Our History:

Leaven Men’s Ministry was founded to provide men a community of accountability, prayer, and friendship. Responding to St. John Paul II’s call for a New Evangelism, Leaven provides an entrance into a deeper understanding of the Sacraments of the Church. We desire to help men of any background form a life of devotion to family, Church, and community as we witness to the healing power of God. 

Deacon Dale Pollard has over three decades of experience in forming men’s lives around the truth of the Gospel and building communities of faith, hope, and love. After a two-year period of praying and planning, Deacon Dale, along with co-leader Tony Golina, have launched this ministry within the new Bellingham, WA Parish Family of Sacred Heart Church and Assumption Catholic Church. 

Read more about Dale Pollard’s story here….

Faith Statement:

We rely on the Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church to guide and inspire us toward a life of holiness. As is recited in Mass after the Liturgy of the Word, this is exemplified in the Nicene Creed.

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.

Amen.