Aurora Church of The Nazarene is a family oriented church that exemplifies the true meaning of compassion and healing. The church provides recovery counseling services as well as programs for infants and newborns. Each Sunday service starts at 10am and welcomes the residents of Shoreline and its neighbors.
Edgewood Baptist Church is a well attended family-oriented church with many activities outside of Sunday worship to take part in. A strong missions and teaching focus characterize the substantial congregation that hosts many seasonal holiday childrens' programs as well as youth services.
ArtWorks, a gathering place for artists, offers drawing, painting and mixed media classes for students of all ages. Classes run quarterly and are limited to eight students. The instructors are professional artists and eager to share their knowledge and techniques with the students. Art shows and sales events are held here regularly; visit ArtWorks' website for its events schedule. The facility is also open for artist organizational meetings.
North Sound Church is a chapel-esqe church just north of downtown Edmonds, on the corner of 4th Avenue and Bell Street. Parking is in a small lot beside the church and along the street. Check the North Sound Church website for information regarding upcoming events.
For more than 110 years, the Seattle Humane Society, located in Bellevue, has been of service to dogs, cats and other domestic animals. The independent nonprofit is a no-kill shelter that focuses on finding homes for animals that are rescued or surrendered. Some of the animals are brought in by owners who can no longer take care of them, others are collected from local municipal animal services. Employees screen potential families and match them with appropriate pets.
The Seattle Humane Society also has a variety of other programs that aim to prevent animals from becoming abandoned. The organization operates a pet food bank for owners who can no longer afford to buy food for pets. The group also holds spay and neutering events that provide free or low-cost sterilization services.
The group also provides pet ownership classes and kenneling services for dogs, which help defray the shelter's costs. The rest of its costs are covered with grants and donations.
The Seattle Humane Society recently had a renovation which upgraded the dog kennels and created small living rooms for cats, complete with couches, chairs and shelving. The renovation aimed to lessen the stress on an animal who is brought to the shelter, staff members say.
Two adoptable animals from the Seattle Humane Society will be featured on Bellevue Patch.
The Holy Trinity Lutheran Church follows the teachings of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Evangelical Lutherans believe in the Triune Godhead, open sacrament and support women in the clergy. The church is one of two Lutheran churches on the island, but the two maintain small differences in doctrine.
The church was founded at the Keewaydin Clubhouse in 1948 and soon built a small brick chapel on S.E. 40th Street. Today, the chapel remains but is dwarfed by a large, brightly-lit sanctuary with room to seat more than 400 parishioners.
St. John's Episcopal Church has a mission statement that "is to live God's word in our daily lives by caring, nurturing and serving each other and the community." The church had a small congregation in 1916 that met once a month. The present church building was built in 1948; the Church School was built in 1952 and had 35 children when opening. The church has two services on Sunday, Bible Study on Wednesdays and every second Wednesday of the month, it meets in the Hunt Chapel at 10am. In addition St. John's has a thrift shop, Sunday school and a Youth Group program. The church has a choir and an Adult Forum that meets weekly.
Edmonds United Methodist Church welcomes everyone to worship the church and be involved with the community. The church strives for diversity in its 400-plus congregation and is open everyday for the public. Come for Sunday worship at 9am.
