Your church received an advance premium credit as an incentive to complete background checks on staff and volunteers. We would like to celebrate the following 102* churches who have met or exceeded the minimum number of three\u00a0background checks run in 2016:<\/p>\n
Inland District<\/strong>: Cheney, Clarkston, Coeur D\u2019Alene, Colville*, Moscow: First, Ritzville: Trinity, Rockford, Spokane Valley, Spokane: Audubon Park, Spokane: Covenant, Spokane: Fowler, Spokane: Manito, Spokane: Moran*.<\/p>\n Puget Sound District:<\/strong>\u00a0Allen, Arlington United*, Bellingham: Garden St., Custer*, Edmonds, Everet: Spirit of Grace*, Langley*, Marysville, Mill Creek: Cedar Cross, Mount Vernon: First, Oak Harbor, Port Townsend: Trinity, Sequim: Trinity*, Snohomish.<\/p>\n Seattle District:<\/strong>\u00a0Bainbridge Island: Seabold*, Bellevue: Aldersgate, Bellevue: First, Bellevue: St. Peters, Bothell, Covington: Cornerstone, Issaquah: Faith, Kent, Kirkland: Lake Washington, Redmond, Renton: Fairwood, Seattle: Beacon, Seattle: Blaine Memorial, Seattle: Haller Lake*, Seattle: Queen Anne, Seattle: Tibbetts, Seattle: Trinity*, Seattle: University Temple, Seattle: Valley and Mountain Fellowship, Shoreline: Ronald, Snoqualmie, Tukwila: Riverton Park, Woodinville: Bear Creek*, Woodinville: Community.<\/p>\n Seven Rivers District:\u00a0<\/strong>Benton City, Goldendale, Kennewick: First, Leavenworth, Omak*, Pasco Riverview, Richland: Central United Protestant, Royal City, Sunnyside, Walla Walla: Grace, Walla Walla: Pioneer, Yakima: Wesley, Yakima: West Park*.<\/p>\n Tacoma District:\u00a0<\/strong>Auburn: First, Belfair: North Mason, Bremerton, Eatonville*, Federal Way, Federal Way: Sunrise, Fircrest, Gig Harbor, Lacey: St. Andrews, Olympia: First, Port Orchard, Puyallup, Puyallup: Light of the Hill*, Shelton, Silverdale*, Spanaway*, Sumner, Tacoma: Brown\u2019s Point, Tacoma: The Bridge, Tumwater*.<\/p>\n Vancouver District:\u00a0<\/strong>Aberdeen: First, Camas, Castle Rock*, Centralia, Fern Prairie, Kalama, Kelso: First, Montesano, Ridgefield, Rochester, Satsap, Stevenson, Vancouver: Mill Plain, Vancouver: Orchards*, Vancouver: Salmon Creek, Vancouver: Vancouver Heights, Willapa*.<\/p>\n If your name is not on this list we would like to remind you that the expectation from our carrier and the Conference is that at least three\u00a0background checks would be done in 2016 by every church.<\/p>\n So you know, any unused credit given in 2016 will not \u201croll over\u201d to be used next year for background checks. The credit will be lost forever. You still have time to do your part to control insurance costs and keep your premium credit. Make sure you\u2019ve done all of your\u00a0background checks by\u00a0December\u00a015th!<\/strong><\/p>\n Even worse, churches that do not meet the minimum level of 3 background checks performed will not only lose their premium credit; they\u2019ll be charged a surcharge in early 2017 for non-compliance.<\/p>\n *Churches added to celebration list 12-5-16<\/p>\n