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Omak mission trip – Day 2

Fencing team #1 finished their work at the site far away. Yeah!  The painting team battled weather off and on all day. Fencing team 2 took down a mile or two of burned out 4 strand and started prepping to reinstall it tomorrow.

Omak mission trip – Day 1

Day 1 and everyone arrived safely. We are in 4 teams plus the kitchen help. Team 1 went to work at a weeklong garage sale that is closing down from supplying relief to distressed families. $20 got you an apple box sized box to fill with as much as you could get into it. Team 2 is painting and caulking a home about 75 min from here. Teams 3 & 4 are both fencing. One team is 90 minutes from…

Bulletin – Week of June 12, 2016

To find a new friend is to find a treasure. We welcome each person who has come here to worship. Be a friend to others and discover the wealth of friendship. Message: Getting God’s Attention Scripture: 1 Kings 18 Offering: General Fund Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Dan Grover, Jerry and Faye Hop, Jr. Johnson, Victor Johnson, Jay and Avis Kaemingk. Suggestions for prayers would be for their spiritual growth, opportunities to see Christ in…

Guest Pastor This Week

We will be hosting a guest pastor the next two weeks as many of our members are in the Okanagan working on a mission project with Disaster Response Services of the Christian Reformed Church. Because of this, there will be no preparing our Hearts for worship posts to aid you thinking through the service ahead of time.

A Prayer when Life is full of chaos

Lord, there is chaos all around.  I feel like the disciples in the boat in the raging storm.  It seems as though the whole world is in an uproar.  The financial markets, the political scene, the moral fiber of our culture and society, the world scene with its wars and rumors of wars, the persecution of your people in ways we have not seen in modern history… until it appears that your people may be completely crushed in some places.…

How early are kids being taught about alternative sexualities?

The recently released WA State standards for Sexual Education have it starting in Kindergarten with basic information, but by grades 2-5, full blown alternatives like LGBTQ are being incorporated into the learning outcomes.  Read this article and then read the actual standards themselves.  (Pages 29-31 list the Sexual Education Learning Outcome.) You will be surprised. If your children are in public school, start teaching them about the Biblical views of Sexuality, and the roles of Men and Women early, if…

Bulletin – Week of June 5, 2016

Welcome to worship! Our desire is to be a warm and friendly congregation. Let’s reach out to one another in Christian love as we worship and have fellowship with one another.  Message: The Burnt Offering  Scripture: Leviticus 1 Offering: General Fund Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Jessie Figenbaum, Jennie Figenbaum, Karen Funk, Anne Geleynse, Carolyn Goble, Darryl and Gloria Groothuis. Suggestions for prayers would be for their spiritual growth, opportunities to see Christ in their…

The Burnt Offering and the Christian- Preparing our Hearts to Worship

  In an effort to help you prepare for the June 5th, 2016, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on how the Old Testament Sacrifices pointed to Christ, I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “The Burnt Offering and the Christian”. The main Scripture for the day is Leviticus 1 & 6:8-18. The other passages are either…