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We have a growing team at Creekside.  With the adoption of the Lynnwood Campus, we have added some more team pastors as well as members to our congregation.  One of the most important things that we are working on is building unity in our new congregation. We recognize that there are two different histories between theContinue reading “Building Unity”

I think the biggest challenge that the church faces today is our unwillingness to give Jesus our whole hearts. Sin and morality questions boil down to our unwillingness to submit our whole hearts to Jesus. Instead of letting Jesus do the work of transforming us by the power of the Holy Spirit we hold onContinue reading “Jesus wants our hearts”

This is a question a lot of people might be asking. There are lots of churches already, why do we need another one? Why can’t people just go to those existing churches? The simple answer is because they aren’t going to those other churches and even if those churches were full we would still needContinue reading “Multiply Monday: Why do we need another church?”

When building teams leaders can’t be the best at everything on the team.  If the leaders is the best at everything they don’t have a team, they have helpers.  Looking around the staff table I know am greatly encouraged by the fact that we have a variety of gifts and skills present.  I am also relievedContinue reading “Team Tuesday: Better Than Me”

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I love Christmas time.  This is a significant change in my life.  I used to work at Long’s Drug where I was bombarded with all things Christmas from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve and I grew to resent all the things that surrounded Christmas.   Over the last several years though I have begun to appreciateContinue reading “Building Anticipation for Christmas”

Read this this morning: 12 I want you to know, beloved, that what has happened to me has actually helped to spread the gospel, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that my imprisonment is for Christ; 14 and most of the brothers and sisters, havingContinue reading “Faith bigger than the prosperity gospel”

This morning I was reading in Matthew 6 and Jesus told the people to not worry. I lean towards worry as my default position and I call it thinks like, planning ahead, troubleshooting, but for me those are just other words for worry. My New Years resolution last year was to worry less. I stayedContinue reading “Worry”

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 is a great movie. I love these rainy fall days when we can go catch a movie as a family. Now that Kathy works fewer Fridays she gets to come too! All wins. I went in to CWACOM2 with no expectations and they were greatly exceeded. The lastContinue reading “Saturday Stuff CWACOM2, Vision Day, Turnaround Pastor”