Welcome

Our faith family is a warm, caring community. We are a congregation of people from all walks of life, who share a common desire to grow in faith in Jesus Christ and share our gifts in the mission of God.

Mission Statement

Growing Together in Christ to Love and Serve All People    (2 Peter 3:18)

Affirmed by the congregation June 23, 2019

Reconciling in Christ
Our statement of inclusion:

 Jesus calls us to reconciliation and wholeness in a world full of alienation and brokenness. Being transformed by the love of God to direct our actions, we seek to live out our church’s mission statement: “Growing together in Christ to love and serve all people.”

Because God’s love upholds, sustains, and embraces all people, we are committed to welcoming everyone regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, race, culture, neurodivergence, ability, age, addiction, relationship status, economic circumstance, or other distinction. Each person is a unique creation and child of God deserving of acceptance and celebration.

We welcome you to our congregation and invite you to participate in all aspects of our community—including baptism and communion, education and fellowship, leadership and service, and weddings and memorials.

Believing that the grace of Jesus can heal us from fear, prejudice, and hate, we journey with Christ and seek to follow His example of unconditional love. Join with us in the work against racism and discrimination in all forms: institutional, systemic, and personal. We will hold ourselves accountable—individually and collectively—to love our neighbor as ourselves through ongoing education, advocacy, and the intentional pursuit of physical, emotional, and spiritual safety, and justice and equity for all.

Our Values

Affirmed by the congregation June 23, 2019

Worship
Responding to God’s gift of Grace through Word and Sacrament, with praise, prayer and music. (Ephesians 5:18b-20, Romans 12:1)
Outreach
Serving and loving our ​neighbors with ​generosity and justice by ​sharing of our gifts from ​God.
(Mark 10:43-45, Matthew 25:35-40)
Relationship
Living as a compassionate community sharing God’s forgiveness and acceptance of all.  (John 13:34-35, Colossians 3:12-14)
 
 
Discipleship/Education
Nurturing the growth of ​Christian faith in all ages ​as we learn from and ​follow Jesus.
(Colossians 1:10, 2 Timothy 3:14-17)
We are an ELCA Congregation

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

We are part of the Northwest Washington Synod.

Congregation Council

Carolynn Ferris
  • President
Tom Getzinger
  • Vice President
Bill Brueggeman
  • Treasurer
Kit Bowerman
Aaron Davis
Dan Johnson
David Vossler
Juliet Zhang
Abby Kasper
  • Youth Representative
Johannes Grad
  • Secretary
Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that the land on which Saint Andrew's is located is the ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish people, the traditional home of all tribes and bands within the Duwamish and Snoqualmie Indian Tribe. We take this opportunity to honor and express our deepest respect to the original caretakers of this land – a people that are still here, continuing to honor their heritage.