The Birchwood Food Desert Fighters and the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center are co-hosting workshops on Tribal sovereignty, Know Your Rights, Agenda Making and Facilitation, Transformative Justice, and Digital Security.

Monday, March 17, 7:00 pm a panel of immigration attorneys will speak on immigrant rights and community responses.

Sunday, March 23, we’ll continue our exploration of aging with the presentation “Let’s Talk About DEMENTIA - And How We Can Care for Each Other.”  Aging is NOT a precursor for dementia!

In an unprecedented moment of moral reckoning, Church World Service (CWS) today issued The Ash Wednesday Ecumenical Declaration: Defending Refuge,  a bold and urgent call to action from faith communities across the nation.

Meet Moxxy Rogers, our new Worship Media Coordinator! In addition to taking on our sanctuary technology, Moxxy Rogers is a Spoken Word Artist, Poet and Media Producer with a love for storytelling and theatre.

Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan, Sunday, March 9 at 1:00 pm, Congregation Beth Israel (751 San Juan Blvd, Bellingham) Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan is a professor in the Department of Global Studies, University of Oregon, specializing in human rights, international law, armed conflict, criminal justice, incarceration, colonialism, and Israel/Palestine.

Thirty people met last Sunday in round table discussions to consider what we are already are doing in regards to sharing our funds and building, providing hands-on support in the community and standing up for justice and what are dreams are going forward.

First Congregational Church partners with others through our pledge dollars to address legislative issues