Our commitment to social justice is the beating heart that keeps our community alive! Read on to learn more about the different ways you can get involved.
Outreach Committee
At Wellington, our Outreach Committee is constantly reaching out to the wider world and looking for ways to partner with organizations who are working to build the beloved kin-dom where all people are loved and honored as siblings in the family of God. During our years at 615 W. Wellington, in addition to gathering for worship & faith formation, we used our…
Immigrant Justice Task Force
This task force, often abbreviated as “IJTF,” works under the Outreach Committee to sustain and engage Wellington’s faith commitment to systemic immigrant justice. In the 1980s, Wellington was one of the lead congregations in the nation-wide Sanctuary Movement, when over 500 faith communities opened their doors to Central Americans fleeing devastating wars. The movement was also a vehicle to speak out against…
El Pueblo Canta
El Pueblo Canta is an annual fundraising celebration that brings people together from across the city to celebrate our diversity, embolden the work for immigrant justice, and embody the belief that who we are is greater than any fear. The People Sing es un concierto para celebrar el movimiento para la Justicia al inmigrante – a concert to celebrate the movement for…
Wellington Institute for Leader Development (WILD)
In 2021, Wellington convened a working group called “The Dream Team” to lead the congregation in exploring ways to live after the sale of our building. Part of their work involved generating some “big ideas” about how to best use the congregation’s human and financial resources to do God’s work in the world. One of those ideas is being birthed in 2022,…
Partner Organizations
In addition to the financial support that Wellington provides to other area non-profit organizations, we are also actively involved in the community based work of:
Community Support
One of the ways we support our wider community is by giving small grants to organizations whose work aligns with ours. These grants are determined and administered by our Outreach committee, and support our commitment to eradicating hunger, eliminating homelessness, working for environmental justice, supporting immigrant justice in all of its forms, and laboring in solidarity for racial justice. Organizations that Wellington…