Bellingham Mindfulness Community

membership form

An Invitation to Membership in the Bellingham Mindfulness Community


A member of the Bellingham Mindfulness Community enjoys these opportunities and benefits:
* A deepening commitment and ripening of your Mindfulness practice, which also supports the practice of others.
* An opportunity to support the existence of our physical space, with the aspiration to create a true home for Mindfulness practice in Bellingham.
* An opportunity to receive Dharma teachings with Eileen Kiera, a teacher in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh.
* Opportunities to participate in Sangha leadership and business.
* Receipt of regular Sangha communications.
* Discounts on classes sponsored by Bellingham Mindfulness Community.

A member of the Bellingham Mindfulness Community:
* Has a commitment to practice mindfulness in daily life.
* Understands and aspires to support the core values, vision and mission of the Bellingham Mindfulness Community. (see Values, Vision and Mission Statement)
* Attends regular practice opportunities with the Bellingham Mindfulness Community, including our Wednesday evening practice and Days of Mindfulness.
* Supports the work of the Sangha through mindful participation and a financial commitment.

Financial Commitment:
The Dharma -- our spiritual teaching, practice, and tradition -- is always available to you without cost. However, we now have physical expenses we share as a Sangha: rent of the Dharma Hall, utilities, and incidental supplies. We also intend to garner the resources to move to a more favorable location, and to support, as a sangha, our teacher, Eileen Kiera, and Mountain Lamp, our rural practice center.

Membership Level (required): ($120 / year - student/fixed income)
($240 / year)
- An amount of your choosing:    $

Donate monthly or annually? (required):


How would you like to pay your membership? (required):
Paypal.com is fast, free, and allows you to pay securely by credit card now or, once you have set up an optional PayPal account, 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@bellinghammindfulness.org. The address to mail your check to will be shown after you submit this membership form.


For Whatcom Educational Credit Union account holders only. If you are a member of WECU this option is free for you and the Mindfulness Community (PayPal costs us about 3% on each payment). You must contact the credit union directly and ask to arrange an automatic monthly transfer to the Bellingham Mindfulness Community Community's account. The account number will be shown after you submit this membership form. Please contact the Membership Coordinator at info@bellinghammindfulness.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?


Automatic repeating payments are a big help to the sangha as they provides a more steady flow of funds and you have the convenience of not needing to initiate additional payments or renew your membership in future. 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 one monthly or annual or one time payment. 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:










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.