Church of the Nazarene · Lacey, Washington
A faith community in the PNW, for the PNW.
Cascadia is a community where seekers, skeptics and sojourners grow together as disciples of Jesus: welcoming honest questions, encountering and extending God’s grace, and loving our neighbors.
Why Cascadia
Room for the questions people actually carry.
Many people in the Pacific Northwest have never belonged to a church. Others grew up in one and walked away, some because they were hurt by people in it, some because their honest questions were met with “just have faith.” Cascadia exists for them: a place to explore faith, wrestle with doubt and find their way to Jesus alongside others.
Real dialogue
We welcome hard questions and open dialogue as we seek to offer biblically founded Christian education and discipleship.
Belonging
Loneliness is an epidemic. We seek to create an approachable and welcoming community for seekers, skeptics and sojourners of all ages.
Grace in the sacraments
In baptism and communion we celebrate God’s grace through tangible signs of God’s love. These sacred practices draw us into the story of Jesus and shape our life together.
“I want it to be a place where you feel like you can stop holding your breath. It’s warm, safe, relaxed, calm and peaceful.”
How we’ll gather
Church around a table.
Our gatherings will be built for the way people live now. We will meet on Sunday evenings so families can share the weekend first. We will sit around tables and in a circle rather than facing a stage, so everyone can pray, read Scripture, sing and share what God is doing.
Kids will stay with their families and see the church being the church. Worship, Scripture, prayer, baptism and communion will stay at the center, just as they do in every church.
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Our pastors
Meet Pastor Amanda & Pastor Tiffany
Cascadia began with a shared hope: a church in the Pacific Northwest that makes room for skeptics, seekers and people who have been hurt by church.
Pastor Amanda
Co-pastor
Pastor Tiffany
Co-pastor
“…an approachable space for people with what might seem like challenging or hard questions, and that actually becomes the vibrancy of the place.”
Hear the vision
In their own words.
Pastor Amanda and Pastor Tiffany share what Cascadia is, who it is for and why the Pacific Northwest needs this kind of church.
Rooted
A Church of the Nazarene.
Cascadia stands within the Church of the Nazarene and its Wesleyan-Holiness tradition. We share its mission to make Christlike disciples, and its beliefs are ours.