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10 November 2025
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 The next Brewed Theology is November 18 at Uptown Barrel Room in Vancouver.  Uptown Barrel Room is located at 2011 Main St in Vancouver. The event begins at 6pm.  The topic of the evening will be Christian Nationalism. ...
03 November 2025
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'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you or naked and gave you clothing And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just ...
03 November 2025
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This Advent season, beginning November 30, is from "A Sanctified Art" and it's titled: "What do you fear." The creator's description is: "Luke's Gospel begins the story of Jesus with this opening line: "In the time of Herod..." This detail may seem m...
27 October 2025
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Faith family members are critical in our lives. Pastor David and I have experienced this first hand for our children. Having served in congregations that are distant from blood relatives, our children have had multiple church grandparents, aunts, unc...
20 October 2025
Messiah
With the retirement of Jessica Potts in November and Laurie Sykes in December, staffing and staffing configurations are changing. Lindsay Raymond has been hired as interim bookkeeper. This may become a permanent position once staffing has been reconf...

Are you a Messiah Member? (Please read.)

"Jesus loves me, this I know!" A common response to the call of God in Jesus Christ is baptism. When baptized the pastor traces the sign of the cross on an individual's forehead and says "'Bob,' child of God, you have been sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked with the cross of Christ forever." To be baptized is not only to ...

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Sung Liturgy at Hazel Dell

Did you notice a lot more singing than usual during the Easter Sunday service at Hazel Dell? The liturgy that the Messiah worship team is using throughout the Easter season is a setting called "Now the Feast" by contemporary composer Marty Haugen. In addition to short liturgical music, it contains two of Haugen's standalone hymns, As the Grains of ...

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Call Committee Prayer Support

One of Messiah's members, Hope Quinn, has suggested that she would like to organize and support a Prayer Team specifically focused on our Call Committee members and their work. Thank you, Hope. What a wonderful gift! Hope's vision is that this is something anybody who feels called could do from home on their own schedule. She'll keep the Team ...

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Call Committee Update

Dear Friends, We are off and running with the Call Committee - and I'm excited to be moving into this phase of our congregational transition. Thank you all for your prayers, trust and support! Wednesday evening, April 12, our Call Committee met together for the first time via ZOOM with SWWA Synod Bishop's Associate Rev. Rebecca Shjerven. I was able...

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Thank you to all who donated towards Easter flowers and spring landscape plants

Ellen Andres. in memory of Arnie Andres Loretta Babbitt. in honor of A Great Family Julie Backous and Todd Dugdale in memory of Lily and in honor of our children Wes, Jennifer, Joel, Crystal and Amanda Rick and Sheri Backous in memory of our daughter, Sara, as well as other family members who have passed away; in honor of our daughters and their fa...

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