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Pray for One Another

Good morning, Chapel Hill! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Pastor Gunnar. And I’m so grateful to be with you this morning as we continue our sermon series on the “one anothers” of the Bible. We have been exploring together how the New Testament calls us to live with one another as […]

Honor One Another

Last week I was at a dinner event when Chapel Hill members, Jay and Peachy Smalling, beckoned me to their table. To my surprise, seated with them, was the pope. Not Pope Francis; it was another pope. (I didn’t know we had another pope.) I sat down in the chair across from the pope and […]

Accept One Another

One of my great joys in life is that I get to live near my family. Every Sunday night, my parents, grandparents, and any of my sisters who are in town gather together for family dinner. We sit around and talk, laugh, and eat. It is such a special time. And we all always get […]

Forgive One Another | Chapel Hill Church Sermon | Gig Harbor, WA

Good morning, Chapel Hill! Last week we talked about our DNA value of “serving our neighbors.” It’s part of who we are. We have committed $600,000 annually in perpetuity to support causes “beyond these walls” so that we might love and serve our neighbors well. Thursday, I represented us at the grand opening of the […]

Our DNA – We Serve Our Neighbors

12 of us just flew back from Detroit where we held our annual General Assembly. I WISH you could have been there! Our own Pastor Julie preached the opening convocation, the first-ever woman EPC pastor to preach in person. Our own Rosemary Lukens was elected unanimously to be the first-ever woman moderator, introduced by our […]

A Life Worth Imitating | 1 Corinthians 4:14-17

Good morning, Chapel Hill.  I wanted to introduce you to someone if you haven’t met her already. This is Kennedy Quinn Tesdahl. And today happens to be her two-month birthday!… Kennedy made me a father just two months ago and I gotta say, I’m a pretty proud dad… Now, as much as I would love to […]

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