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Dear Friends in Christ, A few weeks ago I shared with you a few letters that were written by leaders in our denomination in response to events in the world around us. Today I want to share two more such documents with you. Today, I want to share with you two important documents that reflect our commitment as a faith community to love, justice, and ...

Messiah Lutheran Church will hold three services on Ash Wednesday, March 5, to mark the start of the Lenten season.  Two services will be at the Messiah Hazel Dell campus. The first service will be at 10:30 a.m and the second at 6 p.m.  Prior to the 6 p.m. service there will be a soup supper soup supper from 5 - 5:45 p.m. in the lower lev...

One of the things that I love most about our denomination is that we build bridges.  Usually, the bridges are metaphorical: connecting across denominational lines, forging partnerships with community organizations, bringing people together to work for a common purpose. But occasionally, the bridges we build are more concrete (and steel, and wo...

The submission deadline for the next round of Endowment Grant requests is Tuesday, March 25, 2025.  For more information and to apply see the "About Messiah" tab on messiahvancouver.org or visit messiahvancouver.org/endowment. Grant requests are considered quarterly. 

I grew up in the Lutheran church. I could see the church that we attended from my bedroom window and it was pretty much the case that whenever the church building was open for an event some if not all of my family would be there. I stayed in that congregation for my entire childhood before moving on to a new congregation that I attended in college ...