Visitor Information
If you are new to the Kirkland, WA, area or are interested in learning more about Lake Washington United Methodist Church, we hope this web site will introduce you to the many wonderful things our church has to offer to individuals and the community.
The location page includes driving directions and parking information. Once inside, you will be in the Narthex next to the sanctuary, where we worship. There will be someone there to welcome you and help you find your way around.
We have two Sunday worship services, a morning service at 10 am and an evening service at 5:30 pm. Sunday morning Worship is a Traditional/Blended worship service for all ages including a variety of musical styles and performers based on the traditional liturgy. Children three years of age through 6th grade may leave at 10:15 for Live BIG Sunday School. Children in 2nd through 6th grade can leave at 10:30 for Make a Joyful Noise (Worship and Choir time). The Cross Walk Worship at 5:30 pm is a contemporary approach to worship featuring live music by the Crosswalk band, special sermon series, and multimedia. Nursery care is provided at all services.
To help enrich your church experience, the following are available from the ushers: Wireless hearing aids, a large print hymnal and large print worship bulletins. There is a family worship "crying room" for those with small children, entered through the door on your left just before entering the sanctuary.
If you would like to learn more about what our services are like, and what to expect, please visit our Worship Service page.
We think there are several things Lake Washington UMC does exceptionally well. One is our music ministry. The quality of music at our church is important to us. The music we enjoy each week, and at special performances, very much enhances the worship experience and makes our time together so enjoyable.
Another quality many of our members and guests mention is that Lake Washington UMC is a friendly church. It's not just the assigned "greeters" who make you feel welcome. You will almost always find that people sitting near you will notice that you are new and will make a special point to greet you. They don't do this because they have to, but because they want to and are genuinely interested. You won't leave Lake Washington UMC feeling that no one noticed you or cared. It's a very warm and friendly atmosphere. Once you're a regular guest or member, you'll also find many opportunities to get to know others in fellowship groups.
Lake Washington UMC also ministers to the community. You can see on our mission outreach page, that we have several projects in place to reach out to our community to help those in need and make them feel welcome as well. These opportunities not only assist those in our community, they mean a lot to the church community and staff who help support and volunteer with these efforts.
Although there are many other positive aspects to our church, we feel that those probably best represent our mission statement of musical worship, fellowship and outreach missions.