OUR CONNECTIONS

We believe that we cannot do this alone. It’s really important to us to journey together in community for the sake of our core prayer, “Let Heaven Come.”

Training & Encouragement

Mission Igniter provides project management, including financial oversight, for the launch of our community. The organization also provides and manages church planting training for Pastor Meiko and Pastor Simone.

The Crete Collective provides training and resources such as a church planting cohort for planters of color in which Pastor Meiko is a part of.

Sending Churches

COASTLINE CHURCH

Coastline Church is providing practical on-the-ground training through providing a one year Church Planting Residency in which Meiko will participate in beginning January 2025. Meiko will be a staff pastor during his time in the Residency until Uncommon City launches.

Rū Tampa, a new church plant in Tampa, FL., is providing practical on-the-ground training for Meiko through welcoming him on staff as the Executive Pastor of Discipleship & Church Planter in Residence. Meiko and Simone are getting first hand experience on what it takes to be a new church plant through this process.

Icon Church, a former church in Seattle, through their deep friendship with the Seymour’s has welcomed Uncommon City by being the first organization to donate to our church. Their gift provides the beginning resources for the starting costs of the ministry.

Accountability & Covering

Uncommon City is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church through the Pacific Northwest Conference. Both Meiko and Simone are moving through the ordination process through the conference who is providing guidance and resources.

Partner with us by

Financially Donating

Seeding something new takes a considerable amount of financial resources. Many of the experiences we plan on making core to Uncommon City like Practicing The Way, Alpha, and other Justice Initiatives will require us to fundraise just over $600K over the next few years. Will you consider giving to our efforts in a one time or recurring monthly gift as an Uncommon Partner.

Receiving Updates

The start of Uncommon City will be slow and intentional. There will be many milestones, prayer requests, prayers answered, and family updates from the Seymour’s. We’d love to update you regularly as we journey together in this new community of faith in Seattle.

Joining Our Team

  • Our seed team will be a group of individuals who start our community, serving in various capacities to form and be the church. Whatever your giftings are, we believe that you are uniquely gifted for this moment. We’d love to be a space where those gifts flourish and grow for the sake of the Kingdom in Seattle.

  • Starting fall of 2024, we will hold monthly prayer calls to pray, contending to “let Heaven come”. We are looking for individuals who will pray for Uncommon City monthly.

  • We believe that God has already spoken to families and individuals about moving to Seattle to be a part of Uncommon City. Relocating and starting afresh is daunting, yet we know that God meets us in these bold steps of faith when they are connected to his commission. Is He speaking to you?