Warm Beach Senior Community

Great Place to Work Institute has honored Warm Beach Senior Community with certification as a Great Place to Work. The certification process considered more than 1,000 employee surveys from across all Warm Beach operations. Great Place to Work, an independent research and consulting firm, evaluated more than 60 elements of team members’ experience on the job. These included employee pride in the organization’s community impact, belief that their work makes a difference, and feeling their work has special meaning. Rankings are based on employees’ experiences, no matter who they are or what they do.

Our beginnings

It began with a vision to serve retiring ministry workers

Originally named Warm Beach Manor and founded by the Pacific Northwest Conference of the Free Methodist Church - our story actually began nearly 10 years before the first residents moved in, when a group of 40 people gathered on the adjoining property to discuss the creation of our sister ministry, Warm Beach Camp.  When the first Board members were looking at sites for a family camp, they realized this beautiful forested land would be the perfect place for a retirement community, 

“At that time the focus was just the camp. Gradually the conversation moved more and more toward the establishment of a senior home. The idea was to provide affordable housing and community life to retired pastors and missionaries. It would not be exclusive, but the inclusion of these was very important.” - Bob McDowell, youngest member of the Camp search committee, and at the time, a young pastor fresh out of Seattle Pacific University

As neighbors to the camp began to sell their land, property was bought up with the intention of using it for a retirement home. In July 1966, a groundbreaking ceremony was held [pictured] for the construction of a 42-unit apartment complex.  Less than a year later, on May 1, 1967, the first residents moved in. 

Warm Beach Manor would expand by leaps and bounds over the next few decades. The Health Care Center was added in 1975. The fifty-five unit Village Apartments were added between 1977 and 1979. Manor Estates manufactured home park was built and the first homes arrived in 1980. The Beachwood building, with 29 senior apartments opened in January 1981. The last expansion project came in 1996 with the opening of the Cedar Court assisted living facility.  

Our community continues to grow and expand in different ways, but our core mission to provide the best possible care for residents, regardless of income level, with an unwavering devotion to God has not changed.

A uniquely faith-based, mission-minded community

What Missional Senior Living looks like at Warm Beach

As a faith-based not-for-profit organization we seek to provide more than just a financial safety net for low-income retirees and seniors: we want to empower them to live purpose-filled lives in sustainable community. We've come to understand that part of living in a sustainable community means helping each other find answers to these shared questions:      

- How can we discover our passion and live a purpose-filled life as we age?         
- How can we form meaningful relationships and build a community of support around us as we age?     
- How can we sustain our physical, emotional and spiritual health as we age?
- How can we best steward our financial resources to meet our future needs? 

Empowering our residents and program participants to discover their own answers to these core questions guides our life enrichment, community volunteer and benevolence assistance programs.

Why work at Warm Beach

Come work for a nationally recognized facility! Warm Beach Healthcare Center (WBSC) is a Fortune 100 Best Workplaces in Aging services for 2021-22 and is among the 19% of U.S. skilled nursing facilities that have been recognized as a Best Nursing Home for 2019-20 by U.S. News & World Report. WBSC is a non-profit ministry of the Free Methodist Church with 54 years of service to the elderly and the community. We offer competitive wages, and a great team environment. If you want your work to be mission-driven, providing meaning and satisfaction, Warm Beach Senior Community (WBSC) is the perfect place to share your talents. Please have a look at current openings to see where you might realize your calling. 

We offer great benefits! We offer a host of benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life/accidental insurance, vacation, sick and personal holiday time, health club discount, to name a few. In addition, we offer a 403b retirement account with an employer match.

We have a great on-site computer-based continuing education program that provides not only mandatory training, but also opportunity to choose additional courses to grow and enhance your knowledge and meet license requirements.

MISSION STATEMENT

WBSC is a ministry of the Free Methodist Church. Our Mission Statement is at the heart of everything we do. Warm Beach Senior Community provides quality housing and supportive services in a serene, natural setting. We demonstrate Christ’s love by:

- Preserving the dignity of residents, staff and volunteers
- Addressing physical, spiritual, social and emotional needs
- Fostering fullness of life and independence.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.