We offer an unconditional invitation to belong, to dive deep, and to co-create a better world with us.
After 2 years of online-only Celebrations, we now offer both in-person and online options to experience radical hospitality, meaningful connection, and spiritual nourishment.
Every Sunday we have a Reflection or an interview during our in-person and virtual Celebration. Most of those are available on our weekly podcast, cleverly titled "Valley & Mountain Seattle Podcast" which you can listen to wherever you get your podcasts -- or just click the "Listen Now" button below.
Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou serves as our Theologian-in-Residence and Co-convener. In this role, Rev. Sekou offers pastoral leadership; facilitates periodic liberation theology book groups and a Revolutionary Bible Study; and provides trainings in the tactics and theory of Militant Nonviolent Civil Disobedience (militant = disciplined, organized nonviolent action designed to provoke a confrontation with the state)
John Helmiere Co-Convener
Osagyefo Sekou Co-Convener
Yasmin Ravard-Andresen Board of Gardeners
Chad Goller-Sojourner Board of Gardeners
Tiffani Jones Board of Gardeners
Mari Kim Fundraising Chair
Brian Park Board of Gardeners
Kelle Rose Treasurer & Board of Gardeners
DeAnza Spaulding Table Turning Lead Disrupter & Board of Gardeners
Summer Diegel Director of Education & Family MinistriesAfter a long period of online-only gathering, we began meeting in person on April 17th, 2022 at the Rainier Arts Center: Southeast Seattle's venue for arts and cultural events.
It is a performing arts center and provides both a well-ventilated upper venue for services and a spacious event hall for children's ministry. It is a place ready to greet us in a time of change, and a wonderful location for our spiritual community to regather together. In addition to our Sunday Celebrations, the Center presents outstanding performances, encourages cultural dialogue, and celebrates the diversity of our community in a variety of ways. See you soon!
In June 2013, V&M partnered with Community Arts Create to open the Hillman City Collaboratory: a social change incubator. It is the focal point of our efforts to create a center for creative liberation in our city and it is also where we gather for Celebrations on Sundays.
Located in the heart of Hillman City, a diverse and historic neighborhood in south Seattle, the Collaboratory is currently home to dozens of social change organizations, an art gallery, a learning kitchen, a homeless drop-in center, and a lot more.