Welcome to WEMM!

The Woodland Ecumenical and Multi-faith Ministries (WEMM) council is an interfaith council consisting of faith communities in Woodland who meet together each month to:

Do Good by bringing our members and the community together to serve, and by supporting local charities helping those in need, and
Promote interfaith worship, friendship, understanding, and respect.

Each participating faith community may have up to 3 voting members of WEMM. We meet once a month, rotating locations between the various member faith communities.

All of Woodland’s faith communities are invited to be members of WEMM, including those outside of Woodland but serving Woodland residents. For more information, or to join one of our meetings to check it out, contact WEMM’s secretary, Viola Fong, 530-379-3553.

WEMM Members

American Lutheran Church

The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Woodland

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Davis

Holy Rosary Catholic Church

Sikhs Serving Yolo County

St. John's United Church of Christ

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Woodland Muslim Mosque

Woodland Presbyterian Church

Woodland United Methodist Church

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

WEMM's Purpose

WEMM’s basic premise is that every person is a beloved child of God. WEMM’s purpose is to further interfaith efforts to serve God’s children and to better understand and fellowship with one another.

WEMM banner celebrating construction of new Muslim Mosque & Islamic Center

WEMM - working with the community to do Good

Bathroom kits for new tiny homes at Fourth & Hope

3rd Thursday volunteers tracing for Days for Girls

Each year, WEMM puts together about 300 Christmas baskets with turkeys, potatoes, gravy, canned vegetables, stuffing, jello, and more to serve needy families, primarily through Fourth & Hope.

3 women tracing liners for Days for Girls at 3rd Thursday Humanitarian Day

Our WEMM community loves to combine our efforts to do more good. Whether we're putting together Christmas food baskets, supporting local non-profits through the 3rd Thursday Humanitarian Day, collecting needed supplies for those in need, or doing projects to support and beautify Woodland, you're invited to join us.

3rd Thursday Humanitarian Day flyer - every 3rd Thursday at 850 Pioneer Avenue, 1-9pm.

WEMM is a major sponsor of the 3rd Thursday Humanitarian Day, held the 3rd Thursday of each month at the church on the corner of Pioneer and Gum.

The whole community is invited! Come for whatever time you have available between the hours of 1-9 p.m. and help with a variety of humanitarian projects that benefit those in need in our community, our county, and beyond. More info on JustServe.org.

Here are some of the things we're working on:

Wrapping diapers for the Yolo Diaper Bank (over 5,000 a month)
Packing lunches for Empower Yolo (35 each month) with a cheerful card in each
Sewing and filling toiletry bags for residents of Fourth & Hope (150 so far), Empower Yolo (40 so far), and children in foster care.
Tracing, cutting, sewing, and serging liners (about 1500 so far) and pouches (about 400 so far) for Days for Girls (international non-profit providing re-useable feminine hygiene supplies)
Making sock monkeys and Jacob's Ladders for children in foster care.
Sewing and filling Comfort Bags for children in foster care, complete with toiletry bags, socks and underwear, a blanket, a sock monkey, Jacob's ladder, etc.
Crocheting and knitting blankets for those without a home (96 blankets delivered so far), and to go in Comfort Bags.
Cutting and knotting fleece blankets to go in Comfort Bags.
Cutting and sewing dog and cat mats for the Yolo Animal Shelter.

Some past projects include:

Assembled bathroom kits for the 61 new tiny homes at Fourth & Hope
Assembled bathrooms-to-go and kitchens-to-go for Empower Yolo
Conflict resolution seminar presented by the Yolo Conflict Resolution Center
Food boxes for refugees
Rock-a-Smile
Valentine's cards for seniors
Appreciation cards for Health & Human Services workers

Picture of trailer full of bathroom kits for tiny homes at 4th & Hope

Volunteering in the Community

WEMM supports volunteerism! Check out the local and global opportunities to volunteer at www.justserve.org

JustServe.org

3rd Thursday Humanitarian Day

Christmas Baskets

Interfaith Events

January: Celebration of Abraham

March - April: Lenten Lunches

September: Peace Picnic

November: Thanksgiving Service

All Year: Clergy Corner

Celebration of Abraham

Celebration of Abraham Website

WEMM joins in the Celebration of Abraham's annual January/February event which encourages dialogue, appreciation, and understanding between faith traditions.

Lenten Lunches

In March and April, WEMM member faiths host a free lunch and Lent message each Wednesday at noon during Lent. Here's the 2024 schedule. All are welcome!

Feb 14: Woodland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 509 College St.
Feb 21: Woodland United Methodist Church, 212 – 2nd St.
Feb 28: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 850 Pioneer Ave.
Mar 6: Woodland Presbyterian Church, 1324 Columbia Drive
Mar 13: American Lutheran Church & Holy Rosary Catholic Church, hosting at 1114 College St.
Mar 20: St. John’s United Church of Christ, 432 Cleveland St.

Peace Picnic

When the Muslim community in Woodland and throughout the United States felt unsafe in the aftermath of 9/11, rather than stay stuck in that feeling of victimhood, they realized that they would only be able to feel safe and survive if they reached out to others in order to build a sense of togetherness. From that effort, the annual Interfaith Community Peace Picnic was born.

Thanksgiving Service

Each year at Thanksgiving, WEMM hosts an inter/multi-faith Thanksgiving Service. The entire community is invited. Donations of food or other gifts are given to Fourth & Hope.