Messiah News

The next Hop Topics will be March 19 at Heathen Brewing Feral Public House. Doors will open for the event at 5:30pm and discussion will begin at 6:30pm. Feral Public House is located at 1109 Washington St, Vancouver.  If you plan to attend, please RSVP to help give an accurate head count. RSVP here »For the March rendering of HOP TOPICS we wil... Original author: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Ben McCarty)

Dear Messiah Family,  For the last ten years I have substituted at Columbia River High School as an administrator.  This affords me the opportunity to work with them and their Food Pantry and Clothes Closet. Our Messiah family has always played an integral role in this operation. We provide them with family gift cards for Thanksgiving and... Original author: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Ben McCarty)

Dave Moore, Messiah's Facility Coordinator, will be retiring from his role on staff on March 31, 2024.  We are so thankful to Dave for his years of dedication. Watch for an upcoming announcement about how we will celebrate his time on staff.  If you or someone you know is interested in this kind of role, please talk with Jessica Potts.&nb... Original author: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Ben McCarty)

From Seed To Harvest, the vegetable gardening group, will be holding a meeting on Saturday, March 9 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM at the Hazel Dell campus. We will be having a guest speaker. Lori Wick is a certified Master Gardener with extensive experience in many facets of gardening. She will be teaching us about Mason bees. Mason bees are fantastic p... Original author: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Ben McCarty)

It is our joy, privilege and choice during the season of Lent to direct our Wednesday evening offerings to some special project. While we won't be passing the plate on Ash Wednesday, nor during our Holden Vesper Evening Prayer services February 21-March 20, there will be an offering box available at the back during these services. You may also make special offerings online if you wish. Just designate them as such. At our congregational meeting last Sunday there was a question about "Why the shortage of younger pastors?" One reason is simply the cost of education. Back in my uncle's day (he went to seminary in the 1940s) the church paid all seminary related costs for future pastors. That is no longer the case. Now pastors, like other graduate level students, face significant education costs both for college and their four years or seminary education. Of course, students do have help. Many of...