Today if you were following along with us in the 90 Day Challenge, you read Mark 4. That chapter contains about 886 words in the ESV Bible. Wikipedia tells me (and I’m sure it’s 100% accurate) that the average person can read between 250-300 words per minute. If you do the math, then most of […]
Do You Hate Blue Cards? 
When I was in seminary, one of my professors had us read Ezekiel 34 as a potent warning of the responsibility of ministry. If you’re not familiar with that passage of Scripture, God, through the prophet Ezekiel, decries the so-called “shepherds” of Israel, who were not really shepherds at all. A sample: “Ah, shepherds of […]
Start Your Engines!
In just a few short days we will begin our 90 Day Challenge! What challenge is that, I hear you asking? Well, if you take all of the Gospels, between the four of them there are 89 chapters. We’re going to take 90 days to read through them, one chapter a day. Each time we read […]
Hidden with Christ
This past week we took a few moments during a staff meeting to share if there were any Scriptures through which God had been speaking to us. It was an encouragement to me to hear what some of our staff have been dwelling on—what God is doing in people’s hearts through his Word. It was […]
A Reading People
It’s no coincidence that the rise of Protestantism coincided with the invention of the printing press. The availability of literature (particularly the Bible) caused an explosion of learning that led to a reevaluation of how we do church. Throughout the years, Christians have established that we are people of The Book, and literacy and learning […]
A Great Listener
“The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.” (Proverbs 20:12 ESV) When Megan and I first interviewed at Chapel Hill, one of the things we did was sit down with Pastor John Thomas and got to know him a little. At the time I had no idea what his role […]
A Busy Pace
Well, Pastor Mark left for his sabbatical on Monday, and as you can imagine the staff are now all lounging around in the church offices, sipping mai tai’s and watching what’s left of the World Cup. Not quite. Actually, as I sat in meetings with staff yesterday I asked folks whether they thought the pace […]
The Need for a Savior
As you read this blog post a group of teenagers and adults from Chapel Hill, including your intrepid senior pastor, are hard at work building homes for several families in Mexico. You can read their updates by clicking HERE. These homes would pass for equipment sheds if they were built here in the states. Pray […]
Gig Harbor City Council Celebrates Jubilee Too!
Chapel Hill, you may already know about our big Jubilee celebration (November 17th!) but did you know our community is celebrating our 50 years as a church as well? Tomorrow, November 12th, starting at 5:30pm the city council of Gig Harbor will sign a resolution making November 17th Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church Day! Please, if […]
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Stakeholder Meeting Update
Hello Chapel Hill! Just a short update to let you know that if you missed the Stakeholder meeting regarding Student Ministries last night, the audio is now available online. Click here to listen in your browser and here to download the mp3. […]