Author: Greg B

We’re getting ready for an open house which will be held in December to welcome people from the neighborhood into the building so they can see what’s happening. We’re working on getting the building ready for a coffee shop, a More …

Here’s a few updates for the past month or so. It’s Volunteer Saturday at Illume on Saturday, October 19. Renovations continue. It’s great to see the floor taking shape in the original sanctuary.

Please consider lending your support to sharing the Gospel with the people in Seattle. Here’s how you can help: Support with Prayer Financial Support I’ve begun working again as a club soccer coach with Seattle Celtic, and my third job More …

For the future coffee shop, Illume is looking for old books to be placed on bookshelves. We’re looking for old books (no glossy covers) to fill several bookcases. The older the better (without the old mold or mildew.) If you More …

Currently, I’m helping to reform our Venue Business Plan. I’m working on creating some contract templates for different types of events, updated expected costs that we will incur with running a venue business, and update any other outdated info in More …

I was asked to volunteer from Sunday-Friday at Camp Cristos, a WELS summer camp week for kids as a cabin counselor. It sounded like fun to help out with camper activities, so I drove 8 hours east to Idaho to More …

We helped work the neighborhood 4th of July parade. While we at Illume didn’t run the event, we did offer our help however we could. Illume provided 3 folding tables and 40 to 60 folding chairs. We also set up More …

Just before Father’s Day, we handed out free socks in the Bryant neighborhood. The Father’s Day socks were for something we call the Bryant Elementary table that we have on Tuesdays. That’s the name of the school next door to More …

I left on Sunday, June 2 to begin my mission trip. I’m driving west through Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and then into Washington. God willing, I’ll arrive on Thursday night. My grandma is along for the ride out to More …

Through WELS Mission Journeys, I’m planning to spend about a year in Seattle working with Ilume, the only WELS church in the city of Seattle. It is a very small church with about 10 members in a part of the More …