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SHARE Homeless Shelter coming to Gift of Grace Church

I found out last night from a neighbor that SHARE is opening an indoor homeless shelter at the Gift of Grace Lutheran Church in Wallingford (2102 North 40th Street). SHARE is Seattle Housing and Resource Effort. According to its website, SHARE is a partner organization of homeless and formerly homeless men and women that provides King County's largest shelter network, with fifteen indoor shelters and two tent cities. All their efforts are self-managed, run by the homeless members themselves. In addition, the organization…

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BBQ with Marco Polo

Wallingford has had an uneasy relationship with the motels along Aurora (see Motel Crackdown, More Trouble at the Italia Motel, Wallingford Inn Madness, Wrong Police Raid, for example). Rachelle and her crew have decided enough is enough. However, rather than flipping them the bird, they're going to flip them a burger. She writes: I am part of a community outreach group at a church off of 50th and Dayton (not quite Wallingford - but close!) and we are organizing a neighborhood…

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Gamble Speaks on Nickelsville

Rich Gamble is the pastor at the Keystone Church that played host to the Nickelsville homeless encampment in October (Nickelsville Coming to Wallingford, Nickelsville Moves On), and he's written this reflection on their experience: I received a call the morning of Saturday October 3, from the community of homeless people known as Nickelsville asking if I could meet with them as soon as possible. When we met later that afternoon representatives asked if they could stay in my church for one…

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Sagrada Seattle

As regular readers know, we spent most of last week in Barcelona, Spain. Before you get too jealous, it was a business trip, so we had little time for much beyond the conference we came to attend. That, plus we've spent several weeks in Barcelona previously and have ceased to really enjoy it. While the architecture is stunning, the labyrinthine Barri Gòtic has been largely overrun by chain stores (albeit Spanish chain stores), mediocre restaurants and touristic chocolate shops, transforming the…

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Harvest Fest @ Wallingford Presbyterian Church

[Ed. note: Matt took these beautiful pictures of the WPC Harvest Festival almost a month ago. We forgot to post the pictures until now.] Harvest Fest at Wallingford Presbyterian Church was held October 25th. Bringing together all the best things about fall for the kids. Pies and other refreshments, pumpkin carving, costumes, a treasure hunt, and pin the tail on the donkey. A great family event to celebrate the changing of the seasons.

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Holy Wallingford!

Hot the heels of the news that the Calvary Fellowship Church has returned to Wallingford, we learned today that a new worship service has started meeting Sunday mornings at the Wallingford Boys and Girls Club: the Anchor Church. It's part of the Acts 29 Network of churches, an evangelical, missionary Christian group dedicated to "planting" new churches around the country.

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Calvary Fellowship Returns

The Calvary Fellowship Church will be returning to Wallingford, according to their web site: New Seattle Service Date: Begins Sunday, September 27 Time: 10:15 AM Place: The former Lincoln High School - Wallingford The service will include worship by one of the Calvary Fellowship worship bands and a teaching by Pastor Wayne Taylor. Childcare will be provided. ...The service will be held in the Little Theater, which is accessible from the school's south entrance. The former Lincoln High School is located…

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