Seattle Presbytery includes 21,265 members in 55 churches and 10 ethnic fellowships, and its 12 commissioned lay pastors represent five different cultures in King and Kitsap counties. The diversity includes the oldest church, White River in Auburn, and a new church development, Union, which will be located on the edge of Lake Union, and ranges from the smallest congregation, Duwamish, to the largest, University Presbyterian (UPC), on the edge of the University of Washington campus. Among UPC’s strongest missions is its outreach to college-age young adults. More than one thousand gather every Tuesday evening during the academic year for worship and Communion. Hundreds of students participate in weekly intentional Bible study groups.

First Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, is replacing its overcrowded educational wing, launching the Jubilee REACH Center for families and at-risk youth on the Eastside, undertaking a new ministry to street kids in Rwanda, and providing education and clean water for children and youth in the Sudan.

Seattle Presbytery has more than 90 inquirers and candidates preparing to become ministers of Word and Sacrament in the PC(USA). Their presbytery meetings are regularly enhanced by the participation of candidacy and ordination exams.

Rev. Gary F. Skinner, member, GAC

Presbytery Staff
Rev. Gerald Poole, interim executive presbyter
Rev. Dennis J. Hughes, stated clerk
Elder Barbara Ranta, associate stated clerk
Heidi Francis, communications director
Rev. Ken Sunoo, communications assistant
Michelle Perry, executive assistant/ office administrator
Jeffrey Rayner, bookkeeper

Mission Volunteers in the U.S.A.
Young Adult Volunteers, YAV Seattle Urban Intentional Community, Seattle, Washington: Hailey Braden, Kelli Houpt, and Jeffrey Lee
PC(USA) General Assembly Staff
Cheryl Burch, FDN
Pamela R. Burdine, GAC