Doing life in community.

Re-imagining spaces where everyone can belong.

 

Welcome to CO-OPS at Common Good!

CO-OPS are smaller to mid-sized gatherings that take place throughout the week in homes, coffee shops, restaurants, parks and even virtually online.

These gatherings are re-imagining spaces for face-to-face connection that cultivate shared ownership, meaningful relationships, and aren’t limited to church buildings and geography. They create an inviting and inclusive place — one that’s accessible to everyone, no matter who you are, what you believe, where you come from, or who you know.

CO-OPS gather around different shared interests, season of life, geography, or even causes and engage together in various activities such as discussing sermons, bible studies, topical discussions, sharing meals and enjoying recreational activities.

If you’re interested in doing life together in community, CO-OPS are the place for you.

FW24/25 CO-OP SZN IS HERE!

Interested in plugging into community this fall/winter? Find a co-op near you.

  1. Click on any of the headings below to expand details about each of our CO-OP offerings.

  2. Click the “JOIN A CO-OP” button below to select which CO-OP you’d like to join.

  3. Wait for a message from the CO-OP you selected with additional CO-OP details and your personal invite to their next gathering!

We’ll be adding more CO-OP options to the list in the coming weeks. If you can’t find a CO-OP near you, or if you’re interested in hosting/leading a CO-OP — send us an email at connect@commongood.church

  • Location: Bellevue

    Day: Wednesdays (Launch Party 10/23/24)

    Time: 7pm - 9pm

    About: Hi everyone! Graeme, Jenn, Nalani and Derek here! We love the community and friends we’ve found through co-op, and we can’t wait to do life together! We bounce between meeting at different members homes in Bellevue and are looking forward to bible studies and prayer together, as well as game nights and other fun activities!

    • Location: Seattle (Greenlake area)

    • Day: Wednesdays (Launch parties 10/9 and 10/16!)

    • Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm

    • About: Rachel, Andrew, and Jason here! We are so excited to start another Co-Op season here in Seattle. Our weekly meetings focus on developing relationships with each other and having conversations about faith-based topics, but we also offer a variety of opportunities for community building. You can find us playing volleyball at Green Lake, making dumplings for Lunar New Year, or even renting a cabin for a weekend retreat. Our goal is to cultivate a welcoming environment- where people can feel safe enough to ask vulnerable questions and feel celebrated for who they are. We take the name “co-operative” quite literally, and encourage feedback and suggestions to cater this co-op for everyone and meet you where you are at on your journey. If that sounds like a group that you’re interested in hanging out with, please reach out, and we can get you connected!

    • Location: Bothel

    • Day: Thursdays

    • Time: 7pm - 9pm

    • About: Hey I'm Oscar. I've been leading a co-op for the past couple of years now and I really enoy createing fun and safe spaces for people to gather. It's definitely been a way for me and others to stay connected in community through all of life's ups and downs. We pray, discuss sermons, do bible studies, and play games. Come join the fam!

    • Location: Renton

    • Day: 1st and 3rd Fridays on the month (Launch Party 10/8/24!)

    • Time: 6:30pm

    • About: Hi, I’m Matt! A typical co-op gathering includes dinner and a casual conversation about recent sermons, current events, or other topics we may be interested in. We welcome people in any season of life, but we’re particularly family-friendly, meaning the kids currently outnumber the adults. Our kids are an integral part of our co-op life, so we organize time for them to learn, discuss, and play. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, with opportunities built in for the adults to hang out outside of those gatherings. We’re an informal, friendly bunch, and we look forward to meeting you!

    • Location: Bellevue

    • Day: Every other Saturday (Launch Party on 10/19!)

    • Time: 9am - 10:30am

    • About: Linda, Julie, Chris & Winnie here— and we’re the breakfast club! We love gather together to share, discuss, pray, and support each other over food (breakfast in particular!). We meet twice a month on Saturday mornings, rotating homes in the Bellevue/Greater Eastside areas! We’re super casual and informal, and would love for you to come join us!

    • Location: Virtual (Zoom)

    • Day: Sundays

    • Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm

    • About: Hey I'm Linda. I started leading a co-op during the pandemic when everything was virtual, and found that it was a lifeline for people to feel connected and in community, even when we were geograhpially in different places and also in different places spiritually. This group is for people especially who prefer digital spaces, and who might not be physically mobile or live in a different geographic region. Our group is a mix of belivers and seekers, so come with your questions!

  • Location: Seattle

    Day: TBD, varies

    Time: TBD, varies

    About: Hello, I’m Jason! This fresh, new co-op is specifically for those who identify (or even questioning their identity) with the LGBTQIA+ community. As a gay cis-man, the continued reckoning of my faith and sexual identity is difficult, long and at times lonely. Common Good Co-ops have opened up a space for me to come as I am to be met with acceptance and support in this reckoning. Let’s create a brave, safe space for LGBTQIA+ to have that too. Come as you are with your questions, your hurt, your joy. Come to heal, to challenge, to lament, to laugh. There’s no set structure, nor do I have all the answers to all questions. But I can provide snacks!

  • Location: Local coffee shops & cafes

    Day: TBD, varies

    Time: TBD, varies

    About: Hey, it's Royce. Trying out a little experiment with a traveling co-op that meets out and about at local coffee shops & cafes throughout the week, different days, different times. If you like hanging out at different coffee shops throughout the city, having great conversation and meeting new people along the way, let's connect! This will be a space in particular for folks who are new and/or still exploring spirituality or find themselves in a season of searching, transition or just plain trying their best to figure out this thing called life! If you always feel like you're never sure where you really fit, you'll fit in just fine here =)

  • Location: Virtual (sometimes local meetups)

    Day: Monthly, day varies

    Time: Varies

    About: Hi! We're Ariel & Gary and we host a virtual meetup that centers conversation and discussion around faith and theology. As folks that have been on the deconstruction journey for a long time now, and who now consider ourselves post-evangelical — we love exploring different perspectives within the vast, diverse, and rich Christian tradition, often challenging normative thought that sometimes gets us in trouble within certain Christian circles who like to name and label us as heretics. But since Jesus was also called a heretic, we feel like we're in pretty good company! We don't take ourselves too seriously, and believe that being open minded and thoughtful about our beliefs is a vital part of the faith journey itself. If your a recovering "heretic" like us, on a seemingly endless journey of deconstructing and reconstructing faith, and enjoys theological conversations that explores different views regarding things like salvation, hell, afterlife, other religions, etc; we'd love for you to join our conversations! We may read books together, articles, look at certain problematic scriptures — whatever stimulates thoughtful discussion!