Messiah News

This coming Sunday, January 8, is the "Baptism of our Lord" Sunday. My question, "Why be baptized?" certainly is a personal, contemporary question. People - like you and me - get baptized for many different reasons. For some it is a family, cultural thing. For others is a "rite of joining" a church thing. In theory it's suppose to be a commitm...

The Messiah vegetable gardening ministry, From Seed to Harvest, will have our first meeting of the year on Saturday, January 28 at 9:30 AM in the sanctuary at Hazel Dell campus. If you are planning or even thinking about growing veggies this year, please plan to attend. Everyone is welcome. If you would like to do some growing but don't have space ...

Young adults are invited to celebrate the New Year this Sunday, January 8th from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM! Pizza will be provided, but please bring a food item to share with the group. There will also be a White Elephant gift exchange, so please bring a gift (approximately $5 value) to swap. The gathering will be at 1017 NW 94th St. Vancouver, WA, 98...

The Can-Am Book group will continue reading Part III of "Seeing Gray in a Black and White World" by Adam Hamilton and will be meeting Wednesday mornings at 9:00 am via Zoom beginning January 4.  Contact is Julie Backous, 360-910-2022. 

The Tuesday and Wednesday morning bookgroups just finished Refugias Faith by Debra Rienstra. Thank you to all who participated. Beginning Tuesday, Janaury 10, at 6 AM the Tuesday morning bookgroup will be discussing The Flag, the Cross and the Station Wagon by Bill McKibben. It's available in digital, paper and audio versions at Amazon, and it...