Dear Kids Village Families and the Greater Community, It is with a heavy heart and deep regret that we must share some difficult news with you. Despite our best efforts to maintain a nurturing environment for childcare services, we must inform the community that WES has made the decision to not renew the lease with … Continue reading A Letter to the Community and the Families of Kids Village Learning Center
See ya this month!
Consider joining a TIE Group today! TIE (Together in Exploration) groups work to build connections to the greater WES community. They are generally 6-8 member groups that follow a monthly theme.You are invited to join one of the TIE Groups in the 2024-2025 year. TIE groups will run on an annual basis; that is, members … Continue reading Interested in connecting with other WES members?
A Visibility Garden for WES As stewards of the earth, we ought to do our best to restore the natural balance. We can counter habitat loss by gardening with native perennials that have co-evolved with native insects. The non-profit Chesapeake Natives takes this a step further by propagating only local ecotype native species (LENS) that … Continue reading Support WES’ Visibility Garden!
This Sunday, April 28th, 2024, join your WES community in celebration of Spring Festival! We’ll start with platform at 10:30AM, during which we’ll consider the joy of our blossoming community, enjoy a flower ceremony, and welcome new members. If that weren’t exciting enough, we will also have a potluck after platform with plenty of time … Continue reading Spring Festival is HERE!
Path to Membership Starting This Sunday! Dear WES Community, Have you been wanting to get to know more about WES? Feeling interested in or ready for membership? We have just the opportunity for you! Starting this Sunday, March 24th, after platform, WES will be offering our Path to Membership Series for anyone who is interested … Continue reading Upcoming Path to Membership
A message from Rev. KC Slack At some point last spring I started writing these monthly messages. I thought perhaps in writing to you, we might connect and share more. Perhaps that was working, perhaps it could have worked better. Whatever the case, things got busy and summer came and though I meant to pick … Continue reading “Sometimes It Takes a While”
The Global Connections delegation to El Salvador began on January 11, at the Salvadoran Embassy in Washington, where 16 WES members showed up to support 5 arrested environmental leaders, known as the Santa Marta 5. Twelve hours later, we boarded a 5:40 a.m. flight to San Salvador. Seven current and former WES members were joined … Continue reading The Global Connections Team Returns from El Salvador
Contact: David Reinbold, dreinbold@americanhumanist.orgWASHINGTON, DC — The American Humanist Association (AHA) is partnering with theWashington Ethical Society to co-host an evening with Kate Cohen to talk about her recentlyreleased book, We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You ShouldToo). Cohen, an author and contributing columnist for The Washington Post, will … Continue reading Atheist Author and Washington Post Columnist Kate Cohen to Visit DC toDiscuss New Book, We of Little Faith
This Upcoming Sunday is the Portal Run of Rock Creek Stream Clean Up Fall 2023 Portal Run of Rock Creek Stream Clean UpOctober 29, 202310 am- 12 pmThis event will happen for all SEEK classes. There will be no indoor classes on this date.All SEEK Families and students are invited to join! SEEK students & … Continue reading Portal Run Stream Cleanup Details
