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"Your warm and compassionate presence has been a gift to all of us in the EarthCorps community....Your wonderful talk on the story of Job was healing and so helpful to the wide diversity of faith traditions that EarthCorps enfolds. I’m grateful to you for allowing both structure and spontaneity in the ritual. Though I tease my (UCC) boss at Earth Ministry for the loose structure of her UCC (as compared to the glorious and rigid structures and doctrine of my RCC), clearly you and your denomination were there for the stranger in your midst and welcomed and affirmed all comers. Our whole community is so grateful to you for your presence and graciousness during a difficult week of heart-breaking events. Your presence made everyone feel better; Thank you so much."

"I think there is a critical mass (in a faith community like Broadview) that a lot of larger and wealthier churches might envy. (Broadview Church may be small in its number of members, but...) Here's my view of viability:

I witnessed the attentiveness folks paid to MA (woman in the wheelchair), welcoming her, making sure she got Communion and had assistance moving around. I observed TW taking care of a street person who had come up to me before the service outside - and then, when he came in, she sat with him and got him some coffee.

I participated in the conversation around the table afterwards where I sat - across from me a woman who was 96 spoke up to tell me, when somehow the talk turned to the Mariners, that her late husband had been a pitcher in one of the early pro leagues in the Pacific Northwest.

In other words, these were people who clearly knew and cared about one another - and cared about strangers too.

Whether you can keep paying the bills and keeping that building in repair and still supporting the ministry (and minister) at just and needed levels, that goes beyond my pay grade to say.

But the Broadview folks impressed me -- and I take that caring spirit I experienced not only as a reflection on them, but on your ministry among them as well."
- From a letter to Pastor Dan

"It was a real treat to attend worship at Broadview on Sunday. We checked listings with the Center for Progressive Christianity. Your website was very helpful and we had a feeling that Broadview would be an inspiring church to attend. We were very glad to have found you. Your personal welcome and the welcome we received from your folks was warm and heartfelt. Your message touched us both and as I shared with you, if we lived in Seattle, we would be joining your parish family! By the way, the popsicles that were served by the children was a wonderful idea!"

"Thank you for your welcome and graciousness. Your Sunday a.m.
presence and your blessedly creative services helped me during a difficult time and I am truly grateful to you and to your congregation."

(In reference to Pastor Dan): "You are the first pastor in my life who I have seen as a human being, a person; rather than some intoning untouchable or someone who was living such a confused private life it was all s/he could do to keep up his/her own image. "

"The warm greeting we received not only from you, but the congregation of Broadview Community United Church of Christ made us feel like we have found our spiritual home. We thoroughly checked out on the web all the UCC churches in the greater Seattle area. We felt drawn to your church. Neither or us have ever had so many people greet us when we have visited a church until we visited Broadview Community UCC."

"It was a great service. Just being there and witnessing the complete and unconditional love that your congregation have for each other and even unknown visitors, brought me to tears a couple times. I think I should always wear sunglasses."

"To have a community so welcoming and forgiving, so understanding and confirming, gives me the freedom to find out who I am...to grow in my faith."

"Thank you so much for the grace you and your church have shown. You will never know the positive impact on myself, my kids and on down the generations!"

"We carry special memories of knowing God in this spiritual home. . .thank you for welcoming us in."

"Just a word of thanks for the privilege of having my AA family at your church for all these many years."

"I have recently moved to the area with my two sons and have been driving by your church every morning . . .."

"I knew when I walked up to your front door and saw the wildlife sanctuary sign I was on the right track. When I read your (website sermon commentary)"

"What a lucky woman I am to get to be part of such an incredible church full of lovely, bright, accepting, (I could go on, but I won't) group of people. It feels great to be part of a group that is on a similar path in life."

May the love of God be
     above us to overshadow us
     beneath us to uphold us
     go before us to guide us
     be behind us to protect us.

Be Close beside us and within us
     to make us able for all things
     and reward both our faith and our faithfulness
     with a joy and a peace that this world cannot give
     ...but neither can it take away.

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
through whom may there be glory in our lives
...both now and forever more.