Venue Category: Congregation

Welcome to St. Luke’s, a 130-year-old start-up in the heart of Ballard!  We draw on ancient Christian practices of worship, prayer, and service in a rapidly changing world.  Most of our 100 members have become part of the community in the past 5 years. We continue to live out our vision, “to form Beloved Community, which is welcoming and diverse, with Christian worship and service at the heart.”

We are a gathering place for rich and poor, housed and unhoused, young and old, those familiar with Episcopal tradition and those with no church background at all.  We enthusiastically affirm the participation of women and the LGBTQIA+ community in all sacramental rites, membership, and leadership.

We are a community seeking God’s presence in every part of our lives. We come together to experience God’s presence in worship. We share our lives with one another in authentic community. We are sent out to serve our friends, our neighbors, and the world because God has first served us. While our church is located in Medina (West Bellevue), people living all over the greater Seattle area call our church home.

Welcome to the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist. Our mission is to provide a vibrant space in which community can form to worship, grow in faith, and be challenged to respond to the needs of others in the community and in the world.

Statement of Welcome

St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church is an affirming and inclusive Christian community. Our members and leaders strive through love, worship and service to welcome all people just as God created them. No matter where you are on your journey of faith, our welcome knows no boundaries of age, race, ethnicity, culture, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, or economic condition. We believe that God delights in the diversity of creation and so do we!

The St. John’s community is joyful, welcoming, and inclusive. Members of the congregation are diverse in age and background. We gather weekly in worship, prayer, and formation as we seek to deepen our relationships with God, one another, and the world.

Saint George is a warm, inclusive, welcoming and caring congregation. We know one another, pray for each other, and share life’s milestones. We are a family that cares about the wider community and puts that care into action. Members are involved in the Maple Valley Food Bank and Vine Maple Place. We pray together knowing God will give us strength and wisdom for the work we are called to do in the world.

​We are an Episcopal congregation, honoring the best in protestant, catholic and orthodox traditions.

Newcomers will notice that we follow a comfortable order to the weekly service with:

• Four bible readings

• A relevant sermon, reflecting on the readings

• The Sharing of the Peace (something that is modified during COVID-19 protocol)

• Communion (although everyone is welcome at the Lord’s table, due to COVID-19 precautions are being taken and shared communion may not be currently available.)

We have one online Sunday service weekly

We also invite you to walk the labyrinth at any time.

Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral strives to be the following:

• A house of prayer for all people, where we worship God and proclaim the reconciling Gospel of Jesus Christ
• A loving, welcoming, inclusive community that nurtures faith, encourages service, and integrates social and environmental justice into our lives;
• A sacred gathering place for the Diocese of Olympia and the broader community in times of crisis, sorrow, and celebration.

Saint Mark’s Cathedral is part of the Episcopal Church, and as a cathedral, serves as the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Olympia.