A new Snoqualmie organization has a goal of fostering well-rounded living by providing mental, physical and spiritual care — to name a few.

The Snoqualmie Valley Healing Center had a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 12 at its new home in downtown Snoqualmie. Chaplain Patti Yetneberk and five other board members operate the Snoqualmie Valley Healing Center out of a rental house on SE Park Street. The center is an outreach ministry of The Church of Living Waters, a Free Methodist organization formed by Yetneberk in 2022.

“Our vision is to create a thriving community of hope equipped to overcome challenges and live fulfilling lives,” Yetneberk said at the ribbon cutting.

The center’s free services include a weekly 12 step recovery program, spiritual counseling with Yetneberk and mental health counseling with Dawn Finney, owner of Cascade Wellness and Counseling.

This summer, the center will maintain a vegetable garden, the crops from which will be donated to the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank. Every other Saturday, the center hosts a quilting class. Starting in April, the center will partner with Key Bank to offer classes in financial wellness.

The Healing Center also provides a clothing bank and has weekly personal care days for those who would like to take a shower or do a load of laundry. Since starting personal care days in November, Yetneberk said the center has provided 40 free showers, laundry for 11 people and clothing for 19 people.

“One of our first gentlemen who came had not had a shower in eight months,” she said. “When he came in … I said, ‘Would you like to do a load of laundry?’ and he said, ‘These are the only clothes I have.’ That was how our clothing bank got started.”

Yetneberk started The Church of Living Waters with a few friends in her home. Today, they host weekly small groups titled “Talking Circles with Jesus” in Snoqualmie, North Bend and Duvall.

Though Yetneberk leads with her faith, she said all are welcome to use her services at the Healing Center.

“People of all faiths, all walks of life, what you believe, even if you don’t believe, you’re welcome to come and get some care for your spiritual well-being,” Yetneberk said.

The event March 12 also served as a second ribbon-cutting ceremony for CarePoint Clinic, a free Fall City clinic that recently launched a mobile unit. CarePoint and the Healing Center will partner often, as the center is one of the places CarePoint plans on hosting its mobile clinic.

CarePoint Executive Director Misty Messer said she and Yetneberk have spent the past couple of years discussing how they can provide whole-body health.

“We need to cover every area of people’s lives,” she said at the event. “We can’t just care for their [physical] health and hope that the rest comes together.”

King County Councilmember Sarah Perry, who serves the Snoqualmie Valley as part of District 3, spoke at the ribbon cutting, noting how important these free resources are.

“We need things to be a blip in our life, not a catastrophe, and you do that,” Perry told Yetneberk and Messer. “You’re offering to heal the whole person. And in these next years, we’re going to need more and more of that, with our budget cuts and so forth, and your services are going to be absolutely essential.”

North Bend Mayor Mary Miller speaks at the Snoqualmie Valley Healing Center ribbon-cutting ceremony March 12, 2025. From left: Miller; SnoValley Chamber CEO Kelly Coughlin; Chaplain Patti Yetneberk; CarePoint Clinic Executive Director Misty Messer; Snoqualmie Mayor Katherine Ross. (Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record)

The Snoqualmie Valley Healing Center is open for the community, March 12, 2025. Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record

CarePoint Clinic Executive Director Misty Messer cuts the ribbon at the clinic’s second ribbon-cutting ceremony, March 12, 2025. (Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record)