Highlights from the March Church Leadership Team Meeting: Approved a change in worship start time from 9:00 AM to 8:30 AM for Messiah North. This was necessitated by a change at the Windy Hills Winery venue. (An exhaustive search has not yielded another venue for Sunday morning.) Agreed to put the addition of a youth representative to the Church Le...
Messiah Lutheran welcomes everyone to observe Holy Week and celebrate Easter Sunday at its Hazel Dell and Ridgefield campuses. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, March 29, at 9am at Messiah North at Windy Hills Winery and at 10:30am at Messiah Hazel Dell. The 10:30am service at Messiah Hazel Dell will also include a procession with palms into the s...
An update from Tom Zimmer on progress towards funding a house for Nana Yolly and Jaypee in the Philippines: Messiah Lutheran community, we have come a long way in three short weeks and are halfway toward reaching our goal of $15,000, with about three weeks to go before the builder will ask for final payment!Thank you to those who have prayed a...
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Grief can be heavy, painful, hard and exhausting. Can it ever be good? According to Dr. Tina Campbell, "linguists suggest that 'good grief' is a euphemism for 'Good God.' We believe in a good God who gives us the gift of grief and mourning as a process to heal and achieve a new sense of wholeness." As a natural response to losses of all kinds, grie...