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Come, Come, Whoever You Are…

We are brave, curious, and compassionate thinkers and doers. We are diverse in faith, ethnicity, history and spirituality, but aligned in our desire to make a difference for the good. We stand on the side of love, justice, and peace.

Join us at our next Sunday Service:

10:30-11:45 a.m.

In person or via Zoom (passcode: BUF)


Annual BUF Women’s Retreat

May 15th - 17th, 2026, at Camp Lutherwood on Lake Samish

Visit the Women’s Retreat website to learn more.

Group of 50 women pose by Lake Samish at the 2025 BUF women's retreat
Clyde Ford, author

Clyde Ford Book Reading

Sunday, April 12, 6:00pm | BUF Sanctuary

Please join us for this Whatcom County community event and fundraiser for charities working to resist I.C.E. Oppression. Clyde W. Ford, local author and director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Library Publishers Project of HarperCollins, will read excerpts from his new book A High Price For Freedom: Raising Hidden Voices From The African American Past. After which Mr. Ford will answer questions. Following the reading, copies of the book will be on sale downstairs in the Social Hall where Mr. Ford will be happy to sign them. A portion of the book sales and your donations will be distributed to local charities working to help resist I.C.E. oppression. Tickets are a sliding scale up to $10 are required for entry. Volunteers are needed before and after to help make this a success. All volunteers may attend without making an admission donation.

We acknowledge that this land is the traditional territory of the Lummi and Nooksack Peoples. Their presence is imbued in these mountains, valleys, waterways, and shorelines. May we nurture our relationship with our Coast Salish neighbors, and fulfill our shared responsibilities to their homelands–where we all reside today.

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