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SEJC March 2026 Special Collection: PFLAG’s TAF
This month we have the opportunity to help support the local expression of one of the most diverse grassroots organizations in the United States and its new local program: PFLAG (Parents, Families, Friends of the LGBTQ+community)
BUF Singalong: Tuesday, March 24 from 1:30 PM to 3 PM in the Social Hall
If you have the 1st edition of the Rise Up Singing Songbook, please bring it.
Share the Sweetness: Support Trans Girl Scouts
Are you looking to buy Girl Scout Cookies this year? Do you want to support trans and non-binary youth? Good news! You can order cookies directly from trans and non-binary Girl Scouts from across the country by clicking HERE.
UU the Vote 2026 Launch
This is a launch announcement from Nicole Pressley, Organizing Strategy Team Director, Side with Love.
First Friday Concert Series with Swil Kanim, Friday, March 6th, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Wildflower Funeral Concepts
5706 4th Ave
Ferndale
WA
Free Admission
Whatcom Faith Community Immigrant Support (WFCIS) Update
We are people of faith seeking to support immigrants in Whatcom County. Though our traditions are diverse, we share the value of celebrating and defending our immigrant neighbors.
Interfaith Music Festival, March 7th at 3:00 PM
The BUF Choir, under the direction of Ben Workman Smith, is participating in the Interfatith Coalition Music Festival Saturday March 7 at 3pm at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Avenue.
Postcard Writing after the March 9 Sunday Service
The Black Lives Matter Ministry Action team is organizing a postcard writing to Black Virginia voters encouraging voting Yes on temporary redistricting.
WA State Legislative Actions for Week of March 1, 2026
We are now in the home stretch. All legislation moving forward had to be out of the fiscal committees in to their respective Rules Committees as of yesterday. Now we have until March 6th to get them to the floors and voted on.
There are three actions now to take. Contact your legislator about voting for bills that are calendar and hitting the floors for the final vote and then contacting the Rules Committees to move the bills for forward for a floor vote.
Door Codes to be Reset on March 2nd, 10:00 AM
New codes will be issued to committee and entity leaders who are expected to pass them to select team members according to door code protocols. Team leaders will need to stop by the BUF office to get your new code beginning 10 AM on Monday.
Garden Party, Saturday, February 28th, 10 AM to Noon
This is our last Saturday work party in February to finish restoration of our gardens at BUF.