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!

We will not be gathering on Monday, March 17th. Enjoy your St. Patricks Day!

We’ll join in with our friends at NSEA for a planting party*!

You must register here: https://nsea.volunteerhub.com/vv2/event/27af9293-8768-40e1-8afa-4ea093c6f3c1

Help us and the Whatcom Conservation District plant trees and shrubs along Terrell Creek at a long-term NSEA restoration site. Since 2002, NSEA has partnered with BP Cherry Point and various community groups like the Chums of Terrell Creek to restore stream habitat by removing invasive vegetation and replanting native trees and shrubs.

Terrell Creek not only provides cold, clean, and clear water essential for local coho and chum salmon populations, it also promotes healthy habitat for wildlife throughout the watershed including 170 bird species, steelhead, coastal and residential trout, and a diverse selection of Birch Bay shellfish.

The address you receive is to the parking lot on BP property. There will be a shuttle to the nearby planting location. Ensure that you sign up to get the full details.

Let us know if you sign up and we can see about coordinating a carpool from Bellingham.
We will likely get lunch after our hard work in nearby Blaine before returning back to Bellingham. info@echoesbellingham.org

*Please note we are not the hosts of the event, just participants.*

“During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving.” ― Amit Kalantri

Pub Church gathers in common space (across our sanctuary Bellingham) to engage in lively & respectful dialogue on all topics in an effort to remember that everyone & every idea has a place at the table.

Bring your ideas, opinions, questions and wonderings to our monthly Pub Church at Wander Brewing - 1807 Dean Ave Bellingham, Washington 98225 https://wanderbrewing.com/

There is tasty food to purchase from the food truck on site, and we’ll have light snacks to share.
Bring yourself. Bring your questions. Bring your voice - to Pub Church!

Echoes gathers for a special Ash Wednesday* outdoors @ sunset.
Engage with Earth. With Shore. With Sea. With Ash.

Taking time together to acknowledge our mortality and the blessing that is being here in the place another year is a gift.

Our Ash Wednesday worship recognizes that we come from the earth and as our sacred ground we take time to honor all that we receive from this place.
Together we come to receive ashes and remember: we come from dust, and to dust we shall return.

Receive Ashes & Remember.

*Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, or the 40 Days before Easter.

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

Join Echoes for our monthly Dinner Church. Where meeting around the table IS worship.

Our theme this month is Breakfast for Dinner with Waffle Church!

We’ve got the waffle batter and makers and you bring the toppings and breakfast fixins!

We will potluck the rest of the meal so please bring delicious items to top our waffles like: Berries, Syrups, Jams, Whipped Cream and Sides like eggs, potatoes, juice etc. (gluten free and dairy free items will be available)

At Dinner Church, there are many ways to worship including helping with set up (6:00pm) & clean up (8:00pm), we welcome your hands and heart!

This event is free and open to all. Please come and nourish yourself.

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

We will also collect food (& monetary) donations for the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters at Dinner Church on 2/24. 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 take a Wild Church Wander at Squires Lake. This will be a little different as we traverse a 1.5 mile-ish trail around a lake (plus beaver pond) with guided questions and reading along the way.

Kids and pets are welcome and encouraged on this one.

We encourage you to dress for potential muddy and also hilly terrain. Shoes with tread recommended. Dress in layers and you may get warm as we traverse a small hill. This is a rain or shine event so please dress accordingly and note that much of the trails is tree covered.

Parking is limited, carpool is encouraged. Or you can also park along the road where there is room.

Location: Squires Lake Park - 2510 Nulle Road Bellingham, WA 98229

https://www.whatcomcounty.us/3690/Squires-Lake-Park

Join Echoes for a casual game night! Bring your favorite group game that you enjoy playing!

We’ll meet at The Filling Station (Sunnyland) which has yummy burgers and shakes (vegetarian & gluten free options available) to play simple table games in community!

Since it’s President’s Day, we are just getting together to enjoy tasty food, so come ready to play collaboratively!

Bring along any games you think might be easy to teach/play/clean up and we’ll see what happens :)

Location: The Filling Station - (Sunnyland) 716 Alabama St, Bellingham, WA 98225

We’ll gather for a LOVEly Creative Church, just in time for Valentines Day!

Come experiment with love letters to your self or others as we explore calligraphy and the art of name writing!

We'll provide the supplies (markers, pens, blank cards & paper) simple instructions on the art of calligraphy and you bring your unique creativity! If you want to write a name on something special or specific you are welcome to bring that with you. No calligraphy experience is needed, just an open heart to remembering that you are beLOVED.

Location: 2116 Walnut Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
This gathering is free, but we always appreciate donations to keep community events like these going!

Contact Echoes & Pastor Emma with any questions, emma@echoesbellingham.org

Join Echoes for our monthly Pub Church where conversation matters.

We gather to discuss different topics allowing room for the spiritual lens at our tables. Bring your thoughts, opinions, faith (or no faith) to this time together in community.
All are welcome, we mean it, just come.

We’ll be at the big tables in the back, and come hungry as this brewery has delicious pizza (gluten free and vegan available).

Location-Larrabee Lager Co. - 4151 Guide Meridian Rd #100, Bellingham, WA 98226
https://www.larrabeelagerco.com/

Contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org

We need community, now more than ever. We believe that community can be found around the table. Join our monthly Dinner Church, as we gather to FEAST together AS worship.

Echoes will provide a delicious vegetable soup! You are invited to bring a side dish, beverage or dessert to share, but not necessary, most importantly bring yourself!

We are delighted to welcome back Pastor Charis, the FOUNDER of Echoes to facilitate our table conversation and worship! Charis is currently the Pastor of Burlington Lutheran Church, doing amazing loving things for the community in Skagit Valley! We are grateful for her leadership while Pastor Emma is away.

Location: 2116 Walnut Street, Bellingham WA 98225
This event is free, accessible and open to all.

Donations will be collected for the Food Boxes we fill with the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters on the 4th Tuesday of the month. Please bring shelf stable items that are easy to open, eat or prepare and can withstand the cold for our neighbors in need.

Creative Church welcomes you to come and create together IN community ONLINE!

Each month we gather to flex our creative muscles, because when we do so, spiritual practices that nourish emerge as well!

As 2025 is here, and we have had some days to ponder what new rituals, practices and revealings we hope to bring into our life, come craft Vision Boards or Bingo Cards online!
What do you envision for the coming year? What do you hope for your journey in the days ahead? Come create a Vision Board of collage materials, words and pictures or a Bingo Card of things that you hope to do/accomplish/reach in the 52 weeks of the year (don’t forget the FREE SPACE!)

Now is a great time to gather some magazines, newspapers, wrapping paper, pictures, words etc that could be used in your 2025 vision board. Or if you are creating a Bingo Card, begin to envision how that design might look.

What’s a Vision Board? https://www.betterup.com/blog/how-to-create-vision-board
What’s a New Year Bingo Card? https://www.producingparadise.com/self-improvement/how-to-make-a-new-year-bingo-card/

All are welcome to come create with us online.
No experience needed, just a desire to create in (online) community.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82727230172

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

“Wisdom Comes with Winters.”
-Oscar Wilde

We’ll gather outdoors, honoring the new year, embracing the winter season and enjoying an OLD Whatcom County Park that may be new to you! Join Echoes at Berthusen Park for a Wild Church with lots of space to wander & roam on the lush trails between old growth firs, hemlocks & cedars.

All are invited to come and join us for our monthly Wild Church. The Forest is our sanctuary and the bulk of our time will be spent listening and engaging in conversation with nature. If you've been in need of some forest bathing, come and be awash with tall wise trees.

Location: Berthusen Park- 8837 Berthusen Rd, Lynden, WA 98264

This is an all weather event (unless its very windy or snowy) so dress in layers and be prepared for possibly wet/muddy trails. Bring what you need to be comfortable including water bottle, writing materials, chair etc. There is a bathroom facility on site.

https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/berthusen-park

Please contact Pastor Emma with any questions emma@echoesbellingham.org