Tag: katy shedlock

Learn about the challenges facing West Central Abbey, a historic church in Spokane. Discover how a recent $50,000 grant will be used to restore this cherished community landmark.

The church will host a special service in response to the shooting on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. during their regular Dinner Table event.  

For their Ash Wednesday service Wednesday night, the West Central Abbey began their reflection of the 40 days of Lent by discussing death.

Black Christian clergy in Spokane gathered in one voice to receive the act of repentance from white Christian leaders Friday — four months to the day George Floyd was suffocated to death by a police officer’s knee.

This is what Shedlock wants church to be like – fun, creative, communal, messy. That’s why four months ago she started “the Studio” – a congregation described on social media as a “queer-celebrating, whiteness-deconstructing, empire-destabilizing, radically joyful, wildly creative, courageously nonviolent, beautifully redemptive community of Jesus-followers, truth-seekers, and beauty-lovers, for people who are tired of religious (B.S.) and in search of a spiritual home.”