Who Are We?
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Who are we?
We are a diverse group of families, couples, students, singles, children. While far from perfect, we are a church that is emerging, striving to realize our faith in a culture that has lost faith; striving to create community in an individualized and segmented society; striving to work out the implications of our faith for a hurting and broken world.
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Our ethos is not about coercing you into a connection with God or our church, but about honest conversation and dialogue concerning religion, faith, justice, our city, and our global community. If you haven’t done so yet, we want to encourage you to visit our faith community. If you have any questions or would like for us to follow-up on your interest, feel free to comment on the “Contact Us” link. We look forward to the journey ahead…
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What do we look like? We try our best to speak to culture and at the same time be faithful to our orthodoxy. So that affects the way we present ourselves. We might be regarded by some as atypical as churches come, and some would even go so far as to say we’re anti-institutional. In the end, we are creating a space for dialogue as well as worship, where parents, children, seniors, infants, students, professionals, and so on, can all feel comfortable and at the same time be challenged. In the past we have met in living rooms, galleries, campuses, sanctuaries, social halls. At the moment we find ourselves at the church parsonage and are (re)creating a worship space there.
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STAFF
Wayne Park | Lead Pastor
Wayne (31 yrs old) was born and raised in the Big Apple, the son of Korean immigrants. He studied Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design in NYC and moved out west with the turn of the century. Since then he has traveled the world with YWAM, trained missionaries through The Perspectives Course, and pastored a campus ministry at WWU. He is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Regent College in Vancouver, BC and is planting this new church together with his partners in crime, Ashley (wife) and Austin (son). Read more about their story at his blog: waynepark.com
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Pat Nam | Worship Coordinator
Patrick Nam grew up on the “mean streets of Federal Way”, WA. He graduated from the University of Washington in 2005 with a B.A. in Economics and a minor in Music and is now finishing his Masters of Divinity degree at Regent College by 2009. Patrick has experience as a Sunday School pastor for children and moonlights as the Edge for U2. Aside from leading worship and a community group for missioDei, Patrick is a session guitarist who has helped various bands through the years and in his free time enjoys fitness and tennis. Pat can be reached @ kimbahpnam@hotmail.com
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Suzie Kim | Childcare Coordinator
Suzie is a second year student at Western Washington University. She is majoring in Special Education with an Elementary education Dual Endorsement, studying to be an elementary school teacher. She has a great passion for working with children, currently working as a counselor for the YMCA’s Before and After School Enrichment Program, where she and other counselors watch up to thirty children. This program allows the children to interact with group games, homework assistance, and many other activities. This job has let her go to many different elementary schools in Bellingham, having her grow a stronger bond with the children in the Bellingham community. Throughout all of her childhood experience she has worked with infants all the way to seniors in high school. Suzie has eight years of child experience and continuing. All children are special and important, and deserve to feel that way.
