by joe | Aug 24, 2017 | Newsletter
It is a short week for me at the office. The big event is the Youth Camping and Family Camp retreat through this coming weekend. Pray for the students that left on Wed, The families will be joining us on Friday evening for the weekend. I am excited to have Pastor...
by joe | Aug 17, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
I was talking with my neighbor recently, and I brought up a current event, that seems to be the focus of all news sources. His reply was, “Honestly, I have stopped watching the news!” I am sure there are many of us that would identify with that statement. I could find...
by joe | Aug 17, 2017 | Newsletter
The good news this week relates to our property. We now have a scheduled date to go before the Hearing Examiner for our Conditional Use Permit. I will be sharing more on Sunday, but it is exciting for this phase to come to completion. We are not there yet, so I...
by joe | Aug 12, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
We are living in a mixed up world. I like to call it Binary Living, based on my training in computers. All computer programs boil down to Binary, 1’s and 0’s, another way to look at this is “Off” or “On.” It is from this base that all complex computer programs are...
by joe | Aug 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
I hope that you have been able to stay cool. It has been amazing to me how much smoke has impacted Washington State from the fires in Canada. I want to say thanks to everyone that helped with church ministries this past weekend. Thanks to Pastor Berney for bringing...
by joe | Aug 3, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
I think that I am like most people. I do not enjoy pain. And yet there is a sense where most pain serves a purpose. You know the things like going to the dentist, recovering from surgery and even pulling a splinter. And let me not forget that other types of pain also...
by joe | Aug 3, 2017 | Newsletter
• It has been good to get away this past week. Thanks for the privilege to take some vacation. I want to say thanks to Pastor Zac and everyone that covered the bases to make this happen. • Thanks for the ideas on providing Sign Language in the services. I am posting...
by joe | Jul 28, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
I recently came across a phrase on an electronics technical blog that was new to me. Do you any idea what the phrase “Tabula Rasa”means? My first thought, based on my limited knowledge of Eastern Religions was it may be something Hindu. I was surprised to learn that...
by joe | Jul 28, 2017 | Newsletter
• It is hard to believe that we completed our 13th year of CLEAT Soccer Camp. It is hard to imagine that the first one was the summer of 2004. It is amazing to see how the camp has developed over the years. It was another great camp. We had more players again this...
by joe | Jul 20, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
I can only speak for myself, but I believe it is true of all humans; we are masters at deceiving ourselves. Sometime the deception is harmless, thinking that we look better than we do, or are smarter. Yet, there are times that these deceptions can be quite harmful,...
