I have never run a marathon, but I have friends who do. They tell me about the “wall”—that point midcourse where you don’t think you can take another step. But somehow, they find a way to keep going until, at last, they throw themselves across the finish line, utterly spent. But imagine this with me: […]
703 – Ready for Action!
I’ve been hosting more and more guests at our new base of operations at 703 Kitsap Street. Every time someone comes to visit, I have the opportunity to retell the story of the provision of God. How a trio prayed over this boarded up, burned out house on September 6, 2018, and how I walked […]
Does This Happen Often?
“Does this kind of thing happen often in Port Orchard?” asked Rosemary, incredulous. “Well, it certainly seems to happen more when I fast and pray,” I responded.
I met a young mom and her daughter in a restaurant in the 3 minutes it took Rosemary to pay the bill. Ten days later a text from her read… […]
Our vagrant moderator
Last week was our “General Assembly,” the annual gathering of our national church, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC.) It is a big deal and you would have been proud of how Chapel Hill was represented. Pastor Megan was featured in a video about church planting. Pastor Julie chaired one of the standing committees. Pastor Rachel […]
Battleground: Delhi
Before the surge, we thought our battle in Delhi was for basic needs… But COVID taught us that our actual fight is for our dignity of existence and in death. […]
How to meet people and beat loneliness
Do you equate loneliness with isolation? In this past year with COVID-19 putting us into various stages of lockdown, solitude has become much more normal and many people have directly blamed the social isolation for their loneliness. But if that were true, wouldn’t people in solitude always be lonely? Yet many of us ALSO seek […]
empowering you to serve
Has God put an area of need on your heart? Grace for the outcast? Gospel-motivation in your profession? Renewal for creation? Meet our member-led outreach groups! […]
Postal Jesus
“Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild.” This was a hymn written by Samuel Wesley and it presents a lovely picture of our Savior. And there are certainly moments in Jesus’ life when that gentleness shone through: when he welcomed the children to him, when he protected the adulterous woman, and when he dined with the tax […]
Elders & Deacons
In Chapel Hill’s denomination, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), there are typically three offices in the church: Ministers of the Word (Teaching Elders, Pastors), Ruling Elders, and Deacons. Elders share authority with the Pastors, representing the mind of Christ as they understand it in the various courts of the church, watch over the spiritual welfare […]
Help us remove some awkward!
You’re too early for the dinner party. We all know that feeling. You pull up to the house. There’s only one other car there. You check the calendar. Did you get the time right? The address? Sure does look right. Did you really need three dozen brownies for this thing? You don’t know these people […]