Churches

Happening nearby: St. Alban’s Episcopal to host Taizé service Nov. 3

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church is holding a Taizé Service Sunday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. This contemporary form of worship includes music, lessons, prayers and silence. The service will include musicians from Edmonds Lutheran Church. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served following the service. St. Alban’s is located at 21405 82nd Pl. W. in Edmonds….

Brookview Church to host open house, neighborhood party Sept. 21

After purchasing the property they had been previously renting and completing some upgrades to the site, the staff and congregation of Brookview Church are celebrating with an open house and neighborhood party on Saturday, Sept. 21. The event at 22730 Brier Road runs from 1 to 5 p.m. and will include kids’ activities, food to…

Reminder: Calvary Fellowship Vacation Bible School July 22-24

Calvary Fellowship is holding a vacation bible school at the church July 22-24, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The event is  free for children 4 years old to fifth grade. The church is located at 23302 56th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace. Learn more and register at calvarymlt.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/219246.  

Recycling event at Bethesda Lutheran Church June 29

Bethesda Lutheran Church in Mountlake Terrace is hosting a free electronics and metal recycling event on Saturday, June 29, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The recycling company 1 Green Planet will be on site to collect a variety of electronic and metal items including computers, copiers, DVD players, fax machines, gaming systems, lawn mowers,…

Calvary Fellowship hosting Taste of Terrace fundraiser June 23

Calvary Fellowship is hosting its annual Taste of Terrace on Sunday, June 23, with proceeds from the event going to the church’s youth and their summer mission trips. Taste of Terrace includes food booths, live music and a silent auction, all taking place in the church parking lot following its 11 a.m. service. The event…

Terrace Foursquare Church moves services to new home at MLT Elementary

With smiles all around, Terrace Foursquare Church held the first Sunday morning service in its new home — Mountlake Terrace Elementary School — on June 9. Since starting in September 2017, the church had been meeting in the theater of Mountlake Terrace High School. But it made the move to the recently-rebuilt elementary school due…

Dr. Gregory Jantz to speak on parenting at Calvary Fellowship workshop June 12

Best-selling author and mental health care pioneer Dr. Gregory Jantz will lead a parenting workshop based on his book Raising Boys By Design on Wednesday, June 12, at Calvary Fellowship in Mountlake Terrace. The free class begins at 7 p.m. In the class, Dr. Jantz will explore what brain science and the Bible reveals about…

Scene in MLT: Calvary Fellowship welcomes Easter with Lake Ballinger sunrise service

With a proclamation of “He is risen,” about 120 people gathered at Ballinger Park in Mountlake Terrace early Sunday morning for an Easter Sunday sunrise service put on by Calvary Fellowship. The 45-minute service included the singing of worship songs and a message from the church’s Director of High School Ministry Craig Finley about the…

Easter services in Mountlake Terrace

Easter is Sunday, April 21, and a number of local churches are adding special services and events to their regular schedule this sacred weekend. Here are the additional services and events at Mountlake Terrace and Brier churches: St. Pius X Catholic Church; 22209-58th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace Veneration of the Holy Eucharist; Thursday, April 18;…

Local churches face challenges, celebrate success

While two local churches are disappointed as a proposed merger goes sour, two other churches are celebrating new beginnings this year. Bethel Church, which has been conducting services in Mountlake Terrace since 1955, and Terrace Foursquare, a church body that has been meeting in the theater of Mountlake Terrace High School since September 2017, were…

Cupcake decorating party at Brookview Church Feb. 9

Brier’s Brookview Church is inviting kids, their families and all cupcakes lovers to a Valentine Party on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 10 a.m. to noon. Attendees can frost, decorate and take home Valentine’s Day cupcakes. The event is open to all kids and their families; attendees are asked to RSVP at 425-306-8592. Brookview Church is…

Christmas Eve and Day church services in Mountlake Terrace, Brier

As Christians worldwide prepare to celebrate Christmas 2018, a number of churches in Mountlake Terrace and Brier have scheduled additional services for the sacred holiday. Here are the local churches holding special Christmas week services starting on Sunday, Dec. 23. Special Christmas Eve, Christmas Day Services 2018 in Mountlake Terrace and Brier Mountlake Terrace Christian…

Vigils for Pittsburgh shooting victims set for Edmonds and Everett Nov. 1

Updated with additional event in Everett Two vigils — one in Edmonds and one in Everett — are scheduled Thursday, Nov. 1 in the wake of Oct. 27 shooting in Pittsburgh, when a gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue. In Edmonds, the Edmonds Lutheran Church is holding a non-partisan, interfaith prayer…

Happening nearby: Taize service at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church July 15

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church is holding a Taize service at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 15 at the church, 21405 82nd Pl. W. in Edmonds. A Taize service is a contemporary form of worship with music, lessons, prayers and silence. It originated in a monastic community in the small village of Taize, France in the 1940s….

Local churches add services this week for Easter

It’s Holy Week for Christians and a number of local churches are celebrating with the addition of special services to their worship schedule. Here are the churches in Mountlake Terrace and Brier that have added services and events to their regular schedule: Calvary Fellowship, 23302 56th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace Good Friday Service; Friday, March…

Creekside Church holds last service at MLT location before move to Lynnwood

The members, attenders and staff of Creekside Church in Mountlake Terrace said goodbye to their home of nine years on Sunday and began a week-long process of moving to their new building in Lynnwood. Following their final Sunday morning service at their Mountlake Terrace campus, volunteers enjoyed a pizza lunch and then got to work…

Creekside Church expected to move to Lynnwood in 2017, plus other church news

As one Mountlake Terrace church prepares to leave the city, another is ready to begin Sunday services this weekend, while another local church is poised to mark a significant milestone in its history. Creekside Church, 7011 226th Pl S.W., has sold its 9.89 acre home in west Mountlake Terrace and will soon be moving to…

Additional services planned at Terrace churches for Holy Week

It’s Holy Week in the Christian calendar and many Mountlake Terrace churches are holding additional services to commemorate. Here is a listing of special services added to various local church calendars this week. St. Pius X Catholic Church (22209 58th Avenue West) www.stsxparish.com Holy Thursday Service (bi-lingual), Thursday, March 24, 7 p.m. Live Outdoor Stations of…

Mt. Zion Lutheran Church to reopen next month

With work nearing its completion on Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Mountlake Terrace, church leadership has announced that they will be holding their first service in the rebuilt facility on Sunday, March 20. It has taken nine months to repair the 52-year-old building after a May 7, 2104 two-alarm fire caused significant structural damage to…

Archdiocese of Seattle publishes list of clergy accused of sexual abuse

The Archdiocese of Seattle on Friday published a list of clergy and religious brothers and sisters “for whom allegations of sexual abuse of a minor have been admitted, established or determined to be credible.” The diocese said it published the list as part of its “ongoing commitment to transparency and to encourage persons sexually abused…

Reminder: Contemporary Celtic Christmas at St. Alban’s Church

Monday, Nov. 30 7 p.m. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church 21405 82nd Pl. Contemporary Celtic Christmas A contemporary Celtic Christmas Concert will be performed benefitting the Safety Net Program of the Chase Lake Community School. Featured artists will include Windham Hill / ArkMusic recording artists Jeff Johnson on keys and vocals, Brian Dunning on flutes and…

Three Heirarchs Church to open this weekend

After years of planning, fundraising and building, Puget Sound’s Romanian Orthodox community will have a new home to gather and worship as the Three Heirarchs Church in Mountlake Terrace opens this weekend. The 18,104 square-foot church and cultural center, located at 6402 226th Street SW, will hold its first service — an Evensong service of…