In February we gathered for the first time. Now it is August and our graced gathering of Welcoming Waters members has grown in trust and strength and healing. We are twelve vibrant and variegated human beings, and we invite you to bless us with your presence if you live in or are visiting the greater Seattle area.
Welcoming Waters is a gathering of people who seek to hear the message the spirit is speaking through one another. Many of us were asked to leave religious institutions because we revealed our authentic selves. Some of us told our worshiping community that we were members of the GLBT community, others of us expressed our doubts, and some of us expressed an understanding of faith that was outside the borders of the church we were attending. When we were all ushered to the door, formally, or subtlety of those communities, we found that the Spirit of love, the Spirit of God, the insights of our faiths did not stop working in our lives or teaching us profound truths. We simply lost a place to talk about them.
We are so blessed to be able to gather at the beautiful Lake Ballinger Community Center five miles north of Seattle on the third Sunday of the month at 10:30 and like the great blue heron who finds herself on the shores of Lake Ballinger, we wait and wade in the waters of the Spirit together.
If you sense the spirit has something to say but you have not found a safe place to express those words, or if you are seeking a faith gathering that will accept all of you, we invite you to come to our gathering.
We will gather again on March 15 at Lake Ballinger Community Center 1030am.
All are welcome.
If you would like to talk to someone before attending please email
Pastor Linda Roddis linda.heronspirit@gmail.com
or
Rita kowats, MA Theology soulseeing@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/PastorLindaRoddis
Mountlake Community Center
23000 Lakeview Drive
Mountlake Terrace WA 98043
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