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Everett UCC moves and makes next steps to future

Everett UCC squeezes office and meeting space into a downtown strip of offices that is accessible and visible. Below is the new worship space in a classroom.       Photo courtesy of Davi Weasley

Everett UCC voted to sell its building to Housing Hope to use the property to build affordable senior housing in downtown Everett, said Davi Weasley, pastor.

Until March, the church rented space at their old building from Housing Hope.

They began using their new worship space, which they are renting from Everett Community College about two miles or a 10-miinute drive away from its former location.

In addition, the church moved out of the old office and into new office space in April.

Housing Hope expects to tear down the building and begin construction in the next few months.

The church draws about 25 to 35 to worship on Sundays from throughout Everett and around Snohomish County

“Our new worship space is flexible. The chairs and tables are on wheels so we can do creative movement and small group conversations,” said Davi, who began as pastor in March 2025, after serving as a pastor at First Congregational UCC in Bellingham.

An American Baptist pastor, they previously served 16 years in ministry in Baptist and Lutheran churches and at Night Ministry in Chicago.

“I’m excited that Everett UCC is the kind of congregation that looked at itself and neighborhood and decided there was a better use for the property and that funding from Housing Hope could help the church discover who it is and what God has for us,” Davi said.

For 25 years, the church has had a Thursday evening community meal. It will not continue that, so they are imagining new ways to serve the community in the future in two locations.

They are now renting office space in downtown Everett about five blocks from the old church site in a strip of office buildings. The office has a front room and two back rooms.

The front room has space for Bible study and meetings.

They have space there to restart the Food Pantry they have had for 10 years on a modest basis. Eight came to the first day it opened, five regulars and three new. Several members packed food bags to give out to people who came

“As word gets out, we’ll see who will come,” Davi said.

Previously about 30 came to the food pantry twice a month on Tuesdays. Many of them were from the shelter Everett Gospel Mission ran in the church building. Those housed there have found housing or have slots in other shelter programs the mission runs.

Davi said church members feel excited about the new space because it is more welcoming to newcomers than a traditional church with a steeple.

“We are praying and dreaming about what’s next for us in community outreach and worship in our new spaces,” they said.

Members are gearing up for Everett Pride, seeing it as a way to spread word that Everett UCC is a welcoming congregation.

As they look ahead at their mission and life, members are working with graphic designer on new logo to design an image that readily shares who they are.

“For years we have been known as the rainbow church, so we want to incorporate rainbow colors as key to who we are,” Davi explained.

“We’re a welcoming place, rooted in community, a place with space to grow, and a place that serves the community. I think there are many folks in the community who could be fed by congregation like ours, but they do not know we exist,” Davi said.

“We are a welcoming scrappy band of faithful believers—excited about what we can do together. There are many LGBTQIA folks who do not connect with a church but want a connection with a Jesus following community where everyone is welcome,” Davi said, noting the congregation has been Open and Affirming since the late 1990s.

“I’m impressed with how loving and persistent church folks have been,” they said.

For information, call 425-252-7224 or email davi@everettucc.org.

 

Pacific Northwest United Church of Christ Conference News © June 2026

 

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