What Happens at a Common Table Gathering?
We want to cultivate spaces where we encounter Jesus with people who are different than us, and as we do, we discover that the way we follow Jesus together actually looks very similar.
Common discipleship means we play together.
Uncommon friendship means the youth eat dinner alongside people who are experiencing homeless and in recovery.
Uncommon friendship means elders learn from youth and vice versa.
Common discipleship means everyone participates in various roles throughout the worship service and in community activities.
What to Expect
We meet at First Baptist Church Building (110 Flora Street) in Bellingham (in person) from 6:00pm - 7:30pm every Sunday evening. Folks park in the parking lot and enter through the side kitchen door with the Spring Church sign on it.
We are a hybrid church and simultaneously meet on Zoom - the link is always the same and located on the website menu. Zoom room opens at 6:30pm, after dinner, and online participants are encouraged to participate in the discussion.
We always begin by eating a meal together. There are vegan, df, and gf options, and everyone is encouraged to get to know someone new over dinner conversation.
Our gatherings are interactive and dynamic. Many people participate in various aspects of the service.
Our worship services focus on a particular question that stems from our “Big Idea” for different seasons in the church year. We explore that question through reading scripture, encountering the Holy Spirit together, and taking the sacrament of communion together.
We believe play is an important part of worship, so we play games together when we gather.
Spring Church is a new church expression of the Northwest Coast Presbytery.
