Dustin Harrison, High School Director, called last night. The team arrived in camp safely. The full moon and stars were shining in with God’s glory. Prayers for Monday’s start of the building process. 5 homes are going to be built – and one of them is a “double” – two houses attached together using two […]
Mexico – Day 2 (Monday)
Today was the first day at the sites – preparing the foundation footings, then mixing and spreading concrete in the foundation and at the same time starting to build walls. All sights are ahead of schedule. The weather was really warm, but everyone was drinking a lot of water – they even had to refill […]
Good News, Bad News, Good News
One of the high points of our Jubilee Celebration last November was the announcement that $1.2 million had been given and pledged to our Jubilee Debt initiative. A couple weeks ago, we cut a check to eliminate $500,000 (basically all of the cash received to date from the pledges) of that debt. Good news, indeed! […]
Lance Brown Called to New Ministry
About a year ago, Lance Brown, our intrepid and energetic Minister of Renewal, told me that he was feeling called by God to expand his ministry in the Middle East. This ministry, which was launched by Chapel Hill, combines the first Celebrate Recovery program ever in the Arab world with a lay counseling program, also […]
2014 High School Mexico Build
High School Mexico Build […]
We’re Having A Party!
What a party it is going to be this Sunday! People showing up, dressed in team colors. A buzz in the room! Lots of preliminaries to get everyone warmed up including some very clever commercials. An epic battle between the good guys and the bad guys… with the good guys guaranteed to win. To top […]
Radical – Do I have To?
Radical. That’s the title of the sermon series I’m preaching on Galatians. You don’t have to wade very far into that letter to understand why that title is appropriate. This is Paul at his youngest and greenest as we find him in the New Testament. It is his very first letter of the 13 that […]
Going to the Chapel
About five years ago I was approached by a friend of our church, Jan Vance, with the germ of an idea. What if we had a display at the Harbor History Museum on the religious heritage of Gig Harbor? Surely, you cannot tell the story of the settlement of our community without including the role that faith […]
“You Get Me”
In the early nineties, Chapel Hill was gearing up for our first major building program since I had arrived as pastor in 1987. Although we desperately needed a larger sanctuary, the session decided to begin with classrooms and a gymnasium. In a time before the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club, there was no […]
Happy New Year!
One of the reasons I think we like the idea of a “new year” is… it’s a do-over. A massive re-set. It feels like a chance to wipe the slate clean and start over… new exercise habits, new eating habits, new relational commitments, new financial goals. (After you pay off those credit cards from your […]