Thank you Japanese Presbyterian Church! Weeding the entire parameter of the Recovery Café building and parking lot, removing 4 feet of ivy off the top of a 16 foot wall, trimming the trees, bushes and decorative grasses that are a part of our landscaping, and spreading 15 yards of wood chips in one day
Welcome 2016-2017 Jesuit Volunteers
Welcome Jesuit Volunteers! We are proud to introduce to you the new Jesuit Volunteers joining us at Recovery Café! Samantha Walshak will support our operations team as Radical Hospitality Coordinator and Emily Tormey will recruit, lead and retain volunteers as Volunteer Coordinator. Both were selected for their high levels of compassion for others, integrity, and
Volunteer Profile: Pete Wickstrand
By guest author: Natasha Vhugen Every Wednesday at 12:30 pm, exactly when our 5 minutes of meditative silence commences, Pete Wickstrand enters Recovery Café. The Café enters a silent trance like that of a temple during this time and one feels that calming presence deepen when Peter enters—our Minister of Presence is here. Mr.
Thank you Faithful Friends
On Tuesday, February 9, we honored three individuals that have gone above and beyond to help our community at our annual Faithful Friends Gathering. We are humbled to receive the support of Vince Collins, Diane Tomhave and Anne Frantilla. Thank you to everyone that came to celebrate these three amazing people! Please read how each
Mary Ann Knowles
On the surface, it’s not obvious. It’s not obvious why the bright-eyed, cheerful woman before me is such a natural fit for the role of Minister of Presence here at the Recovery Café. Until just a couple of years ago, Mary Ann Knowles was a homemaker, capably running a comfortable household in one of Bellevue’s