The profound privilege of worshiping in public strikes me every time I walk or drive by the Eddon Boat Park in the Harbor. We get to proclaim the name of Jesus here! Out loud! From a sound system! Then we get to see the Good News of Jesus in baptisms. We see people washed with […]
Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha On Infant Baptism
Pastor Megan addressed what Scripture says about baptism this past Sunday, particularly infant baptism. Listen to her sermon, then watch her responses to questions that followed up the sermon. […]
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Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha On Gender & Sexuality
We tackled one of the more pressing, and difficult, questions for the church this past Sunday. Pastor Megan responds below to some of the questions offered in response to her sermon. […]
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Fearless Q – Write Back ‘Atcha On Whether the Bible Is Sexist
On our second week of the Fearless Q series, the questions continue! Pastor Megan responds on behalf of Michelle Tepper. Take a moment to watch her responses. […]
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The Impact of The Story on Me
My LifeGroup sat on picnic blankets this week and talked about Jesus’ ministry. How Jesus spent with people and how they saw His power in healings and demonic deliverances. As we read and talked, our faces came alight with hope and faith in a powerful God! Then our prayer time felt like a sad contrast as we prayed for what […]
Reflections on Facing Race
Do you, like me, have a list of issues that not only do you hope are not brought up at family gatherings but that you hope you don’t have to deal with personally? Obviously I don’t shy away from religious conversations, but… political ones?… not my favorite. Especially issues of race. I spent most of […]
Introducing Michael Reed Hackman
On St. Andrew’s Sunday, while you all were celebrating the memories of so many loved ones, we were welcoming a new loved one into the world. Michael Reed Hackman was born on Sunday, October 25 at 2:34pm. We could not be enjoying our first few days as parents more. You all know and share with […]
Baby Hackman IS not HERE yet
Yes, I am still here. The conversations in the hallway have definitely shifted from, “When is the due date?” (Sunday, October 11, BTW) to “You’re still here?” That’s a funny thing about pregnancy, I’m learning. We are full of expectation and wait and hope and then all of a sudden a trigger switches, maybe a […]
August Shenanigans
Happy Summer, Everyone! Don’t you just savor this month where our seasonal rhythm has us outside and out-of-town? I want to invite you to continue to worship God daily even as you might be traveling. And I want to invite you to worship God outside in his creation! Even though the sun’s shining, let’s remember […]
Disciple-making As Lifestyle
We knew the name, Doug Burleigh, for nearly two years before we ever met. He is known to this community as a friend, pastor, as the guy who does that stuff in Russia, as a former YoungLife president, and as the one who introduced us to the original 90 Day Challenge. I will always remember him […]