Seeker's Church

Silver Spring Interfaith Housing Coalition (SSIHC) has a mission of "ending homelessness one family at a time"  and Seekers Church has embraced this ministry with a fully open heart.  Seekers supports SSIHC both financially and in service to the families in the program - of our small community of 50 or so people there are 8 members in active service (2 of them serving in dual capacities) and several who less formally have taken members of 2 of SSIHC's families into their hearts.

The gallery on the street level of Seekers Church is one way we encourage artistic creativity. Beginning on July 12^th the Seekers Gallery will be showing an exhibit of black & white photo images by Keith Seat.

In 2003 Keith participated in a Faith At Work pilgrimage to Guatemala, where he was part of a group helping to build a school in a tiny highlands village and carry lunch into the depths of the huge dump in Guatemala City for the “recyclers” who were picking through piles of freshly-dumped trash.  These images came from that pilgrimage. Other images of Keith’s work are available on his web site at www.SilverLightArt.com.

There will be a reception with the artist in the gallery on Saturday, July 12^th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. All are invited.

Seekers has had conversation for several years now about Peace Camp and it is finally happening! Seekers, with Little Friends for Peace, will sponsor a one-day Peace Camp on Saturday, July 26, for kids ages 3-11. Teens are welcome to come as counselors-in-training. Activities will include art, music, games and riding the Peace Train to learn about conflict resolution.

Our sermon time on May 18th is a response to the call from one of our members to join the sacred conversation happening in many churches about racism and diversity. We are privileged to be hearing from four members of sister communities who call 276 Carroll Street their worship home - two from Covenant Christian Community and two from Divinity Center for Better Living. We will have guests from the two communities and from the National Spiritual Science Center. The worship service will be followed by our Third Sunday discussion time when Seekers and visitors will have a chance to open the dialogue on this important topic. We hope that this will be the first of a series of discussions where our community of communities can explore ways to heal the wounds of racism and bring about the Kingdom of God through the justice of diversity.

By Jackie McMakin

Seekers supports many organizations with our domestic giving. Hope and a Home is one of these organizations. When Seekers' founders Sonya Dyer and Fred Taylor were beginning our community, they also were creating Hope and a Home whose dream always has been to help low income families get established in DC.