Here at 7400 Woodlawn and Emmaus Table, we are repurposing sacred space for individual and collective growth and flourishing.  There are many ways to be nourished: friendship, conversation, purpose, and opportunity for collaboration. 

Kitchens are places where people connect in elemental ways.  Connection around fire and a recipe make for the potential of sustenance and hope.  The newly renovated Community Kitchen is poised with a new mission.

Along with our partner, Community Loaves, we are conspiring in Baking Bread – Sharing it With Others – Expanding the Table of Welcome!  Community Loaves discovered that pandemic-inspired home bakers could fill a gap in local food banks’ access to fresh baked bread.  As a result, a volunteer bread baking brigade was founded during the pandemic and is providing 100’s of volunteers a way to practically respond to this need.  

Read more about the Renovation Story of the Community Kitchen at 7400 Woodlawn.

Raising the Dough 

Currently, we are raising funds for Phase 4 (see below), the final phase in our renovation project. We are so grateful to all who have donated time, money, and baking hours to make this project possible.

●  Phase 4 (2023-24), Fundraising for a deck oven and supplies for baking class stations, including ingredients for baked goods to be shared with unhoused and food insecure neighbors. 

With equipment in place, Community Loaves bakers are here hosting baking parties, storing baked loaves in the the freezer bank, and supplying even more bread for our neighbors through local food banks. In the Fall of 2023, we dedicated the kitchen and are offering baking opportunities, including youth classes and Baking Church (Emmaus Table).

There are multiple ways to donate:

●  Visit our website (7400woodlawn.org/donate) and designate your gift to the Community Kitchen Fund, in the drop-down menu. 

●  Write a check to First Lutheran Richmond Beach or FLRB (our fiscal agent). Include “Community Kitchen Fund” in the memo line and mail to:  7400 Woodlawn Baking Kitchen, ATTN Cindy Shultz, 7400 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115 

 “On days when the world feels broken and unfixable, I bake bread. I envision a lunchbox with a yummy CL loaf sandwich, lovingly prepared by a parent, sustaining a child in their important work of learning and growing. All of us together -- the baker, the donor, the parent, the child -- make the world a breader place.” ~ Cindy Shultz