It’s fair to say Seattle’s oldest Christian congregation, First United Methodist Church, founded in 1853, is unafraid of breaking new ground.
The Raining Sounds Barbershop Quartet, which practices at Queen Anne Baptist Church, makes people burst into smiles. In fact, it’s those smiles that smile that make the singers perform time and time again.
It is going to be a lot more difficult for Magnolia residents to just drop in to the Magnolia Community Center this year after the Seattle City Council voted to reduce the center’s operating time to just about 35 hours a week. No classes will be impacted by this decision. Instead, what the reduced hours mean is that students and adults who have had the opportunity in the past to just drop by the center during the day to use the gymnasium or other facilities, won’t be able to now.
Whether it is an art studio or a kitchen, Thoa Nguyen has found outlets for her creativity.
Tracy Arant says for many people it’s a thin line between having a home and being homeless. The Tent City3 member was part of a nine-member panel talking to about 35 interested residents that live near the Seattle Pacific University campus. SHARE/WHEEL, the organization which manages the temporary encampment of about 100 homeless people known as Tent City3, organized the Jan. 10 meeting along with SPU to help interested citizens learn more about the encampment and to answer their questions concerning the project. The temporary encampment is moving to the school’s Wallace Field, along Nickerson Street, from Jan. 21 through Mar. 24.
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On the corner of West Bertona Street and Third Avenue West, a red sign emblazoned with the Seattle Pacific University (SPU) crest faces the busy, outside world. Written on the back of the sign, less visible in sanctuary-like tree shade, are these words: And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8
When Marla Beck traveled to Washington D.C. in May to be honored as the State of Washington’s Small Business Person of the Year, the journey represented sweet vindication for nine years of hard work — not to mention the scary leap to start her own business.
George Kinnear (January 30, 1836 – July 21, 1912), Seattle pioneer, real estate developer and community benefactor, was a leader in the development of Queen Anne Hill and a prominent figure in early Seattle history.
For all the increase in social media, and the repurposing of old words like, well, —“like” — the debate over the new paradigm for human connection is a hot topic.
[Updated version]Queen Anne property owners Warren Farmer and Steve Matasy say they don’t like the current plans for a Metropolitan Market apartment complex and want them changed. They are taking their campaign right to City Hall.