Messiah News

Beginning May 28, the Prayground in the Sanctuary will be staffed by a nursery attendant.  The nursery itself is closed for the summer.  Parents are welcome to drop off their child and sit wherever they would like in the Sanctuary.  The Prayground is refreshed regularly so there are always new activities! 

A Wallowa backpacking trip, the first since Covid, is being organized for this summer.  The plan is to go to Echo Lake in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of Northeastern Oregon for a 4-night 5-day trip from August 4-8.  The cost is $95 and payment is needed to hold your spot. Participants are responsible for carrying all of their own gear plus u...

The Messiah Semi-Annual meeting of the congregation is June 4 in the Hazel Dell Campus sanctuary at 11:45am. This meeting will be an in-person event. Agenda items include staff reports, a report on the recent synod assembly, financial reports, church leadership team reports and the presentation of the 2023-24 operating budget. Reports and agenda it...

The Endowment Committee is seeking grant request submissions in these areas: National and International Outreach, Ministries, and Missions (examples: World Gospel mission feeding children, Messiah Mission trip support)Local Community Outreach, Ministries and Missions (examples: Winter clothing for local school children, emergency refugee fund, shut...

This Sunday's gospel is part of the "farewell discourse," where Jesus is saying goodbye to his disciples and assuring them that he'll continue to be with them. Poet Nayyirah Waheed, in her collection salt has a wonderful short poem on difficult goodbyes that might speak to the situation and mood in our gospel reading for the 6th Sunday of Easter. i...