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March 30 Coffee Church Highlights

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April 1, 2014
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Well, I wasn’t at church on Sunday, but I heard great things, so I’ll share them!

This last Saturday we had our Financial Class lead by Rick Donovan.  He did an amazing job!  We will be sure to do more things like that to help you live a life of financial freedom.  Thank you so much, Rick, for using the tools God has given you to bless people.

In the same vein, we have an amazing volunteer and staff team that are completely capable of leading this church on mission and with passion!  I feel entirely fortunate to work alongside each and every one of you.

I also appreciate our church for blessing me to miss several Sundays this spring to attend my daughter’s gymnastics meets.  It has been such an incredible journey with only the State competition left!  She just completed Sectionals where she took 1st place and was asked to be a part of the All Star team at State.  Someday I will blog the whole story, but I felt like God told me she was going to be a gymnast when she was 2 years old.  To see her do so well is awesome…and a little crazy!

I forgot to highlight last week that our kids went to Nitro Kid’s Conference last weekend and had a BLAST!  Both of my girls were on that trip and I so appreciate the leaders who gave up a good night’s sleep to invest in our kids.

We are having some pressure washing done at the Hazel Dell campus to get a jump start on the exterior work that has to be done…if you haven’t noticed, it’s a lot.  If you’d like to give extra this month to help alleviate the cost, it will be several hundred dollars when all is said and done.  We hope to have the outside of both campuses looking in tip-top shape by Easter!

We have two workdays scheduled at Hazel Dell.  They are this Thursday and Saturday from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.  Bring gardening tools if you can make it!  Kids welcome to help.  At Battle Ground, we have some minor weeding that can be done at your convenience.  Bring your tools there as well!

Also, our worship team is BUSY getting ready for our Good Friday service.  There is only ONE at the Battle Ground campus on April 18, so plan to make the trip if you don’t live there.  It will be WORTH IT and an incredible way to honor Christ this Easter season.

Did I mention that Easter is on April 20?  Invite a friend!

Small groups are ending for the semester.  It has been so much fun!  We are looking for some new leaders for our summer groups, so if you are interested, let me know and my people can talk to your people!

Be blessed!

 

March 23 Coffee Church Highlights

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March 25, 2014
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It was a great weekend as we got to celebrate with two more baptisms at Battle Ground.  Every baptism has an incredible story behind it and I love to hear them all!  God transforms our hearts and lives, not by our own effort, but by His grace.

Part of Sunday’s story that I love is that both of the ladies baptized were invited to North Creek by the same friend, Janelle.  It was the perfect ending to the story that Janelle was in the tank with them as they proclaimed their love for Christ.

On the other side of the coin, it has been a heavy week with some of our church families dealing with loss in their lives. It is an honor to pray and stand with people during their highs and lows.  That is the beauty of the church.  For those of you who have had to say goodbye to loved ones this week, we are grieving with you and we love you!

We had our Annual Business meeting at Battle Ground on Sunday night.  If you weren’t able to attend, you are welcome to ask any questions anytime about the finances and direction of our church.  We love to talk about the faithfulness of God and our people!

We are neck deep in our series Strapped, which has led to lots of great conversations.  Being financially stressed is NOT God’s plan, so if you are feeling that way, there is a way out!

A part of that way out is that we are offering a financial class this weekend taught by Rick Donovan.  It’s Saturday from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm at the Hazel Dell Campus.  This is one of those awesome opportunities to gain some incredible insight for FREE.  Join us and experience the beginning of change in your life!

If you are missing these announcements, shoot me an email at stacy@coffeechurch.com and I’ll get you hooked up!

Also, if you want to volunteer, let me know!  We especially need a more solid media team at Battle Ground, so if you like to push people’s buttons, we have the job for you.

On that note, stop pushing people’s buttons.  God asked us to be peacemakers in a dramatic world.

We are praying that God would do miracles in the hearts and lives of those who call North Creek home.  May you be blessed!

March 9 Coffee Church Highlights

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March 11, 2014
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Such an amazing week at North Creek!  We officially launched our youth group in Battle Ground with 38 people in the building.  Worship, preaching and small groups all went flawlessly.  It was a phenomenal kick off to a great future!  Thank you to Mat and Janell Marbrey, along with their team, for diving into a generation with passion and determination.

Sunday was a highlight as well.  We’ve had several people this week indicate that they are ready to start a relationship with Jesus.  We love being part of people’s journey in learning about who Jesus is and the profound impact that He has on our lives.

On that note, baptisms are coming!  We already have lots of people signed up to make a public declaration of their faith.  We’d love to have you join us if you are ready to take that step of faith.  You can register at www.coffeechurch.com.  March 16 at Hazel Dell and March 23 at Battle Ground.

It was also Daylight Savings time, but who wants to talk about that?  Ugh.  Make it go away.

On a personal note, my daughter Kennedy took first in her gymnastics competition on Saturday.  It has been such an amazing experience watching her grow and shine in her sport.  I love her team, her coaches, and the journey we are on.  We are all learning so much about life, ourselves, leadership, and teamwork through gymnastics.

Want to know how North Creek is doing behind the scenes?  Join us for our Annual Business Meeting and get all of the financial updates and statistics from 2013.  March 16 at Hazel Dell, March 23 at Battle Ground at 5:00 pm.

We are going to be doing some painting, cleaning, and updating at the Battle Ground campus, so if you’d like to spend some time working with us, let me know you’re free by emailing me at stacy@coffeechurch.com.

We are kicking off our new sermon series Strapped and it’s going to be amazing!  We all get ourselves in a bind financially at some point in our lives, but that was never God’s idea for you.  Join us as we look scripturally at finding freedom in our finances.

I hope you enjoy some of the sunshine this week!  Finally a break in the rain, which is much needed.  Be blessed!

 

March 2 Coffee Church Highlights

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March 4, 2014
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Such a fun week at the Coffee Church!

Mark preached on baptism at Hazel Dell this week.  We are super excited to fill our tank on March 16 at Hazel Dell and March 23 at Battle Ground.  If you’d like to be baptized, go ahead and fill out a registration form at www.coffeechurch.com.

The Deaf Church kicked off a new class for people just beginning a relationship with Jesus.  If you know of people in the deaf community who need a great church, let them know about North Creek Deaf Church!

Our new youth group in Battle Ground kicks off this THURSDAY!  We could not be more excited.  If you know of a teenager who needs a great youth group, let them know that we are launching on Thursday at 6:30 pm at 500 SW Eaton Blvd, Battle Ground.  Lots of amazing things in store for our teenagers at both campuses!  You can like the Facebook page HERE.

If you happen to attend The Difference Youth Group at Hazel Dell, you don’t have youth this Thursday as your leaders head to a conference.  Be praying that God blesses your leaders beyond measure!

Are you praying for your pastors?  We all need it from our worship to kids to youth to administration…  This is the greatest gig in the world, but it comes with a weight that is difficult to describe some days!  We covet your prayers as we make decisions and lead to the best of our ability!

Mark your calendars for our Annual Business Meeting as well.  It’s where we let you know how 2013 turned out and where we are headed for this year.  The dates are Hazel Dell – March 16 and Battle Ground – March 23.  More information to come!

Are you giving and serving?  If you’re not financially invested in leading people in a growing relationship with Jesus and you’re not serving others in some capacity, you aren’t growing in the way that God intended.  Step out in faith and take the plunge.  You can give online as well as sign up to serve at www.coffeechurch.com.  If you have a way to serve that isn’t on our list, don’t hesitate!  We have people doing SO much beyond Sunday mornings and we appreciate each one so much!

Our small group is going well….a little too well!  We added dinner as a part of it and I may gain 10 pounds this semester.  My goodness!  This week is Italian week, so bring on the carbohydrates!  We also have a curriculum that I’m sure is awesome, but I’m in a food coma by then…

I hope you are full of joy today!  Life can be discouraging, so make sure you sprinkle encouragement out there somewhere.  It will return to you many times over!

Be blessed!

 

January 5 Coffee Church Highlights

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January 6, 2014
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Happy New Year!!!!

Sunday was the LAST service for the Hazel Dell Campus at our old bar on Sunday!  It was a morning full of memories for me as I reminisced about stories of changed lives over the last five years.  I will forever drive by that building and thank God for some of your stories!

Over at Battle Ground we kicked off our first services of 2014 with a bang!  It’s going to be a great year in Battle Ground as we have some exciting things planned for that campus.  More to come soon!

We kicked off a mini-series at both campuses called Gonna Be Different.  What do you want different in your life this year?

And the big news…we picked up and moved an entire church full of stuff in a mere three hours!  By 2:30 in the afternoon, the former building was empty and clean from end to end.

I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like moving a church before.  I had mentally walked through it a thousand times, but it was amazing to watch people jump in wherever they could.  We dismissed service and dug into a potluck while we kicked off some packing.  Then suddenly it was like ants everywhere as people launched into action!

Over at the new place we got everything where it belonged and just have sorting/organizing to do over the next week.  Sound and media will monopolize much of the time over the next several days, but we will be ready to go for our kickoff Youth Service on Thursday and our Main Services on Sunday.  There will still be many details to do over the next several months, especially on the exterior, but we hope to be done with nearly everything by April.

THANK YOU to everyone who helped in whatever way you could in the last month!  We have had food, work, resources, money, ideas, and more work at every turn.  We appreciate you and feel blessed to be the pastors of such a generous church.

My favorite part of all of Sunday was how hard the elementary kids worked.  They were HAULING heavy stuff all over the building as teams.  There were groups of kids all huddled around various objects making sure they got safely to their destinations.  I am sure they all slept well last night!

To sum up my emotions at this point…Watching a dream bigger than yourself become real through the unity of God’s people is unlike anything else in the world.  This is a life I would not trade for anything and I am grateful for the journey that Jesus has us on.  I am glad to be on this journey with you.

Here’s to the future!