Upcoming Events

The Endowment Committee still has about $9,000 to distribute this year.  Requests for Grants are being accepted until our last deadline, Dec 1. The committee is particularly hoping to receive requests that deal with World Outreach Ministries and Missions.  (There are particular categories and percentages that the church's Constitution req...

For her internship project, Intern Pastor Katie Hendrikson developed a three-part series centered around preparing for one's end of life arrangements. This series engaged almost 100 participants across the three sessions and covered the topics of financial preparation, advanced care planning, and arrangements for bodily disposition and memorial ser...

Winter Hospitality Overflow Opportunities Messiah Lutheran has been involved with supporting WHO since its inception in 2003. Two of our sister churches, St. Andrew Lutheran in Orchards and St. Paul Lutheran in downtown Vancouver, agreed to provide space for this ministry in their church facilities From November 1 through March 31 during the coldes...

Endowment Committee Grant Request for last Fall The Endowment Committee met Dec 4 and considered the requests that had been received. The following were approved by the committee and then were also approved by the CLT. $4000 will be sent to Compassion International which will provide food for 80 families for one month overseas. Because fair trade c...

Notice to Members of the Congregation: The ELCA, in Churchwide Assembly, has approved revisions to the constitution of the Church. Messiah Lutheran Church has our Annual Meeting called for February 5, 2023, during which we will need to vote on revising our constitution to conform to that of the Southwestern Washington Synod. Link to constitution as...