Meet The Neighbors begins next week at Bethel AME Church

Last year the Spokane Interfaith Council (now a program of SpokaneFāVS) began a house of worship tour throughout Spokane called Meet The Neighbors. They led residents on tours of seven faith communities in the area, and created a how-to video guide so guests can learn the proper way to visit these sacred places.

Season two of Meet the Neighbors will kick off at 6 p.m., Jan. 26 at Bethel AME Church, 645 S Richard Allen Court.

According to the church website over the years Bethel has served as a political and social focal point in Spokane and the Perry District, hosting a variety of events, “Consequently, many of the pioneering black leaders of Spokane emerged from Bethel.”

Bethel AME (African Methodist Episcopal) was organized in 1890. Today the church is led by Rev. Lonnie Mitchell.

Other Meet the Neighbors venues for 2017 include the Spokane Islamic Center, the Spokane Hindu Community and Temple Beth Shalom.

Check back on SpokaneFāVS for future program details. All are invited to Meet The Neighbors events and attendance is free, though donations are encouraged and can be made below.

• donate monthly
• donate once only

Select a Donation Option (USD)

$$10 $$25 $$50 Other

Enter Donation Amount (USD)

• About the Author
• Latest Posts

About Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award winning journalist specializing in religion reporting, digital entrepreneurship and social journalism. In her 15 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti.
Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas and Connecticut. Currently she serves as the executive director of SpokaneFAVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Wash. She is also a Scholarly Assistant Professor at Washington State University.

Visit My Website

• Video: Coffee Talk on Faith and Technology - June 5, 2021
• “Celebrate Curiosity” Art Contest Deadline Approaching May 12 - May 8, 2021
• Take This FāVS Survey & You Could Win a FāVS T-Shirt - April 23, 2021
• VIDEO: Coffee Talk “The Role of Holidays in Different Faith Traditions” - April 5, 2021
• Rally To Be Held in Downtown Spokane Saturday “To Stop Asian Hate” - March 19, 2021
• The Fig Tree Benefits March 5 and 10 To Be Held Virtual - February 28, 2021
• Temple Beth Shalom Vandalized with Swastikas - February 8, 2021
• Top FāVS News and Commentary of 2020 - December 31, 2020
• Pandemic’s effects on religious life, liberty named No. 1 religion story of 2020 - December 17, 2020
• Spokane Clergy Plan to Commit to Year of Anti-Racist Work - September 15, 2020

View All Posts