Sunday morning my daughter came up to me at the Giving Box at our church. “Mom, can you go out to the car and get my purse? I want to give my money to God.”

“Yes, honey, let’s go.” I quickly scurried out, so proud that my daughter would sift through her coins and give a portion to Jesus. I patted myself on the back for raising a brilliant six year old.

When we came back in she grabbed an offering envelope and sat at the table with me. “OK, sweetie, how much of your money would you like to give God?” I was prepared to teach her about giving 10% of her money to Jesus. Her brown eyes looked at me in a combination of disbelief and confusion. “I want to give Him everything.”

I watched as her small hands dumped the entirety of her purse out on the table. She printed her name on the appropriate line and the word “cents” on the line indicating how much money she would give. She carefully put each coin in the envelope until they were loaded in all safe and sound. She licked the envelope, walked it over to the Box, and dropped it in with a hint of joy in her step. She never hesitated, never asked what else she could buy with her treasure, and never questioned her gift. She gave Him everything with a purity that stopped me in my tracks.

And then, not realizing the depth of her wisdom, she grinned at me with her newly toothless smile and skipped off. Sweet child. Innocent angel. Wise teacher. Yes, my little girl, I want to give Him everything, too.

Here’s the highlights from this weekend:

It was our last Saturday night through the next season at North Creek. There are parts of the Saturday night that I will miss, but I am definitely looking forward to a lighter load on the weekends for the summer months! Those nights will probably end up filled with fence painting, mowing the lawn, and other household chores, but that’s OK!

It’s spring break for our Vancouver students! Enjoy the extra sleep and fun!

Our Easter services are three weeks away! We will have a Good Friday Worship Service at 7:00 pm. We will have three Sunday services at 9:00 am, 10:15 am, and 11:30 am. Note the service time changes for this one day!!!!

Worship was great again! We ended up with a “fill-in” team due to some schedule changes and sickness. Thanks to those of you who jumped in and did a fabulous job.

I should be keeping a list of the major decsions that Mark and I have been weighing out lately…goodness…huge ramifications and lots of exciting things! I am looking forward to seeing how it all turns out!

Pastor Kris took 12 students to a student leader’s conference and had a wonderful time watching a generation rise up! Never underestimate a teenager…or a youth pastor! Fearless people!

I love coffee.

One of Mark and I’s favorite things is walking around our services and meeting people. We work hard to get your name, pray for you throughout the week, and call you by your name the next week when you walk in the door. Try us. We’re pretty good!

I absolutely love our volunteers! They take their jobs seriously! They show up, work hard, and do it all with a smile. Thank you all for doing a great job every week and making church an awesome place to be.

I wouldn’t trade this journey for anything. I love what we do! Chase a dream this week…you never know where you’ll end up!

Mark and I have been on a very interesting journey lately and I’ll let you in on some of it. Long story short, our current building is too small for our vision (although it might be the coolest place on the planet!). And the reality is that moving to a new location is a long term event and we are not going to fit where were at for much longer. We’ve got to get going on this problem now.

So, we are. We found a building we want, we’ve prayed, we’ve fasted, our team has fasted (that was funny!), and we’re blazing forward with faith and determination. The twist (because isn’t there always one at the coffeechurch?) is that we don’t just want a church building. As we dreamed and talked, it because apparent to us that church buildings are often the largest buildings on the block, but also the least accessible to the general public. I pass by dozens of churches every week and I’m not going in. I have no reason to. But…what if there was a coffee shop especially designed for moms with kids? What if there was a place designed for teenagers? How about a sound studio for all you musical types? What about office space and meeting rooms that people can “rent” (for free) when they need a place to go or a study room for college students? Everything that we need for church literally doubles for public use with very little issues.

So, we’ll be rolling out the plan over the next couple of weeks, but please pray. We need a financial miracle and we believe with everything in us that we’re about to see one. We believe that walls that we’ve had in our minds about our limitations are going to disappear before our very eyes. We believe that our impact on our community is about to be multiplied exponentially. Don’t miss a moment.