2011
New Community in Wallingford!
This week we are planting two new Cornerstone Communities. Today we’d like to introduce you to the lead as well as the host of the new Wallingford Community:
EDWARD SUMNER
What are you most excited about leading/ launching this community?
“I am most excited about growing in Christ, growing in Community, and engaging the culture with the Gospel in a way that is relevant and relational. There are many untrue paradigms in Seattle about what it means to be Christian and I’m excited about being part of the mission to undo them. I’m excited to be part of God’s story and to see it unfold.”
What do you love about community?
“Community is a place that I can be honest, transparent, known, and loved. I am grateful that I don’t have to polish myself up, say the right things, or get it all together before I show up. There are not many places or contexts in life when we can be fully ourselves and yet fully accepted, and Gospel centered community is that exception. I love that.”
What do you like to do for fun around the city?
“My daughter Brooke and I love to keep our feet moving these days and especially dig the zoo and walking most city sidewalks. Open grass fields, swings, slides, and forest trails to practice her hobbit skills are our hotspots away from the city.”
LEAH DANKERTSON
What are you most excited about hosting this community?
“God totally blessed me in leading me to this house and my roommates and am so excited to extend that not only to the folks at DCC, but to the neighbors, co-workers, and friends that we will meet and will join our community in the weeks and months to come! I’m eager for it to be a place that sees lots of laughter over meals, victory dances at game nights, strangers becoming friends, big bold prayer, and hearts healed and redeemed by Jesus.”
What do you love about community?
“Community is truly a gift. We all want to be seen and known and heard – even your most die-hard introverts long for this deep down – and God’s given us other people, to love us, hear us, see us, challenge us, rub us the wrong way, encourage our faith, and point us in the right direction…to the gospel.”
What do you like to do for fun around the city?
“When not waiting for or riding the bus, you can find me hanging out at a local coffeehouse (Zoka, Fremont Coffee Co. & Stumptown are personal faves), exploring surrounding neighborhoods with my camera, walking/running Greenlake, or trying out a new food truck or foodie craze.”
From beginning to end, God’s aim is to glorify Himself through a people He is calling out from all tribes of the world and all neighborhoods of Seattle through the gospel. He calls this community of people the church.
The Wallingford Community will be meeting regularly on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm, in addition to our current communities that gather in the Denny Triangle, Commercial Core, Pioneer Square, West Seattle and Capitol Hill. To get connected to this newly forming community, email . To learn more about the other Cornerstone Communities please visit our Community page.