and healing.

Feel free to come to any or all sessions for whatever amount of time you might have available.
The "plan" is to discuss two chapters each week:

Book Study & Conversation
1/20 Intro/Welcome
1/27 Chapters 1-2
2/3 Chapters 3-4
2/10 Chapters 5-6
2/17 Chapter 7-8

We encourage you to purchase the book from your favorite independent book store (or online).

Email info@echoesbellingham.org for the zoom link!

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Jan
19
6:30 PM18:30

Service + Movie Church

  • 925 North Forest Street Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)
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Service Church is Echoes’ chance to help non-profits and mission partners serve those in our community who need it the most! Movie Church gathers to watch, discuss and engage with films that can help us think deeper about our communities and the vast connections.

This week we will do a mash up of Service + Movie Church!

January 19th is Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, so in addition to watching a film about MLK’s legacy, we will have an opportunity to write valentines cards for Seniors in the Bellingham community.

All are welcome. We’ve got comfy chairs, movie snacks and supplies!

We will watch the film “I Am MLK Jr.” a fantastic documentary about his life, legacy and impact on the challenges we face today!

Location: 925 N. Forest Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Jan
12
6:30 PM18:30

Creative Church

  • 925 North Forest Street Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come create personal life “punch cards” for 2026 to track visually goals for YOUR year! Any fun/creative/educational/inspirational things that you would like to DO in the year - create motivation to help you experience it!

Want to hike more? See more movies? Write your legislators? Get outside? Do art?

We all love the whimsy & motivation of getting a new loyalty or punch card at a coffee shop and having a fun reward when you’re sticking with your practices or goals!

The possibilities are wide for this creative project, but we’ll provide the supplies (paper, glues, markers, pens etc.) and you provide the things you want to DO! We are most excited to have colorful clips to keep your punch cards together, organized.

You bring ideas for a few punch cards and we’ll have a punch party to bring light into winter’s darkness.

Location: 925 North Forest Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

Enter on Laurel Street, look for the Echoes sign to show you the specific entrance

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Jan
5
6:30 PM18:30

Pub Church

Hello 2026 - Come join Echoes for Pub Church and start off your New Year with some conversation and community!

Join us at Larrabee Lager Co. around a big table in the back (look for our question sheets and chaos) for deeper questions on religion, theology and the forces that our shaping our beliefs that we may not have had words for!

“One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite, that do not create conflict but unity, that do not hurt but heal.” -Henri Nouwen

What parts of our understandings of God is bring us healing? What thoughts have we outgrown that are causing internal/external conflict? What to keep? What to let go? Come join us as we seek to make room for questions not quarrels.

Location: Larrabee Lager Co. - 4151 Guide Meridian Rd #100, Bellingham, WA 98226

Contact Pastor Emma if you have questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Dec
22
6:30 PM18:30

Dinner Church

  • 2750 McLeod Road Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)
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We’ll gather for a meal together before Christmas.

This will be a simple soup supper. A sampler of soups if you will!

Bring a favorite soup to share, (home made or store bought - doesn’t matter).
Or bread or a favorite side or beverage.

Don’t forget a TO-GO container to take home other soups! Bring your own muffin tin and you can try a few!

All are welcome. We’ll have a vegetarian soup option. Come and Eat.

Location: 2750 McLeod Road, Bellingham WA 98225

We will collect shelf stable foods and seasonal fruits and vegetables to fill the food boxes with the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters. Please bring food to help feed your neighbors in need during the beginning of winter. We fill the boxes on the 4th Tuesday of the month.

Let Pastor Emma know what soup you are bringing! emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Dec
20
6:00 PM18:00

Winter Solstice Spiral Walk

  • 2750 McLeod Road Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)
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Our December Wild Church gathering will continue our tradition of a Winter Solstice Spiral Walk.

We will have a spiral of greens for you to walk and meditate in and through. We’re making space for you to slow down as the winter season is upon us.

Since it is the start of winter, this event is inside, with live music to guide you through the green boughs. You can go at your own pace with spaces to sit and ponder the coming of the cosmic light and love.

This is a drop in collaborative event between Echoes & Faith Lutheran Church- so stop by when you can for a space of calm and comfort.

Location: 2750 McLeod Road, Bellingham, WA 98225

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Dec
15
6:30 PM18:30

Cocoa & Creativity!

  • 925 North Forest Street Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)
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A special evening of quiet creativity enfolds you. Join Us.

Arts & Crafts supplies will be provided so you can create what you need to help your heart stay warm during this chilly season. We’ll have a hot chocolate bar with custom toppings and also tea and light snacks for consumption.

Bring a project you have been working on, or bring ideas to create something new with our supplies!

Muppets Christmas Carol may be showing so we can get in the Advent/Christmas spirit!

Location: 925 N Forest Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
Enter through the access door off of Laurel Street, look for the Echoes sign!

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Dec
8
6:30 PM18:30

Pub Church

"Conversation doesn't just reshuffle the cards: it creates new cards."
– Theodore Zeldin

Join us for our monthly Pub Church - where conversation creates community!

Let’s shuffle the cards and incorporate new dialogue and insight into our lives! It’s that time of year where we break out old traditions and old stories, how do we make space for new rituals and tales in our lives?

Come discuss with Echoes, we’ve got a seat and a beverage for ya!

Light snacks will be provided and food is available for purchase at nearby food trucks and restaurants and can be brought in.

Location: Menace Brewing - 2529 Meridian Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Dec
6
10:30 AM10:30

Service Church - Postponed!

POSTPONED - Service Church 12/6
We will reschedule this work party at a later date!

We're looking at going out to the BFDF garden space for about an hour on Saturday, December 6th in the morning (10:30am) and then hitting up the Bellingham Farmers Market for a snack!
If you are interested let us know as we will carpool to the location-TOGETHER.

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Dec
1
6:30 PM18:30

How the Quran Records the Birth of Jesus

  • 2750 McLeod Road Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)
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Shared Stories: How the Quran Records the Birth of Jesus
We will welcome a special guest to Echoes for an evening of Learning Church!

Dr. Michael Chrastowski will share his presentation on how the Muslim sacred text captured the story of Jesus Birth.

The virgin birth of Jesus is recorded in the Gospels but also in the Quran — the holy Scripture of
Islam. The Islamic version of the story has both similarities and differences with the Gospels.
The differences are notable because they relate to early Christian ideas from gospels that did
not become part of the New Testament. What is similar about our shared stories? What’s different?
A Lutheran religion professor specializing in teaching Christians about Islam, Dr. Michael Chrzastowski, will lead this informative class for Echoes. We will read how the Quran portrays John the Baptist, Angel Gabriel, the virgin Mary, and the infant Jesus.

All are invited. Light snacks and Tea/water will be served!

There may be a zoom option, please email Pastor Emma if interested so she can make sure you get the handout emma@echoesbellingham.org

Location: 2750 McLeod Road, Bellingham, WA 98225

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Nov
24
6:30 PM18:30

Creative Church

  • 2750 McLeod Road Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come join Echoes in making Advent Wreaths & Candle Holders to prepare your heart and hearth for the Advent season.

All are invited to come and create with us. Greens and basic wreath making supplies provided.

If you have a unique holder? Bring it! Extra/Older Candles? Bring them! Extra Christmas Decorations?
We can use them! At Creative Church, making in community IS worship, so whether your new, inquiring, a regular or an extreme crafter, we would love to have you create with us!

Take time with Echoes to slow down and enter into the season of waiting and wondering before Christmas - Jesus’ Birth.

This event is free and open to all. We would welcome donations to help with supplies.

Location - 2750 McLeod Rd, Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Nov
17
6:30 PM18:30

Dinner Church

  • 2750 McLeod Road Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)
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We are gathering for a special Dinner Church night to feast, celebrate and honor the last 13 years of Echoes!

We are honoring our November Friendsgiving tradition and have a tasty seasonal potluck!
Bring a side, dessert or drink to share! This dinner gathering is free and available to all. Just come!

We will share in scripture, story and song coming around a big table to converse AS worship.
Help with set up (6:00pm) and Clean up (8:00pm) is very welcome!

We will also be collecting food for the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters to help fill the food boxes in north Bellingham. With the SNAP benefits in limbo, we need to feed our neighbors NOW more than ever.

Location - 2750 McLeod Road, Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma if you have any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

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Nov
10
6:30 PM18:30

Service Church

Join Echoes for an in person opportunity to spread the love and holiday cheer and make & write cards for Seniors (Santa for Seniors) & Immigrants (Global Refuge) with HOPE for the HOLIDAYS!

We can use your creativity and help to prep cards of hope for the holiday season. Let’s help lessen the loneliness and stress of the season and work together to spread JOY!

We’ll provide the supplies, and you provide your time AND your creative eye!

Tea & Cocoa and light snacks will be provided. Come and Join us!

Location: 925 Forest Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
(use the main entrance on the corner of Forest and E Laurel Street, and you can use the LCSNW parking lot across Forest Street)

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

More Information: https://www.globalrefuge.org/get-involved/volunteer/hope-for-the-holidays/

https://lcsnw.org/bellingham-santa-for-seniors/

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Nov
3
6:30 PM18:30

Pub Church

“One good conversation can shift the direction of the change forever.”
— Linda Lam

Join Echoes for our monthly conversation on topics that matter. Together around the table we’ll share our questions, opinions and thoughts in a setting that fosters dialogue across difference.

Conversation Builds Community. Come Chat!

Beverages are available for purchase. Light snacks will be available. A food truck will also be on site.

Location: Wander Brewing - 1807 Dean Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225
https://wanderbrewing.com/

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions - emma@echoesbellingham.org

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