Cascadia Daily: Pastor spouses find and foster community in Bellingham, Lummi Island churches

Jamie Kepros, Sharon Benton preach love and acceptance

After spouses Jamie Kepros and Sharon Benton wake up on a Sunday morning, they go their separate ways. 

The Rev. Kepros, 46, takes a 9:10 a.m. ferry to sparsely populated Lummi Island. About 20 people fill the pews of Lummi Island Congregational Church on a given Sunday. A view of the water, a grove of trees and a small cemetery are visible outside the windows of the quaint, New England-style church.