| Woodland Park UMC is now in it's centennial year, 2004. Many members, pastors, and staff have worshiped and served God over the years at Woodland Park UMC. The quality our church has always seemed to have is it's friendly, welcoming nature. Sometime between 1919 and 1924, under the leadership of Reverend Raymond Rees, the flyer / card below was probably used to spread word of our church's presence in the community. |
Don't you cry:
You'll be a big church
Bye and bye
If you just keep friendly,
Folks will know
You're the sort of church
Where they LIKE to go
"When people visit our church on Sunday mornings, they invariably say the same thing to me as they leave. They always tell me that the people of this congregation are so friendly and warm."
Today, our place of worship has changed, but we are still the same friendly, welcoming congregation whose doors are always open to any who wish to enter.
Location 302 North 78th Street
Seattle, WA 98103-4618
North east corner of North 78th
and Greenwood Ave. N. in the
Greenwood / Phinney Ridge
Neighborhood of Seattle
Directions Regional Map Local Map
Accessibility Our sanctuary, fellowship hall and
church offices on the main level are fully
accessible to all from Greenwood Ave.
Our classrooms on the lower level are
fully accessible from our parking lot
immediately east of the church.
Parking Parking is available in a parking lot
immediately east of our church off of
North 78th Street
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Urban neighborhoods provide churches with wonderful and challenging opportunities. People who look differently from one another, who live differently from one another, and who speak differently from one another live very closely with one another and share the same parks, libraries, and schools. Urban neighborhoods are rich and dense and filled with promise.
Church ought to be a safe place for people to experience the healing touch of God and the wholeness that emerges from right relationship with othe people, non-human creation, and the Divine. Additionally, church is a place to be transformed and to transform. We live in a prejudiced and broken world. Our prejudices require challenge. Our complacency requires challenge. Our comfort needs to be challenged. All of these things are often built upon the marginalization and oppression of others. Let us challenge one another in love and with support. Let transformation be out goal -- transformation of ourselves and then of our world. I invite the people in the Phinney and Greenwood neighborhoods to enrich our worshipping community...to challenge us and to be challenged by the richness of our community.
Currently I am a member of the PNWUMC's Board of Discipleship, founding member of PNW RMN, Phinney Ridge ecumenical ministry group, member of the Religious Coalition for Equality (http://www.religiouscoalition-wa.org/)
Member of the Society of Biblical Literature, member of the American Academy of Religion.
Former member of Partnership for Youth, the PNW's AIDS Task Force, Task Force on Children and Poverty, and Board of Global Ministries.
We are all very excited about our new choir director, Susan Senft. She is the former director of Tacoma First UMC and is currently directing the Pacifica Children's Chorus. Susan is always looking for new voices for our church choir (no previous experience is required).
Janine is the secretary for Woodland Park United Methodist Church. She staffs the church office Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 2 PM. In addition to her clerical roles she oversees the work of volunteer office staff from the congregation.
Cindy Rattray, congregational member, is also our youth coordinator. She brings a warm enthusiasm and a gift for working with youth and young adults. All youth are welcome.
Pat is coordinating theYouth Education Classes.