SeaTac District Superintendent Derek Nakano intends to assign Caleb Encinas Cortés as Pastor of Community Engagement at Federal Way United Methodist Church in Auburn, Washington, beginning October 1, 2024.

In this new position, supported in part by the PNW Conference Board of Congregational Development, Encinas Cortés will focus on increasing Federal Way UMC’s good work in external-facing community engagement and empowering relationships across cultural differences. Encinas Cortés was previously assigned to the Yesler Neighborhood Project.