Champions Centre is a non-denominational Christian church that focuses on passionate praise and applying scripture to everyday life. This Bellevue location is a modern facility that houses a 10am worship service on Sundays. Supplementary ministry programs for men, women and children are also available.
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church that offers worship services on Sundays at 9:30am, 11am and 6pm. A number of fellowship groups for youth and adults are available. The church also hosts three different scouting troops.
The Mercer Slough Blueberry farm is owned and managed by the Bellevue Parks and Community Services Department as an effort to help preserve Bellevue's agricultural heritage. The farm, which was first established in the 1940s, is a unique, pastoral setting for park access and seasonal U-Pick opportunities. In addition, the park carries a wide variety of fresh seasonal produce, cut flowers and other agricultural products.
First Presbyterian is a large church north of downtown Bellevue that offers a variety of programs aside from worship services, including choir for children, teens and adults, missionary trips, a preschool and exercise classes like yoga, basketball and strength training. Bible study classes are available.
Larsen Lake Blueberry Farm was established in the 1940s. It is owned and managed by the Bellevue Parks and Community Service Department and helps preserve Bellevue's agricultural heritage. The farm provides a pastoral setting for park access and seasonal you-pick opportunities. It also carries a wide variety of seasonal produce, cut flowers and other agricultural products.
St. Peter's is a Methodist church that holds Sunday worship services at 8:30 and 10:30 am. Other programs include Bible study, children's education and men's and women's groups.
The Crossroads Park and Community Center offers a wide variety of services to the community. Its water spray playground is open all year long, with spraying water from Memorial Day through Labor Day, 8am - 8pm. It also features a par-3, nine-hold chip and putt golf course, two tennis courts, basketball courts, horse shoe pit, skate bowl, play area, picnic area and jogging path.
Indoors, the community center has a gym, game rooms, theater room and meeting rooms. Activities vary widely from recreational athletics to arts and hum service programs for youth, teens and adults.
The Center has recently opened a community garden. For more information about the gardens, contact Laura Hughes (425-452-7225 or e-mail her at [email protected])
Meydenbauer Beach Park is Bellevue's hidden gem. It is tucked within a residential area. Its long and narrow entrance leads to an idyllic waterfront setting. Visitors can be found fishing off the dock or swimming laps from buoy to buoy. With a quaint play area, several picnic benches and fabulously upkept grounds, this park is one not to miss. From late June through Labor Day, a lifeguard is on duty.
St. Louise Catholic Church hosts a range of services and ministries for Bellevue's Catholic Community. The parish was founded in 1960 with just 70 families but today has thousands of members. A Spanish-language mass is celebrated at 7pm Saturdays and 1pm Sundays.
For more than 110 years, the Seattle Humane Society, located in Bellevue, has been of service to dogs, cats and other domestic animals. The independent nonprofit is a no-kill shelter that focuses on finding homes for animals that are rescued or surrendered. Some of the animals are brought in by owners who can no longer take care of them, others are collected from local municipal animal services. Employees screen potential families and match them with appropriate pets.
The Seattle Humane Society also has a variety of other programs that aim to prevent animals from becoming abandoned. The organization operates a pet food bank for owners who can no longer afford to buy food for pets. The group also holds spay and neutering events that provide free or low-cost sterilization services.
The group also provides pet ownership classes and kenneling services for dogs, which help defray the shelter's costs. The rest of its costs are covered with grants and donations.
The Seattle Humane Society recently had a renovation which upgraded the dog kennels and created small living rooms for cats, complete with couches, chairs and shelving. The renovation aimed to lessen the stress on an animal who is brought to the shelter, staff members say.
Two adoptable animals from the Seattle Humane Society will be featured on Bellevue Patch.
This thrift shop in Bellevue Square provides free clothing for those in need through a voucher and gift certificate program. These vouchers and certificates are distributed to individuals, families and children based on the assessment of the oganizations social service administrator.
The thrift shop is supported completely by donations, and volunteers donate their time to keep the store stocked and operating. It accepts donations of new and gently used clothing for the whole family, jewelry, collectibles, small houseware items, accessories and books. Donations can be brought directly to the shop.
The Alano Club of the Eastside is a non-profit social haven for recovering alcoholics and their families. Not affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous, "The Club" holds numerous daily meetings, book studies and other programs such as Marijuana Anonymous. For more than 30 years, the Alano Club has offered friendship, service opportunities and support to the Eastside community.
Lake Hills Community Park has two softball fields, a basketball court, a lawn area and play structures. There is a small bridge near one of the play structures. One of the softball fields backs up onto a large grass covered hill covered with towering trees.
Bread of Life Christian Church in Seattle is a faith-centered group meeting for worship and also operates a preschool and daycare. With a focus on growing the mind, body and soul to become closer to the image of Christ, Bread of Life Christian Church organizes members into departments that help quantify the movement towards spiritual satisfaction.
Bread of Life Christian Church also hosts events around the area for residents to share in community enrichment.
Bridge Disability Ministries provides various services for individuals with physical and/or developmental disabilities throughout the Seattle area. This organization offers programs for promoting inclusion and improving mobility. Various services include relationship building through small groups, visits with people in their homes and spiritual care.