Parish Life
Through various committees and teams our life together, encompasses many kinds of events and ministries
Discipleship and Fellowship Committee
The Discipleship and Fellowship Committee is dedicated to the activities that surround our life together at Faith.
The committee meets once a month online (first Tuesdays at 6:30pm). It is responsible for the oversight of the worship services and music, hospitality, Christian education, nave care, Fine Arts at Faith, and other related items. We plan for upcoming services and seasons, special events, discuss what goes right, what needs work, and anything else that is needed to ensure our ministries and worship services run smoothly and are a place of welcome for all.
The committee is always looking for new ideas and people to get involved. This may be a place for you!
Building and Grounds Committee
Committee Meeting: 2nd Tuesday each month at 10:30am
Work Parties: 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month @ 9:30 am (with coffee and donuts!)
We sweep, paint, clean, organize, move, repair, replace, plumb, light, chop, etc.
NO specials skills required
ALL special skills gladly accepted
Membership not required to participate
The work of the Building and Grounds group covers the buildings and site from top to bottom. Roof repair and maintenance to parking lot sealer.
Activities include work items covering carpentry, windows, painting, plants and planting, lawn care and mowing, electrical, plumbing, doors and hardware and many more. Many of these items are accomplished by the willing hands of volunteers while others require contact and coordination with outside contractors.
Anyone with an interest in any of these activities is invited to join us at any time.
Many hands make light work
Finance Committee
The Finance Team stewards our financial gifts – our tithes, offerings, gifts and income.
We assist the council in setting the budget, manage loans, monitor and report on giving and expenses, and aid our members in providing financial support to all our missions as a congregation.
The Finance Committee meets online the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm.
The team consists of our Council Treasurer, Financial Secretary, volunteer bookkeeper, and other members.
Endowment Committee
Our Endowment Committee manages investments whose income is used to spread the mission of the church. They also support the Memorial Fund, our gifts in remembrance of family and members. Members of this committee are elected by the congregation.
Mission and Outreach Committee
The Mission and Outreach Committee navigates some of the distribution of our congregation’s time and talents on both the national/international and local level.
From a monetary standpoint, we send quarterly amounts from our Benevolence Fund through five synod programs and ten local programs that are prioritized by a congregation vote. We facilitate events and donation drives through the year that can include a meal for Congregations for the Homeless, a KidVantage Diaper Drive, a continuous Hopelink Food Drive, a march with other synod churches in the Seattle Pride Parade, a Preschool Halloween experience, a neighborhood Trunk or Treat event for Halloween, a Christmas Giving Tree, and support a baby quilt group, and a shawl prayer ministry group. Our lively group meets every other month via zoom.
We always greet more people and ideas into our midst. Please know that you would be welcome!