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# Reverend apologizes to church neighbors for short notice
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/reverend-apologizes-to-church-neighbors-for-short-notice/
- Published: 2005-02-17T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:07:34.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Downtown, #archive-import, Homeless

in the community,” said the Rev. Walter John Boris in a statement from Eastside Cares, a group of churches and volunteers. “We’re sorry, but it’s unavoidable.”

The Congregational church is three blocks from downtown Kirkland. The Woodindale Unitarian Universalist Church in a rural area outside town had also voted Sunday to invite the Tent City to relocate there, but the homeless residents took a vote and chose the Congregational site.

The mayor and county sheriff’s representatives expressed willingness to work with the Congregational church.

The encampment’s moves around affluent suburbs have sparked contentious public meetings and protests.

Boris said “all of God’s people” are welcome at his church. “Jesus offered an extravagant welcome to each person he met, and we share that same love with others,” he said.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 17, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021705.pdf?ref=smdp.com)