University Presbyterian Church

I attended Sunday evening services several times– the service times are very convenient. That’s so great!- Churches that have evening services are rare and hard to find!
They also have a good library of Christian books and magazines.
However, too many members seem introverted–
I’m sorry to say that all the times I went there —
I was never welcomed or greeted by anyone after church services, even though I was open to meeting others. I noticed other people also just sitting in the hall, lonely, and no one stopping to talk to them. They need to fix this, if they can.
Instead of the trained pastor, they have several untrained lay-​persons leading prayers.
This got to be very annoying. The pastors did give the sermons though.
They also seem to mix modern mental illness and psychiatric diagnosis categories into their counseling programs– too much for my taste. I suspect this is common with many Presbyterian churches.
I’ve since, stopped going there.

I’m not Presbyterian but this church is pretty darn good. I’ve been to a slew of churches. The sermons aren’t crumby, I love how they are very involved with the community, have a great library, actually help the homeless, and have Sunday school for kids. It’s neat they reach out to foreigners and UW students.
It looks old school but they are all good people. Plus, great location.
Bonus: Sometimes during evening sermons they give out home-​made. erm, Church-​made desserts. Absolutely delicious. This is one of those rare churches in which delicious food after isn’t the only reason to go.
Current pastor has a good voice, sermons are holistic and not super preachy.
Songs: Evening is contemporary, I never go to morning sermons as I am busy sleeping but I think they’re more hard-​core traditional hymns if I correctly recall my days of waking up at normal people hours.

I start coming to this church with my aunt for the Sunday service eighteen years ago. it has been a while since i come back here, coming here today brought me back to my childhood memories, every summer we use to go to the summer camp with this church at camp Okila on Orcas Island. it was one of the most fun and rewarding time of my life.
Tonight, the candle light service was beautiful.

I go to the Tuesday night Convergence aimed at 20 – 30 year olds and I find it a very relevant and uplifting evening. They aim to make the message and the context about what is important at this time in our lives. There are various speakers and guests and they offer service projects and mission trips all in a warm atmosphere. There is a lot of singing (which I like) — but also time to reflect in the middle of a busy life.

This church is so large! You can feel lost. You can join in and get involved. I attended a growth group fo rseveral months. I felt very warmly welcomed. I also felt very welcome to get more involved or to just come and go with my participation. I shall always remember that time with appreciation. Parking changes. be careful with signs. it is Seattle. it’s also very easy to take the bushere and then enjoy your time at the UW or on the Ave.

A large church (3000 members) often with standing room only, with a large choir and a huge kids program. The thing that keeps me here is how involved the youth are — teaching and going on mission trips. Any church that can keep teenagers coming to church and contributing is doing something right.
New pastor 2008. The sermons are bible-​based, analysis of the message and its original context (exegesis) and are more analytical than convicting.