The Gift of Good Paper Pastor Roger Sylwester When Patra Mueller asked me a week ago to write this message, I said I couldn’t do it then because I was painting Valentines but could write one for next week. She wrote “Why don’t you blog about art?” So here it is. I’m...
The Chosen By Patra Mueller This year for our weekly Lenten services we will be watching episodes from season two of The Chosen where the story of the Beatitudes come to life. In Matthew 5: 1-10, Jesus said: “Blessed are the poor in...
Spirit People By Patra Mueller On Sunday we began a new sermon series on Paul’s first letter to the Christians living in the Greek city of Corinth. We were reminded that we are “Spirit People” because the Spirit of God lives in us. As a result, our perspective and...
New Life in Jesus By Patra Mueller For the past several years a thoughtful friend of mine has given me the gift of an amaryllis for Christmas. When I receive it, its green leaves are tightly closed. But as the days of Christmas pass, the red blooms begin to peak through eventually...
A Fresh Start By Eric Mueller Have you ever had a sermon or Sunday message that really spoke to you? For me, one small sermon I heard 50 years ago still resonates with me to this day.I was a young Boy Scout on my first winter camping trip at our scout camp in the Sierra Nevada...
Go Tell it on the Mountain By Pastor Roger Sylwester I had two tasks this week. One was to choose a scene for our Christmas card and the other was to choose a carol or hymn for this devotion. I chose my painting of Mt. Baker, the very tip of which I can see from our apartment. This led me to...
A Season of Anticipation By Pastor Peter Mueller Do any of you remember the Sears Christmas catalogue? When I was a kid in the 1970s and 1980s, I couldn’t wait for that glorious volume to arrive in the mail every fall. I would carefully read the toy section (especially the Star...
Living Water Sunday Celebrating Ten Years! “The Lord has done great things for us and our hearts are filled with joy.” Psalm 126:3 This year we are celebrating TEN years of supporting Living Water International during the Advent season. It is...
Let’s Go Team Church! By Amy Kopecky, Director of Contemporary Worship For Jonathan and me, one of the joys of being parents in this season is watching our kids play the sports they love. We’ve always been a soccer family, but Calum has a natural passion for baseball so...
We RENEW hope in our lives by diving into extended and highly focused EXPERIENCES that often provide transformational life. One of the ways that we RENEW HOPE is through our retreats. Fourteen high school students and two adults just returned from an...
