Become a Member

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Invitation: We invite you to join us in creating a support community dedicated to mindfulness and peacefulness and sharing this vision through Soto Zen practice and the on-going existence of Red Cedar Dharma Hall in downtown Bellingham.

Benefits of Membership:

  1. Supporting a growing Zen practice community and the Everyday Zen experiment of committed lay practice.
  2. Access to Spiritual Director Nomon Tim Burnett. As a Member, you are invited to consider Tim to be your priest.
    3. Tim is available to meet with you privately in dokusan with during most zazen periods at the zendo or to consult with you by phone or email about your practice. Tim is also glad to perform ceremonies for members including weddings, funerals, blessing ceremonies and health and well-being ceremonies at the zendo or your home.
  3. Access to our Lay Entrusted teachers Yuzan Nancy Welch and Seishu John Wiley who offer practice discussion on request and at some zazen meetings (check with them for the schedule).
  4. Eligibility for retreat grants (scholarships for retreats sponsored by other groups) - request the Retreat Grant Application from the membership workgroup
  5. Members are invited to consider the Dharma Hall their second home and may use the Hall individually for drop-in practice and study at any time when it is not in use by another group. Please contact the Membership Workgroup at info@redcedarzen.org of 360-312-7088 for the door code.
  6. The option to spend the night as needed at Red Cedar Dharma Hall (This and other building policies are available at the Building Workgroup site).
  7. And now we'll be adding discounts for members to our retreats held at Red Cedar Dharma Hall as well.
Membership Level (required): Student / low-income / remote
Supporting Member
Sustaining Member
- An amount of your choosing:    $
Donate monthly or annually? (required):

How would you like to pay your membership? (required):
Paypal.com allows you to pay securely by credit card now or directly from your checking account. Your membership will be complete as soon as payment has been received from PayPal. For most transactions this occurs immediately after you have submitted your online payment.


You may pay your membership dues by mailing a check. If you would like a monthly emailed reminder to make that payment each month please contact the Membership Coordinator at info@redcedarzen.org. The address to mail your check to will be shown after you submit this membership form.


Contact your bank or credit union to arrange an automatic monthly or annual electronic check to be mailed to the sangha.


For Whatcom Educational Credit Union account holders only. If you are a member of WECU this option is free for you and the group (PayPal costs us about 3% on each payment). You must contact WECU directly and ask to arrange an automatic monthly transfer to the Red Cedar Zen Community's account number 272819 (first 3 letters 'RED'). Please contact the Membership Coordinator at info@redcedarzen.org with your WECU account number. This is needed to identify your membership payments.
If using PayPal only: use automatic payments and automatically repeat my monthly or annual payments and renew my membership?


If you choose this option PayPal will make your monthly or annual payment automatically each month or year.

To cancel your automatic membership contribution just log in to your PayPal account or contact the Membership Coordinator for assistance.


If you choose this option PayPal will only make your initial monthly or annual payment and no additional payments will occur unless you return to this form make another payment.
The Sangha Directory (required):

To better keep in touch, we publish a directory of sangha members' phone, address, and email. Would you like to be included in this Sangha Directory?


Volunteer Participation:I'm interested in volunteering in the following areas: (New see the Sangha Workgroups Site)











By pressing Submit, your information from this form will be sent to the membership coordinator, and you will be sent to a new page for secure on-line payment instructions.

Thank you very much. We look forward to practicing with you.