Red Cedar Zen Membership Form

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Invitation: We invite you to join us in creating a supportive 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.

Please use this form online or download and print the paper form.

Members of the sangha offer financial and volunteer support for RCZC programs. Some of the benefits of membership are described on this page.

If you wish to become a Friend of Red Cedar instead of a Member of Red Cedar Zen please see the Friend & Donor Form.
(Before selecting a giving level, please read 2013 RCZC Membership Drive Information)

New or Renewing Member - please complete the entire form below
- please confirm you name & email and your membership level below
Any other unchanged information, including how you are paying your membership can be left blank if it is unchanged.
PayPal Subscriptions Note: if you are paying with a PayPal subscription and changing the membership level this form will submit a new PayPal subscription on the new amount but you must log in to PayPal to cancel the old subscription (or ask our membership folks to do so).
Membership Level - I will contribute - $100 / month
- $50 / month
- $35 / month
- $10 / month
- An amount of your choosing   $ / month

Our Spiritual Director will contact you to discuss your situation.
I will pay my monthly membership* as follows:: - mailed in or use the slot in the Dharma Hall Lobby
You may pay your monthly membership dues by mailing a check to the Red Cedar Zen P.O. Box, or dropping checks or cash into the mail slot in the Red Cedar Dharma Hall lobby.
- online with credit card or PayPal account
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. PayPal also allows automatic monthly payments.
- using your banks payment system
Most banks & credit unions have free bill paying systems that will mail a check to Red Cedar Zen monthly. You need to initiate this at your bank giving them Red Cedar Zen's P.O. Box address to mail the checks to
- for WECU account holders, please email us your WECU account # to identify your contributions
WECU members can schedule free monthly transfers from their account to Red Cedar Zen's account. Contact WECU to initiate this process. And do email use at info@redcedarzen.org to let us know your account number or drop a note in the lobby mailbox. The incoming transfer is identified only by your account number so we need this information to credit your membership dues received.
*Automatic, recurring monthly payments help us greatly with paying our expenses and record keeping.
If using PayPal only: use automatic payments and automatically repeat my monthly or annual payments and renew my membership? - not applicable as I am not paying with PayPal
- have PayPal automatically repeat my payments and renew my membership.
PayPal will make your monthly payment automatically
- I am making a single initial payment only with PayPal.
PayPal will only make your initial monthly or annual payment and no additional payments will occur unless you return to re-submit the payment selecting Yes above.
Sangha Directory:We publish a directory of sangha members’ phone, address & email. Would you like to be included?
- include my phone, address & email in the Sangha Directory sent to all Members.
- please leave me out of the Sangha Directory.
Volunteer ParticipationTo maintain our programs and building, we ask our members to volunteer in the following RCZC work groups. (Details, tasks, and work group members are listed on the Sangha Workgroups Site)
Please indicate your interests:
- welcoming new people
- supporting our members, tracking and processing memberships
- letting the community know about our programs
- maintaining & organizing, our building
- maintaining & completing front & back gardens at the Hall
- checking in books, organizing, improving, keeping the library open
- putting on programs (organizing, registration, food) and working in the zendo (ceremonies, maintaining)
- websites and, well, technology - keeping it all humming, social media experiments, database, systems
- I have other ways I'd like to help (specify below)


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.