Help carry-on the RBCC tradition of community fellowship following worship.  Volunteer to host Coffee Hour on a Sunday morning.   

This a new online sign-up for RBCC volunteers to host Coffee Hour in the new church year. Be part of the welcome to visitors and church family.  Just click on the link below or paste it in your browser and you will be redirected to the RBCC page.  The system will ask your name and email address.  Once you have signed on you can select a date (or dates) to host coffee with family or friend.

We will supply written directions and someone to walk you through it if it's your first time. You will receive a reminder email on the Thursday prior to your Sunday. 

The church provides the coffee/tea and condiments and volunteers provide the treats. 

The custodian sets-up/takes down the tables and chairs.  Volunteers arrive around 9:30 to prepare coffee/tea and set out the supplies. We use compostable paper cups which help with clean up.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0b4ca8aa2eabfa7-20182019

In the coming months the Shoreline School Board will be deciding on a name for the new Early Learning Center.  The naming committee will be providing the board with 3 different name options, one of which we hope will be Edwin T. Pratt Early Learning Center. 

If you submitted a nomination, thank you very much.  In order to achieve this goal we are asking supporters to write to  Shoreline School Board President David Wilson (and other board members if you wish) to encourage the selection of Edwin T. Pratt for the name of the new building. The Board e-mail address is school.board@shorelineschools.org or you can mail a letter to  Shoreline School Board 18560 1st Ave. NE Shoreline, WA 98155.  

Also please save the evenings of May 7th and May 21st for joining us at the school board meeting for a show of support (more details to follow).  Please feel free to pass this on to others who may be interested. Thank you so much for your help in honoring this civil rights leader from our community, Sarah Haycox

Hear from Sarah herself in the following news story that ran on Easter Sunday: 

http://q13fox.com/2018/04/01/shoreline-student-takes-on-school-board-to-honor-slain-civil-rights-leader/

If you are wanting to know more about Edwin T. Pratt for your nomination, here is an example of a submitted nomination that has information that might be useful:

Edwin T Pratt was the former Executive Director of the Urban Metropolitan League of Seattle, father, Civil Rights activist and Shoreline resident. He was a pioneer in growing the Seattle Urban League (now ULMS), was pivotal in implementing the Equal Opportunity Act in the Greater Seattle area, fought housing discrimination, segregation, employment bias, and police brutality. He intentionally moved to Shoreline with his family to highlight the segregation within housing communities. He was shot and killed in Shoreline, at his home near the Shoreline library. As a district, we have the opportunity honor his legacy by making the Early Learning Center a space where we signify & commemorate our commitment to erasing the opportunity gap, beginning at the earliest and most critical stages of education, and growing future citizens who are informed and involved. Lastly, I support Sarah, the current 4th grader whose idea this was originally--I am happy to add my voice behind this student who is taking the lead!

https://www.shorelineschools.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=26&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=14183&PageID=1

 On June 19th Sarah, and many supporters from the RBCC UCC Congregation, presented a petition to the Shoreline School Board.  The petition had over 2,000 signatures requesting that the Shoreline School District name/rename a building after slain civil rights leader and Shoreline resident Edwin T. Pratt.  In addition to Sarah, several members of the church and the community spoke passionately and convincingly about the life and mission of Edwin Pratt and why naming a building in honor of him was an appropriate decision.  If you were not able to attend that meeting, don't worry, this is an ongoing effort and Sarah will likely be back before the board in the Fall to keep this moving forward.  Feel free to write or meet with your local school board representative to let them know your feelings about this issue.