September 1, 2025
@ 6:30pm (Gathering)
7-9pm (Trivia)

Consensus said let's gather for an Echoes Trivia night!

We'll create teams for Monday Trivia at Zeeks Pizza/Fountain Brewing! Two rounds, five categories and five questions per category.  Topics include current news, “starts with”, audience requests from previous week, music, sports, history, geography, science, music, general knowledge, and more. 

1-6 person teams. $10 gift card for best team name. $2 buy in per person (all cash from buy-ins paid out to top 3 teams). Pizza and beverages available for purchase. Please join us for a fun, casually competitive gathering in the Fountain District!

Echoes normally takes Labor Day off, but our retreat next weekend (September 5-7) means we are taking next Monday, September 8th off!

Location: Zeeks Pizza Bellingham - 2416 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98229

Contact Pastor Emma so she can know to save you a seat - emma@echoesbellingham.org

“To eat dinner together is to convene, to talk and learn about one another”
– Lynn Barendsen

Join Echoes for our Dinner Church gathering, where all that’s missing from the table is you and your favorite BBQ condiment!

We’ll have hotdogs, veggie dogs, condiments & water! Bring a dish, chips, beverage, dessert or side to share with everyone. But don’t worry if summer is busy just come and bring yourself, we’ll have plenty!

Location: Lake Padden Park Picnic Shelter - 4882 S Samish Way, Bellingham, WA 98229

Together we’ll share in story, prayer, conversation and food AS worship, because patterned in the traditions of Jesus means gathering around the table to eat together is a sacred act and a spiritual practice.

We will be collecting food items for the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters boxes that we fill on the 4th Tuesday of the month. Please bring your shelf stable items and seasonal fruits and vegetables for donations to our neighbors in need.

Contact Echoes with any questions or to let us know what you are bringing! info@echoesbellingham.org

Church doesn’t need to be confined to walls or even a building!

Join Echoes for our monthly Wild Church and wander in one of the beautiful places that we share and call home.

We’ll meet near the picnic shelter past the playground/restrooms. You’ll have time to wander under ancient redwoods, listen to birds, admire the undergrowth and experience Whatcom Falls in the summer.

Together we’ll share in scripture, story and communi-TEA as we relish the summer evening.
Kids, Pets and Wanderers Welcome.

Location: Whatcom Falls Park (parking lot) 1574 Silver Beach Rd, Bellingham, WA 98229

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

We are grateful to be members of the Wild Church Network We seek to widen our welcome to include seekers and those who are playing with new ways of being human in relationship with the land and creatures as a space to grow and learn together. We need each other in this time of so much breakdown and breakthrough.

Come and get creative outdoors! Join Echoes for some Rock Painting @ Big Rock Garden Park on a summer evening.

Rock painting is a fun and relaxing activity where participants paint designs, messages, or images on rocks to be hidden in public spaces for others to find, or to keep as unique expressions of love. It's a wonderful way to share your creativity and spread a little joy!

This event is completely free, and all painting supplies (and rocks) will be provided.
We will not be collecting rocks from the park, so feel free to bring a rock from your home/past adventures.

Location - Big Rock Garden Park - 2900 Sylvan St, Bellingham, WA 98226
We will meet in the pagoda in the central part of the park. There is a small parking lot & restroom.

Just bring your creativity and ideas to collaborate with natural materials.

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

“The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.” - William Hazlitt

Join Echoes for our monthly Pub Church, where we can converse together in community, beverages help!

Come hear and be heard amongst a community that believes there is room for every topic under the sun (and then some). Bring your thoughts, opinions, ponderings and questions to our Pub Church @ Wander Brewing. There is a food truck on site and we will bring light snacks to share!

Whether you are religious, spiritual, somewhere on the spectrum or just curious, your questions and conversation is welcome!

Location: Wander Brewing - 1807 Dean Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

Dinner Church gathers monthly around a big table to feast and commune together.

Because eating together, praying together, celebrating each other and acknowledging grief IS worship.

We’ll gather outdoors for a Summer Salad Potluck at a Bellingham Park.

Please bring a potluck salad or salad topping to share. We’ll provide drinks and the lettuce base and you are invited to bring something to top a salad (vegtable, dressing, fruits, meats etc.) We can’t wait to dine together with you

Location: Cordata Park - 4510 Cordata Pkwy, Bellingham, WA 98226
(Please note this is near the picnic shelters and the playground use the 4510 Cordata Pkwy entrance - see map below)

We will also be collecting food for the boxes we fill with the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters. Please bring non-perishable foods, drinks, snacks and waters for our neighbors in need. We fill 4 boxes on the 4th Tuesday of the month, and appreciate any and all donations.

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org or to say what you will be BRINGING!

Join Echoes for our monthly Wild Church!

We’ll gather where the sand meets the sea at Bellingham Bay - Wandering our watershed, embracing the summer breeze and listening to the sounds of Creation & the Sacred sharing our shores.

All are invited and welcome to share in story, reflective walking, prayer, seasonal fruit & community. We’re not just bringing worship outside, we are engaging nature as our sanctuary!

Location: Locust Beach (Parking) 3199 Locust Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225

Please note the parking lot is before the trailhead/beach access. We will meet in the parking lot at 6:30pm and promptly walk down to the water at 6:40pm. To access this beach there is some trail walking and stairs to navigate. Come and find us even if you are coming later, as there is no late at Echoes!

Humans/Children/Dogs Welcome.

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

Echoes is grateful to be a member of the Wild Church Network.

Learn more about accessing Bellingham’s beaches here - https://www.bellingham.org/top-5-bellingham-bay-beaches-near-downtown

We’ll gather for fun IN community at Flatstick Pub Bellingham!

On the Monday after Pride in Bellingham we’ll come together to putt-putt on the mini golf course in downtown Bellingham as we share drinks laughter and JOY!

Because Queer Joy is RESISTANCE
and Having Fun in Community is SACRED

Putt-Putt is $!5 per person, and we can provide a small discount, so try to bring cash or a donation to Echoes to help us provide gatherings like these for ALL!

Location: Flatstick Pub https://flatstickpub.com/bellingham/

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions, or to RSVP! emma@echoesbellingham.org

We are looking forward to the annual celebration of PRIDE in Bellingham on Sunday, July 13th!

As a church that was founded at Bellingham Pride, we know how important it is to be OUT authentically in all of your wonderful expressions.

Mark your calendars for a Pride and note we’ll try to have a brief worship before marching in the parade, so you wont have to choose between church or pride, because at Echoes we believe there is no separation!

More details coming soon!

https://prideinbellingham.org/

The world is rough out there….come converse.
Join Echoes around a big table to commiserate, regroup, and reflect IN community on things that matter. Having discourse that includes theology is a way not only to express our faith, but explore what we actually believe about topics that are not always easy to talk about.

All are welcome.

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

They have a full pizza menu including gluten free and vegan options along with beer, cider, wine and non alcoholic options. Kids are welcome.

Find us at the big tables at the back!

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

We’ll honor Pride month/season with a special Pride Movie Church!

Come for snacks, popcorn and a special pride documentary that helps us honor the history of why its important to celebrate ALL of God’s beloved children.

We will be watching the PBS documentary “Stonewall Uprising” from PBS American Experience series.

“When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City on June 28, 1969, the street erupted into violent protests that lasted for the next six days. The Stonewall riots, as they came to be known, marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement in the United States and around the world.”

It is important to know your history and celebrate the “third spaces” that make space for everyone. Come and watch with Echoes!

We will also use this time to work on assembling our Pride Zine! Just come for some relaxed and comfortable community that seeks to be a place for authenticity and wholeness.

Location: 2116 Walnut Street, Bellingham WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

We’ll gather outdoors to welcome summer for a special Wild Church. Together we’ll mark the start of summer honoring the solstice, long days, lingering sunsets and fruits of the season! Come and join us for a Wild Wander!

Location: Little Squalicum Park - 640 Marine Dr, Bellingham, WA 98225 (corner of W Illinois ST)

The seasonal shift welcomes not only warmer days in the western hemisphere, but also a chance to thaw our hearts/emotions and prayers that perhaps need to be given a space for release.

Together we’ll have time for simple readings and reflections with the bulk of our time spent wandering, listening to the waves, the hillsides, the seabirds and rocks, calling to us to listen to the spirit in all things. We will gather at Little Squalicum Park (and walk down to the beach) to get closer to the gorgeous waters. Wild Church includes a .38 mile walk one way to the beach for our service.
Please see the map below for walking instructions.

We encourage you to bring a chair, wear comfortable shoes and clothing, including layers in case it gets chilly, and a journal or art supplies for personal reflection. Bring your friends, kids, pets and full selves for this experiential service!

We will walk to the beach promptly at 6:40pm. For those arriving later, otherwise please just head on down and meet us at the beach for Wild Church!

Check out the newly opened Little Squalicum Pier that was originally built in 1912, but only in 2025 has become publicly accessible! Come take a wander out over the water!
https://cob.org/news/2025/pier-opens-to-the-public

We’ll gather for a TACO BAR with the staff of Lutherwood Camp & Retreat Center to feed/pray and encourage them before the summer camp season!

We will provide the taco meat and vegetarian fillings and salad/taco shells we can use your help with toppings!

Bring toppings, sides and drinks to share: Cheese, Salsa, Hot Sauce, Lettuce, Chips, Sour Cream, Onions, Tomatoes, Lettuce or your favorite topping or dessert

You Can Sign Up For What You Will Bring Here! -
Since we are feeding summer camp staff we will need servings for around 30 people, so you will see options to sign up for one portion (1/3 enough for 10ish people)

We can use your help with Set Up 6:00pm & Clean Up @ 8:00pm!

Location: Faith Lutheran Church - 2750 McLeod Rd, Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

Join us for a unique Creative Church experience this June!

Together we'll be explore the intersection of our creativity and spirituality through the art of oyster shell crafting. This creative workshop is perfect for those seeking a hands-on way to connect with nature materials, community and nature materials of the beautiful Pacific Northwest. You’ll get to create your own oyster shell trinket dish either with paint, decoupage, gold leaf or other materials that speak to you!

Just bring yourself, your hands and your unique creativity. This will be fun, come play!

All supplies provided. This event is free; donations are accepted!

Location: 2116 Walnut Street, Bellingham WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

“God does not love us if we change, God loves us so that we can change.”― Richard Rohr

Join Echoes at Bellingham’s newest Brewery (location) - Together, we’ll check out Beach Cat Brewing’s South Paw Location along the waterfront- 1010 C St Suite 107, Bellingham, WA 98225

Join us for conversation IN community around tasty beverages. Even when difficult.

Let’s take time to ponder the bigger questions, wonder about what we CAN do in the current state of the world, and find hope in community remembering there is power avoiding isolation!

We will provide simple snacks, but please bring something to share or there may be a food truck on site with food for purchase! Look for our question sheets, markers and listen for laughter to find us as we sit outside along the waterfront (weather permitting).

Please note this one is in Bellingham and not in the Blaine location - https://www.beachcatbrewing.com/

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

Echoes has been a proud supporter and encourager of the Whatcom Youth PRIDE Parade and Festival - since its inception in 2019. WYP is an opportunity for LGBTQIA+ youth and youth allies to walk together through a short parade route while the community stands along the sidelines and cheers them on! 

The parade culminates in a festival at Bellingham High School where there will be tables for community organizations to share their resources, music and performances, and food trucks for lunch! 

​With an average attendance of 1,500 people, the Whatcom Youth Pride Parade and Festival continues to be a huge success! We're looking forward to gathering again this year!  Come join us!
 

SCHEDULE
10:45 AM - Allies & Adopt-a-block Participants Line Up * Echoes Line up @ Commercial & Flora St- (Youth Marching Line Up on Hallec)ksee route map below

11:00 AM - Parade Start (corner of Cornwall & Halleck)

11:30 AM - Festival Start (Bellingham High School)

12:30 PM - Festival Performances

2:00 PM - Festival Ends

We have adopted a block this year #16. Please find us on the Corner of Flora St & Commercial St. with signs and banners! (near 187 North Commercial Street, Bellingham WA 98225)
We will update with details for meeting up beforehand soon!

https://www.whatcomyouthpride.com/

This month’s Dinner Church will take the opportunity to meet outside for a Potluck Picnic Church!

We’ll have a simple liturgy, outdoors celebrating Spring and the joy of feasting TOGETHER!

Bring something to share, like a side dish or snacks you prefer. We welcome sides, vegetables, fruits, desserts, drinks, bread, salads and what you love to eat OUTSIDE!

A vegetarian main dish & simple beverages will be provided.

Location: Outside the Fairhaven Park Picnic Shelter - 107 Chuckanut Drive, Bellingham, WA 98225

The picnic shelter is in the back of the park past the tennis courts to the right hand side. Once you enter, keep driving until you encounter parking spots at the north end of the park.

You can also bring food donations to help us fill the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters (BFDF) food boxes in north Bellingham. We fill 4 boxes, so if you bring 4 of each item it helps make separating items for boxes, or just bring what you can contribute and we can do our best to distribute equally.

Contact Pastor Emma with more information emma@echoesbellingham.org

No Gathering as its Memorial Day. Take time to be with yourself and your household as you need to and tend to the things that allow you space for reflection.

Wild Church communes in a special Bellingham park to explore the sacred spaces that inhabit the wild even in our urban parks & spaces!

Join Echoes for a slow spring saunter. Together we’ll listen to story, song and honor the sacred seeds being planted in our world, even during these tumultuous times. We’ll wander under the canopy of big and small branches pondering questions like:
-What spring buds are sprouting for you?
-What flowers are preparing to bloom in your heart?
-What role can we play in tending the soils of our community to encourage mutual flourishing?

We’ll gather under the old trees of Elizabeth Park, no matter the weather so dress in layers and bring what you need to be comfortable like a blanket or chair to sit on. Look for our Echoes sign to find us!

Location: Elizabeth Park - 2205 Elizabeth St, Bellingham, WA 98225
Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

We look forward to connecting with you in nature.

Join us for our monthly Creative Church creating ZINES.

For years, zines have given individuals and communities a voice, providing a way to resist, feel empowered, and share stories. These small, hand-made magazines spread information, personal experiences, and inspire action.

At Echoes we have our own history of creating zines for Pride, for Encouragement, for History and now for creative resistance. We will provide the simple supplies and you provide the creativity for a powerful COMMUNAL activity in JOY and RESISTANCE.

What words, images, stories, poems and photos need to be archived in an Echoes’ zine?
What messages do WE want to share with Bellingham/our community during THIS moment in time?
How can we use simple print media to inspire creative resistance in our own backyard?

This month’s medium is paper. You are welcome to bring materials that can be utilized, cut up or collaged for this Creative Church experience.

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

“This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive.”
-Alice Waters

Join Echoes for our monthly Pub Church where we can have authentic conversations about things that matter. May we find space and time to be more thoughtful and alive together, not because we all agree, but because we all seek to hear one another, compassionately. Come & Converse

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

We likely will be sitting outside on the patio (under cover with heat lamps), so plan on dressing in layers for the evening cooler temperatures. Let us know if you are planning on coming so we can save you a seat!

Contact Echoes with any questions info@echoesbelllingham.org

Come Eat with Echoes! We will have our monthly culinary journey in community with Baked Potato Night!

We provide the SPUDS and you provide the toppings, sides and drinks!

Your help is needed to create the toppings bar & potluck the rest of our meal!
Toppings: Sour Cream, Cheese, Bacon, Green Onions, Croutons,
Sides: Salads, Vegetables (broccoli, corn, onions), Dips, Desserts
Drinks: Lemonade, Sparkle Water, Juice, Pop

As with every dinner church, the whole experience IS worship. So we can use your hands with set up @ 6:00pm & clean up @ 8:00pm.

Following in the patterns of Jesus we believe where two or three (or 20) are gathered is a sacred moment. We’ll have simple prayers, reflection, conversation and communion incorporated into this experience, so please come as you are (no religious experience necessary).

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions or what topping or side you are bringing emma@echoesbellingham.org!

It’s the Monday after Easter, and we are taking a break. Join us next Monday!

Echoes’ yearly Easter Walk Wild Church wanders through downtown Bellingham honoring the stories of this place along Whatcom Creek that cradles Bellingham and the ancient stories of Jesus and his life and death and resurrection.

Starting @ City Hall, we’ll stop at several locations en route to Maritime Heritage Park along Whatcom Creek. At each stop we’ll read some of the Biblical story of the arrest, death, and return of Jesus, and provide a bridge from our own local history of the land we stand on and share. We’ll traverse paths, stairs, bridges and water ways before gathering around the Lummi-made totem pole of Salmon Woman to listen to this Coast Salish creation story and reminder that we are to protect Salmon woman’s children.

As it is Easter and we are reminded of the infinite possibilities that are presented on that day, we will share communion at the fish hatchery and bless the new life that is all around us and within us.

Around 3:45pm, following the Easter Walk Wild Church, we’ll meander to Structures Old Town for some light food and beverages and some time for Easter fellowship together! https://www.structuresbrewing.com/locations/holly-street

All Are Welcome to wander and to reconnect this Easter.

Email Pastor Emma with any questions or to let us know you'll be walking with us: emma@echoesbellingham.org

Walk Information: 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. We’ll begin at Bellingham City Hall 210 Lottie Street (parking is free on Sundays) and end at Maritime Heritage Park 500 W Holly St.

Join Echoes as we meander through Holy Week with some Holy Wanderings through downtown Bellingham taking pause to reflect on the sacred story of Jesus in his last days, in THIS place.

Holy Week is the Christian tradition of honoring Jesus’ last 7 days on earth that began with a Processional through his Holy City: Jerusalem and ended on a cross up the hill of Golgotha. Jesus ministry was firmly rooted and shaped by the city, context and region that he lived, worked and played in. It’s clear Jesus loves the city he calls home, and invites us to love our cities (including Bellingham) and the people who dwell in them too.

We’ll explore sacred scriptures as well as these questions:
How does the city cultivate your ideas of God?
How does the region shape your understanding & faith?
How can our bodies help us more deeply understand the hopes & challenges of the city we share?
How do we make space to grieve what we’ve lost over the past year including some favorite shops, restaurants & places in Bellingham?

It’s Holy Week, specifically Good Friday, come & its time for some Holy Wanderings through Downtown Bellingham!

We will meet at the parking lot across from LCSWNW (925 N Forest St, Bellingham, WA 98225) on the corner of Laurel & Forest St, to wander and end downtown for some food and beverages.

Please contact Pastor Emma with any questions or if you need to join us later in the wander emma@echoesbellingham.org

Echoes invites you to join us for a time of creative experimentation AS worship.

We all have items we love that may have a hole or wear and tear that needs some extra tender care. Bring your garment or item to our mindful mending creative church. Echoes will provide simple needle and thread and patches for repair. We invite you to bring what you need for your small project on a well loved garment or item.

This event is free and open to all.
Please come and mend with us in community.

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

"‘Help me to understand.’
Good hosts begin their conversation with these four words in an effort to learn more about the other. In the midst of difficulty, they turn to wonder rather than judgment. Whenever there are different perspectives in a conversation, a good host seeks to understand better how others see things, their feelings, and why their position is important to them."
— Diane M. Millis

Let’s help one another understand, as we share our perspectives respectfully in a communal space.
Echoes gathers in the pub, a place where no conversation topic is off the table! Come and join us in discussing things that matter with wonder rather than judgement!

All are welcome, religious background not require. Just an open mind & heart.

We will be in an indoor/outdoor open space, so please dress for spring weather and sitting under heat lamps. We’ll try to provide simple snacks, feel free to bring something to share.

Location: Stones Throw Brewery - 1009 Larrabee Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225

https://www.stonesthrowbrewery.com/

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

Creative Church is an experiment in utilizing our artistic and creative skills as a spiritual practice to do some good for others.

This month we will merge Service & Creative Church and create garden plant labels for the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters Farm.

We’ll provide the supplies to create beautiful & useful plant markers that can aid the gardeners during the planting season to know what is what and where!

This event is free and open to all. Donations are welcome to help cover the cost of supplies and to give support to the BFDF.

Location: 2116 Walnut Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

Join Echoes for our monthly Dinner Church.

This month we’ll have a delicious spaghetti feast!

We will provide noodles & sauce (vegetarian & meat) and you provide an appetite and a Side, Dessert or Drink to Share!
What to Bring to Dinner Church
Sides: Cheese, Salad, Dressings, Vegetables, Hot Sauce, Etc.
Drinks & Desserts

Here’s where you come in… Dinner Church only happens IN community, so your hands are as important as your heart in feeding those who come, including yourself! Join us at 6:00pm for set up & at 8:00pm for clean up.

While an RSVP is not necessary or required, we’d love to know if you are trying to make it so we can include you in our noodle count!

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions, or to let us know what you are bringing! emma@echoesbellingham.org

We will also collect food (& monetary) donations for the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters at Dinner Church on 3/24. Please bring shelf stable items (or monetary gifts) to share!

Birchwood Food Desert Fighters Food Box Needs - Shelf Stable Goods
granola bars  |  canned / shelf stable milk  |  nuts  | canned/pouch meat/fish  |  canned beans  |  canned fruit  |  soups/stews  |  jerky  |  fruits / veggies stable in cold  |  oats  |  sauces  |  spices  |  tea / juice  |  parmesan cheese  |  syrup  |  sugar  |  cereal  |  tortillas  | sliced bread  |  rice |  salt / pepper

We’ll gather on the shores of Lake Samish for our annual Spring Equinox Wild Church!

Our Wild Church experience will be filled with wandering, fire (s’mores!), prayers, meditation and exploring signs of spring awakening all around us.

Taking time in nature’s original sanctuary in community is good for the body AND soul. Whether you’ve been to a Wild Church or not, you are Welcome (no religious experience required).

We’ll gather for some snacks/s’mores around the fire before we officially begin our worship @ 6:00pm with the majority of our time spent wandering and before we re-gather for reflection and communi-TEA!

We are grateful to gather at Lutherwood Camp & Retreat Center which means there is room for EVERYONE! Join us in the big field near the lake after following the signs for parking/lodge.
All ages are not just welcomed but encouraged. Pets may also enjoy wandering the grounds.

This is an all weather event, so dress in layers as the lakeside gets cooler as the sun goes down. We recommend shoes that can navigate all terrain so you can fully enjoy your time in a beautiful tranquil sacred space in south Bellingham. Please bring what you will need to be comfortable including a water bottle, headlamp, camp chair/blanket if needed, snacks, writing/art supplies, whatever else will enhance your wild church exploration.

Location: Lutherwood Camp & Retreat Center 1185 Roy Rd, Bellingham, WA 98229
(Camp can get dark after the sun goes down so a flashlight/headlamp is recommended to aid in your wandering!) https://www.camplutherwood.org/

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham, we look forward to wandering with you!